LIES IN THE PULPIT; THE GREAT APOSTASY

"A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent."

John Calvin

Today at church we had a guest speaker named Dr. Michael Bradley who started GODSOM (Global On Demand School of Ministry). I have no doubt that the graduates have good hearts and will do well in the world helping others. And I sincerely believe that they learned while attending that institution. I sincerely believe that my Pastor and the First Lady have a strong anointing to teach and show the power of God.

However I am going to be very clear about this, Dr. Bradley LIED on the WORD of God as given in the Holy Bible. Look, I am no expert in anything. The more I learn the more I realize how little I know. After all how can you grasp infinity? But one of the things that all Christians are charged to do is to examine the WORD of God as given in the Bible. We are told to meditate on its precepts and study it. And the Word is the sword of the Spirit accourding to Paul in Ephesians 6:17 (KJV) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

The relevant scriptures on meditating on the WORD are below:

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Joshua 1:8 (KJV) This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Psalm 1:2 (KJV) But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 19:14 (KJV) Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

Psalm 119:15 (KJV) I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Psalm 119:99 (KJV) I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

Sirach/Ecclesisasticus 38:6. (REB) The Lord has imparted knowledge to mortals, that by their use of his marvels he may win praise.

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So not only doe the WORD tell us that we ought to study it and meditate on it, but Sirarch even tells us that God gave us a brain such that we can process knowledge and in so doing give God the praise that he is due!

Now let me get to the meat of the matter. I take notes at church and my notes today bothered me so much that I was afraid that I misquoted Dr. Bradley. Thus, I went straight to the horses mouth, on Facebook tonight, and asked him about the content of his sermon today. Here is the chain. See below:

4 hours agoMahndisa S. Rigmaiden (sent 6/24/12)

Hi Dr. Bradley I was at the service today at Seed of Joy Worship Centre in Modesto and wanted to ask you a few questions about your sermon.

I took notes and wanted clarification on what you said:

1.That Mary meditated/pondered a seed in her heart after hearing a word from an angel and that is how Jesus was born.

2.That 'religions' teach that God created Jesus but Mary created Jesus through aforementioned pondering.

3.That God needs our help on Earth to do his will.

4.That there are different forms of meditation and among them are

reguritating the word like an animal that chews cud, to bring it up over and over

again.

5.That muttering the word is another form of meditation.

6.That meditation leads to revelation leads to manifestation.

7.I want to make sure that I wrote down what you said as accurately as

possible. Please correct me if I misquoted anything you said and if possible

provide scriptural justifications.

Thank you,

Mahndisa S. Rigmaiden Davis

54 minutes agoMichael Bradley

You captured it almost word for word. Excellent! God Bless.

53 minutes agoMahndisa S. Rigmaiden

Thank you for the confirmation.

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I tell you the truth: Dr. Bradley ought to know better! He is perpetuating heresies that are wholly and totally inconsistent with the WORD of God. To show what I'm talking about, I will point out scripture to refute the points he made except #6, which is true.

1-2. These are boldfaced lies! In Matthew 1:18-21 it very clearly states that the Holy Spirit was responsible for Marys' pregnancy. It says nothing about her meditating on the word of an angel and getting pregnant due to said pondering. In Luke 1:34-38 the story is elaborated a little more and Mary asks the angel how she will have a child since she is a virgin and he tells her very clearly that the Holy Spirit will come upon her and that is how she will conceive Jesus.

Furthermore, in John 1:14 we see that Jesus has been around since the dawn of time as the Word! He is the Word made flesh and came down from Heaven to show us how to act as God wants us to act and to act as the Great Propitiator for our sins!

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Matthew 1:18-21 (NLT) 18This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagementh quietly. 20As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,i for he will save his people from their sins.”

Luke 1:34-38 (NLT) 34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. 36 What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. 37 For nothing is impossible with God.[f]”38 Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.

John 1:14 (KJV) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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3. God does NOT need our help to do his will. God may appoint people to carry out specific tasks but through him anything is possible. He created the universe/multiverse he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants. We see this in Luke 1:37 where the angel Gabriel says that nothing is impssible for God! We see that he created the universe in Genesis 1:1-5. He didn't need mans help to do that did he? In John 1:1-3 we quite clearly see that everything was made by God nothing was created unless he was responsible!

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Genesis 1:1-5 (KJV) 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Luke 1:37 (KJV) 37 For nothing is impossible with God.

John 1:1-3 (NLT) 1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.

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4.This is also incorrect because of the words used in Psalms to describe meditation on the WORD from Biblical Hebrew which is 'haggaion'. It is generally accepted that there are two meanings, one is that mediatation means to think and to reflect while the other is contentious due to loss of nuance of meaning over time. However most believe it refers to a technical term related to music, whether an interlude or the literal soft murmuring of the harp. See below:

Easton's Bible Dictionary

in Ps. 92:3 means the murmuring tone of the harp. In Ps. 9:16 it is a musical sign, denoting probably a pause in the instrumental interlude. In Ps. 19:14 the word is rendered "meditation;" and in Lam. 3:62, "device" (R.V., "imagination").

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(meditation), a word which occurs three times in the book of Psalms- (Psalms 9:16; 19:14; 92:3) (margin). The word has two meanings, one of a general character, implying thought; reflection, and another, in (Psalms 9:16) and Psal 92:3 Of a technical nature, the precise meaning of which cannot at this distance of time be determined. (Canon Cook says that it probably means an interlude giving musical expression to the feelings suggested by the preceding words.-ED.)

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So whether we look at both definitions of the words meditate, in the case of meditating on the WORD, from other scriptures it is clear that we are to deeply reflect and internalize the WORD and hold it close and dear to our hearts, souls and spirits. Now let's look at the definition of the word regurgitate:

re·gur·gi·tate (taken from Dictionary.com)

   

[ri-gur-ji-teyt] Show IPA verb, re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

verb (used without object)

1. to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.

verb (used with object)

2. to cause to surge or rush back; vomit.

3. to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.

If we consider definition 3 and apply it to our understanding of the WORD, that is not good is it? We should internalize what we are learning, not simply learn by rote as the third defintion would suggest.

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The only thing I can think of is that perhaps Dr. Bradley meant ruminate instead of regurgitate, for rumination has a meaning more in line with Biblical meditation. Taken from the Merriam Webster Dictionary online:

ru·mi·nate

verb \ˈrü-mə-ˌnāt\

ru·mi·nat·edru·mi·nat·ing

Definition of RUMINATE

transitive verb

1 to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly

2 to chew repeatedly for an extended period

intransitive verb

1 to chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed : chew the cud

2 to engage in contemplation : reflect

So ruminate as transitive verb definition 1 or intransitive verb defnition 2 would be applicable to Biblical meditation. However this is not what Dr. Bradley said, nor did he correct me in our Facebook correspondence.

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5.Muttering the WORD is an offense to the WORD iteself. Here is the defintion of mutter, taken from the Merriam Webster Dictionary online:

mut·ter

verb \ˈmə-tər\

Definition of MUTTER

intransitive verb

1 to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed

2 to murmur complainingly or angrily : grumble

transitive verb

to utter especially in a low or imperfectly articulated manner

If we look at definitintion 2 of the intransitive verb and then the definition of the transitive verb, we see that muttering the WORD means that we are angrily complaining or uttering something in an inarticulate way. If we look at the first definition of the intransitive verb we see that uttering the WORD indistinctly and with a low voice is not accurately pronouncing the WORD. One of the synonyms for mutter is BABBLE. And the WORD is very clear about babbling:

Matthew 6:7 (NLT) “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again."

Clearly muttering the WORD is an affront to the WORD and therefore to GOD himself.

Every single point that Dr. Bradley said above is not scripturally justified and casts a negative light on the nature of meditating on the WORD. The only thing that we can agree upon is point 6, which is that meditating on the WORD can lead to revelation which can lead to manifestation of Gods will.

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I have told you no lies nor misquoted Dr. Bradley. He cosigned on my transcription of his sermon today. Therefore I think something is terribly wrong. There must be self consistency in any framework of knowledge and I think you'd all agree that the Bible is a book of knowledge.

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HERE IS AN OLD SKOOL SONG BY THE THOMPSON TWINS THAT IS FITTING FOR THIS OCCASION

KILL ME LORD KILL ME, Healing & the Wigner Eckhardt Theorem

It is an ancient truism that ego is truly an impediment to spiritual, emotional and intellectual growth.

Mark 8:34 (KJV) 34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Dhammapada Illustration 363

If a Bhikkhu masters his speech. If he speaks exact, clever & wise. If he is not puffed up by ego-pride. If he expound both text, meaning & spirit. Then exceedingly sweet, will be his talks.

Bhagavad Gita Ch 18 v 26

The worker who is free from all material attachments and false ego, who is enthusiastic and resolute and who is indifferent to success or failure, is a worker in the mode of goodness.

Hey there, I know this is an odd title but bear with me a moment. You may have figured out by now that there is nothing more fun for me than learning.The first type of learning is spiritual in that I get a better relationship with God, our Heavenly Daddy! The next type of learning is the accumulation and analysis of worldly knowledge BUT it all comes from God! The knowledge that I seek has to do with using science to help others. A few years back I was a physics major in an internship for computational biology. The biologists and physical chemists were weirded out because of the synergy and eccentricty of my character and how I applied it to the acquisition of knowledge. I had a great time and learned VERY much. This experience gave me deeper insight into the underlying unity of scientific disciplines.

We can segment each discipline into various categories but if you look hard enough you'll see they are all one. A good example is the relationship between chemistry and physics. I never did well in chemistry and shut down when they started talkin bout centrifugal forces. For a physicist understands that they are psuedoforces only present in the rotating (non inertial) reference frame and not otherwise. The chemist cares not for such distinctions. Thus I refused to accept anything from my first course chemistry teacher for I felt that the knowledge was based upon lies and I also felt that the emphasis on memorizing facts was lame. I wanted to understand from first principles. Y'all this is funny but I didn't understand first semester chemistry concepts UNTIL I took a graduate course in quantum mechanics. Wigner Eckhardt theorem anyone? That explains the nature of my angst. Indeed I'm not ashamed to admit that I took intro inorganic chemistry twice in college for that reason. I truly shut down and could not accept what I considered to be damnations and outright lies!

Anyway I realized later on that my ego got in the way of acquiring knowledge from the first chemistry teacher. She had a difference in perspective which was incorrect globally but from a local perspective she was right. They use centrifuges yes? And they're able to separate out substances with different densities due to centrifugal forces in the centrifuge while its running. Do you think they care whether the forces are true forces or pseudoforces? Probably not. Lars Onsager would care but that is why he is one of the most profound and talented minds of the last century. Each day I say two specific prayers and I say them over and over again throughout the day.

1.Lord please kill my ego. Please Lord. I don't want it! It is an impediment to true learning. Please kill it and lead me in the right direction, on the proper paths so that I may learn at your feet Father God, and use this knowledge to move according to your will and mandate to help others with it! Thank you! In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen.

2.Lord please armour me up with the armour of truth, faith, righteousness, preparation of peace, salvation and your Word. Please protect me from my own blackened heart which can lead me astry sometimes. Let not emotionalism cloud my judgment and let me act with your unction, knowledge and wisdom Heavenly Father. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen.

That is why the process of being slain in the spirit was so transformative for me. I was able to get a still mind and the Lord allowed me to see some things. Some I'll never write about but suffice it tosay they were words of knowledge and wisdom. The disctinction between the two according to the Christian parlance is that a word of knowledge gives you knowledge about someone that you could not know otherwise. The word of wisdom tells you how to apply that knowledge to help that person with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I get these words all the time and it is always about healing substances to help others. I can't turn it on when I want to, rather it flows to me about specific people and specific situations.

In any event, please pray for me to get some funding to do two things:

1.I need to buy 2 books on neurochemistry and neurophysiology

2.After I've studied these books along with lipid biochemistry,anatomy and physiology, I will need funding and opportunity to test my products on animals and or human trials.

3.The first phases ought to be complete within the next 2-3 years and the testing phase within 5 years.

I ask for your earnest prayers on this. Thanks very very much. The PDF link I've attached is how selection rules ala the WE theorem are arrived at in irreducible tensor language which leads to the m,l and n you saw in intro inorganic chemistry. Much better than the Sakurai text imho.

http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~dlr/teaching/p6572/TensorOperatorsWE.pdf

ENO'S 4TH BIRTHDAY & SAFFRON, AYURVEDA AND THE Q'URAN

I wrote about cures for diseases found in the Bible and now I'm writing about treatments and cures found in other Holy Books. Read, learn and rid yourself of prejudice.

God is truly I say truly no respecter of persons Acts 10:34 NOR religions. A lot of people get upset and feel that there is no validity in other religions outside of their own. But what I say is this: Let GOD be responsible for extending his Kingdom in whatever way he sees fit. Let GOD be responsible for choosing who is damned and who is worthy of salvation. Relevant scriptures are found in Matthew 20:1-16 and my absolute favourite passages are Luke 23:32-43 and Luke 10:25-37. Our neighbors are those that show us mercy and operate in compassion. We are neighbors to others when we do likewise. With that said I was perusing some ancient texts including some exegetical texts on the Holy Q'uran and some Vedic texts and they also contain cures for diseases. In the exegesis on the Q'uran specifically there is a cure for memory loss and it tells the readers to take a mixture of saffron and rose water and drink it for seven days to see memory improve. It turns out that saffron is an exceedingly useful substance that GOD created and helping with memory and other neurolgical concerns is part of its job! See this paper:

Saffron: A repository of medicinal properties Bilal Ahmad Wani*, Amina Khan Rouf Hamza and F. A. Mohiddin Department of Botany University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar –190006 India. (PDF) http://www.academicjournals.org/jmpr/PDF/pdf2011/4June/Wani%20et%20al.pdf

'The saffron extract and two of its main ingredients crocin and crocetin, improved memory and learning skills in ethanol-induced learning behavior impairments in mice and rats. Oral administration of saffron may be useful as treatment for neurodegenerative disorders and related memory impairment (Jagdeep et al., 2009; Abe and Saito, 2000;Abe, 1994; Sigura et al., 1995).'

Below is an exceedingly relevant paper on plants mentioned in the Q'uran and their uses. Aromatic Plant Species Mentioned in the Holy Qura’n and Ahadith and Their Ethnomedicinal Importance Sarfaraz Khan Marwat, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Fazal- ur-Rehman and Inayat Ullah Bhatti (PDF) http://scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=pjn.2009.1472.1479&linkid;=pdf

In Ayurvedic medicine there is much richness. See this for a comprehensive database on plants used int he Ayurvedic tradition: DATABASE ON MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN AYURVEDAVOLUME 8 http://www.scribd.com/doc/88475338/36/Other-classical-formulations-%E2%80%93

Here is a list of recipes containing Saffron in Vedic texts that assist with specific illnesses. In particular I like the Amritadya taila which is useful in mental disorders;) http://www.royalsaffron.com/medicine.htm

Let me ask you guys something, can you argue with with medicinal wisdom contained in anything I've cited? Probably not. I am a Christ follower and absolutely NOTHING can change that. However we ought to acknowledge that there is wisdom in many of these Holy Books, even ones we find offensive. We ought to learn from these books about ethno medicine and how these creations from God are used to heal people and treat their illnesses, not just placate them. Thanks.

3 Cures and/or Treatments for Diseases found in the Bible

UPDATE 6/23/12I forgot that for some wound healing oil and wine is mentioned in Luke 10:25-37. The wine contains the alcohol which is antimicrobial and the oil acts as a sealant to keep the wound sealed up. I've tried applying oil on hand ulcerations and it works. The wine for cleaning and the oil for anointing the wound with...for deep wounds you can pour oil inside of them, bandage up and see the wound heal up within a couple of days! I tried it for some icky wounds...

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The WORD of the God of Abraham is encoded very clearly in the Bible. It bothers me that the arrogance of Martin Luther and other Protestants decided which books were useful and which ones were not. For this reason the Protestant Bible is totally incomplete. Indeed we often don't know anything about the Books of Wisdom contained in the Apocrypha and when we speak of angels, often we perpetuate the lie that only 2 angels are mentioned by name in the Bible, when indeed 3 are named but without the Book of Tobit one would not realize this.

The book of Sirach from Jesus ben Sirach who lived about 200 years before Christ is an exceedingly relevant book for all ages. It is also called the Book of Ecclesiasticus- not Ecclesiastes but the Book of Ecclesiasticus. This book shows us that the good Lord doesn't just want us to read and meditate on his word and pray for healing; he wants us to ACTIVELY use the substances he put on this Earth to heal ourselves. This is likely why I've been getting those words of knowledge lately. Here is text from Sirach 38:4-10

38:4. The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

38:5. Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?

38:6. The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the most High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured in his wonders.

38:7. By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end.

38:8. For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth.

38:9. My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.

38:10. Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.

It is clear that healing is a process that involves faith, perserverance, prayer, meditation on the WORD of God and then using the BRAINS God gave us to utilize the substances he created to assist us in the healing process. Healing isn't just about laying hands and decreeing and declaring that we will get better; it means walking the walk and talking the talk in earnest. For the Lord knows what is in our hearts and appreciates when we take painstaking efforts to do what he tells us to do!

1. The Book of Tobit - Driving out demons using the fish and cataracts cure is the bile from fish.

Tobit 6:6-8 (KJV) '6:6 Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?

6:7 And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed.

6:8 As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.'

What is the fish a symbol for? JESUS CHRIST!!!! We can drive out demons in the name of the fish Jesus Christ. All knees will bow in all realms when his name is uttered according to Philippians 2: 9-11 (NLT)

'9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.'

Burning the incese covered in the fish scent drove the demon away (some exegesis say it was the demon of lust btw) but in the New Testament we drive out demons by faith in the name of Jesus Christ and at times, we need to fast and pray extensively to drive out specific demons in Jesus name.

The fish gall/bile is rich in omega 3 fatty acids and research shows that the omega 3s can reverse the course of cataracts. For those who consume flax oil and are able to metabolize it properly it also contains the rich omega 3s. Some naturapathic centered people have gone so far as to annoint their eyes with the flax oil and or fish oil and have experienced good results. Bear in mind a lot of the testimonials on these methods are anecdotal.

Scientifically gathered evidence (although sparce) suggests that omega 3 supplementation has a benefit to overall eye health. A good metaanalysis was conducted around 2008 and what stands out to me is the honesty of the reporting. They realize that there is a greater need to study the effects of omega 3 supplementation (and the critical ratio between omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids) on the eyes because they found that it can slow down the progression of macular degenration at certain levels. See this link:

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/o3eyesum.htm

Here is anecdotal evidence coupled to some scientifically gathered evidence: http://www.naturalhealth365.com/natural-healing/cataract-prevention-and-reversal.html

2. Kings the Shunnamite womans boy had some type of cerebral malfunction and was clinically dead but Elisha performed CPR on him.

2 Kings 4:34 (NLT) 'Then he lay down on the child's body, placing his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on the child's eyes, and his hands on the child's hands. And as he stretched out on him, the child's body began to grow warm again!

3.Figs treat Cancer and Boils: 2 Kings 20:7 (NLT) 'Then Isaiah said, "Make an ointment from figs." So Hezekiah's servants spread the ointment over the boil, and Hezekiah recovered!'

The chemical compound found in figs that scientists believe has the anti growth properties whether caused by bacteria or other organisms and or cancer is called benzaldehyde. It turns out that scientists are still not clear on the mechanism of action, that is how the benzaldehyde works to kill the tumourous cell lines, and to be honest some types of tumours respond more to the compound than others.

See this paper (PDF) http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/28/1A/229.full.pdf:

Tumor-specific Cytotoxicity and Type of Cell Death Induced by ‚-Cyclodextrin Benzaldehyde Inclusion Compound YU LIU1,2, HIROSHI SAKAGAMI2, KEN HASHIMOTO2, HIROTAKA KIKUCHI3, OSAMU AMANO4, MARIKO ISHIHARA5, YUMIKO KANDA6, SHIRO KUNII6, MUTSUYUKI KOCHI7, WEI ZHANG1 and GUANGYAN YU1

Excerpt from text: 'Benzaldehyde is an antitumor substance isolated from the volatile fraction of figs (1). Benzaldehyde and its derivatives have shown antitumor activity in mice against Ehrlich carcinoma, adenocarcinoma 755 and colon 38; however, they were not active against several other implanted tumors (2-4). Although benzaldehyde derivatives, sush as ‚-cyclodextrin benzaldehyde inclusion compound (CDBA),4,6-benzaldehyde-・-D-glucose and sodium 5,6-benzylidene- L-ascorbate (SBA) have shown only weak antitumor activity against tumors implanted in mice, administration of CDBA to patients with advanced, inoperable carcinoma induced remarkable necrotic changes in the tumors (5-7).'

Here is another link with information and sources on the References section at the bottom of the page: http://www.livestrong.com/article/545680-prostate-cancer-dried-figs/

I've just given 3 compelling examples but in truth there are likely a whole lot more than that because I haven't read the entire Bible YET. And even if I did, one has to read and reread cause as my Granpa Butch said: "I've read the Bible from front to back about three times but each tine I read it, I learn something new". Learning, just as healing is a lifelong process. Amen.

Sickness & Devaluation of Human Life Not Only Inside the Womb, but also Outside of the Womb. May God help us!

I've said it many times before and I'll say it again. Elective abortions are a human rights violation that lead to devaluation; cheapening of human life. Our president as a senator opposed the Born Alive Infant Act. I can't even imagine how sick a person- how twisted up inside he is such that he would oppose legislation granting personhood to survivors of abortion.

But you see...he is part of a movement that believes that its okay not only to kill babies from within the womb but also to allow them to be killed outside of it. This paper came down earlier this year and I was so distaught I couldn't write anything about it. But now I am plumb angry and deeply saddened that anybody would dare say that a person is not a person but a potential person that does not have the same moral status as an older person. Pure ridiculous LIES LIES LIES! I tell you the truth...those of us who refuse to recognize the sanctity of life will have hell to pay unless we repent and move in compassion and love for our fellow human beings. The title of the article is: After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? , the authors are Alberto Giubilini1 & Francesca Minerva.

May God forgive us for such sinfulness! As one yoked to Christ consciousness it is my sacred duty to pray for those with such attitudes. They truly have blackened hearts. However God gave us powerful minds and neuroplasticity is one such feature of our minds. We can all change if we are genuinely willing to do so and repent of the things holding us back from ascending to a higher moral and ethical praxis. Thus although I am angry and saddened, I transform that energy into the energy of prayer and action. Yes even when I was in the wheelchair earlier this year I participated in the 40 days for life campaign. Me and a bunch of Catholics marched and prayed in silence in front of our local abortion provider. I have no regrets. I value life. God is good and can turn things and people around. This is my hope and my prayer for humanity, that we will be able to see the folly of our ways and change them in earnest. Amen.

TARRYING AT THE ALTER

On Wednesday Bible Study of last week, Pastor LeVias about old skool customs that were prevalent in the COGIC church and other mostly Black USA American churches a few score years ago. One custom is called ‘tarrying at the alter’. The goal of tarrying is to wait for a manifestation of the Holy Spirit and if it so chooses, for you to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. The way in which the Holy Spirit is called upon is through praise music, earnest heartfelt love of God and repetitive chanting of the name of Jesus. There are some scriptural precedence for this, but among other denominations there is contention with these justifications for tarrying. Some go so far as to say the practice is demonic in nature!

Here are 2 translations of the scripture that relates to tarrying that the COGICS used to justify the practice:!

Luke 24:49 (KJV) [49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.]!

Luke 24:49 (NIV) [49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”]!

So we can see that Jesus ordered the disciples to wait for a while until the power of the Holy Spirit hit them while they stayed in Jerusalem. We are not told anything else about the types of prayers they engaged in while they tarried, nor about what they ate or whether they fasted during that time, we don’t know how they even worshipped the Lord in those moments of tarrying. But what we do know is that after a while, each of them was blessed with power imbued by the Holy Spirit. Their mandate was to use this power to help others via this anointing and in so doing, keep Gods commandments and edify his Holy existence!!

The spirit demon of religiousness has infected so many of us around the world. Denominationalism is a horrible manifestation of this where some of us think that our denomination is the only one that will get people saved and all others are doomed to hellfire. Folk seem to forget that God is no respecter of persons, in other words God does not play favourites, Acts 10:34. We simply need to listen to him and do what is required of us! The Holy Spirit comes down where people are hungry for its presence and where there is an ardor in the heart.!

The ancients knew that there is POWER in names and sounds. The COGICS also understand this at a heart level, which is why they chant the name of Jesus over and over again with the Praise music. The scriptural justification for the power of the name of Jesus is below:!

Philippians 2:9-11 (KJV) [9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.]!

Now some people use Matthew 6:7-8 to justify their contempt for the practice of the chanting aspect of tarrying. I am showing three translations here but believe the New Living Translation adequately encompasses the point Jesus was trying to make. (NLT) [7 “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!] (NIV) [7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.]!

(KJV) [7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.]!

See this link for exegesis of this scripture involving the Koine Greek root words for greater illumination, at the bottom of the page. (http://bible.cc/matthew/6-7.htm)!

There is also another scripture referred to when vilifying the practice of tarrying, found in 1 Kings 18:26:!

(KJV) [And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.] !

Now in order to put these things into perspective, one has to figure out a meaning for ‘vain repetitions’. To do this, we go to the online Eytmology Dictionary which gives us historical meaning and context for words. In the time of King James, vain meant the following:!

“vain (adj.) c.1300, "devoid of real value, idle, unprofitable," from O.Fr. vein "worthless," from L. vanus "idle, empty," from PIE *wa-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (cf. O.E. wanian "to lessen," wan "deficient;" O.N. vanta "to lack;" L. vacare "to be empty," vastus "empty, waste;" Avestan va- "lack," Pers. vang "empty, poor;" Skt. una- "deficient"). Meaning "conceited" first recorded 1690s, from earlier sense of "silly, idle, foolish" (late 14c.). Phrase in vain "to no effect" (c.1300, after L. in vanum) preserves the original sense. Related: Vainly.!

So we can see that a vain repetition in prayer is an utterance that is perfunctory, obligatory, that has no real meaning and no real connexion to God. These utterances are said in a ritualistic context and have lost their salt. I’ve often said that when I visit Saint Josephs Catholic parish that sometimes the liturgy sounds like I am in a Borg Cube. And that saddens me simply because the words behind the liturgies are Divinely inspired. That is why I was so happy last time to hear Father Larry perform the mass because through the power of the anointing on his voice, the words to the liturgies came alive and my soul was touched deeply. When Father Larry performs mass, the utterances are NOT perfunctory in nature, they are REAL and loaded with meaning.!

I’ll give you a concrete example of a vain repetition. Years ago I was physically stronger and was in the gym every other day. Once I worked out with a young man who was serious about getting his muscles cut and becoming an explosive sprinter. He chastised me when he saw that I counted my reps and then stopped after a certain number was reached, we were doing bench press together, taking turns and spotting each other. He came down on me VERY hard and said something like this: “See I HATE it when people count down like that. You don’t go for the burn you go for the number and then you’re done. That is wack! You not supposed to count at all! You supposed to work the muscles until you get theburn and you can’t lift no more!” I was like “Won’t that get you burnt out?” And he was like “Yeah but that’s the point. Your muscles won’t grow unless they get ripped and torn through the rigourous exercise. Try not to count next time and I guarantee you’ll see greater results.”!

Boy oh boy was he right about that! I learned something that day. I was engaging in obligatory rituralistic exercise and had lost the entire point of why I was there. I was not there to neatly exercise within a certain time frame and then go home; I was there to lean out and get physically stronger so I could run on the track again!!

In the same way, when we pray we cannot afford to get lost in the Borg cube of ritualistic behavior that has lost its salt. That is what a vain repetition is! It is a repetition that has no meaning and is just ‘going through the motions’. I submit to you all that the chanting involved with tarrying at the alter is the exact opposite of performing vain repititions. !

The people who are chanting the name of Jesus are doing this from their hearts and souls. They are praising Jesus and edifiying his very name, as the scriptures indicate. They are hungry for the presence of the Most High God and aren’t afraid to show it. The alter is a consecrated place, even within the bounds of the church. Tarrying at the alter is a sincere effort to meet God on his turf.!

We need to get away from the spirit demon of religiousness, because with it comes pride, wrath, prejudice and a whole host of other nasties including rejection. Those who enjoy and truly FEEL this form of worship are rejected by their friends and families and seen as heretical when God knows their hearts and if the Holy Spirit came down on them through tarrying, like it has many others in the past, then it must not be something that the Lord frowns upon. Let’s stop trying to put God into our boxes shall we?!

Proverbs 15:13-15 (KJV) [13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.]!

It is clear that God comes to those with a joyful heart and a sincere yearning for his presence. !

1.COGIC Tarrying chant at the alter

2.Old fashioned tarrying service part 1 and part 2

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Often we sin against our own bodies and don't even realize it. See this by Dr. Terry Wahls who, through diet, was able to reverse the course of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) I think she is right as rain on just about everything she said except the dairy products. There is evidence that points to raw organic milk from grass fed cows having great benefits, particularly the colostrum (assuming you can tolerate milk in the first place, although I used to think I was lactose intolerant UNTIL I drank raw milk to clear up a fungal infection and then I realized I was intolerant to poison milk the stuff that ain't organic and has RBsT..ya know?). I am in the process of developing a life oil recipe for those with MS and other demyelating disorders under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. She is right about the Omega 3 fatty acids, but there is also more, far more. I will write a bit about that later but urge you to see this video and pass it on to anyone that it may help!