Monday, November 30, 2009

The Manhattan Declaration

Although I am opposed to all that the signers of the Manhattan Declaration oppose, I will not be signing it for one simple reason. It gives credence to non-Christian organizations that are seemingly Christian.

How does it do that? It includes non-Christian organizations and calls them Christian.

Many people call their selves Christian. The Jehovah Witnesses, The Mormans, the Iglesia Ni Cristo are just three among many.

Now, if a house was on fire I would certainly work together with any of the aforementioned organizations to save the perishing. You might say, well this is the same situation and you would be right. Yet in that example situation we did not advertise ourselves as Christians saving people from the fire. We just went in and saved them.

Those who organized this group have done so as an attempt at ecumenical ism. This is just one more way they will try to get other groups to join together with Christians. A new world Church.

Had this organization declared a group of people with the same mind as to oppose abortion, same sex marriage and... I would have gladly signed.

We know how the world concludes. We see how there will be some who will try to promote the World Council of Churches and the like but they won't fool real Christians.

It is obvious what is happening here but thanks be to God we have His word to guide us.

Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

I have written to two groups, Focus on the family and Liberty Baptist, Jonathan Falwell and have received no answer.

The Bible says: 1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Without the benefit of an answer, I must assume they have no good reason.

Caveat Emptor

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Homosexuality Should we applaud it, condone it or eradicate it?

Homosexuality
Should we applaud it, condone it or eradicate it?

To answer the question, we need to first understand what homosexuality is and then determine if it is wrong or right behavior.

In determining if it is wrong or right behavior, we must understand that there exists wrong and right behavior in the world today.

Most people will agree that senseless murder is wrong behavior. Also wrong is robbery, assault and you get the point, the list goes on.

We must also recognize that these "standards" were obtained from the founders of our Country and their source was the Bible.

Now for those who want to oppose the Bible as the final "authority" in all matters of law and morality, we can not argue with you other to say you are wrong. This Country was founded on Biblical principals. Those principals have withstood the test of time for almost 6000 years of recorded history. It has been only in the last forty years or so that some have determined that all our teachings before us were wrong and now we must believe this "new and enlightened" generation whose sources of information are mostly their own "feelings" hence the term "if it feels right do it."

I will address the issue, logically, based on the bible and perhaps use some common sense also.

If we see nature, we see that all creation was developed to recreate, plants, animals and mankind. For all species there is a male and a female.

This is the natural (for all you environmentalists) way of maintaining the population.

It is also the spiritual way. God commanded it.

He commanded it for the fish and fowls:

Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And He commanded it for humans:

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

So God made them male and female and commanded them to populate the earth. Only the male with the female are able to do this. Anything else is Unnatural!

The commandment was given also to Noah and his sons after the flood:

Gen 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

No where do we read of homosexuality being good or evil at this point.

We get to Gen 13:13 and read: But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

The Bible just tells us they were exceedingly wicked and at this point says nothing about how they were wicked.

We get to:Gen 18:16 where it tells us : And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Gen 18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
There were three "men" (at least resembled men) who were angels one of which was "The Angel of the Lord" which was the second person of the Trinity who would be Jesus.
He was about to do something to Sodom and considered telling Abraham.

Gen 18:20 Tells us why He will do what he will do :
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; -still not revealing their sin.

At this point the famous conversation between the Lord and Abraham begins as Abraham tries to negotiate with the Lord so that righteous people would not be destroyed with the wicked as we will later see it was God's intention to destroy Sodom.

The Lord ended the conversation by saying if He found 10 righteous people He would not destroy Sodom.

The Lord leaves the scene but the two angels proceed to Sodom and are invited by Abraham's nephew (Lot) to lodge with his family.

The revelation of the towns wickedness is plainly shown in this next verse:

Gen 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Gen 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
It tells us it was "all the men" that came and that they wanted to "Know" the visitors. The "know" was in a sexual sense. Please be advised that these two men appeared as men and not as Angels and the men of Sodom had no idea that they were anything other then men.

This is the first Biblical account of Homosexuality being "extremely" wicked.

In case you missed the point here is a plain statement found in leviticus.

Lev 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

that is the law, the rule, the command and there is no getting around it. Many homosexuals say they don't believe the Bible but call themselves "religious". I tell you it is a man made religion that constructs their own God in their image. Their God will jump through any hoop they want him to jump through. It is a god of convenience. Not the true god but a man made god which always allows you to do whatever you like.

For those who say that was "Old Testament Law" and does not apply today I would first tell you that our Lord said not one jot or tittle would pass from the law. "Thou shalt not kill" remains true today as it did then.

Yet for the sake of further proof: 1Co 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

"abusers of themselves with mankind" are homosexuals. This verse also includes cross dresswers and the like.

For the sake of time, I will hold back many other references to the truth.

I might add this, that homosexuals are not the only ones that twist the truth to try to justify their actions. Those who steal, lie, curse, cheat on their spouses, and much more tend to rationalize their actions.

We live in a world that denies the truth. "Fair is foul and foul is fair" is the slogan of the times. We twist the truth so that we can feel justified but we never are and never feel "right."

Let me just say that there is a better way for those who practice wrong and call it right. You can practice right and be blessed more than you could be by doing evil.

The pleasures of sin are temporary but the gift of God is eternal.

1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Ask Christ to give you the peace you are seeking.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

I used to be a Christian but now I'm not

I just read this blog by a Frank Shaeffer (I think it was his name) He claimed to be the son of a famous evangelist and family friends with Billy Graham. He also declared his retreat from Christianity in the 80's and he was so glad to leave.

As I read the story I so much wanted to be able to pick up the phone and say, "Hey dude, you never was a Christian and I seriously doubt that your dad was either."

He cited anti Christian behavior of many Christians and bla bla and then there is bla.

Wake up bubba, Christianity is a relationship. It's a walk with the Savior and it should be a demonstration ofChrist in the Christian life . You just didn't find it.

So of course this guy is now a famous (I say famous because I am assuming, I really don't know)
journalist and the left embraces him as the chosen one who was able to see the light and not stay right.

The funny thing is the left hates the right because they say that the right is judgemental


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

"Give" is a four letter word.

Perhaps one of the hardest things for which to raise money is humanity.

People love to save whales, trees, spotted owls and an entire host of variables. Yet you tell them about people who are starving and so many times you will hear. "that's a shame".

Now of course I am plugging my own cause of which I am very interested in seeing succeed but this really does apply to all such causes.

I had a big treat yesterday. I had a Starbucks coffee and a sandwich on a bagel. It cost 250 pesos! that was around 4 bucks. It is a big deal for me and actually I did not know it would be so high or I would not have purchased it. Yet It caused me to think about how many people have the resources to go into a Starbucks or any such place and without checking their financial resources, buy a cup of coffee. Some of you might be saying, "well yeah, duh!" Yet if I had as many people who read my stuff go to: http://www.payatasmissionoutreach.org/donate.htm and sign up for a monthly deduction of only $5 from their debit or credit card, many of the problems here would be addressed.

Maybe it is because many people do not know who to trust. I agree that is a huge problem. It is so easy to check our information. if you go to: http://www.savepayatas.org/ you will get the facts. If you go to: http://www.payatasbaptistchurch.org/ and click on The box with the picture of the little girl which reads, "Photos" it will bring you to our multiply site and you will see almost 4,000 photos of what we do and how we do it. If you click "Updates" on the menu bar you will be able to see our diary for the three years we have been here.

Everything we do, we document because we know it is important to see how your money is making a difference. There are also plenty of other references which can be given to you if required.

We came here three years ago and up until a generous supporter gave us a washing machine. Prior to that, we washed the clothes by hand. We still don't have an oven and so nothing is baked, broiled or roasted and everything is cooked on a two burner , counter top stove.

We are Yankees in a tropical climate yet we have no A/C. All you Californians, could you picture that?

I don't tell you that so you can feel sorry for us (of course if that motivates you I will tell you more) We have been praying for three years for a camera. A generous supporter bought a motorcycle for me yet we are praying for a vehicle for the entire family. Right now, almost every pair of pants I own has patches on it. My youth Pastor needs a computer for the ministry.

I tell you all this so you will know that your money is not going to support someones lavish lifestyle. We live in a donated house but we never know when that graciousness will expire and we will have to look for a home.

Yesterday I went to look at a condominium. I did it just for kicks. I loved it. The price was $120,000. In America it would be a great deal but with no salary, how could I pay for it?

With all this in mind. Knowing that we are working to change lives here in Payatas and are willing and have been suffering for the cause, why don't you sign up with us for $5 per month?

Just go here: http://www.payatasmissionoutreach.org/donate.htm , click the $5 box and your good to go.

I hope you will check out our sites and see the good work of which you can take part.

Thanks.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Christmas is Over in Payatas

Do you remember seeing all the hullabaloo about Christmas for Payatas? The sites are still up on the internet.
Foundations, public figures, stars of all kinds and many bloggers pushed this event that would be the end all and be all to help those at the garbage dump.

They rolled in, gave the kids t shirts, shorts, sneakers and had them put them on so that they could start shooting the photos. Many pleas were spoken (by what I believe to be some very sincere people) to help these poor kids.

Promises went as follows, 100,000 people would be afforded livelihood programs, 25,000 children will be educated, presents for the kids and on an on. Even "hopes" of providing housing.

Now it's June. I have been trying to find out where the money went. As a Pastor in this community I am thrilled at any attempt to help these people. The videos portray life here very accurately. What is not accurate are the claims to help.

And so I say, "Where's the Money?"

I called ABS-CBN which was portrayed as a sponsor. They denied having anything to do with the project. I showed them the photo of Ms Agabulos holding up the t shirt and taking the photo. I was told that she did not know what it was for. Sharp reporting. By the way, you can go here to see the connection:http://lighthouseforchildren.org/features . Scroll to the bottom to see the lady that did not know she was supporting the cause. By the way, if these pages are removed, email me, I have saved them.

Fusion Excel is another supporter. I tried to contact the Owner, Paul Ting who coincidentally is the brother of Matthew Ting the owner of Tote Daddy. I also tried to contact Matthew on a number of occasions. I received no replies from anyone of these sponsors.

The Lighthouse International website has been suspended but I was finally able to get someone in the QuezonCity office of Lighthouse (a sponsor of the project) They could not tell me where the money had gone nor could they put me in touch with someone who knew.

They did give me the phone number for the treasurer of the Rotary Club who was extremely helpful. The Rotary overseas a building that is owned by??? that houses the preschool at the dump. They have had no electricity for a while and are badly in need of repairs. She told me someone else is in charge of repairs and she just handled the money to feed the kids and run the school.

Are you getting tired yet? Thirty years at the dump site where nothing has changed.

Now go to our websites: http://www.savepayatas.com -http://www.payatasbaptistchurch.org -http://www.payatasmissionoutreach.org

At the Church web site you can click on updates to see what we have done for three years.

Did you happen to notice that this is the only follow up web info for Christmas For Payatas? How come no one is shouting the good news of accomplishments? Because there are none.

Also at the Church site you can click to go to our Multiply site where we have almost 4000 photos of our work. All this was accomplished with very little money. Imagine what we would have done with the $81,000.00 plus US Dollars collected by Christmas For Payatas. Imagine if we had movie stars and politicians and bloggers blogging for us.

It's not too late. Come give to our cause and we will show you where the money goes.

May God bless your generous hearts and guide you to make intelligent choices.

Pastor Jack Wilson