|City on a Hill - Writings for Refuge

Believing promises that are hard to believe is one of the major requirements of following Jesus. Unbelief is a sin. It will literally disconnect you from Jesus: Romans 11:19You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. Getting a promise from God is serious business. As crazy as it might seem, a failure to believe the good things God promises are guaranteed to you, an unwillingness to hope, is one of the major pitfalls of following Jesus. Getting grand promises from God requires a miracle, and miracles require faith! Matthew 13:58Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Getting a promise from God is a big deal. If He says it, it's true. Once you get a promise from God, you are expected to be a person who walks around with a promise...in belief. Walking around like a man with a promise changes things. It should create pati...

Believing promises that are hard to believe is one of the major requirements of following Jesus. Unbelief is a sin. It will literally disconnect you from Jesus: Romans 11:19You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. Getting a promise from God is serious business. As crazy as it might seem, a failure to believe the good things God promises are guaranteed to you, an unwillingness to hope, is one of the major pitfalls of following Jesus. Getting grand promises from God requires a miracle, and miracles require faith! Matthew 13:58Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Getting a promise from God is a big deal. If He says it, it's true. Once you get a promise from God, you are expected to be a person who walks around with a promise...in belief. Walking around like a man with a promise changes things. It should cre...

The crusades were a time when the promises of a voluntary kingdom of heaven were taken into man's hands to be fulfilled involuntarily....imposed upon the middle East...in the name of Jesus. This is one of the darkest times in the history of the church. Jesus' kingdom is entirely voluntary. You can't violate the voluntary nature of it and be true to who Jesus is. No army can enforce Jesus' kingdom without losing it all together. No government can arrange it, no lie can subdue it, no corruption can thwart it. Islam means 'submission'. Allah is the God of Islam. The nature of this spirit is to make people suffer the consequences if they don't submit. Jehovah is entirely different. He is patiently waiting that as few as possible might suffer the consequences of not submitting to the truth that He made everything and will rule it forever. Jehovah intercedes that people might be spared. That is different than imposing a kingdom on the unwilling. Many in the church...