We often hear the story of how God told Ezekiel to prophesy to the valley of dry bones, that they live again. That valley full of dry bones turned into a great army. Because the wind of God blew on the dry bones.
As I thought about this story this morning, I began to see a comparison of this army to the church. This was once a great army, they were defeated because of their sin. They wandered from God and he allowed them to be destroyed. The resurrection of these bones into an army is symbolic of God restoring his people Israel, spiritually, physically and as a nation. These dry bones represent missed opportunities to glorify God.
The dry bones made me think of kindling; quick to catch fire. Our churches are full of dry bones today. People are living and moving and breathing, but they are spiritually dried up. What if the rushing mighty wind of the Holy Ghost blew on them and they caught fire. The world needs to see us full of anointing and power.
Eph 4:11-16 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Now is the time to get established in our faith, so that we may stand strong in that faith. If we dig deep roots and are established, we will not be tosses by every wind of doctrine. We will know the truth of God and we will be free. We will not fall for the preachers from satan that appear to be godly, but inside they are as spiritually dead as those dry bones. Their purpose not to see souls saved, but to distract the people of God.
As the body of Christ sets aside their differences and becomes one, we will get to a place that we walk in love. That is what it is going to take to win the lost.
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I Peter 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:
Are you ready to give an answer? If not, I have a few ideas to share today to get you started on having your answer ready.
We are all without hope until we accept the blood of Jesus and his plan for our lives. That is the simple answer some would brush off as being religious. Generic answers will not work, it’s about relationship. But if we can share a rock bottom moment with someone, then give God the glory it will be more accepted.
For me my rock bottom was when I fell into deep depression. Someone else’s, may be drug addiction or losing all they had financially. It could be alcohol addiction, porn addiction, there are many rock bottom moments. They are as individual as the people who suffered them.
It all starts with honor and reverence in our hearts for the Lord. Making Jesus the center of our faith. When we share the hope we have we must share Jesus, because his love and sacrifice are the reasons for our hope.
This verse doesn’t mean that we have to have an answer like a legal defense to fight against those who will not accept that Jesus gives us hope. If we take that approach we will not effectively share why we have hope.
We believe the word of God is true, that word is full of reasons to have hope. One of the main reasons is that when we become children of God we have hope of a home in heaven far away from the punishment we deserved for breaking God’s laws. His forgiveness gives us hope that we are never alone.
Another way to look at the key verse is that if we are full of God’s hope, we will live a life that causes people to question, why we have hope. The world could be flying apart and we have peace, because of Jesus.
I COR 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
This verse is a reminder that our hope is in Jesus not only for this life but the one to come.
Across all denominational boundaries almost all would agree that we need to see revival. We often think of revival as a meeting set up weeks in advance. There is a preacher from another church to bring the word. But if he doesn’t bring the fire, no one will come to know Jesus. If the people have not prepared the altar, there will be no fire.
Mirriam Webster online defines revival as: the restoration, re-connection or to bring back to life something that has declined faded or died.
The word revive means – an improvement in the condition or strength.
If we allow God to revive us, we will gain strength and improve in condition, we will re-connect with him. It is easy to let life get in the way of our relationship with God. Revival can restore our faith walk.
A congregation can have church services every night for a year and call it revival, but it will accomplish nothing until the saint are re-kindled with God’s holy fire. Until they pray the fire down.
Which brings me to my next point. The story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. A large portion of these people were God’s people who had turned aside to serve baal. We too at times allow things to creep into our lives. Often ours is more subtle than turning to worship a false little “g” god.
Elijah was tired of watching God’s people chase after the false god. He put forth a challenge and said, we will set up an altar and worship. Which ever God answers by fire, let him be God.
For times sake I am starting at verse 30, I suggest you read the whole chapter and think about how amazing that God answers by fire. We pick up with where the prophets of baal had spent all day crying, cutting themselves with knives and nothing happened.
I KGS 18:30-38 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. 34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Notice the sacrifice that was on the altar to baal was not the sacrifice Elijah used. He prepared his own sacrifice. Just like we must put ourselves on the altar and rededicate and re-surrender. We need to become broken before him and allow him to send down the fire to consume our sacrifice.
He asked the people to pour not four, not eight barrels but twelve barrels of water on the altar, the sacrifice and the area around the altar. Think about what a sacrifice it was to use the water, there was a famine and drought in the land. But they still offered it to God.
Notice Elijah didn’t use the altar of the enemy and try to pray to God. He repaired the altar before adding the sacrifice and water. He didn’t have to cry and cut himself with a knife, like the prophets of baal. He just said a simple prayer and all off the sudden there came a fire from heaven. God not only answered by fire, he consumed the sacrifice, the wood, stones, dust and all the water.
True revival will come when we see God’s fire. But first we have to repair the altar. It is not just a place for sinners to repent. The altar is a place to make changes in our lives through sacrificing what our flesh wants to do and spend time crying out to God for real change. Some churches have made a mockery of the altar.
What if Elijah’s sacrifice was like we are, as soon as the prayer gets serious our flesh wants to get up and call it a day. But in bible times the sacrifice was tied to the altar. What if our desire for God kept us tied to the altar until we were saturated with is presence? We must pour out everything before God. Re-connect to him in a deeper way.
There is no shame in needing renewal. Everyone needs to be refreshed (with the washing of the word), refilled with God’s spirit so we can pour him out to others. We need renewed so that we have fresh bread and not the same stale message for those who are lost.
If there was ever a time in history that needed God more than now, I do not know when it was. The only way people are going to be drawn away from the bone chilling coldness of this world is for the church to get on fire. It can only do that, if we sacrifice time to pray for the fire to fall once again.
As spring begins and people start to plan revivals in their churches, I pray each one prays for lost souls to come to know God. And that there will once again be fire on the altar.
You can’t rescue someone who doesn’t want to be rescued. Yesterday, I used the old illustration about the man that was on his roof in a flood. God sent a raft, a boat and a helicopter, but the man refused to get in the boats or to get in the helicopter. It didn’t matter his reasons; it was his choice to make.
Someone may be drowning and you throw them a lifeline, but if they don’t reach out and take it they are the ones to blame. The world is drowning in sin they are dying every day without God. But that is their choice. God gives everyone opportunity to accept him. He will not override free will.
Although, normally people refuse rescue out of fear. They do not know if they can live a Christian life; they are afraid of failure. Maybe they are too bound by evil and do not want to give up that life. They do not believe that they are that bad, they have their own set of right and wrong that doesn’t line up with God’s view.
But to the one in the raft, the one in the boat and the one on the helicopter they knew God sent them to help. Although it is disheartening, and the failure can make us question. We sometimes even wonder if they really heard from God of if we went on our own. The failure to help can be devastating, especially if the one in trouble is a loved one. God gave us all free will; we have to accept that they have the right to make their choices. People can be drowning deep in their sin but if they refuse our help, it is out of our hands.
We were obedient and did what we were sent to do. It is easy to question when we do not see the result we think will come from us being obedient. It is easy to question if we hear from God at all.
We are supposed to follow God’s plan and plant the seeds. It is up to others to make the choice to follow Jesus. Just because a few people that we talk to refuse to accept what we are saying doesn’t mean that we give up. Somewhere out there is someone who is searching for the very word we have within us. They are lost and alone, stumbling in the dark. What happens to them if we give up? They stay lost.
We have to be encouraged that we have the lifeline people are needing. Even if some refuse it. There is a great big world out there that is doing all they can to keep from drowning. They are searching, hoping and praying for the message we carry.
You can’t rescue someone who doesn’t want to be rescued. But continue to live out your faith and pray for them. People sometimes change their minds. Circumstances in life change every day. As long as they are breathing there is hope. That hope is our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. It is time we stand strong and keep tossing out the lifeline. The rest is out of our hands.
There is a story that preachers often use as an illustration. It is about a man that is standing on his roof, with flood water rising quickly. Along comes a guy in a raft and offers him a ride to safety. The man or the roof says, “No that’s ok, God is going to save me.”
The water gets higher and the man prays for God to help him. Along comes a guy in a boat and offers to take the guy to safety. Again, he says, “No that’s ok, God is going to save me.” The water continues to rise now its up to the roof. Again, the guy prays for help, “Lord, save me, the water is getting deep.”
A helicopter flies over and drops a rope. The guy yells, “that’s ok, I am afraid to fly, God will save me.”
It will come as no surprise that the guy drowns. When he gets to heaven he questioned God, “Why didn’t you save me?”
God answered, I sent you a raft, a boat and a helicopter, what more should I have done?”
Often God’s answers do not come the way we think. But he always answers. This is why it is so important to pray for discernment. We do not want to miss his answers. Often, we have to do something to get the right result.
James 2:20-24 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
If the man had stepped out and got on the raft, boat or helicopter. God would have protected him. He would have made it to safety. But because he refused to take a step of faith, he died where he was standing.
We need to learn to have faith to step out of our comfort zone. The roof at the time seemed safer than the boats or the helicopter. But the big picture, it would not always be the safe place. Walking by faith, doesn’t mean we know beyond our next step. If the entire plan was before us, we would probably be overwhelmed by it all. We would feel like there is no way we could ever be who God needs us to be in the future. But God grows us and when the time comes, we will be ready. God grows us very patiently one step at a time.
I often think of a scene from one of the Indiana Jones movies. Indy was at edge of a cliff. The ancient book he was using for a guide said something about the path to God being a leap of faith. To the human eye, it looked like there was a chasm, too far to jump across. The holy grail he was looking for was on the other side.
It looked like he would fall to his death, but he took the next step. There was a bridge to catch him. It blended in with the chasm and was invisible to human eyes. Faith is taking that next scary step, knowing that God has a bridge to catch us.
The answers rarely come as we think they will. I would imagine the children of Israel never thought about the Red Sea parting for them. We must open our minds and believe that faith means trusting God for the right outcome even when we don’t see even the next step.
Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
The question is, are we going to trust or are we going to stay on the roof top? Remember the comfort zone is only comfortable for a season. Something to think about today.
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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: EASIER SAID THAN DONE
Often, we read things in the bible and accept them at face value. We understand with our minds. But applying the word to our lives is often more difficult than we first thought. For example:
Matt 22:37-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Lets take verse 37, we can say we love God will all of our heart, with all our soul and all our mind. But our actions do not reflect that love. If we truly loved God with all of our heart we would want to be in his word more, in his presence more. But it is easy to allow the distractions of life to make our good intentions seem like weak attempts. This is why it is easier to say you love God and harder to do it.
It is even more difficult to love some people, because they do not treat us right. We are to love people and want the best for them. We can love their souls and pray they find God. It is our duty to show them the right direction. If they don’t want to be rescued from their life of sin, there is little we can do. They have free will.
Sometimes loving people means telling them the truth, even if it will hurt. I would rather be hurt by truth than be comforted by a lie.
Another verse I think of is:
Eccl 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
It sounds simple to fear God and keep his commandment. If we fear God we will keep his commandments. At times, it is easy for our flesh to override our good sense and fear of the Lord. When this happens we are not walking in all the love and reverence that God expects from his children.
He wants us to be hungry for his presence. To long to sit quietly and listen for him to sing over us and pour into us. God is so loving toward us and we all fall short of showing him that love in return. That is why God made grace, it is the filler that helps us to meet the mark of God’s expectations.
Don’t think I am trying to be judgmental and legalistic. I am simply trying to share that it’s not easy to love God and do the right thing while we are in this flesh. Our will can get in the way easily if we do not keep a tight reign on it.
We must strive to do our best to measure up and God will meet us where we are with his amazing grace.
Gal 6:8-9 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
I always want to share with you things that make you think and want to seek God just a little longer or with a little more passion. Because if we sow good thing into our lives those things will grow. If we sow unappealing things in our lives the weeds will overtake our garden of good.
I want to encourage you today to pray for God to help you to learn to love him more.
THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: WHERE ARE THE WATCHMEN?
What would happen if God’s watchmen all left their post. Evil would swallow up the earth. The enemy would come in and overtake everything and the people would have no warning. No one would be guarding the weak. God is needing us to stay on the wall and keep watch. This is what has been happening in the world today, many left their post.
In America in 1963, watchmen left the wall and one woman was able to take prayer out of the school system. Where were the watchmen? Then they removed teaching morality and biblical principles. All of this before I was born. Why were the watchmen not on the wall?
In the 1980’s, my generation saw the ten commandments being removed from the schools, while drug use and sexual immorality increased. Where were the watchmen?
Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
This could very well say children of God I have made you watchmen over America and the world warn them about their evil. Compel them to turn from their worship of the little gods of this world. Compel them to return to me.
Every generation has let down a little more of the fortress. It is like each generation removes a row of block from the high walls of protection. If allowed to continue soon there will be no walls and the enemy can walk in and set up his kingdom. But for now, we have something to say about it. We can find our place on the wall and watch.
Amos 8:11-12 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Have you ever gone to your pantry, you are hungry but are not sure what you want to eat. I can honestly say I often opt for something quick to fix, but it may not be the best choice.
Spiritually, morally, people are like this: they are hungry, but not sure what they are hungry for, they opt for the quick fix. They allow the enemy to tempt them into sin which satisfies for the moment. But long term does nothing to help them be better, stronger or happier.
The famine is for the word of God and his presence. Many churches have “feel” good messages, but the watchmen have left the wall years ago. Now they tell people how to gain wealth or live their best life. They never mention the blood because it is too gory. They don’t want to preach about hell, because they don’t want to offend anyone. Week after week, people leave their services unchanged and still starving for God.
Where are the watchmen?
We all can be watchmen and guard our own lives. Once we get ourselves to the place that we can be of use to God he will set us to watch and warn of the enemy’s attacks.
Ways we can be watchmen: Guarding our hearts, guard against distractions from the enemy, pray for help, study God’s word and apply it to our lives.
Prov 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
We are the only ones who can guard our hearts. No one can do it for us. The enemy will try to get us distracted by the world. He will try to bring offense to cause us to lose our focus and develop unforgiveness. He will offer us shortcuts to success, even when we have not put in the work to make success possible. He will try to fill our mind with lies about God and his plans. The enemy wants us to look at circumstances and fall into fear so that we do not focus on God.
Watchmen know the word of God and can use it effectively. We must know how to use our sword to show compassion and not to harm. Praying daily for fresh understanding will help us to see the enemy’s next move long before we ever see him. Fresh anointing and discernment daily should be what we ask for when we pray. The anointing will give us power to overcome and discernment will show us what we need to do next to avoid the enemy.
As we each guard the gates of our own hearts, we learn how to help spiritually guard the gates of our nation. We have a powerful tool in our arsenal; we have the power of prayer. It is time for the watchmen to arise and find their place on the wall. There is much work to be done to see the harvest gathered. If we stand side by side the enemy will not prevail. With God on our side, we cannot fail. We are stronger when we stand together.
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
How do we walk in perfect peace? We do not look at what is going on around us, but we keep focused on God. Perfect peace is not the absence of conflict. It is having God’s peace in spite of conflict.
As soldiers in God’s army, we need to train ourselves to not look at what is happening around us. We cannot watch the news and fall apart by what we see there, but we have to say, I know it looks bad, but I trust you, Lord.
How often do we allow things to distract our attention and cause us to start falling into anxiety and fear? Far too often, our flesh wants to worry about all the what if scenarios. That is just the enemy speaking to us trying to destroy our peace. We have to fight to keep that peace in our hearts, by keeping our minds on God. By talking to him about the anxiety and concerns we have about the chaos we see around us.
It comes down to, trust. Do we trust that God is going to keep his promises? He has promised to give us peace, protection and healing. But do we walk by what we see or do we trust God to keep us in perfect peace.
We have to have a made up mind that circumstances are not going to dictate our peace. God is love and God is peace. Sometimes peace is earned by going to battle. The enemy needs to be put in his place. Satan will not win, he cannot steal our peace if we don’t let him.
It’s not easy to get our focus and keep it at times. But God has promised to never leave us and he has promised to fight for us. We can overcome the enemy. We can walk in peace, like we walk in faith. One step at a time.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
These were Jesus’ words. He tells us to not allow our heart to be troubled. That tells me we have control if we are troubled, fearful or if we are walking in peace. If we lack peace, we can ask God to give us peace.
Phil 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
The atmosphere is full of anxiety and uncertainty. It is easy to fall into being anxious and worrying about thing around us. Paul said, be careful for nothing. In other words, do not be anxious about anything. He tells us to pray and the God of peace will give us his peace. Keep holding on and keep fighting the good fight of faith. One day it is all going to be worth it.
Endurance is talked about in the word. But what is endurance? When we are thinking about endurance in the bible, we can trace it back to a Greek word, hypomone pronounced (hoopmon a) which means remain under pressure without giving in. It means to have perseverance and to be determined to reach your goal. Which is often on the other side of a difficult trial.
Psalm 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Endurance is about more than patience, although patience has something to do with it. It means having a deep determination to keep going in spite of the circumstances. It means overcoming obstacles and struggles even when we feel we cannot. Jesus will give us strength to endure, if we hold on to him.
There is a reward on the other side of the endurance, if we do not give up. We have to run our race, determined. We have to dig deep within our souls and find that courage to hold on just a little while longer. These rewards are the fruit of our labor or our patient determination to keep going.
James 1:12: “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”
I can not think of a better reward than to face my trials with grace and strength. Knowing that one day I will hear him say, “Well done.”
Right now, the body of Christ is going through some growing pains as God removes things that have slipped into the body to cause spots and wrinkles. We will never be effective to reach the lost while there is strife and blatant sin in the body. God is separating those who are serious about their faith walk and those who attend services to personal gain and to deceive others. Once the shaking has occurred and there is only left those who are serious about running their race with faith. Then we will see many souls added to the kingdom of God. There is joy in serving Jesus. We need to remember to share that joy with those around us. If we can endure the tough times, we will reap in joy.
When Jesus was on the cross with him was his accusation. Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.”
The Pharisees didn’t like for that to be there, they wanted Pilate to change it to say, He says he the king of the Jews. But Pilate refused because he had already had an encounter with Jesus that convinced him that he was possibly the son of God.
Jesus was accused of many things when he shook religious spirits. The Pharisees loved their select seats in the synagogue, their prestige and power. Jesus challenged it all. That is why they hated him.
Their motives were grounded in the fear that he might be real. They feared losing their standing in the community. They would no longer be rich or be able to gain great wealth. The Pharisees, Sadducee and scribes often made accusations against Jesus. He was accused of breaking the sabbath, because his disciples picked corn and ate it.
In their eyes he blasphemed against God because he told the paralyzed man his sins were forgiven. Then he healed him. They also said he blasphemed on other occasions, he claimed to have a unique relationship with God, the “Great I AM”
When he cast out devils they said he did it because he had power through the devil. They were afraid to admit he might actually have power from God.
They got all upset and judgmental when the disciples ate without doing all the “man-made” hand washing rituals. They would often demand a sign to prove his authority. Their greatest accusation came when he was brought before Pilate. They accused him, they lied about what Jesus supposedly said about paying taxes to Caesar.
Pilate could find no fault with him. He believed him to be innocent. He even gave them a chance to let him go. Pilate said he would release one prisoner, the murderer, Barabas or Jesus. The crowd yelled for Barabas to be free.
Have you ever thought about how that was symbolic of Jesus setting all of us free, because we deserved punishment just like Barabas deserved punishment. Yet because Jesus went to the cross Barabas was free and so are we, if we accept what he did for us.
Then when Pilate asked what he should do with Jesus they shouted crucify. Pilate washed his hands before the crowd, because he could not find any fault with him. The Pharisees said, “Let it be on our heads.”
All of their accusations were lies and misconceptions. They were supposed to be the enlightened ones, the ones who would know the Messiah as soon as they saw him. But instead, they feared him and what he represented. They didn’t want to lose what they had built, their kingdom.
Everywhere Jesus went, he brought freedom to the broken and hurting. He also stirred up the religious people who thought more of their religion than they did the God they were supposed to be serving.
It makes me wonder if there is enough of Jesus in our lives to upset a few religious spirits? Is our walk with God close enough that the enemy is on alert?
Out of all the accusations against Jesus. The truth was on his cross. JESUS OF NAZARETH KING OF THE JEWS.
Not only is he the king of the Jews, but king above all kings and lord above all lords. In the times we are living many worship Baal. When they talk, they will say things about the lord. We as Christians assume they mean the one true God, our LORD JESUS CHRIST. But they are talking about Baal or satan. Do not be deceived, there is only one true God and de died on a cross under the accusation of being King of the Jews.
GOD FOCUS--Psalm 34:3 O magnify the Lord with me.... 