"You're alive and Danny's not. Why?"
Good question.
I give all honor and glory to God in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ who is my personal savior and Lord. I serve Him as He pleases. For now He has chosen to allow me to live to serve His purposes. I must be obedient to His will, even if some day it should mean in His Infinite Wisdom that I am no longer alive on this Earth.
I try to tell it straight, like it is, not to equivocate and to be a faithful and true witness. I want to save the lives and souls of men, women and children. I do not want to be swallowed by a whale as was Jonah by holding back.
Caleb and Aaron were permitted by God to survive in the wilderness for 40 years when other Israeli men died because they did God's will and told the truth and did not equivocate or lie about the "giants" inhabiting the Promise land as did the other Israelis.
Of course, my life could be like Jeremiah or Daniel living in the hands of the enemy or even like Moses who "slipped up" and struck the Rock and went to eternity early.
Along the way I will be afflicted as Job by Satan as God permits. This is why I pray the Lords prayer "lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil".
The blessed hope of all believers is to spend eternal life with God and their savior, Jesus Christ. Whether it be by natural causes (death-could be a traffic accident, cancer or perhaps at the hands of an enemy) or by supernatural cause (Rapture), I look forward to and long for seeing and being with God and Jesus soon. Our redemption is drawing much closer in space and time-Look Up!
Please do not misunderstand me. I do not know if I am favored by God, but even if I am it is because of God’s loving kindness to me and this nation, it is not because of good works or because of flawless character, because I fall way short on both counts. This is why I put my trust in Jesus Christ who is faithful to forgive me and set my paths straight.
God chooses whom He will to let live for as long as He chooses for His purpose and in accordance with His will. I chose to be seen by God trying to do His work and to be on His side and I am confident that God and Jesus Christ will take care of me for now and for eternity.
It is an honor to know Jesus Christ, to live in these times in such a blessed country, and to have an opportunity to witness to my fellow citizens of the truth of the times and of God's great love for us through His Son Jesus Christ.
You know, GOd is pleading with the hearts and minds of officials and citizens in this country to become closer to Him in their values and judgments. Maybe not all of the people God has permitted me to talk to and write about are not yet as hardened criminal killers as those Danny Cassalaro dealt with, even though they are corrupt and unwise. God will give them and this country as many chances to change their minds and hearts as HE chooses since HE is long suffering.
I am concerned however, that murder of innocent Christians in our land and any major betrayal of Israel and Jerusalem by our current leaders could lead God to decide the End has come, time is no more, and God will execute His judgments on the Earth and this nation.
But before the End, as we see and hear of wars and rumors of wars, God will give more chances to turn to Him by His giving signs and by having two of His servants prophesy against the AntiChrist and his system and cause no rain until they are beheaded and then resurrected in front of the world in Jerusalem.
I really do appreciate the spirit in which your replies have been intended. But I must press on in the race with prudence, wisdom and determination.
Let us all continue to love others as God and Jesus have loved us. Let us lead others in this land to earthly and eternal security through truthful knowledge and belief and trust in Jesus Christ.
Honoring the Ten Commandments is vital to our security.
We will fall short of the mark, but we can hold up and honor the mark, the standards we should live by. Jesus Christ will forgive us when we fall short if we love and follow Him and repent as we strive to keep His commandments.
The entire reply is well stated. Bookmarked and saved.