Salute all them that have the rule

Could it be that not every one knows what is really going on? Did president Obama call you up personally on your cell phone to let you know before he launched the CASH FOR CLUNKERS PROGRAM.? ================= What I like about stories is that they don't have to be either logical, reasonable or factual. The rats have been terrorizing Roger the alligator, and he comes to the penguins for help. Their solution: switch gentle Roger's brain with Rico's... this is an episone of THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR a Nickolodeon Saturday morning kid flick from DREAMWORKS.....watch it HERE A lot of what we beleive is also 1. not provable - unexplained 2. not factual – observable, measurable, testable 3. not logical – clear and consistent ================= Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: Romans 11:22 When we take time to look into this we come away with a very different View of things. ================= We had a sub again today for Sunday school The sub is charlie...the regular guy bob is an accountant who also has a law practice. Anyhow, bob usually teaches about the bible and money management - personal finances... The sub however somehow keeps teaching from the book of proverbs...this morning however i was late and got in just in time to hear him going through kings and chronicles..so I don't know how he got there but I suspect that he got off on a little of solomon's history......I kinda got caught up in it and started reading some more....it seems to me that God used to give people messages for the king...the phrase "But the word of God came unto the man of God, saying," CHECK THIS OUT 1 Chronicles 17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, 1 Kings 12:22 But the word of God came unto ..... the man of God, saying ================= Despite a 15 percent rise in the U.S. population, a new survey shows the number of Americans who don't go to church has nearly doubled in the past 13 years, rising from 39 million to 75 million. http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/18-congregations/45-new- statistics-on-church-attendance-and-avoidance The report by the Barna Group, a California-based consulting firm following trends related to faith, culture and leadership in the country, says the percentage of adults that is "unchurched" has risen from 21 percent in 1991 to 34 percent today. The study also revealed other disturbing findings. Four out of 10 Christians do not attend church or read the Bible in a typical week, while seven out of 10 are not involved in a small group that meets for spiritual purposes. The report also confirmed that there are more than 10 million Christians who are unchurched. ================= I was reading a news story about the Imams and the Mulahs in Iran http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/17/82081.html mullah Noun (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/mullah ) (formerly) a Muslim scholar, teacher, or religious leader [Arabic mawlā master] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam Shi'a believe that these Imams are chosen by God to be perfect examples for the faithful and to lead all humanity in all aspects of life. THE POPE and the catholic church. Pope Benedict XVI has made another controversial appointment by elevating to the position of bishop an Austrian pastor who said Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for homosexuality in New Orleans .In 2005, the 54-year-old was quoted in a parish newsletter as saying he was convinced that the death and destruction caused by Katrina that year was "divine retribution" for New Orleans' permissive sexual attitudes and tolerance of homosexuality. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/01/gerhard-wagner-hurricane-katrina 1 Kings 14:24 There were 1 Kings 15:12 He expelled 1 Kings 22:46 He rid the land ================= WHO are these people who claim to speak on behalf of God? Am I responsible to any such person? What are the meanings, for example, of these instructions Hebrews 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Hebrews 13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, ================= FURTHERMORE consider this: "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work." 2 A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching; 3 not a drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous; 4 but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity. ================= It is not totally impossible that there are people in your life PUT THERE BY GOD.... people to whom God will give messages for you.... things that HE choses not to tell you directly...... HHHHMM .....maybe people who don't want to hear from the bill collectors stay away from the mailbox if you are avoiding church you should be asking youself why !!!