I am writing this to warn some of you. I don't want to see you fail in the mission Jesus has entrusted you with. There is a trap laid for your soul. If the enemy can do it he will disarm you and take you captive. Psalm 91 verse 3 says Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. A fowler sets a trap to catch a prey unawares. So hopefully after reading this something will arise in your spirit and you will be more sensitive to the issues it involves.
I have been in ministry now since I was twenty- three. I received the Holy Ghost at 22
years of age. Through the years many things have been offered to me if I would not preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been offered great job positions that though they paid well would have put me miles from a church so I declined. I went through over twenty years of marriage to a very unfaithful spouse. I could have gone out and looked for someone else but the law of the Spirit of Jesus Christ does not allow that. I waited on Jesus, and He led me out of it. In the meantime I remained the faithful party. I did not get on the phone or net with men nor did I flirt with them. I remained faithful to Jesus and to my marriage. I did Internet ministry with a church group for years. When an email came in from the opposite sex I made sure everyone in my household saw it. I kept nothing secret and I would refer them to another source who could help them. I kept my eyes on Jesus and my goals. I did not accept gifts from them nor did I get on live messenger. After years of struggling to maintain a ministry and hoping for better things I wasn't about to gamble it all on a feeling. People are emotional creatures. Jesus made us this way. He knows what its like to be a man as He became one for our sakes. He had women around him all the time. One sat at his feet regular but He did not sin. The Bible also does not say she was a married woman sitting at his feet nor that she was ugly.We need to be careful because the enemy of our souls is tempting us to give into our flesh. He wants us to give into the pride of life and the lust of the eyes. Satan is out to disarm the ministry.
When I met my husband Bruce for the first time in person he had just lost his wife of thirty years. One of the things that impressed me the most was that though he had every right in the natural to desire love and affection he remained faithful to her until the end. That to me was a major attraction. I wanted someone who was going to be faithful. It also helped that he is the most handsome man and best Bible teacher on the planet. Just the other night I listened as he preached on someones Internet ministry program. One of the women had gone to our website and looked at our pictures. You can easily see by looking at this site that we are together as a couple in all of our pictures. The comment made to him was that he was a very handsome man. I paid it no mind except that Bruce's voice got louder as he stated thank you both from him and his wife Dana. It then dawned upon me that this person never saw me in the picture at all. She was interested in flirting with Bruce if she could. That dear Brothers
and Sisters is what you will contend with. Don't disregard the voice of your wife or husband if he or she is telling you that a certain lady is paying you way too much attention. In the past I have been paid alot of unwanted attention but never did I let it trip me even though I desired physical and emotional affection. I think twice when someone pays me too much attention. I tell Bruce how I feel about it. I don't return to business places alone if someone does. Recently a man at a business kept flirting with me and trying to get me to buy him lunch. I went home and told Bruce and the next time I had to deal with him I had my husband with him who told him exactly what he thought about it all. Build up walls of love and faithfulness to protect your marriage. I tell Bruce I love him all day long and I mean it. I also tell him how handsome he is. He is not lacking attention by any means and neither am I. If the enemy could pry us apart though he would. The only way out of a marriage covenant is adultry .We have to remain faithful as He that has called us is faithful. Just being unhappy with someone and not liking the treatment or relationship is not enough. I want to tell you to run, run, run. The enemy knows how to destroy you. I know many men and women of God who were wonderful in ministry but are now just shredded by the devil. The pulpit is closed to them. People don't want to hear what they have to say anymore.The Lord, Himself, has shut the doors to ministry. Never think you are not an open target. The enemy has been tracking and trailing you and trying his best to gun you down. Don't give in to lust,pride or unrighteous living. Get closer to Jesus at any time of disappointment. Pray for your spouse. If you are a single minister guard your mind. Don't give the enemy an opportunity to bring a reproach on the church or your ministry. Happiness is not our goal but heaven is. We are not to preach this gospel and bring people to the knowledge of salvation and then give it up for a cheap sellout like Esau did. Remember God hated Esau. We need to live the promise.
In Jesus Name,
Dana Klein
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Is America Being Duped into Killing Her Prophets?
I met a man in Lagos, Nigeria who owns a nice hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State.
He had such an admiration for the USA. We then got into a conversation about our Nations current political stance. He was so shocked that our government ruled that abortion is legal. He asked if we could not all ban together against this and get this changed? I explained to him that it was a majority decision of the local party that is in office. He said that we are the ones who need prayer the most. It is illegal to abort a child in Africa. This was not a poor man. He just had not really ever faced the things we face here in America while trying to stand up for the innocent.
I believe the heart of Jesus is grieved over all that transpires in America due to selfishness. We have more gospel preached on our street corners than most Nations in the entire world. We are so blessed from the richest to the poorest. So many times we have been duped by Satan into believing that our nation is in such poverty when in reality when you measure the poorest of our people against true poverty such as in the nation of Uganda where a man may not even be able to acquire a suit of clothes or in places where the best the children have to wear for church is a clean pair of brief underwear then can we really feel we are in poverty? In the USA we have great health care. In many Nations health care is almost unheard of if you can even find a clinic of some sort. The only time my electricity has failed is during a major hurricane or circumstance of that sort. We have running water and flushing toilets. Our children awake daily to a hot breakfast and we send them great schools. In fact our local schools have been voted the best in the State in which we live. Gasoline may rise and fall in price but usually unless drastic things happen we can find some to run our cars.
Many of us work an hour from home and are able to commute. A University education is available for those who so desire even if they have to seek financial help to do so. It is still within reach for those who want it. We wear the best in clothing.
In foreign countries people sell Western attire and many try to copy our fashion.
I have to wonder how we can be so blind as to allow our most valuable resource, our children to be aborted in the womb?
I am so reminded of the proclamation that came forth in the days of Herod when he knew Jesus was to arrive and he feared His coming. He sent forth a proclamation to have all baby boys under the age of two killed. The days of Moses were the same. The midwives were commanded to kill the children at birth. The deliverer was due and Satan knew it. Can it be that he now fears that among our children a great deliverer will rise to the forefront and reveal all the lies he has been perpetrating amongst the American people so he stoops to the lowest level, that of self will?
He works on the ego of people and their ambition. He plants doubt that Jesus can and will provide in the minds of people causing them to thing that they would not be able to even feed more children. In a Nation that has plenty of daily bread that is so preposterous. We have enough to feed our children and that of surrounding Nations. The Bible means to receiving is to give. The more we give even out of our need, the more Jesus blesses us with. We cannot out give the Lord. We are to cast our bread upon the waters. We are to give like the Widow with the vessel of oil. The more she poured out the more she had to pour out. Satan has always worked through doubt. He will continue to work through doubt and since we know his works we can pray for our faith not to fail and to increase in the strength and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. We need to pray for a greater understanding of all Jesus has in store for those who love Him. We as Christians don't have to swallow the lies of the enemy. We can stand up against his work in our midst. Someone needs to cry out to Jesus for the souls of men that are being destroyed daily. How are we to know which would have been Prophets who proclaimed the true Gospel message of Salvation. I feel a great revival outpouring of truth is going to be coming forth. Let us pray who are called to intercede for our Nation. Ask Jesus today for the Angel of the USA to go forth and strengthen those who are working in the gospel and speak to those who are in government positions and let righteous indignation rise up against this horror and lie of Satan.
Let us pray and prophesy that a greatness will arise in our Nation and that from the least to the greatest we will become a Nation of love one for another and that the truth of the gospel will be received in our country. Do not let the negative lies of Satan be upon your lips and continue to prophesy doom over our nation. Speak some things into existence in prayer. When the people of Jesus speak their words are life and things are created in the realm of the Spirit. Speak forth words of life to day for those around you. I hope if you are reading this that it stirs you to pray more for those who are in danger of physical death while they are in such an innocent state. I thank Jesus for all His blessings both physical and material. I pray that all who read this will today begin to experience a great thankfulness for all their blessings both physical and spiritual.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
He had such an admiration for the USA. We then got into a conversation about our Nations current political stance. He was so shocked that our government ruled that abortion is legal. He asked if we could not all ban together against this and get this changed? I explained to him that it was a majority decision of the local party that is in office. He said that we are the ones who need prayer the most. It is illegal to abort a child in Africa. This was not a poor man. He just had not really ever faced the things we face here in America while trying to stand up for the innocent.
I believe the heart of Jesus is grieved over all that transpires in America due to selfishness. We have more gospel preached on our street corners than most Nations in the entire world. We are so blessed from the richest to the poorest. So many times we have been duped by Satan into believing that our nation is in such poverty when in reality when you measure the poorest of our people against true poverty such as in the nation of Uganda where a man may not even be able to acquire a suit of clothes or in places where the best the children have to wear for church is a clean pair of brief underwear then can we really feel we are in poverty? In the USA we have great health care. In many Nations health care is almost unheard of if you can even find a clinic of some sort. The only time my electricity has failed is during a major hurricane or circumstance of that sort. We have running water and flushing toilets. Our children awake daily to a hot breakfast and we send them great schools. In fact our local schools have been voted the best in the State in which we live. Gasoline may rise and fall in price but usually unless drastic things happen we can find some to run our cars.
Many of us work an hour from home and are able to commute. A University education is available for those who so desire even if they have to seek financial help to do so. It is still within reach for those who want it. We wear the best in clothing.
In foreign countries people sell Western attire and many try to copy our fashion.
I have to wonder how we can be so blind as to allow our most valuable resource, our children to be aborted in the womb?
I am so reminded of the proclamation that came forth in the days of Herod when he knew Jesus was to arrive and he feared His coming. He sent forth a proclamation to have all baby boys under the age of two killed. The days of Moses were the same. The midwives were commanded to kill the children at birth. The deliverer was due and Satan knew it. Can it be that he now fears that among our children a great deliverer will rise to the forefront and reveal all the lies he has been perpetrating amongst the American people so he stoops to the lowest level, that of self will?
He works on the ego of people and their ambition. He plants doubt that Jesus can and will provide in the minds of people causing them to thing that they would not be able to even feed more children. In a Nation that has plenty of daily bread that is so preposterous. We have enough to feed our children and that of surrounding Nations. The Bible means to receiving is to give. The more we give even out of our need, the more Jesus blesses us with. We cannot out give the Lord. We are to cast our bread upon the waters. We are to give like the Widow with the vessel of oil. The more she poured out the more she had to pour out. Satan has always worked through doubt. He will continue to work through doubt and since we know his works we can pray for our faith not to fail and to increase in the strength and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. We need to pray for a greater understanding of all Jesus has in store for those who love Him. We as Christians don't have to swallow the lies of the enemy. We can stand up against his work in our midst. Someone needs to cry out to Jesus for the souls of men that are being destroyed daily. How are we to know which would have been Prophets who proclaimed the true Gospel message of Salvation. I feel a great revival outpouring of truth is going to be coming forth. Let us pray who are called to intercede for our Nation. Ask Jesus today for the Angel of the USA to go forth and strengthen those who are working in the gospel and speak to those who are in government positions and let righteous indignation rise up against this horror and lie of Satan.
Let us pray and prophesy that a greatness will arise in our Nation and that from the least to the greatest we will become a Nation of love one for another and that the truth of the gospel will be received in our country. Do not let the negative lies of Satan be upon your lips and continue to prophesy doom over our nation. Speak some things into existence in prayer. When the people of Jesus speak their words are life and things are created in the realm of the Spirit. Speak forth words of life to day for those around you. I hope if you are reading this that it stirs you to pray more for those who are in danger of physical death while they are in such an innocent state. I thank Jesus for all His blessings both physical and material. I pray that all who read this will today begin to experience a great thankfulness for all their blessings both physical and spiritual.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
We have returned from Ministering in Akure, West Africa
Hello Friends,
WOW! What a Blessed Time!
Hundreds received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues!
Lady's Conference, Crusade at a lepers colony, Crusade in a cocoa plantation, spoke in different churches, live TV show, recorded TV shows for the future, etc.
We are putting pictures on photobucket for your viewing. Pictures from Brother Emmanuel's camera has been downloaded; our camera will be next.
We have DVDs also of our preaching and teaching.
In Jesus,
Bruce
WOW! What a Blessed Time!
Hundreds received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues!
Lady's Conference, Crusade at a lepers colony, Crusade in a cocoa plantation, spoke in different churches, live TV show, recorded TV shows for the future, etc.
We are putting pictures on photobucket for your viewing. Pictures from Brother Emmanuel's camera has been downloaded; our camera will be next.
We have DVDs also of our preaching and teaching.
In Jesus,
Bruce
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Great Prevailers Assembly
Dr. Klein and Our African FamilyWe look forward to fellowshipping with them soon!
Jesus is Amazing!
Jesus' works always spoke for themselves. He had no problem proving His power to those around Him. If they doubted before, they went away having seen and heard the wonderful miracles only He is able to perform. In the world we live in many think they can call out His word and have Him serve them, but that is not going to work. We are His servants. We must simply learn to call upon Him who is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all we ask or even think according to the power that worketh in us and ask that His Holy Will be done in our lives and bow our will to His Will. He is the healer. He is the deliverer. He is the peace giver. We cannot have peace aside from Him and His will. We are not living the life we choose with Jesus as the condiment. We are living for Jesus. In Him, we live and move and have our being. Our lives are no longer our own, but we have been bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
The work we do is His work. If we need instructions on what to do, then we need to ask the Master Himself how to do it. He knows what will and what won't work. So this day, if your plans are not working out is it possible that they are your plans and not Jesus' plans? Just a thought.
In the following Scriptures, we can see that He is able to take our doubts and make us true believers as He did for those at Capernaum. He is as always AMAZING.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
Mar 2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
Mar 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
Mar 2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
Mar 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Mar 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mar 2:6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mar 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mar 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mar 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mar 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mar 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mar 2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
The work we do is His work. If we need instructions on what to do, then we need to ask the Master Himself how to do it. He knows what will and what won't work. So this day, if your plans are not working out is it possible that they are your plans and not Jesus' plans? Just a thought.
In the following Scriptures, we can see that He is able to take our doubts and make us true believers as He did for those at Capernaum. He is as always AMAZING.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
Mar 2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
Mar 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
Mar 2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
Mar 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Mar 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mar 2:6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mar 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mar 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mar 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mar 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mar 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mar 2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Liars, NO!
Hello Students,
In this world, lying comes easy for those trying to get their own way. Lying has its punishment – Hell and ultimately the
The Holy Spirit will help Christians caught being led to lie.
“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?” Acts 5:3
“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” Romans 1:25
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;” Colossians 3:9
“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” Revelation 21:27
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” Revelation 22:14-15
Christians don't LIE!
Matthew 7:21-23
In Jesus,
Bruce
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I Am Not My Hair, Skin or Clothes!
Recently in reading an article describing a young African American woman who sings a song speaking about what is real and important to her entitled,"I Am Not My Hair" it struck a chord in my heart.
This hit so close to home for me because I have very curly long black hair and for so long have tried to get it as straight as possible but to no avail. I decided one day to stop fighting it and just be who I am naturally.
We as human beings can see so shallowly when we only view things in this realm with the natural eye. We don't see sometimes past the hair, or dress or skin or color of another.
When we are younger blemishes sometimes give us problems.They seem like the most horrible thing in the world when you are eleven or twelve years old or a teenager.Yet as we mature we realize they are nothing compared to world hunger and poverty or major issues battling people. Yet to the young person looking in the mirror it seems that they are a huge issue. It marks a sign of maturity when a person can see beyond the natural realm into the supernatural realm of Jesus' Spirit. To be able to see the Kingdom of God only comes to those with the Spirit of God. Those who are born into the Kingdom can see the Kingdom of God.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
We don't have to guess the workings of the Spirit of Jesus as we are able to see them daily. Many times in the Bible people did not see the Supernatural though it was there. Joshua in the following passages saw something great and mighty.
Jos 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Jos 5:15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
We as the Children of Jesus Christ need to recognize that there is more to life than what we see with our natural eyes. We need to ask Jesus today to help us see in the Spirit Realm and proclaim the wonderful workings of Jesus. What a blessing it is to know that we may be judged in the natural realm by skin or hair or clothing as often people do when they are shallow but in the Spirit Realm we are seen covered by the Red Blood of Jesus Christ and will not be judged in Heaven because of it. Thankfully the price has already been paid for our lives. We are no longer our own but belong to Jesus Christ. Let us stay under the blood covering where it is safe.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
This hit so close to home for me because I have very curly long black hair and for so long have tried to get it as straight as possible but to no avail. I decided one day to stop fighting it and just be who I am naturally.
We as human beings can see so shallowly when we only view things in this realm with the natural eye. We don't see sometimes past the hair, or dress or skin or color of another.
When we are younger blemishes sometimes give us problems.They seem like the most horrible thing in the world when you are eleven or twelve years old or a teenager.Yet as we mature we realize they are nothing compared to world hunger and poverty or major issues battling people. Yet to the young person looking in the mirror it seems that they are a huge issue. It marks a sign of maturity when a person can see beyond the natural realm into the supernatural realm of Jesus' Spirit. To be able to see the Kingdom of God only comes to those with the Spirit of God. Those who are born into the Kingdom can see the Kingdom of God.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
We don't have to guess the workings of the Spirit of Jesus as we are able to see them daily. Many times in the Bible people did not see the Supernatural though it was there. Joshua in the following passages saw something great and mighty.
Jos 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Jos 5:15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
We as the Children of Jesus Christ need to recognize that there is more to life than what we see with our natural eyes. We need to ask Jesus today to help us see in the Spirit Realm and proclaim the wonderful workings of Jesus. What a blessing it is to know that we may be judged in the natural realm by skin or hair or clothing as often people do when they are shallow but in the Spirit Realm we are seen covered by the Red Blood of Jesus Christ and will not be judged in Heaven because of it. Thankfully the price has already been paid for our lives. We are no longer our own but belong to Jesus Christ. Let us stay under the blood covering where it is safe.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Bruce's Prayer Requests
Hello Friends,
My prayer requests: These are busy days.
- Completing a book to be published.
- Preparing lessons for a course on Comparative World Religions for Louisiana State University this fall.
- Computer translating our Biblical Study Guides into French.
- Preparing for our ministry trip to Nigeria. - Akure & Aba.
- Preparing to teach in two Apostolic Theological Seminaries in the USA.
- Teaching seminary teachers and directors by phone and/or email.
In Jesus,
Bruce
My prayer requests: These are busy days.
- Completing a book to be published.
- Preparing lessons for a course on Comparative World Religions for Louisiana State University this fall.
- Computer translating our Biblical Study Guides into French.
- Preparing for our ministry trip to Nigeria. - Akure & Aba.
- Preparing to teach in two Apostolic Theological Seminaries in the USA.
- Teaching seminary teachers and directors by phone and/or email.
In Jesus,
Bruce
Montenegrians Looking for Apostolic Friends
MontenegroHello Friends,
Brother Igor and Sister Maya Etemovic are looking for Apostolic friends.
Do you speak Serbian, Slovakian, or Czech?
You may contact them at faith-yu@net.hr
Igor Etemovic:
Dear in Christ Jesus. Greetings from Montenegro-Europe from brother Igor and sister Maya Etemovic. Do you believe in ONE GOD ? Do you believe in water baptism in the NAME of JESUS amd baptism in the HOLY SPIRIT ? Acts.2:1-4,38,39. ? We believe in ONE GOD and this doctrine Acts.2:1-4,38,39. Please pray for us,we need new job. Please pray for Montenegro,Montenegro need new churches. Thank you,we love you and God bless you. Yours in Christ Jesus Gospel Missionary Etemovic Igor from Montenegro. Shalom. For you:Psalm.21. P.S. Do you have in yours churches in U.S.A peoples wich know speaking serbian,slovakian and czech language ? Please send me answer. My email address: faith-yu@net.hr
In Jesus,
Brother Bruce
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Biblical Publishing Company
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| 978-0-9827070-0-5 | Which Bible Should You Use??? | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-1-2 | Biblical Prayer, Jesus’ Way | Bruce & Dana Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-2-9 | Spiritual Warfare, Jesus’ Way | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-3-6 | Who is Your God???? | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-4-3 | The End of What World???? | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-5-0 | The Biblical Doctrine of Original Sin | Dana Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-6-7 | The Baptisms, Water, Spirit, and Fire | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-7-4 | Faith, Jesus’ Way | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-8-1 | Divine Healing, Jesus’ Way | Bruce Klein |
| 978-0-9827070-9-8 | Old Testament Survey | Bruce & Dana Klein |
| Apostolic Booklets | |
| Quick Reference for Soul Winners | Bruce Klein |
| New Testament Greek Reading | Bruce Klein |
| Apostolic Charts | |
| Spiritual Gifts | Bruce Klein |
| Divine Healing | Bruce Klein |
| Which Bible???? | Bruce Klein |
| Jehovah is Jesus | Bruce Klein |
| Endtimes | Bruce Klein |
| OT Quoted in the NT | Bruce Klein |
| Antichrist | Bruce Klein |
Klein's in Pearl River, Louisiana - Teaching a Revival
Hello Friends,
Please pray for us as we minister for Jerusalem Baptist Church. Greg Walls their pastor is praying for revival! May all become Christians.
Sister Dana will minister with anointed music.
I will teach Jesus' truths Sunday morning (April, 19th), Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, and Thursday evening. Jesus will get an increase!
I was trained in Baptist Bible colleges and Baptist seminaries. Was a Baptist pastor and Baptist camp and conference director.
In Jesus,
Brother Bruce
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Great Revival of Truth
I recently read an article by a Minister who said, He felt that there was a great awakening or drawing near to Jesus going on in South Africa." I believe there is. I believe there is a Great Revival of Truth that Jesus wants to give not only South Africa but entire world. There are many scriptures that speak of truth and the Spirit of Truth. We are not seeking as Christians only an experience that makes us feel good or drunk in our own spirits. We must embrace the truth of Jesus' Word. We can not only come to the Master's table expecting to eat dessert. We must come for the main course and eat the whole book. We cannot pick and choose. We must obey the truth of the Gospel. We have to do what the Word says:
Pro 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
We must pray the following scripture into our lives until it takes hold of us.
Psa 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
We have no excuse for the Spirit of Truth dwells on the inside of true believers who
have been Holy Spirit filled. We must listen to the voice of Jesus. His voice is never
contrary to His Holy Word. If we hear something speaking to us whether directly or through a pulpit that is contrary be aware that it is not Jesus speaking but either a human spirit with a lack of truth or satan desiring to deceive us.
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
The Holy Spirit also known as the Comforter speaks truth to us and this truth always is validated by the Bible. Jesus does not speak against His own Word.
Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
In the Book of John believers are clearly being prepared to understand that when they receive the Holy Spirit that the words they receive will be His words and would
guide them into more truth. We do not find them receiving the Spirit of Truth until
the Day of Pentecost but these words were spoken to prepare them for what was to come. We can also look at them and see again a witness that the Spirit of Jesus' testifies of the truth and validates His Word.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
The Bible speaks in Ephesians of the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation
We know that true salvation is more than just receiving the Holy Spirit but we have
to receive the whole experience just like the early believers did. We have to obey
what the Apostles taught throughout the New Covenant. They did not just teach repentance, or water baptism, or Holy Spirit Baptism. They taught that you needed it all. We cannot only hang onto a portion of the truth. We must have the fullness of truth. The Bible says the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Christ Jesus bodily. We are not just Oneness in Theology. We are Fullness in Theology. We want the whole Bible not just part. We want everything Jesus has for us.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
In the Marvelous Name of Jesus,
Sister Klein
Pro 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
We must pray the following scripture into our lives until it takes hold of us.
Psa 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
We are already in the hour this following scripture speaks of:
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.We have no excuse for the Spirit of Truth dwells on the inside of true believers who
have been Holy Spirit filled. We must listen to the voice of Jesus. His voice is never
contrary to His Holy Word. If we hear something speaking to us whether directly or through a pulpit that is contrary be aware that it is not Jesus speaking but either a human spirit with a lack of truth or satan desiring to deceive us.
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
The Holy Spirit also known as the Comforter speaks truth to us and this truth always is validated by the Bible. Jesus does not speak against His own Word.
Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
In the Book of John believers are clearly being prepared to understand that when they receive the Holy Spirit that the words they receive will be His words and would
guide them into more truth. We do not find them receiving the Spirit of Truth until
the Day of Pentecost but these words were spoken to prepare them for what was to come. We can also look at them and see again a witness that the Spirit of Jesus' testifies of the truth and validates His Word.
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
The Bible speaks in Ephesians of the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation
We know that true salvation is more than just receiving the Holy Spirit but we have
to receive the whole experience just like the early believers did. We have to obey
what the Apostles taught throughout the New Covenant. They did not just teach repentance, or water baptism, or Holy Spirit Baptism. They taught that you needed it all. We cannot only hang onto a portion of the truth. We must have the fullness of truth. The Bible says the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Christ Jesus bodily. We are not just Oneness in Theology. We are Fullness in Theology. We want the whole Bible not just part. We want everything Jesus has for us.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
In the Marvelous Name of Jesus,
Sister Klein
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Go Ye Into All The World and Preach the Gospel
My dear husband was up late last night preparing Seminary manuals. This morning again I heard him laboring getting more studies ready. He sends the truth of the gospel around the world. It is a blessing to be married to someone so diligent. He is an early riser and makes the most of each moment of his life. It is so good to witness the life of someone who feels the gospel is the most important thing in life. We are getting ready to visit the Nation of Nigeria.
I am very excited to travel with my husband as he is a fantastic Bible teacher. In help him edit the studies he writes and it always inspires me to dig deeper into the Words of Jesus.
This week we spent lots of time at a Music Store buying a new guitar for ministry. I have played since I was eleven years old and when I received the Holy Ghost I was worshipping Jesus on my guitar. Music is very important to me. I love to worship Jesus and love to help others enter into worship. It is a blessing to have someone in my life who wants to enter into worship as well. I want to thank Brother Klein for caring about me and blessing me with a new guitar. I cannot put into words what it means to me. Thank you!
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
I am very excited to travel with my husband as he is a fantastic Bible teacher. In help him edit the studies he writes and it always inspires me to dig deeper into the Words of Jesus.
This week we spent lots of time at a Music Store buying a new guitar for ministry. I have played since I was eleven years old and when I received the Holy Ghost I was worshipping Jesus on my guitar. Music is very important to me. I love to worship Jesus and love to help others enter into worship. It is a blessing to have someone in my life who wants to enter into worship as well. I want to thank Brother Klein for caring about me and blessing me with a new guitar. I cannot put into words what it means to me. Thank you!
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Suffer Not the Little Children to Come Unto Me.
We are raising our children to know Jesus and the truth of His Word.
Our children are blessed spiritually, physically and emotionally with the
love of two parents, but not all children in the world are so fortunate.
It is with this in mind that we take on an orphanage request in South
India that is due to the ministry efforts of Abraham Victor. We will
be sending children's materials and Bibles for children to India.
If anyone wants to be a part let me know. We are not able to do
everything in the world. Jesus needs partners in ministry with
what He is doing. He has a great love for children. They are the
future of the Kingdom of Jesus here on earth. Help teach a child
truth. Here in Louisiana among the French Acadians, we have
a concept. If company arrives, just add more water and seasoning
to the gumbo.
Well, the Word is food for our souls, and Jesus promises to give
to those who ask Living Water that they may drink and never thirst
again. There is more than enough 'Living Water', available for
any company that arrives and is thirsty. Jesus said, " I am the
Bread of life." We have more than enough " Bread of Life" to share
with company. Be a blessing to the kingdom. We can all expect to
receive, if we do as the scripture says and cast our Bread upon the
waters. We then have the promise that it shall return to us after
many days. Be a blessing today.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
Our children are blessed spiritually, physically and emotionally with the
love of two parents, but not all children in the world are so fortunate.
It is with this in mind that we take on an orphanage request in South
India that is due to the ministry efforts of Abraham Victor. We will
be sending children's materials and Bibles for children to India.
If anyone wants to be a part let me know. We are not able to do
everything in the world. Jesus needs partners in ministry with
what He is doing. He has a great love for children. They are the
future of the Kingdom of Jesus here on earth. Help teach a child
truth. Here in Louisiana among the French Acadians, we have
a concept. If company arrives, just add more water and seasoning
to the gumbo.
Well, the Word is food for our souls, and Jesus promises to give
to those who ask Living Water that they may drink and never thirst
again. There is more than enough 'Living Water', available for
any company that arrives and is thirsty. Jesus said, " I am the
Bread of life." We have more than enough " Bread of Life" to share
with company. Be a blessing to the kingdom. We can all expect to
receive, if we do as the scripture says and cast our Bread upon the
waters. We then have the promise that it shall return to us after
many days. Be a blessing today.
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
Translating our Biblical Study Manuals into French - Prayer Request
Cameroon Hello Friends,
We are attempting to translate all of our Biblical study manuals into the French language.
WHY? A new Apostolic Theological Seminary in Cameroon, Africa needs Biblical study manuals in English and French.
Dana knows some French; her parents spoke fluent French. I don't know French.
I have taken a few Biblical manuals, and plugged them into an online translator to arrive at 'run together' French Biblical manuals, I hope!
So, now I must go through line by line to arrange hopefully French words into the same structure as the English manual. This is all very time consuming!
The goal is to send the pastor a manual script that is close to being right. Then have him and his ministry make corrections. Then we would re-print the manuals.
Please pray this project would be completed soon with accurate translations. Please also pray for volunteers of like faith to help translate French and other languages.
There are others languages which have been requested.
In Jesus,
Bruce
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Jesus asks, " Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God: I know not any."
Isaiah 44:8 declares;
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not told thee from that time,
and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God
beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Many people in our midst do not know this simple basic truth.
I am so blessed to be gathering Bibles that have basic
doctrine in the front of them that teaches who Jesus is.
I am also very blessed to be headed with Brother Klein
to the Nation of Nigeria in the month of May. I hope to
bring at least two hundred bibles to pass out to Pastors
and Ministers who will be in attendance at the Graduation
of Azusa Theological Seminary. One of the first Seminary teaching manuals
that Brother Klein sends out is " Who is Jesus?" This is the basis
of all Bible truth knowing that there is only One True God who is Messiah.
In Jesus' day men had so much trouble due to their theological teaching
believing that Jesus is God. Still today we see the same.
Those who have received the true message of salvation have
all started out with a Bible base. How great it is to have Jesus show us
all that we have accomplished in heaven due to our simple faith building
work here on earth. It all starts with first possessing in our hands a Bible.
The Bible is the basic book that gives us the plan of Jesus for our lives.
In many nations of the world a Bible is rare and expensive and this should
not be. Some read over and over just one page and keep it well hidden as those in concentration camps did with scripture. They would write scripture down on
paper crudely and read it over and over and then destroy it if the enemy happened upon them. To them the Words of God were precious. Today most every American
home has a bible on the desk, table or in their personal library.
The scripture declares in Psalm 132:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name for thy loving kindness
and for thy truth for thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name.
Yes, we love Jesus and worship Him in Spirit and in Truth like the Word says but so many times we forget that His Word , He has magnified above all His Name.
It is time we make His Word a priority. There are people living on the face of Earth that need to hear how to be saved before they die. Like the blog I read by Brother Klein this morning on how long souls will be in the Lake of Fire, I want to be ready
to reach those who are ready. We need to look upon the fields today while we
it is still day and we can work before the night cometh when no man works the Bible declares. Today is the day of Salvation. How about giving someone a Bible? How
about sending something eternal with a missionary? We can and will go. Will you come and go with us by sponsoring someone else's way to heaven?
Contact me at home or by email and let me know if you want to help. I would be glad to put your Church's name in the front flap of that Bible just so they know who loved them enough to send it. I saw the faces of little children living in Leper Colonies on my husbands last trip. How would you like the Bible you send to be used so a little
child could be taught how to be saved? Little children grow up to carry the truth of
salvation to the land in which they live. Each soul is important. Please join with me
in prayer and burden for those who have less than we do in this world. There is a common saying among those who work in foreign lands that if you give a person
a fish you are only feeding them for a day but if you teach them to fish you are feeding them for a lifetime. I need the supplies folks and fishermen for Jesus can go forth and
do the work I cannot for their lifetimes. Will you help me?
bibleteach2@yahoo.com
225-245-4662
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
May Jesus pour out an abundance of Revelation concerning His Name
and His Blood and all pertaining to the New Covenant He has made
available due to His death, burial and resurrection.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not told thee from that time,
and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God
beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Many people in our midst do not know this simple basic truth.
I am so blessed to be gathering Bibles that have basic
doctrine in the front of them that teaches who Jesus is.
I am also very blessed to be headed with Brother Klein
to the Nation of Nigeria in the month of May. I hope to
bring at least two hundred bibles to pass out to Pastors
and Ministers who will be in attendance at the Graduation
of Azusa Theological Seminary. One of the first Seminary teaching manuals
that Brother Klein sends out is " Who is Jesus?" This is the basis
of all Bible truth knowing that there is only One True God who is Messiah.
In Jesus' day men had so much trouble due to their theological teaching
believing that Jesus is God. Still today we see the same.
Those who have received the true message of salvation have
all started out with a Bible base. How great it is to have Jesus show us
all that we have accomplished in heaven due to our simple faith building
work here on earth. It all starts with first possessing in our hands a Bible.
The Bible is the basic book that gives us the plan of Jesus for our lives.
In many nations of the world a Bible is rare and expensive and this should
not be. Some read over and over just one page and keep it well hidden as those in concentration camps did with scripture. They would write scripture down on
paper crudely and read it over and over and then destroy it if the enemy happened upon them. To them the Words of God were precious. Today most every American
home has a bible on the desk, table or in their personal library.
The scripture declares in Psalm 132:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name for thy loving kindness
and for thy truth for thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name.
Yes, we love Jesus and worship Him in Spirit and in Truth like the Word says but so many times we forget that His Word , He has magnified above all His Name.
It is time we make His Word a priority. There are people living on the face of Earth that need to hear how to be saved before they die. Like the blog I read by Brother Klein this morning on how long souls will be in the Lake of Fire, I want to be ready
to reach those who are ready. We need to look upon the fields today while we
it is still day and we can work before the night cometh when no man works the Bible declares. Today is the day of Salvation. How about giving someone a Bible? How
about sending something eternal with a missionary? We can and will go. Will you come and go with us by sponsoring someone else's way to heaven?
Contact me at home or by email and let me know if you want to help. I would be glad to put your Church's name in the front flap of that Bible just so they know who loved them enough to send it. I saw the faces of little children living in Leper Colonies on my husbands last trip. How would you like the Bible you send to be used so a little
child could be taught how to be saved? Little children grow up to carry the truth of
salvation to the land in which they live. Each soul is important. Please join with me
in prayer and burden for those who have less than we do in this world. There is a common saying among those who work in foreign lands that if you give a person
a fish you are only feeding them for a day but if you teach them to fish you are feeding them for a lifetime. I need the supplies folks and fishermen for Jesus can go forth and
do the work I cannot for their lifetimes. Will you help me?
bibleteach2@yahoo.com
225-245-4662
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
May Jesus pour out an abundance of Revelation concerning His Name
and His Blood and all pertaining to the New Covenant He has made
available due to His death, burial and resurrection.
Apostolic - Pentecostal
Hello Students,
What is the difference between the use of the words 'Pentecostal' and 'Apostolic'?
United Pentecostal Church International is an Apostolic denomination.
http://www.upci.org/about.asp
Oneness of God
http://www.upci.org/about.asp#oneness
International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a denomination which is not Apostolic in doctrine. They use the word 'Pentecostal'.
http://www.iphc.org/
Trinitarian
http://arc.iphc.org/theology/amp1.html
Pentecostal Church of God is a denomination which is not Apostolic in doctrine. They use the word 'Pentecostal'.
http://www.pcg.org/
Trinitarian
http://www.pcg.org/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FaithHighway/10000/7000/880PE/main_believe
My reason for documenting Pentecostal denominations is to show the use of the word 'Pentecostal' is used by those who are and aren't Apostolic. The word 'Apostolic' is more definitive; the word 'Apostolic' is more exact in describing what I believe. The word 'Pentecostal' maybe describing someone who does not hold to Christian doctrine.
So consequently, I use the word 'Apostolic' because it identifies me as one who believes the Godhead is not composed of three persons, and that a Christian is one who has been water baptized in Jesus' name and has been Holy Spirit baptized with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
Some Apostolics teach Pentecostals have more of an outward holiness position than Apostolics. Overall, most Pentecostals cut their hair and wear pants. Most Apostolics don't cut their hair or wear pants. So, which word would you like to use? Apostolic or Pentecostal?
I have chosen to use the word 'Apostolic'!
In Jesus,
Bruce
What is the difference between the use of the words 'Pentecostal' and 'Apostolic'?
United Pentecostal Church International is an Apostolic denomination.
http://www.upci.org/about.asp
Oneness of God
http://www.upci.org/about.asp#oneness
International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a denomination which is not Apostolic in doctrine. They use the word 'Pentecostal'.
http://www.iphc.org/
Trinitarian
http://arc.iphc.org/theology/amp1.html
Pentecostal Church of God is a denomination which is not Apostolic in doctrine. They use the word 'Pentecostal'.
http://www.pcg.org/
Trinitarian
http://www.pcg.org/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FaithHighway/10000/7000/880PE/main_believe
My reason for documenting Pentecostal denominations is to show the use of the word 'Pentecostal' is used by those who are and aren't Apostolic. The word 'Apostolic' is more definitive; the word 'Apostolic' is more exact in describing what I believe. The word 'Pentecostal' maybe describing someone who does not hold to Christian doctrine.
So consequently, I use the word 'Apostolic' because it identifies me as one who believes the Godhead is not composed of three persons, and that a Christian is one who has been water baptized in Jesus' name and has been Holy Spirit baptized with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
Some Apostolics teach Pentecostals have more of an outward holiness position than Apostolics. Overall, most Pentecostals cut their hair and wear pants. Most Apostolics don't cut their hair or wear pants. So, which word would you like to use? Apostolic or Pentecostal?
I have chosen to use the word 'Apostolic'!
In Jesus,
Bruce
Death Bed Salvation?
Hello Friends,
I was at a funeral.
I had spent time with the person in the casket before their death. She was unresponsive to my visits. She could not talk. I don't know if she knew I was in the room with her. She had been unresponsive for months!
Is she in heaven, or did she wait too long to:
Had she waited to the last moment to repent?
Had she been water baptized in Jesus' name for the washing away of sin?
Had she been Holy Spirit baptized with the evidence of speaking in tongues?
Many patients during their last days on earth are receiving so much medication, to the point they can't understand plain English! At this point, they can not understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It has pasted their day of salvation.
Hell is not eternal - meaning those in Hell will eventually be cast into the Lake of Fire. Eternal torment in the Lake of Fire is eternal! Suffering in the Lake of Fire is FOREVER. One can't repent in Hell or in the Lake of Fire!
Rev 20:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."
Now is the day of salvation! 2 Corinthians 6:2
Today is your day of salvation.
Today, would you please decide to have a personal relationship with Jesus the Christ?
Do you only know about Jesus? Or, do you really know Him? Do you love Jesus?
Attending a church does not make you a Christian. You must know who Jesus is!
He is definitely not a person in the Trinity! Jesus is God! There is only one God. There are no others.
How could you become a Christian at your death bed?
To be a Christian one must Biblically:
1. Know who Jesus is
2. Repent of sinning
3. Be water baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the washing away of sin (Acts 2:38, 22:16)
4. Be Holy Spirit baptized with the evidence of speaking in tongues (Mark 16:16, 1 Corinthians 14)
5. Do Father's will (Matthew 7:21-23)
In Jesus,
Bruce
PS. If you have concerns about your salvation, please email Dana or Bruce.
Bibleteach@hotmail.com
I was at a funeral.
I had spent time with the person in the casket before their death. She was unresponsive to my visits. She could not talk. I don't know if she knew I was in the room with her. She had been unresponsive for months!
Is she in heaven, or did she wait too long to:
Had she waited to the last moment to repent?
Had she been water baptized in Jesus' name for the washing away of sin?
Had she been Holy Spirit baptized with the evidence of speaking in tongues?
Many patients during their last days on earth are receiving so much medication, to the point they can't understand plain English! At this point, they can not understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It has pasted their day of salvation.
Hell is not eternal - meaning those in Hell will eventually be cast into the Lake of Fire. Eternal torment in the Lake of Fire is eternal! Suffering in the Lake of Fire is FOREVER. One can't repent in Hell or in the Lake of Fire!
Rev 20:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."
Now is the day of salvation! 2 Corinthians 6:2
Today is your day of salvation.
Today, would you please decide to have a personal relationship with Jesus the Christ?
Do you only know about Jesus? Or, do you really know Him? Do you love Jesus?
Attending a church does not make you a Christian. You must know who Jesus is!
He is definitely not a person in the Trinity! Jesus is God! There is only one God. There are no others.
How could you become a Christian at your death bed?
To be a Christian one must Biblically:
1. Know who Jesus is
2. Repent of sinning
3. Be water baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the washing away of sin (Acts 2:38, 22:16)
4. Be Holy Spirit baptized with the evidence of speaking in tongues (Mark 16:16, 1 Corinthians 14)
5. Do Father's will (Matthew 7:21-23)
In Jesus,
Bruce
PS. If you have concerns about your salvation, please email Dana or Bruce.
Bibleteach@hotmail.com
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
A Woman Without A Man is Like a Fish Without A Bicycle
These were famous words during the late sixties and early seventies.
I know; I used to read MS Magazine being a young impressionable lady. Most of America can remember the feminist movement and the various slogans and bra burning ceremonies. I can only say they must have had not much need for support during some of those ceremonies.
We saw a surge of American Women in the work force and children marched off to daycare as babies while people began to find themselves. I am not so much writing today about Women's right to fair wage or to attend universities of their choice or the right to have freedom from suffrage or oppression. Those things are inherently good. We need to get fair wages and be free from abuse. Jesus wants women to have the right to study and learn of Him, and be useful in life as He taught Mary at the home of Martha and Lazarus and the Bible says great was the company of women who followed Him and ministered to Him. The culture and climate of Israel
at the time of Jesus Christ was so different than it is today, but we don't have to leave the principles that He and the early disciples and Apostles left for us and march to the beat of a worldly drummer doing our own independent thing without the blessing and defending our rights to become something outside of the gospel.
The Worldly view of a woman is that she is equal to a man and therefore should not be protected and sheltered and taken care of. I heard the opinions being a child growing up in the Sixties and Seventies expressed that remarked that if a woman wanted to be equal to a man then she should be forced to do all the things men do and just prove to her that she
is not equal. Well guess what??? She is not. She is distinctly made for man for the service of the Lord. She was made as a gift when God saw how lonely man was. Adam received Eve as a blessing tailor made from his own flesh and bones. It is when he fell into disobedience with God that he looked at her in a different sense and even called her by a different name. What a shame that walking out of God's will, will cause a man to not have the same affection for his own wife that God intended. What a shame that walking outside the will of God will cause a woman to have disrespect for her husband's authority in the home and family. We though as children of Jesus Christ can walk in the realm of grace concerning this Bible truth. Today sadly many men do not step into the heavenly realm concerning the proper treatment of the gift of God given to them. They either abuse it or neglect it or abandon it. It is a great trial for a woman in the world to be both a mother and father to children. To be both a protector and provider and try to give the children the emotional attention they so desperately need to deal with life and the future ahead while many times being financially in crisis or emotionally in crisis or just exhausted.
Some situations are so bad that women are forced to leave the home with the children. I would never tell anyone to stay in a relationship where the spouse is a horrible example and not serving the Lord ever. It would be better to dwell in the house of the Lord and raise the children without demonic influence than to try to over come some of the horrible sinful practices of today and their influence on your children. In Old Testament days men would have been stoned for being an infidel and women would have been cared for by a kinsmen redeemer like we see in the case of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth's husband died and by following the will of Jesus she was rewarded with not only a wonderful person to care for her but being in the lineage of Jesus Christ. God loves a cheerful giver. Though circumstance dealt her a bad hand the Lord was able to see her through
He will do the same for us as the scriptures declare that He is the same yesterday, today and forever. If He did it for Ruth, He will glady do the same for you and I and whosoever calls upon His Name expecting.
We don't have to take on the image and persona of a man to be equal in the sight of Jesus. Shamefully, women after the fall were not cared for in the same perspective that Adam first cared for Eve on the day that she was formed. We have the "After the fall of man", mentality floating around the world today and it has caused women to suffer and be abused and be treated like cattle and property in the world. It has caused a fight back rebellious attitude and a self defense mentality to reign instead of a meek and quiet nature.
The world says women have no worth unless their dollar per hour is way up and they have numerous degrees. That did not matter when Anna was mentioned being in the temple praying day and night or Timothy's mother and Grandmother were mentioned by Paul in the Scriptures.
I would rather have a degree from the Master than a Masters degree in worldly knowledge. I would rather raise righteous living sons and daughters than choose my own way or career above them and use abortifactants.
A few years back I was a volunteer for Crisis pregnancy
and showed a film on what an actual abortion was to women who were feeling at the end of their road and seeking help and guidance. Well we need to educate ourselves on what causes a fetus to die. Not only do the abortion clinics kill children daily but so do our Apostolic ladies when they choose means of birth control and do not understand how it works. We are flushing our future Prophets and leaders down the toilet. The Children of Israel allowed Asa to lead them into Idol worship and throw living babies in the belly of a molten god, but what are we doing when we ignorantly destroy our unborn children and sacrifice them for money or convenience
or a selfish mentality? We are doing the same things and wondering why we are not blessed. Jesus no longer winks at ignorance. We to whom much is given are going to give an account of our actions. Its not too late for repentance and to move into right relationship with Jesus. Before you put something into your mouth know what it is and what it does. Be a daughter of the most high God. I don't condemn you. I have done it myself thinking that I could not support any more children. I took a birth control pill that caused miscarriages. I being only nineteen did not know this but education as a Nurse helped me to understand it does. We have libraries and computers at our fingertips and can know what does and does not abort a fetus. We have no excuse Today, if you are reading my writing and continue on in your sin then Jesus is going to hold you accountable so go and look these things up. Jesus always provides for His children not the welfare system. He can give a man who is not the chiefest in intelligence the knowledge of witty inventions and that invention bless his home and family tremendously. I really admire our modern day tent making contractor who build and remodel and repair houses and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ as well, not putting a financial burden on the church or society that the gospel not be made ashamed. Laziness is of the devil, and we need not bring shame to the name of Jesus Christ in our communities under the guise of doing a ministry yet starving our families and not providing for their needs. Priscilla worked right along side Aquila, so sometimes we have too as well for the cause and not to bring shame to the name of Jesus.
My husband told me that when we were in public a few days ago he was very glad to be with me in that I am what He likes a lady to look like. I can say the same for him. He always takes the time to dress professionally and appropriately. Many people say this doesn't matter that the clothes don't make the men, but sorry guys it does to us. If I were with someone and they dressed sloppy and cared nothing for their physical appearance, I would not feel as privileged as I do nor as blessed. Fishing clothes have their place and mine hang in the closet for their appointed time, but I am telling the truth when I say ladies love to be escorted by someone who cares how they look and dress and the extra time it takes to shine your shoes is worth it all. Brother Bruce is a great example of a courteous gentleman. He opens my door and seats me in chairs. He puts on my cloak or coat and makes me feel cared for. It is a refreshing thing considering when I look around I see couples out and ladies opening their own doors and sometimes it seems I have seen a shoe or two dragging the curve while she struggles to get in the car lest her foot be run over. That is not loving your wife as Christ loves the Church. The truth is if you want your wife to act lady like treat her like a lady. I am very blessed to be treated like a lady. Little gifts or books or flowers show up at my home in the hand of the handsomest man I know. I love books and love to read and when I get flowers I get excited. I also love clocks and watches. I don't care if it cost five dollars or a hundred as I have both and like them anyway.
In conclusion I like being a lady and like being treated like one. I love dresses and perfume and having a manicure or a pedicure. I love being taken to a nice restaurant and pampered. I only have one life, and want it to be spent with the handsomest man I know, so the happier we are during our life and ministry on earth the better. I refuse to allow the world to take the things from me that I feel are my right and privilege as a lady. Its bad enough when circumstance deals you a bad hand but to choose a bad hand over a good one thinking its win win is deception. We need to choose to be what Jesus made us to be. The problem people have is the interpretation often is filtered though a demonic stronghold and teaching. I choose life and that more abundant. Today consider your ways and consider whether you personify what Jesus would have His bride personify.
If marriage is a type of Christ and the Church, then we need to strive to move into the bond of perfection and the pattern of dying to self that magnifies His image and teachings. The Sermon on the Mount is still true today as is Genesis through Revelation. We can either be a Christian or pretend we are one. I am praying to be all I can be in Jesus Christ.
Dana Klein
I know; I used to read MS Magazine being a young impressionable lady. Most of America can remember the feminist movement and the various slogans and bra burning ceremonies. I can only say they must have had not much need for support during some of those ceremonies.
We saw a surge of American Women in the work force and children marched off to daycare as babies while people began to find themselves. I am not so much writing today about Women's right to fair wage or to attend universities of their choice or the right to have freedom from suffrage or oppression. Those things are inherently good. We need to get fair wages and be free from abuse. Jesus wants women to have the right to study and learn of Him, and be useful in life as He taught Mary at the home of Martha and Lazarus and the Bible says great was the company of women who followed Him and ministered to Him. The culture and climate of Israel
at the time of Jesus Christ was so different than it is today, but we don't have to leave the principles that He and the early disciples and Apostles left for us and march to the beat of a worldly drummer doing our own independent thing without the blessing and defending our rights to become something outside of the gospel.
The Worldly view of a woman is that she is equal to a man and therefore should not be protected and sheltered and taken care of. I heard the opinions being a child growing up in the Sixties and Seventies expressed that remarked that if a woman wanted to be equal to a man then she should be forced to do all the things men do and just prove to her that she
is not equal. Well guess what??? She is not. She is distinctly made for man for the service of the Lord. She was made as a gift when God saw how lonely man was. Adam received Eve as a blessing tailor made from his own flesh and bones. It is when he fell into disobedience with God that he looked at her in a different sense and even called her by a different name. What a shame that walking out of God's will, will cause a man to not have the same affection for his own wife that God intended. What a shame that walking outside the will of God will cause a woman to have disrespect for her husband's authority in the home and family. We though as children of Jesus Christ can walk in the realm of grace concerning this Bible truth. Today sadly many men do not step into the heavenly realm concerning the proper treatment of the gift of God given to them. They either abuse it or neglect it or abandon it. It is a great trial for a woman in the world to be both a mother and father to children. To be both a protector and provider and try to give the children the emotional attention they so desperately need to deal with life and the future ahead while many times being financially in crisis or emotionally in crisis or just exhausted.
Some situations are so bad that women are forced to leave the home with the children. I would never tell anyone to stay in a relationship where the spouse is a horrible example and not serving the Lord ever. It would be better to dwell in the house of the Lord and raise the children without demonic influence than to try to over come some of the horrible sinful practices of today and their influence on your children. In Old Testament days men would have been stoned for being an infidel and women would have been cared for by a kinsmen redeemer like we see in the case of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth's husband died and by following the will of Jesus she was rewarded with not only a wonderful person to care for her but being in the lineage of Jesus Christ. God loves a cheerful giver. Though circumstance dealt her a bad hand the Lord was able to see her through
He will do the same for us as the scriptures declare that He is the same yesterday, today and forever. If He did it for Ruth, He will glady do the same for you and I and whosoever calls upon His Name expecting.
We don't have to take on the image and persona of a man to be equal in the sight of Jesus. Shamefully, women after the fall were not cared for in the same perspective that Adam first cared for Eve on the day that she was formed. We have the "After the fall of man", mentality floating around the world today and it has caused women to suffer and be abused and be treated like cattle and property in the world. It has caused a fight back rebellious attitude and a self defense mentality to reign instead of a meek and quiet nature.
The world says women have no worth unless their dollar per hour is way up and they have numerous degrees. That did not matter when Anna was mentioned being in the temple praying day and night or Timothy's mother and Grandmother were mentioned by Paul in the Scriptures.
I would rather have a degree from the Master than a Masters degree in worldly knowledge. I would rather raise righteous living sons and daughters than choose my own way or career above them and use abortifactants.
A few years back I was a volunteer for Crisis pregnancy
and showed a film on what an actual abortion was to women who were feeling at the end of their road and seeking help and guidance. Well we need to educate ourselves on what causes a fetus to die. Not only do the abortion clinics kill children daily but so do our Apostolic ladies when they choose means of birth control and do not understand how it works. We are flushing our future Prophets and leaders down the toilet. The Children of Israel allowed Asa to lead them into Idol worship and throw living babies in the belly of a molten god, but what are we doing when we ignorantly destroy our unborn children and sacrifice them for money or convenience
or a selfish mentality? We are doing the same things and wondering why we are not blessed. Jesus no longer winks at ignorance. We to whom much is given are going to give an account of our actions. Its not too late for repentance and to move into right relationship with Jesus. Before you put something into your mouth know what it is and what it does. Be a daughter of the most high God. I don't condemn you. I have done it myself thinking that I could not support any more children. I took a birth control pill that caused miscarriages. I being only nineteen did not know this but education as a Nurse helped me to understand it does. We have libraries and computers at our fingertips and can know what does and does not abort a fetus. We have no excuse Today, if you are reading my writing and continue on in your sin then Jesus is going to hold you accountable so go and look these things up. Jesus always provides for His children not the welfare system. He can give a man who is not the chiefest in intelligence the knowledge of witty inventions and that invention bless his home and family tremendously. I really admire our modern day tent making contractor who build and remodel and repair houses and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ as well, not putting a financial burden on the church or society that the gospel not be made ashamed. Laziness is of the devil, and we need not bring shame to the name of Jesus Christ in our communities under the guise of doing a ministry yet starving our families and not providing for their needs. Priscilla worked right along side Aquila, so sometimes we have too as well for the cause and not to bring shame to the name of Jesus.
My husband told me that when we were in public a few days ago he was very glad to be with me in that I am what He likes a lady to look like. I can say the same for him. He always takes the time to dress professionally and appropriately. Many people say this doesn't matter that the clothes don't make the men, but sorry guys it does to us. If I were with someone and they dressed sloppy and cared nothing for their physical appearance, I would not feel as privileged as I do nor as blessed. Fishing clothes have their place and mine hang in the closet for their appointed time, but I am telling the truth when I say ladies love to be escorted by someone who cares how they look and dress and the extra time it takes to shine your shoes is worth it all. Brother Bruce is a great example of a courteous gentleman. He opens my door and seats me in chairs. He puts on my cloak or coat and makes me feel cared for. It is a refreshing thing considering when I look around I see couples out and ladies opening their own doors and sometimes it seems I have seen a shoe or two dragging the curve while she struggles to get in the car lest her foot be run over. That is not loving your wife as Christ loves the Church. The truth is if you want your wife to act lady like treat her like a lady. I am very blessed to be treated like a lady. Little gifts or books or flowers show up at my home in the hand of the handsomest man I know. I love books and love to read and when I get flowers I get excited. I also love clocks and watches. I don't care if it cost five dollars or a hundred as I have both and like them anyway.
In conclusion I like being a lady and like being treated like one. I love dresses and perfume and having a manicure or a pedicure. I love being taken to a nice restaurant and pampered. I only have one life, and want it to be spent with the handsomest man I know, so the happier we are during our life and ministry on earth the better. I refuse to allow the world to take the things from me that I feel are my right and privilege as a lady. Its bad enough when circumstance deals you a bad hand but to choose a bad hand over a good one thinking its win win is deception. We need to choose to be what Jesus made us to be. The problem people have is the interpretation often is filtered though a demonic stronghold and teaching. I choose life and that more abundant. Today consider your ways and consider whether you personify what Jesus would have His bride personify.
If marriage is a type of Christ and the Church, then we need to strive to move into the bond of perfection and the pattern of dying to self that magnifies His image and teachings. The Sermon on the Mount is still true today as is Genesis through Revelation. We can either be a Christian or pretend we are one. I am praying to be all I can be in Jesus Christ.
Dana Klein
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Dealing with Grief
In dealing with grieving people on a daily basis, I try to get those bereaving to realize that they have other emotions which still work other than sadness. Would their loved one desire them to always be sad?
During the first week of February, I put together a memorial service for those who had died while under the care provided by the hospice company.
We gathered in a church's sanctuary, where I preached (taught) to those bereaving. At the start of my speaking, sadness was in the air. Should this service be only one of sadness? I believe Jesus wanted these participants to realize that sadness is okay, but also that joy is okay as part of the bereavement process. Using Bible verses and wit, I tried to place joy in their hearts.
After some Bible verses and preaching, I was sharing funny experiences in China. To explain one of the jokes used in China. I took off a sock and shoe. There were funny responses from my staff mates. I quickly put my bare smelly foot into a RN's face. She complained. I tried another RN's face. By now most of the sad people are howling, having a great time. I told jokes for another twenty minutes acting out my antics. The participants went home joyful, not sad!
Would their deceased loved one like them to have an evening of sadness and joy? They went home in an uplifted mood. They went home thinking positive, joyful thoughts about their deceased loved ones! They went home realizing they have emotions - sadness, joyfulness, etc.
In Jesus,
Brother Bruce
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Bernie Wade - Easy Believism, Preterism
Hello Everyone,
I was at Bernie Wade's home in Kentucky for 3 days and 3 nights. He and his family are very gracious hosts!
We traveled to his home thinking he was Apostolic.
He holds to easy believism.
He holds to Preterism. After he explained his points of end times, I exclaimed, so you are preterist. His response was, no, I am not preterist!
I have 3 masters and a doctor of theology degree; I know preterism!
I have another witness of Bernie Wade's Preterism.
http://jesus-messiah.com/html/wall-shame.html
In Jesus,
Bruce
PS. For those of you, who think it is politically incorrect to name names while pointing out heresy within the church, look to Paul's letters. He corrected Peter, and the list of names goes on!
PSS. Mr. Wade told me he had been a UPC pastor in Ohio.
I was at Bernie Wade's home in Kentucky for 3 days and 3 nights. He and his family are very gracious hosts!
We traveled to his home thinking he was Apostolic.
He holds to easy believism.
He holds to Preterism. After he explained his points of end times, I exclaimed, so you are preterist. His response was, no, I am not preterist!
I have 3 masters and a doctor of theology degree; I know preterism!
I have another witness of Bernie Wade's Preterism.
http://jesus-messiah.com/html/wall-shame.html
In Jesus,
Bruce
PS. For those of you, who think it is politically incorrect to name names while pointing out heresy within the church, look to Paul's letters. He corrected Peter, and the list of names goes on!
PSS. Mr. Wade told me he had been a UPC pastor in Ohio.
Apostolics Need to be Involved in Reaching Prisoners with the Gospel
Hello Friends,
We all have a responsibility to reach prisoners with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Would you like more information on how to minister in a prison?
The following non-Christian study provides basic information for a prison/jail ministry.
http://www.globalchristians.org/harvest/Prison/JailAndPrison.htm
As with every ministry, you must always be led by the Holy Spirit!
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” Matthew 25:36-46
In Jesus,
Bruce
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The 24 Apostles of the New Covenant
The 12 plus Apostles with other names and their ministry locations
Some ministry locations are based on history, tradition, or manuscripts of the time.
Peter (Simon, Cephas) - Jews in the Dispersion - Matthew 10:2-4
John (Sons of Thunder) - Asia Minor & later the City of Ephesus
Matthew (Levi) - Northern Africa
Thomas - India
Andrew - Greece & Black Sea
Philip - Phrygia is present day Turkey
Batholomew (Nathaniel) - Armenia is present day Iran
James, the Younger (Sons of Thunder)- Spain & Britain
James, the Elder - Martyrdom
Simon - SE of Caspian Sea
Thaddeus (Lebbeus, Judas) - Syria
Judas Iscariot - Suicide - Acts 1:18
Matthias - ???? - Acts 1:26
Saul (Paul) - Asia Minor - Acts 14:14; 1 Corinthians 9:5-6; Galatians 1:1
Barnabas - Asia Minor plus ???? - Acts 14:14; 1 Corinthians 9:5-6
Timothy -1 Thessalonians 2:1,6
Titus - 2 Corinthians 8:23
Apollos - 1 Corinthians 4:6,9
Epaphroditus - 'messenger' should have been translated 'apostle', Phillippians 2:25
Junias - Romans 16:7
Andronicus - Romans 16:7
James, Christ's Brother - Galatians 1:19
Silas - 1 Thessalonians 2:1,6
Jesus the Christ - Hebrews 3:1
John (Sons of Thunder) - Asia Minor & later the City of Ephesus
Matthew (Levi) - Northern Africa
Thomas - India
Andrew - Greece & Black Sea
Philip - Phrygia is present day Turkey
Batholomew (Nathaniel) - Armenia is present day Iran
James, the Younger (Sons of Thunder)- Spain & Britain
James, the Elder - Martyrdom
Simon - SE of Caspian Sea
Thaddeus (Lebbeus, Judas) - Syria
Judas Iscariot - Suicide - Acts 1:18
Matthias - ???? - Acts 1:26
Saul (Paul) - Asia Minor - Acts 14:14; 1 Corinthians 9:5-6; Galatians 1:1
Barnabas - Asia Minor plus ???? - Acts 14:14; 1 Corinthians 9:5-6
Timothy -1 Thessalonians 2:1,6
Titus - 2 Corinthians 8:23
Apollos - 1 Corinthians 4:6,9
Epaphroditus - 'messenger' should have been translated 'apostle', Phillippians 2:25
Junias - Romans 16:7
Andronicus - Romans 16:7
James, Christ's Brother - Galatians 1:19
Silas - 1 Thessalonians 2:1,6
Jesus the Christ - Hebrews 3:1
Composed by Dr. Bruce Klein, ThD
Friday, February 27, 2009
Family Bible Study
Hello Friends,
The goal in our family is to have a family Bible study, when we as a family set down in our living room and have Jesus teach us through a family member. Last evening, Ashleigh taught us on an aspect of spiritual warfare. She is twelve. Saturday evening, Joseph our seven year old will teach our family Bible study. Normally, I teach the family Bible study. Our children know how to teach the Bible.
Some parents expect the church to teach their children. From my experience, Sunday School is when they make a craft and learn a Bible story which most children already know. Why? Most churches seem to use a standard curriculum from their denomination. The lessons are not written by the Sunday School teacher for the spiritual level of his or her students.
I believe parents have the responsibility to train their child. Children must be taught how to make godly choices in life. Is not to train your child in Jesus' ways, sin?
In years past benching was used by many families to teach their children. Benching is when after supper all would stay at the table to pray and study the Bible.
"And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Deuteronomy 6:7
"Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:" Psalm 78:3-7
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. " Ephesians 6:4
"And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:15
In Jesus,
Bruce
The goal in our family is to have a family Bible study, when we as a family set down in our living room and have Jesus teach us through a family member. Last evening, Ashleigh taught us on an aspect of spiritual warfare. She is twelve. Saturday evening, Joseph our seven year old will teach our family Bible study. Normally, I teach the family Bible study. Our children know how to teach the Bible.
Some parents expect the church to teach their children. From my experience, Sunday School is when they make a craft and learn a Bible story which most children already know. Why? Most churches seem to use a standard curriculum from their denomination. The lessons are not written by the Sunday School teacher for the spiritual level of his or her students.
I believe parents have the responsibility to train their child. Children must be taught how to make godly choices in life. Is not to train your child in Jesus' ways, sin?
In years past benching was used by many families to teach their children. Benching is when after supper all would stay at the table to pray and study the Bible.
"And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Deuteronomy 6:7
"Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:" Psalm 78:3-7
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. " Ephesians 6:4
"And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:15
In Jesus,
Bruce
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