Kris Doulos

THE LINE IN THE SAND

Posted: 09/17/2010

The pastor in Gainesville, Florida gained worldwide attention by announcing he would burn the Quran. Military, political and religious leaders joined the press and media in an effort, not authorized by God, to speak for God. They condemned the preacher but failed to speak about the hostile threats of Muslims. The church in America, which is responsible for teaching the necessity but freedom of choice of embracing the One Living God, is comparable to the church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22); they embrace God with one arm and the ways of the world with the other. That's equivalent to having your spouse tell you they want to stay married to you while having affairs with others.   The often misrepresented beast in Revelation is a beast but the Greek word means small (young) wild animal. This is a spiritual force which does not initially cause fear because it is seen as being too small to be dangerous. In Revelation Jesus reveals this small wild animal as the force that used religious tradition to inspire the Jewish leaders (the most knowledgeable and dedicated of all people claiming to believe in God) to crucify him. The cunning ways of this force defeated Eve, then Adam and continues to defeat people who are the most knowledgeable of and zealous for God. This force defeats some with ignorance, some with misguided zeal and some with a passive permissiveness misidentified as the way of Jesus. If Jesus was so permissive of the opinions of others, why was he crucified by angry people? If The God of Love is passive about evil opinions and conduct, why is there a Hell? These misconceptions about God’s passiveness toward evil are the result of the cuddly, nonthreatening appearance of this satanic force determined to delude people about God until they die without God. Convincing them they have saving faith, Satan defeats Muslims, Jews, Christians and others with lifeless, religious traditions. Satan loves to make fools of people who say they believe in God but know little if anything about him. Like the small wild animal that appears innocent and harmless, most attitudes and acts of sin do not appear threatening until they grow strong enough to reveal their power to control.   While Islam does not represent God who made the moon that is the symbol of Allah, it does expose the counterfeit faith of many who claim to know God. Islam’s intolerance for people who don’t embrace its’ teachings accurately represents the dictatorial attitude of Satan. Like Nero of ancient Rome, Islam forces people to prove their commitment to their faith. History reveals Islam to be peaceful while it is small but if it grows big enough to gain control, it becomes a vicious, merciless beast which will not hesitate to subdue and/or kill its’ opponents as a service to its’ god. Islam is not the most evil religion which substitutes religious tradition for God but its’ penchant for violence makes it the most conspicuous representative of the satanic force that promotes religion without God. Yet, Islam is a blessing in that it forces people who claim they believe in God (this is different from believing God) to choose if they will embrace Islam to protect their physical well being or stand with the Word of God. This forced choice lets people know the quality of their faith in God and where they actually stand where God is concerned. Passive "peace lovers" will continue to compromise the ways of God in a deluded effort to achieve peaceful co-existence with those who reject God's Word and Name (Revelation 3:8; 19:11-13). Like innumerable circles, peaceful co-existence of people can only exist without conflict if there is a common center point. Today, in America, you have freedom of choice but when Islam gains control and Sharia Law forces you to choose what it allows you to have or be tortured or killed because you refuse to deny God's Word and Name (Jesus), where will you choose to stand?                                  T h e   L i n e   I n   T h e   S a n d   Today’s password is, “do not offend”; feelings are more valuable than fact. It matters not that truth is denied if we keep good feelings intact. A rule such as this is the way of a fool whose delusion is Satan inspired. Trading truth for the vanity of fools is taught by those whom Satan hired.   Moses once had a meeting with God and returned to find folly controlled. The people “had a right to their view“, and preached what pagans extolled. They had no respect for the words of God so they defied God without fear. Moses stood in the gate of the camp saying, “Those on God’s side come over here!”   How dare he challenge what they believed! Such crudeness should receive reprimand. By the edge of the sword, many were slain; the line had been drawn in the sand. The “don’t need God people” met God as judgment day entered their tent. They finally realized how small they were but it was too late for them to repent.   The line in the sand gives each a choice and each must make up his mind. Will it be God who charters his course or the blind who are leading the blind? The line is too narrow to stand in the middle and too wide to stand on both sides. One side or the other is the only choice and truth exposes where the Judas hides.   The tools of Satan are fun and folly and arrogance that bloats like a toad. With pleasing speech and curious desire he herds the simple with his goad. The line in the sand offers everyone a chance to choose to take God’s hand. Respecting God’s words will let you know where to stand with the line in the sand.   Stepping to God’s side only comes with the will to stand solely on God’s Word. Like Eve, you can reason about what God “means” and end up being absurd. Believe it or not, Jesus is that line and each person holds his soul in his hand. Regardless of opinion, each must decide where he’ll stand with this line in the sand.                                                                              Exodus 32:26                                          It is absurd for a person to say he accepts you if he rejects what you say. In the same way it is absurd for a person to say he accepts God if he rejects God’s Word which resided in the physical body of Jesus. This is why Jesus made the following statement and why a choice of what you believe is required.   I am the way, the truth and the life. No one has access to the Father (God) except through me.  -Jesus- (John 14:6)                                                              Kris Doulos       kdavoice@aol.com

OVERCOMING

Posted: 05/30/2010

OVERCOMING: (NIKAO-to conquer, overcome)        Life does not exist because it has no opponents; it exists because it overcomes its opponents. Evil opposes good and the person who wants the benefits of good must overcome the rotting process of evil. Good and evil are the products of words accumulated in the brain. There is a constant battle between these words to see which will rule the person. Like an army, the side which has the most powerful weapons wins the battle and each battle won brings that side closer to winning the war. Satan’s big gun is the lie which is mounted in the desires of the physical body and arrogance of the brain. God’s big gun is truth and God instilled in each person a sensor that detects truth. That person must then choose between what the lie tells him to do or what truth tells him to do.   The Bible contains much truth about God but because that truth must be processed through the carnal brain it is often edited or diluted. God’s Word is the force that created all things so it is reasonable to believe it is able to meet the needs of any person. Satan’s only recourse is to find ways to keep people from learning God’s words written in the Bible, shackle that Word with religious traditions and convince them when God’s voice becomes a conscious thought in the brain, that really isn’t God but a thought generated by the brain. This effectively reduces God to a historical myth or more and denies his existence in the everyday life of people.   Here are statements from the Bible that reflect how Satan uses words espousing evil to rot man’s total being and how God gives clear instructions concerning the necessity of a believer to overcome. God only gives life to those who want life.   Winner takes all: Luke 11:20-22: If I exorcise demons with the finger of God, do you still doubt the kingdom of God has arrived in your presence? When the dwelling of a strong man is guarded by armed guards his possessions are safe but if someone stronger than he comes, he overcomes his fully armed guards and portions out what he confiscates.   The struggle: John 16:33: You will have pressures in the world but rejoice, I have overcome the world. Romans: 12:21: Don’t be overcome of evil but overcome evil with good. (There is no neutrality.)   Romans 3:4: Let God be true and every man a liar, even as it stands written, “So you might be proven righteous with your words and overcome when you are judged.  I John 2:14b: I wrote to you young men who were strong enough to overcome the evil because the Word of God resides in you. I John 4:4:  Children, you are from God and have overcome that which imitates and opposes Christ because the one in you is greater than the one in the world.         When Satan overcame Jesus:             Revelation 11:7: When they completed their witness the beast came up from the depths and to engage them in war. He overcame them and killed them. (These two witnesses represent Jesus when he was crucified by people under the command of Satan.)   The weapon Satan uses to overcome Christians: Revelation 13:7: Authority was given him (Blasphemy-to speak hurtful or critical-criticism) to engage the saints and overcome them. He had authority over every tribe, people, tongue and nationality. (Criticism is the power of Satan that overcomes everyone, including Christians.)   Every person’s choice- the truth of God or the lie of world leaders: Revelation 17:12-14: To be able to rule for a short period of time, the leaders of the world, with singleness of mind, gave their authority and physical power to Satan. They engaged in war with the Lamb and the Lamb overcame them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings and with him were the faithful who accepted God’s invitation to become Sons of God. (The Lamb is the Word of God which empowers people who believe him to be Lords who own and Kings who rule. He neither owns nor rules people who don’t believe him.)   God’s promises to the Christian while is reaping the unsaved:   1.      Revelation 2:7: The person who overcomes will be able to eat from the Tree of Life in the Garden of God. (This is not physical and future but spiritual and current.)   2.      Revelation 2:11: The person who overcomes will not be treated as being unrighteous by the second death. (Only the human spirit can die twice. The first death is when it rebels against the Word of God while residing in its human body and the second death is when it leaves its human body without being redeemed by Jesus.)   3.      Revelation 2:17: To the person who overcomes, I will give hidden manna and a white stone with a new name permanently inscribed upon the stone which no one knows except the person who receives it. (The relationship of a believer with God is not as a part of a group like religion but as an individual child with a personal and unique relationship to the Father.)   4.      Revelation 2:26: The person who overcomes and remains in the assignment I give him will receive authority from me over people of different nationalities. He will shepherd them with strict principles and dismantle the clay fabrications of the potters of the world. (There are no people boundaries for the person committed to sharing the message of Jesus because, like Jesus, he does not dilute God’s Word to accommodate a different opinion.)   5.      Revelation 3:5: The person who overcomes will be dressed in white clothes and his name will not be left out of the Book of Life. I will introduce him to my father and his messengers. (White clothes represent the righteousness provided by the blood of Jesus, there will be no oversight regarding his citizenship in Heaven and he will be introduced by the person of Jesus…WOW!!)   6.      Revelation 3:12: I will make the person who overcomes a pillar in the Holy of Holies of my God and he will never be thrown out nor will he go out. (Holy of Holies represents the Presence of God. Nothing can separate him from that presence and he is not dumb enough to leave on his own.)   7.      Revelation 3:21: The person who overcomes will sit with me in my throne in the same way I sit with my Father in his throne. (The throne represents authority. Imagine yourself with the authority of Jesus.)   The Final Reward -The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23).    Revelation 21:7: The person who overcomes will inherit these things (all that God possesses) and I will be his God and he will be my son. (All that a father owns is equally owned by the child who loves him.)   How many are defeated: (Hattao- to make less, inferior, decrease-The method used by Satan and his people to seduce people too weak to stand pat on God’s Word).   Embracing or living by the written words of God may provide confidence for a better standard of living but is not the same as embracing and living by the words God speaks to a person in his daily life. A name that represents some brand of religion indicates acceptance of some theological idea about God or interpretation of Scripture. If the idea only satisfies religious obligation, the Living God remains a mystery. For this person religion becomes an opiate to deaden guilt and fear of death and provide a “hope so” hope that will never find fruition.   Allegiance to God’s Word must be greater than allegiance to loved ones, religious affiliation or any enticement from one’s society. It is only in placing God’s Word above all else that God is placed above all else. A person who does not know what God says about the details of his life will not know how to give God’s words preference in his life. Peter explains how religious teachings and endeavors can temporarily promote thinking and conduct to do good without changing the basic nature of a person. He warns against religious recruiters who substitute good conduct for blood atonement and whose motive is to enlarge their own interests.   2 Peter 2:19-22: People who have a track record of being slaves of corruption are promising you freedom to decrease your self-reliance and control you. If by learning about Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior, you escaped the efforts of the people of the world to rape you, you resume dependency upon them by again entangling yourself with them, you are worse off than before. It would have been better not to have known the way of righteousness than to know and then turn away from what the Holy Commandments gave you. This is comparable to the truth of the proverb, “The dog returns to its vomit and the bathed hog to wallowing in its dung.”

THE JOURNEY

Posted: 02/15/2010

<>THE JOURNEY<> How shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings with year-old calves? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you O man what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. The Bible-Micah 6:6-8                                                                 <>THE  END OF THE ROAD<> So live that when thy summons comes to join that enumerable caravan which moves to that mysterious realm where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death. Thou go not like the quarry slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained by an unfaltering trust approach thy grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams. William Cullen Bryant                                                        <>THE GUIDE<> The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and staff comfort me You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Only goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. The Bible-Psalm 23                                                  <>THE DIRECTIONS<> A person cannot know you and be a part of your life until he understands and accepts your words which reveal you and express your wishes. Jesus, who was and is the words of God, said the same thing about understanding God and being a part of his life.   I am the way and the truth and the life. No one has access to the Father except by me. Jesus-John 14:6

WHY GOD LEFT AMERICA ALONE

Posted: 05/14/2009

WHY GOD LEFT AMERICA ALONE   An oft repeated statement is, “People who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Look at the history of God and Israel. When Israel honored God’s instructions they treated each other with respect. When they became immoral and self centered, God stepped back and let them deal with their differences, their problems and their enemies on their own. America turned her back on God and is now having to face her problems and enemies with the retarded reasoning of knowledge instead of the faith in God which made her great.   Leaders who control powerful groups in America have put up smoke screens to hide the real cause of and solution to our problems. People see God as an opinion or idea instead of a real living being. Reducing God to a human opinion provides man with a god limited to the ability of his opinion. Morality is the foundation of any civilization. God gave America a moral code which would protect her people from the destructive forces of immorality and greed but there were too many people who were smarter than God. Satan does not rule by his own power, he rules by getting arrogant, ignorant and naïve people to adjust what God says so, in their minds, God accepts them with all their evil. Because America is controlled by immoral and compromising people, God is not welcome.   The greatest need for America is not protection from her physical enemies; her greatest need is to repent of her rebellion against God. God doesn’t meddle in affairs where he is not welcome. America has clearly told God he is not welcome in churches, synagogues and mosques which teach a history and philosophy of God and accept emotion, produced by the brain, as the presence of God. America has clearly told God he is not welcome in the education of her children because his name is offensive. America has clearly told God he is not welcome in government because he is opposed to lying. America has clearly told God he is not welcome in commerce because he is opposed to stealing.   One look at the conduct of masses of Americans reveals indisputable proof of how stupid the human brain can become. Faith, a communication frequency that permits access to God, has been taken off the table. Jesus gave the book of Revelation to warn his people of the three major forces (religion, government and commerce) Satan uses to control and destroy people. He told his people to overcome these forces by remaining true to his words and his name. Overcoming is not done by an army but by one person at a time. When religion dilutes God’s words, compromises with evil and is embarrassed by his name, we must recognize this façade of righteousness, embrace God’s words and name and overcome. When government becomes a pawn of money and special interests, we must stand with truth and justice and overcome. When commerce is ruled by greed and power brokers we must refuse to be seduced by Mammon and overcome.   God stands ready to act but he will continue to leave America alone with her problems and her enemies who hate the Bible upon which she was established until she repents of her sinful ways. America’s most dangerous enemies are not without, they are within. They are not invisible. They are the people who use situation ethics to excuse evil and opinion to replace God’s words. The handwriting is on the wall. Can you read it?                 Kris Doulos              kdavoice@aol.com

THE WORLD'S GREATEST CRIMINALS

Posted: 08/02/2008

The laws of God are good for man, they help him control his flaws. Yet laws of God are often repealed by the "expedient" use of man's laws. Christian crusaders embraced God's love. Devoted, they believed in God's cause. They slaughtered Muslims for the sake of land with an "indulgence" received from their laws. They said they believed in the Word of God. They preached it as having no flaw, then murdered the Indian and took his land, made "right" by pettifogging the law. The black man of Africa was a means of wealth. "Whites" enslaved each one they saw. Made equal by God, they were treated as chattel by "righteous folks" who distorted the law. 6,000,000 Jews were treated like vermin because they were stuck in Hitler's craw. He snuffed out their lives without mercy and was legal according to the law. What is right is no longer the rule. Lawyers see each weakness as a taw. They encourage a tort then go to church and feel innocent, "excused" by the law. The balm of justice is left on the shelf. Greed and vengeance infect like yaws. Like an addict on drugs, we get our "fix" by suing someone in the court of laws. Lady Justice is ill; her blindfold removed; she's stripped and looks on in the raw. Her once noble way falls prey to a gavel in the hand of an "officer" of the law. God looks on and bides his time while man treads down truth like straw. A day of "judgement" awaits each one who thinks he's exempt from God's law. "My Way" is a shortcut to a place called "Hell" where pain and sorrow tear like a claw. Ignore God's words and eventually you'll hear the unappealable verdict of God's law.  You may respond at kdavoice@aol.com