Miracle Internet Church

Preaching Jesus Christ Crucified

Pastor Pat Holliday — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:29:22 +0000

The Apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:23, to seek God. We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, but Jews and Geeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” Jesus came down to earth and lived among men. Jesus also suffered, was crucified and the He died on the Cross for us. You can find Him when seek for Him with all your heart. Many no longer preach about the cross of Jesus or the importance of His sacrifice. Jesus said, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto me. The problem we face today is, millions have been drawn away to receive another spirit other than the Spirit they had previously received (1 Cor. 11: 4). Paul reproved these Corinthian Christians for receiving another Spirit.

The Corinthians had cheerfully accepted a man that came preaching a different Jesus than the Jesus that Paul preached and had turned from the good news to a different message they had originally accepted. Paul asked in amazement, “Who had bewitched the believers to draw them away from the truth.” The consequence upon them was not just the influence of receiving wrong mental impressions conveyed by counterfeit and deceptive teachers, but transformations of their faith caused by evil spirits imposing false doctrines through false teachers, (Galatians 3:1). They had changed. They were religious, but had a new agenda. They had become the New Age People of their day, bewitched by the paranormal, magical words of a false prophet; changed into another kingdom. They once were saved but now they were lost.

1 John 4:4-6, — “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”

Biblical references do not suggest that believers enjoy an easy exemption from the crafty activities of devils but are particularly targeted by them. In 1 Tim 4:1-2, — “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” reveals how wicked spirits attack spiritual believer by deception and beguile them away from the faith through the use of false prophets. Unfortunately, most believers have adopted the fallacious idea that if they ignore Satan, he will ignore them. Spiritually speaking, such a position is indefensible. See (1Pet. 5:8, 8, Jam. 4:7; II Cor. 2:11).

Christian Church Leaders must return to the basics of the Bible. We must repent from our wayward ways and ask God to clean us; lead back to the highway of faith. We must turn to Jesus the Savior of our souls and reach out to evangelize the lost to our Lord. Preacher, stop preaching every wind and doctrine; there is only one doctrine to consider, Jesus Christ is Lord and Him crucified; our Redeemer, Lord God and pray the harvest into the kingdom.

Lack of Harmony in Christian Marriages

Pastor Pat Holliday — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:53:59 +0000

Two cannot walk together unless they be agreed. A couple should not get married unless they are compatible. Before a couple gets married there should be an understanding on spiritual matters. Without this understanding there could be trouble down the road. Eventually, both parties need to have an equal or comparable commitment to Christ and living for Him in order for the marriage to function in harmony. The Spirit of God has to be present in a marriage and the couple functioning in a personal relationship with the Lord or the two may not walk in the unity of agreement.

The Standing Remnant of Faithful Saints

Pastor Pat Holliday — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:17:57 +0000

Many Christians left their churches feeling something is wrong; brokenhearted, with great grief they left, disappearing into their homes clutching their Bibles and seeking Lord Jesus.

2 Thess 2:3-4, — “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”

Pastors have moved away from a biblical foundation as they seek to build mega churches and dream to become the next Joel Osteen of the world. America is the largest mission field in the world. While preachers are told that this generation is unlike any generation that ever lived before and therefore preachers need to change their approach to draw people into their churches and change their messages.

For sure, this is beyond doubt, the truth. Modern people are exactly analogous to every human that ever lived; and probably the most rebellious full of sin. Furthermore, this generation has more opportunities to practice their sin without public condemnation because, well, everyone is doing it. This generation is exposed to more sin in one day than past history in a lifetime.

The entire world has become a culture of sin and rebellion and many preachers have joined the revolt when they let the foundations of the Word of God fall and took Jesus out of their pulpits; churches became entertainment centers built upon doctrines of devils. Preachers became circus masters.

Preachers were told to remove the crosses, hymnal, Bibles, and all religious articles out of the church; don’t talk about Jesus, just speak of their physical needs such as the gospel of self-improvement and visions of financial glory. Christians drawn by free food, marriage support, tithe, weight loss, contemporary prayer, trance dancing, rock bands, ball room dancing, Karate, Yoga classes, and topics similar to these.

Jesus is removed and the Bible changed and people are spiritually blinded. Preachers are elevated by the world to “Life Coaches.” The people are warehoused in entertainment centers. Real Saints are standing with Jesus in their homes; this is the condition of the many churches today.

Satan’s Chief Weapon to Snare the Believer

Pastor Pat Holliday — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:45:08 +0000

“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light,” (Romans 13:11-12).

Is there a planned conspiracy attacking the Christian Church to change its agenda for spreading the gospel message of Jesus Christ? The Bible tells us yes, Satan wants to conquer every Christian turning their loyalty to his New Age schemes to transform their souls to the powers of the world and new concepts of faith.

The enemy has successfully placed fifth column agents in every level of the church. A fifth column is a group of people who clandestinely undermine a larger group from within to aid an external enemy. These secret agents successfully won great victories when they stole the Word of God as the central thoughts of the foundation of the Christian Church. They simply replace The Word with counterfeit Bibles and removed the central themes concerning Jesus by changing words or leaving entire scriptures’ out.

The last twenty-five years, floods of various perversions of the Bible were brought into churches. Satan’s agents have achieved changing Christian views by bringing these new “modern” versions into seats of power. You are what you think. Many have overthrown Jesus as the center thought and lifted up the human spirit to control the churches.

Mind control is the chief weapon of Satan to snare the believer. The Scriptures admonish us to “bring every thought into captivity,” (II Cor. 10:5). The Scriptures say that the spirit of a sound mind means a disciplined mind. It is absolutely essential for a person to become aware of the thoughts that are coming from the devil or if the thoughts that are coming from the he Lord. If the foundation of God’s Word is removed, how will you know?

Many times a person will enter a world of fantasy and imagination, or trying to live by the reasoning of their natural mind. These individuals find themselves lusting after something, or covetousness, or of something they consider normal. This is a great counterfeit when the devil will have you go over and over what to do by the nature of your flesh. By accepting this and hearing this in your mind you are giving place to the devil. By leaving the foundations of the Word, the demonic forces can lead your life.

This is a counterfeit for what we are supposed to do when these thoughts enter our minds. We should reject them and reassure ourselves that it cannot happen to us because the protection is available that the Lord has promised in His scriptures. (Psa. 91) and other great scriptures should enter our mind and we should control the thoughts and possess total victory over those situations. We should dispose or cast out these thoughts of the devil and not entertain them.

It’s important to “capture our thoughts.By capturing our thoughts, understanding our thoughts, we can bring every thought into captivity. We renew our spirits and minds through the King James Version Bible. Understand that fantasy games, movies and witchcraft, put the mind in gear for Satan; then witchcraft activity becomes common place.

The spell casting; inducing of charms and the practicing of witchcraft takes over the entire mind. The mind control spirit can controlled your mind by demons.

My advice, throw away those perverted Bibles and get a King James Version if you can find one!

Keep the Faith of the Christian Church

Pastor Pat Holliday — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:37:14 +0000

The World is divided into two categories of people. First: Believers who are indwelt by God for the reason that Jesus has been received and covers their sins.

“Christians are believers because they are indwelt by God because of Christ 1 Peter 1:23-25 — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.” KJV

They are the people who realize their spiritual vulnerability and release their dependence upon Jesus. They show sorrow over sin, and are meek (balanced between extremes), hungry for God’s righteousness, merciful, pure in heart, peacemakers, ridiculed, persecuted, or slandered because of Christ. Jesus compares them to salt and light.

The other group consists of the unbelievers of this world. Many sects and cults have their members say a prayer that their soul touch all souls. This is one of the ways evil soul ties are formed. Christian must avoid fellowship with false religious sects and cults.

Some of these cults are: The Third Wave; The Word of Faith; The family of God; The Children of God, The Manifest Sons of God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, Rosicrucian’s, Theosophy, Unity, Mormonism, Unitarians, Bahai, Spiritualism, Scientology, Sweden organism, Christodelphiamism, Inner Peace Movement, Spiritualism, Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, Association for Research and Development, Religious Research Foundations of America, Eckankar, Urantia, Moonies, Subud, Latihan, Islam, The Way, and other religions using the Bible but denying or omitting the Divinity of Christ, and/or the Atonement of His precious Blood, any group denying existence of heaven or hell.

A Christian believer must be aware that from every aspect of his life and activity, he/her can be threatened constantly with the prospect of witchcraft being beamed at him by the enemy. These attacks can come from unknown or unsuspecting sources. The snares of Satan are cleverly laid to trap the believer into a situation where Satan can have more control over his or her mind.

A good example of this is drugs, known as sorcery, and medications such as but not limited to: (even though they are prescribed by a doctor) Valium, Serex, Phenobarbital, and other common medications which are not curative. These can lead to mind control. Anesthetics in the hospital, blood transfusions, hypnosis, legal or illegal, smoking of tobacco, and smoking of marijuana are also mind altering. Consumption of alcoholic beverages, (including wine), participation in ESP, transcendental meditation, these can all lead to sharing and giving to the devil an edge in controlling the believer’s mind.

The Church was purchased with the precious blood of the Eternal Son of God, therefore, like Him is eternal. Jesus said, “upon this rock” (Petra, big rock of foundation) “I will build my church.” The Church is not built upon Peter, but it is built upon Jesus Christ. There is a divine person living in the church. Each member of the church is indwelt by the Spirit of God

The Christian has a unique relationship with Jesus. Jesus is shown as the Head of the church and the members are called His Body. He has given His believers a power of attorney to act against the power of Satan.

Contemplating the Second Return of Jesus Christ

Pastor Pat Holliday — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:02:06 +0000

The ones who saw Jesus Christ’s ascension following his death, burial and resurrection, heard the announcement from the angels saying that “why gaze ye into the heavens, this same Jesus as you see going up will return in like manner”. Jesus Christ will literally return to this earth on a Shekinah glory cloud as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and rule for one thousand years.

Demonstrations of the Power of God part one two

Pastor Pat Holliday — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:39:13 +0000

“Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. . . “ (Col. 1:15).

Who is the image of the invisible God as it is in the corresponding to Eph. 1-39-23, gives the analysis of the exaltation of Jesus the Redeemer. Jesus is the visable representation of the invisible God. .He represents to human beings the excellence of God as a figure Who was forgiving and desired that no one perish.

John 3:16-18, — “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

The blood of Jesus, covers your sin. God sent Him to save you from Hell and that you can enjoy everlasting life with God. Now dear friend, if there had been another way to salvation, God would have never sent Jesus to die in your place. His purpose was not to condemn the world but through Jesus could be rescued from the powers of the Devil.It is simple, God’s provision for your salvation is your will to choose Jesus by receiving his free gift of deliverance from the hands of Satan.
The entire world is in a ruinous state of elimination from God’s forgiveness and about to perish to everlasting judgment of God. Apart from God’s redemption powers of Jesus’sacrificial gift for those who receive Him, every soul is on a course of utter destruction. The sacrifice of Jesus is the only means by which the redemption of humans can be effected and is absolutely sufficient to accomplish Gods design for rescuing humankind.

2 Thess 2:10-12, — “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

Jesus is God manifested in the flesh, that God, through His eternal love rescues us and gives us many blessings that recovered through Jesus hanging on the tree.There are many benefits for those who believe in Jesus. They receive and escape from eternal perdition and they will not perish; receiving eternal life. They also have access of many operations of grace:

Justification; guilt of sin is removed.
Sanitization: purification of the person’s nature.
Access to throne of God.

2 Thess. 2:13-15 – “But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.”

Demonstration of the Power of God part one

Pastor Pat Holliday — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:05:30 +0000

“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God,” (1 Cor. 2:4,5).

Christians have direct access to the power of God. Sadly, much of the power is squandered on Better Homes and Garden or Disney World sort of Christianity. Jesus fully intended to leave a militant church so that His people could evangelize the world for souls. We are living in perilous times. Nevertheless, it is also a time for great Christian witnessing because of the tremendous darkness that has spread across the world. We are surrounded by the enemy on all fronts and the Church is infiltrated by New Age doctrines camouflaged in new distortions Biblical language. We must be a vigilant, but Word enlightened and inspired by the Holy Spirit.

The Church was purchased with the precious blood of the Eternal Son of God, therefore, like Him is eternal. “Upon this rock” (Petra), said Jesus, “I will build my church.” The Church is not built upon his disciple, Peter, but it is built upon Jesus as the foundation. There is a divine person living in the church; each member of the church is indwelt by the Spirit of God. The Christian has a unique relationship with Jesus. Jesus is shown as the Head of the church and the members are called His Body. He has given his believer’s a power of attorney to act against the power of Satan.

Paul reports, that Jesus rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us from the power of darkness and relocated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. He writes in the beautiful poetic language of Jesus in (Col. 1:13), make clear Jesus’ sovereignty; a passage celebrates Him as creator and sustainer of the universe and supreme over every creature. He is the head of his body, the church, and the first to conquer death. Although in Christ “all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,” Paul asserts, it was ultimately only through his human suffering–through “the blood of His cross,” (Col. 1:19,20), “That he was able to reconcile all things to God and make peace.”

Paul describes the power of Jesus. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: for in Him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers,” (Col.1: 15-16). Jesus Christ is Lord and we worship Him in the Spirit of truth according to (John. 8:32). Jesus must be at the center of our sermons and our lives that the world can truly see that the Father sent Him.
“Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature . . . “(Col. 1:15).

Jesus is the Seat of Power

Pastor Pat Holliday — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:19:27 +0000

(Eph. 1:17-23), “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.”

Jesus has been raised and seated at the right hand of Father God. He is ruling in power and distributing His power to the ones who believe.

(Rom. 8:16). “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves,” (2 Cor. 13:5). “Every Christian emerges either trusting in people, or trusting fully in God, that is, either cursed or blessed.”

You are answerable to God to make certain Jesus Christ resides in your heart and creating His life through you and have the witness of the Holy Spirit within.

“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited,” (Jer. 17:5-60).

God challenges us: “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves,” (2 Cor. 13:5). “Every Christian emerges either trusting in people, or trusting fully in God, that is, either cursed or blessed.” Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD . . . (Jer. 17:5-6).

According to Jeremiah, the individual does not wait for God to move and takes matters into his own hands, making his own plans, trusting people believed have power and is forever looking for that special “who” to solve problems; a spiritual dryness reveals spiritual condition, “. . . he shall be like the heath (shrub) in the desert . . . ” (Jer. 5:6). This individual looks barely alive; having no fruit, no source of life is always on the brink of dying!

The Christian that trusts God in hard places is planted and has roots, security, a reservoir of Living Water and is always fruitful and green with fresh life, vs 8. “Jesus, I give up looking to any person to bring me out of my trial. I turn to You alone! You’re my only keeper, my only hope. I look to You to bring me out of this!”

The Bewitchment of the Mind in the Latter Days

Pastor Pat Holliday — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:32:12 +0000

As the days draw closer to the return of the Lord, the Word of God is being fulfilled in many ways. One specific way is found in the Word of God concerning people giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. This type of phenomena can occur through the reception of fantasy that is so prevalent in our bookstores, movies and even in our schools in this nation. Please pray that the Lord will open our eyes and the eyes of the church to stay alert in these dangerous and perilous times.