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Jimmy Henning is a well respected friend and Biblical mentor to Rev. Steven Adelmund. We decided to give him a chance to voice his opinion regularly here on Freedom of Faith when ever he feels compelled to spread the good word.

His entries will be Biblically based and are sure to be eye opening.

Prophesies(warnings)
3-5-8

In this Article i will reveal a few prophecies of the Bible warning us of the religion of Islam.
First of all i want to be very clear that i do not in any way feel as though Islam is anything better then a dirtbag dirt ball religion set out to destroy tremendously potentialed individuals, i do believe wholeheartedly islam is the work of Satan and Islam does the work of the devil. I don't care if you're Muslim, i would love to sit down with you and give you a full explanation of exactly why it is that Islam is such a dangerous and deceptive practice. And in this article i will give some of my arguments of why i believe as i do.

Let's start out with Jesus, he's my favorite prophet, but as you should already know, he is much more than just a prophet. He is Lord
In Matthew 24:24 Jesus says "for there shall arise false Christs(muhammed is one) and false prophets(usama is one) and they shall show great signs and wonders(9-11 was one) insomuch that, if it were possible,they shall deceive the very elect"

Now as you may or may not know the word "Christs" means chosen ones, prophet, anointed one king lord, so forth and muhammed is considered the "Last Prophet" of Allah, which is essentially the same thing as calling him Christ, when Muslims speak of Jesus they call him isa, and they say he is only a prophet and some of them do say he is jesus Christ, but Christ only being a title that stands less or equal to Mohammed's title.

And also the word "prophet" means teacher or seer. and usama bin laden is a teacher of Allah and if any of you have paid attention he has many times quoted the quran in his messages to America. He has even challenged Islamic scholars on the teachings of muhammed. And i have no doubt he teaches about God falsely.

And 9-11 was certainly a great sign and wonder, if 9-11 was not a great sign and wonder, virtually nothing could ever happen to qualify as one. Some people believe a great sign and wonder would be something from a fairy tale, meanwhile others believe it would be something from God, but i dont believe those people have put enough thought into . and you know some people are just hardheaded and hard to convince them of anything that they don't already believe, but clearly, in this passage Jesus is saying that these false Christs and false prophets will show great signs and wonders, not God.

Next i want to share John 16:2 "there will come a time when men(Muslims) will kill you thinking they are doing a service for god(Allah)"
Jesus is warning us of a time to come, and in no time since he spoke these words have there ever been anybody but them of the religion of Islam killing people believing its a service of god. What you must understand is that the quran teaches to kill for Allah. no other religion, no other ideology has a document that expressly teaches to kill as a service for god, Islam is the only one.

Revelation 13:4They fell down and paid homage to the dragon(religion of Islam), because he had bestowed on the beast(Islamic militants/terrorist) all his dominion and authority; they also praised and worshiped the beast, exclaiming, Who is a match for the beast, and, Who can make war against him?

and Revelation 13:7He was further permitted to wage war on God's holy people (the saints) and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation

Ok in Revelation we see the warnings of the end time. Its painting a picture with words and the vision described here will become very much clearer if you imagine what it will be like when Islam destroys America and takes over the world. they will claim Allah is great and all that, you can be sure, they will impose their will on every nation of the world and they will begin their cleansing of the populous to ensure constant power.

But this is the way its meant to happen, if the world didn't get worse it'd never get better, if it didn't happen like that, there would be no reason for Jesus to come back, but he assures us that he will come back before it gets too bad.

Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and survive, but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those days will be shortened.

God willing in the future i will be adding to these articles of subject.

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LOVE
2/15/08

ok, now that Valentine's day is over, let's talk about love, typically love is associated with somebody close to you, whether its a family member or even a lover. Sometimes people will say they love their best friend, or their friends. but lets analyze this a little further becuz i think its important.

Way back when, i remember a time when i didn't love anybody, not even myself, in fact, i hated everybody and everything, i really did, i was sick of it all, i couldnt stand anything, and i remember my thought of , well they say i should love my family, mom and dad and everything, but , everybody does that, and i was sick of that too, just becuz everybody loved their family, wasnt going to mean i was going to love my family.Of course, i was never going to admit that to anybody, its just a thought i had to myself. but note what i just wrote here,

ok, now, this is where it gets interesting, back in 95 when i met my friend Eric, he encouraged me to read the Gospels of John, but he also encouraged me to read Matthew chapter 5, the beatitudes, the sermon on the mount. and one thing that just flat hit me square on top of the head was verses 43-48

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For me to love those who love me, theres nothing special about that, and at that time, that hit home with me, becuz i didnt want to be just another joe, i didnt want to do things becuz thats the way people are. the only problem, at that time, i was on the wrong side of the fence!

So Jesus is telling us to be special, to love everyone, not just those we're suppose to, and , its taken me awhile, perhaps longer than it would take most people, but i finally get it. I'll even go as far as to say, even though i get it, i still find myself stuck in the old reactive self i once used to be. But im sure much like you all, i pray that i am made aware of my errors so that i may overcome them.

Alright so we've settled that, that we should love everybody, even our enemies, but let's get deeper, let's say you truely love somebody, just as God loves us. if you didnt know something, you would want God to show it to you, well, the same goes for your friends, no? if you dont know something, you ought to want your friends to show it to you.

Often times pride will get in the way of friendships, but it ought not be like that, right? I've seen it happen like clock work. back in 93 i had a ton of friends i used to hang out with regularly, we would do drugs day and night, living the good life huh? well, since i've found Jesus, they've all dropped from the picture, one by one.

What i've found is that becuz they hate Jesus, they eventually find a reason to hate me, not becuz they hate me, but becuz they hate the one i represent (John 15:18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first") now , obviously, if you say to them, you dont hate me, you hate Jesus. they'll call you crazy and dismiss it. but deep down they will know its true, even if they never admit it to themselves.
the Truth in all circumstances and situations is a much more powerful force than anything the devil can offer up.

To finish up i just want you all to note those verses, love even your enemies, and remember that anyone who hates you hated Jesus first becuz he came before us and they represent the world, and even though we are in the world, we are not of the world. we represent something greater then anything this world has to offer, we represent God Almighty, the One who can take life and give it to anyone He chooses. He can raise the dead back to life and even greater things we have yet to see.

John 17:14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world
.John 18:36
Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."

If you have any shortcomings to understanding any of this, then try this:
the next time you have a question, think about things this way, let's say thats you in the sky, watching over your very own children, and remember, we are all God's children, even the bad guys..

So our love must outshine the darkness, our love must be at all times greater then the wickedness the world offers up. Our love is better.

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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Feb 5th 2008

Tuesday February 5 is Super tuesday for political primaries, this political season has been a little interesting, although i admit, i haven't been paying much attention. Now, having said that, allow me to remind you of a few things.
Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

One thing i've noticed the past few years is people rebelling against this great country of ours, but this is the passage i like to remind them, becuz "Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves." he who rebels against our President rebels against God. Now, i know this makes the haters cringe, but it is what it is, we must respect and honor our President, regardless of who he is. Afterall, this is the country we live in, and he represents all of us to the world. Which is ok, becuz those of us not of the world have One even greater for whom we represent.

But this political season reminds me of another passage in the Bible,
Exodus 22:28 Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people
Acts 23:5 Paul replied, "Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: 'Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.

what we learn from this passage is that we should not speak evil against our President, for he is the high priest of this land, he is our ruler. What we have seen over the past few years is a good deal many people boldly speaking out against our President, they have sharp tongues and they speak much evil, they carry a charming appearance, and they occupy the face of sincerity. However, i can see the wizards behind closed curtains, they aint foolin me.

Its my opinion if you dont like somebodies ideals, let's here yours and let's learn this way the better. Simply saying somebody is a dog, dont make them a dog, and quite frankly, should a person call another person a dog, well, thats more indicative of the quite of character the mudslinger is, then it is of any indication of this person being slander. remember , Jesus was slandered up and down, they spoke all sorts of evil of him(Matthew 27:39 "Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads"), so when we hear people speakin evil about somebody else, dont be so quick to get suckered in.

Anyways, thanks be to God, the Most High for these words written, remember, its not about somebody else's character, its about yours and who you represent.

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TESTIMONY:

Hello my friends,
Ok, first off, allow me to thank Steve for giving me this opportunity, but an even greater thanks to God, for its God working thru Steve that has given me this opportunity today.
Beings that the plan is for me to write a weekly article, I'm going to start this first week off by rambling a little bit, and by giving a few details about myself. in other words I ain't going with no theme this week, but most likely will in the coming weeks. let's see, I'm 37 years old, I'm thrice divorced, and I live in a van down by the river.
jj, I've never married and I rent the house I live in.
it was back in 1995 when I obtained my first Bible, it was a Jerusalem Bible I found in the apartment of my Grandma's cousin who was moving out of it into the old folks home, they said we could have anything left over, I saw it on the floor and quickly grabbed it, I never had a Bible before, so it was cool that this Bible was different then any other Bible that I had ever seen, it had a red blanket thing that covers the Bible, its got a red string for book marking. at that time I'd never had a Bible, never read the Bible, and quite frankly was not a believer in the Bible,

However, back in 1992 I was a heavy drug addict, I was in Des Moines hanging out with an old friend, Eddie Moore. he had an apartment up there and had invited me and my friends to hang with him that night, he had something that was called "ice" it was Meth, but clear looking, and I don't know what it was exactly, but my heart wasn't beating right after smoking that stuff, freaked me out a little, but we were definitely higher than a kite that night, laughin' and all that stuff, and we were talking about a person we knew, talking bad of course, that sorta seemed the theme for most nights when ever a conversation arose about somebody who was not present. we were saying how unbelievably backwards this guy is, and I was just going off, coming to a point where I was just makin' stuff up off the top of my head and what I had said is, "this guy probably believes Jesus is ... an alien" followed by some hardy-har-hars and, then those guys went off about something else wondering off to the outdoor deck on the second floor of his apt,

and I notice on this table next to his couch he had a little white Bible, I got to thinking about what I said, Jesus being an alien, i got to thinking , thats not that crazy a thought. I picked up the Bible and just flipped open a page, and it read something about Jesus coming covered in clouds, or , perhaps it was angels coming covered in clouds, not sure exactly which it was, but it was the covered in clouds that got me thinking.

at this point I had isolated myself from my friends to relish in this deep thought moment. but i was thinking, 2000 years ago, how would you have described men who could fly? how do you describe an airplane to people who have absolutely no idea what an internal combustion engine is? let alone a machine that can fly. so , I continued on this thought for the next few years, till i got this Bible, and my thought at that time in 1995 was that these people that wrote the Bible were wrong, that i had finally discovered the truth, that Jesus and the angels are aliens from outer space, and I'm going to read the Bible and prove them wrong and show the world what is right.

well, I had a friend, Eric Dykstra who I had gone to school with, who had lived in Monroe, where I was living at the time, he came over one day and I told him I got this new Bible, I didn't realize at the time that he was a firm believer in Jesus, so what he did was, he came in, sat down with me, said a little prayer with me, and described for me what the 4 gospels were, it was incredible that at the age of 25, I had no idea at all what the Gospels were, I didn't even know Gospels was a word meaning "good news" I thought it meant something musical. seriously. so , anyways, i was pretty impressed at this point so I under the kind console of Eric, I started reading the Gospels according to Saint John the Divine .

and after that first day I started realizing, I was wrong about something, then the second day I realized, I was wrong about something else, and it wasn't about stuff I had really thought about, I was in a way caught off guard, I was expecting something else, but when i started reading, i found out that Jesus teaches us about the heart, and he was exposing my heart as evil and wicked, and I knew he was right and I knew I had to except it, to be intellectually honest with myself, I had to except it. you have to be honest with yourself, when your wrong , you have to realize to yourself, hey, I'm wrong, and thats what I did, I was wrong about the Bible, I was wrong about Jesus, I was wrong about churches. but the one thing I was right about, Jesus being an alien from outer space, doesn't really matter, in a sense, to the big scheme of things,

some people don't understand that Jesus is alive, or they don't understand that the world is as we see it, to an extent and that Jesus is real and he is somewhere right now, and the Bible does make clear that heaven is outer space. I know people still deny it, they think heaven is some fairy tale made up place that nobody has any idea about where it exists, but , the Bible does say stars in heaven, sun in heaven, moon in heaven, and so on, Jesus ascended to heaven, Jesus will descend from heaven, I mean, for me, its like, get a clue people, heaven is outer space, but , you can't convince anybody of anything, you can share with them your views, but people decide their own views.

so anyways. after this shock, it was slow going for me reading the gospels, I put a lot of thought into the Bible, but it was like i was scared to read too much of it. that was, until September of 2001, one night while I worked, after waking up and seeing some bad news on the tv, I got to thinking, man, what am I waiting for? ok, Jesus, today is the day I am giving myself to you, if your real, if you are who you say you are, take all my burdens, and I got a lot of them, take all my problems, all my worries, all my concerns , take them from me and deal with them, if you are who you say you are, take them, your now responsible for them. and folks, words cant describe what happened at that point, it was almost like I wasn't expecting anything, but granted everything. I wish it for everybody, and there are things that I can never tell, just as I am sure there are things you can never tell, but we who believe know full well there is a God, and we know full well Jesus is King ! well folks, thanks for your time. till next week, God bless and take care

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