Pastor Marc Bertrand

  Celebrating the devil today as Christmas day . Come December 25, someone gets a party! But it isn’t who most people think, as they prepare once again to celebrate Christmas. Along with Easter, Christmas is one of the most recognized holidays on the calendar. Professing Christians worldwide look to its various traditions for warmth, comfort, and inspiration. But, did the first Christians actually celebrate it? Was there a Jesus Christ birthday festival—no matter the date—based upon true Christian belief? Is Christmas a Christian holiday? Or could this famous “Christian” tradition actually be one of the devil’s favorites? Most people dismiss the commercialism, the pagan influence, and the impossibility of a December 25 birth, and take comfort in slogans such as “Put Christ back in Christmas.” But how many professing Christians would feel comfortable celebrating Christmas if they understood that you cannot “put Christ back in Christmas” because Christmas is Satanic? This is no new u...

  Christmas is About the Birth of Tammuz. The word 'Christmas' is about the virgin birth of a Roman Catholic sun god, Tammuz who is the deified son of Nimrod. Who Was Really Born On December 25? It would appear that historical figures from shortly after the Flood, still imbued with strong genetics and powerful personalities, gathered cults around them and convinced their followers that they were deities on par with the Creator-God. Generations later, the stories spread across the world, adapting to different cultures and climates, but retaining a basic thread. And so the mythologies of Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, Babylonia, Canaan, Egypt, and Greece resemble each other. The story of Tammuz is no exception. The oldest claim of a character named Tammuz is of a Sumerian king and shepherd named Dumu-zid or Dumuzi. He was said to be the fifth king before the Flood and ruled for 26,000 years. The next mention is of a fisherman/king who ruled around 2700 BC, directly before Gilgamesh....

  Destination of many so called christian's. Those who reject God thereby choose hell, which is separation from God. What God is guilty of, so to speak, is respecting the free will of creatures that he created in his own image by allowing them to exercise their choice to reject him. It is the final destiny of every person who does not receive salvation, where they will be punished for their sins. People will be consigned to hell after the last judgment. Hell is the dwelling place of those who reject God irrevocably, whose alienation from God is a permanent expression of their own ill-used freedom, and whose suffering is at once physical (burning by fire) and spiritual (deprivation of God). In traditional English versions, he does occasionally seem to speak of “Hell” – for example, in his warnings in the Sermon on the Mount: anyone who calls another a fool, or who allows their right eye or hand to sin , reject the teaching of the bible will be cast into “hell” (Matthew 5:22, 29-30)....

  What are you going to do if Jesus's return is not for you? This question capture headlines, imaginations, and intense Biblical debate. Over the years, I’ve seen heated arguments as well as relationships turned icy as people wrestle with this question. Perhaps rather than focus on the question of when will Jesus return, maybe we should be asking, what if Jesus doesn’t come back for you another 50, 100, or 200 years? Such a question awakens us to our responsibility to raise up strong Christian leaders in the next generation, teach the Scripture to our children, and pass the baton of faith as well. He echoes this multiple times. Keep alert. Stay alert. Be alert. Fanfare surrounds Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem. Leafy branches. Thick and thin robes lined the path, quieting the click sound of the donkey’s hooves. Rather than take a seat on a throne, Jesus judges and cleanses. A fig tree is cursed for unfruitfulness. The temple is turned upside down. The people are wonderstruck by Jesus...

  Why are Christians HYPOCRITES and JUDGMENTAL? One of the most common reasons people reject Christianity is that they have met too many hypocrites and have been turned off from the faith. Others have found Christians to be too judgmental and want no part of such harshness. Maybe you agree with those reasons, or maybe you’re a follower of Jesus who wants to better reflect God in your life. It’s worth a look to see the difference between those representations and what Jesus truly preached. Unbelievers who object to the hypocrisy of religious people may be surprised to know that Jesus did too. Jesus directed harsh words towards the religious leaders of that time, and His greatest quarrel with them was the fact that they did not practice what they preached. Jesus uses the word "hypocrite" seven times in Matthew 23 as He condemns the Pharisees for their inconsistent views, and He uses hypocrisy as a litmus test to prove who is truly His. "Every healthy tree bears good fruit,...

  Prevent us from being lead into temptation. "Lead us away from temptation" is a phrase from the Lord's Prayer. The Greek word peirasmon is translated as "temptation" here, and can refer to being enticed towards sin, or to being tested in a trial. The phrase is better understood as "lead us away from temptation or testing". Alternatively, the clause may be translated as "Lead us not into temptation, but so as to deliver us from the evil". The phrase “lead us not into temptation” is a line from the Lord’s Prayer, which is a prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. The prayer is recorded in the Bible in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4. The line is a request to God to help us avoid temptation and sin. It is not a suggestion that God would lead us into temptation, but rather a plea for God’s guidance and protection . In the context of the Lord’s Prayer, the phrase is a reminder that we are all susceptible to temptation and that we need God’s help ...

  A Trace of “Satan” Through the Bible Throughout the Bible, the name of Satan may represent one being, but the characteristics of this being change several times. The one characteristic that remains the same throughout the Bible is that Satan likes to cause trouble. In Genesis 3, Satan tempts Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge, which causes the fall of man. Although the name of Satan is not used, the passage suggests an evil being taking the form of a serpent, which many believe was Satan. Next, which may be the first mention of the name of Satan in the Bible, is in 1Chronicles 21:1, “Now Satan, setting himself against Israel, incited David to make a census of the people.” This passage introduces the thought of Satan in opposition of humans. Then, in Job 1:6, “. . . the members of the court of heaven took their places in the presence of the Lord, and the Adversary, Satan, was there among them.” In a footnote to this verse, in The Oxford Study Bible, it is stated that “t...