Becker Bible Studies Blog

Obama takes oath on a million lives to start

2009-02-21T11:54:00.000-08:00

I looked close for a picture that would fit this post perfectly. I grew sicker and sicker as I saw the grisly results of abortion displayed in vivid color in images far too grotesque for a decent human being to see. Then I recalled a picture that I found on Google Earth that showed the masses of people gathering for the Inauguration of President Obama. The picture shows a million or more lives standing in awe and pseudo worship of man whose first strokes of the pen legalized the funding of abortions once again.

Two million abortions a year and counting is average for Americans who could afford it. But apprently it was tough on those overseas, and took Obama's initiative to pay them to kill their babies also. So take a look at the image above. Those little ant-like dots on the screen is a human life, standing in front of a very powerful man, assuming his position in a very powerful office, and preparing to step on all of those lives in front of him.

It would be like destroying ants from this height, wouldn't it! When you get so elevated, that you no longer see life in reality, but imagine it to be little specks of tiny insignificance that gets in your way, then it is not a far stretch to imagine life being snuffed out. President Obama holds true to his pattern of a pompous and powerful entity that has made it easy to snuff out the insiginificant that have no voice.

I just wanted to give voice to one of them, today. To make one aborted baby have a voice that can be heard above all of the little ants that are getting in the way of those at the top of the heap.

Shanice Denise Osbourne was born alive at 23 weeks during a botched abortion. Sycloria Williams, her mother, said she had received abortion-inducing medication the previous day. But after waiting hours for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to arrive for her scheduled abortion, she delivered the baby on her own.

A Florida, unlicensed clinic co-owner, Belkis Gonzalez, then cut the baby's umbilical cord with a pair of scissors and placed the live infant, placenta and afterbirth in a biohazard bag, which she sealed and threw in the trash, the suit said. Williams said clinic staff did not call 911 or seek medical attention for her or the baby.

The autopsy proved that this little insiginicant life was snuffed out after it breathed. The precious baby, formed by God and placed within the womb of the mother, lived and breathed and mattered to Him. Isn't it odd that the LORD God looks upon His creation as we hustle and bustle on our ant hills of life, but yet He sees us each as a significant individual worthy to worship Him. Yet, the most powerful man in the world, President Obama, sees the little with no voices as insignificant and a burden upon society. It doesn't take much to weigh the nature of America's new policy when examined through the righteous example of God.

Don't worry. Shanice is dead now, and her voice will never be heard. She is not going to be a burden on her mother, or the abortion clinic, or her hometown, or her president or her nation. She is in the hands of Jesus, and he is holding her close to him, and growing angrier and angrier as the lives created by Him are destroyed by a rogue and wicked world. One day the footprint of Jesus will light upon the biggest anthill of them all, and this insiginificant world will be utterly destroyed because it failed to care for those without a voice. Then, for an instant, those who posture pompously with manmade power, will know that every life of His mattered significantly to Him.

David "Bucker" Becker

I am your Bible Teacher!

2008-12-22T16:06:00.000-08:00

Who am I? I AM YOUR BIBLE TEACHER!

I'm not a friend, a loved one, a peer, an associate, a contact point or a preacher.

I TEACH THE WORD OF GOD TO THOSE HE BRINGS ME!

I don't care whether I know you or not. You can be my friend, my family, my enemy, my casual acquaintance or my intimate wife...it doesn't matter; my teachings never vary. I teach the same thing to everyone that God brings in my path...His Word with the moving of the Spirit.

GOD IS MY BOSS!

You have in your possession a checklist to make sure I do my job perfectly. In fact, I tell you from the start...if I'm not doing my job perfectly, I want you to leave immediately, and don't look behind! Just that fact alone should cause each of you to consider the realities of this situation.

How many of you can conform to a checklist for your workplace, everyday, all day, every hour in view of everyone? Give it a try! It is humanly impossible for a person to meet all of the requirements all of the time for any job, even the most menial. Yet, God demands me to conform to His expectations all of the time, or else.

The False Teacher and False Prophet checklist is not some abstract piece of writing to entertain you...it is a serious document that requires serious consideration. It sets out the requirements that God has for me as His Bible Teacher that He has revealed in His Word. Where each of my students can casually discuss the merits of an issue, at the end of the day, I must always ensure that His Word is appropriately represented in my presence. If I fail at my job, there is a good chance that He will take my life immediately. That is how serious a matter this commitment is between Him and I. He knows I know, and I know He demands my complete and total focus and allegiance, regardless of how freely His teachings are tossed to the winds.

Who am I? I AM YOUR BIBLE TEACHER! I have dedicated my entire life to being your Bible Teacher. I study and pray and live as deeply as I can, so I can teach and guide you in the things He Wills. While my enemies and the misguided or unknowing can toss about words accusing me of wickedness and cultish behavior and suggest my motives are impure, my students must always stand firm and proclaim that I AM YOUR BIBLE TEACHER! To do any less allows the enemy to move in and create doubts in the midst of the moving of the Holy Spirit.

You cannot receive the deepest food from Him, and then wonder if there is some danger lurking behind our Bible Study. THERE IS NOTHING WITHIN OUR BIBLE STUDY BUT THE WORD OF GOD AND THE MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! There is no hidden agenda or secrets or confusions with our teachings from the Word of God. All of our studies are public and known to be open for review and comment. The closed aspect of our private classroom is done to protect our students, not to hide anything, and we make sure that our teachings are publicly known by putting them on our public classroom.

I am not your husband, wife, brother, sister, daughter, son, preacher, priest, boss, or even your friend. First and foremost, I AM YOUR BIBLE TEACHER! I am proud to be your Bible Teacher, and I am confident that I have represented the teachings of Jesus Christ effectively and fruitfully.

I don't come to any of you with my natural life. I share only my spiritual life, my spirit, through this Internet. I have no physical, mental or spiritual control over any of you. You are free to come, and free to go; free to question, and free to disagree as long as it is not the Holy Spirit you are debating.

I just thought you would like to know how this Bible Teacher accepts responsibility for the things of God that you are taught by me and my Becker Bible Studies Staff!

David "Bucker" Becker

How did a believer become a convert in the Early Church?

2008-10-26T10:49:00.000-07:00

Believers who choose and profess to be followers of Jesus Christ have always been baptized. However, in the Early Church, there were some requirements by individual churches before baptism took place.

In most churches, before baptism occurred, the believer would first be instructed in the beliefs and practices of Christianity. These students were called "catechumens," which is a Greek word meaning "oral handing down."

Justin Martyr (A.D. 100-165) wrote this about the procedure of becoming a Christian...

"As many are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for the remission of their sins that are past, we praying and fasting with them. They they are brought by us where there is water, and are regenerated in the in same manner in which we were ourselves regenerated. For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water."

People didn't just raise their hands quietly in a pew, with everyone's head bowed, nor did they dramatically go to the altar with popular music stirring their souls. How did they become a Christian? THEY PRAYED AND THEY FASTED!

They prayed and they fasted, because it was a serious and life-changing step that they were committing to, and the decision was not taken lightly. As the years of Christianity expanded, the catechisms of the early churches increased.

About AD 215, a Roman writer named Hippolytus wrote about an elaborate process required by an early church to become a Christian. The Christian was first examined for suitability in a detailed process that looked at their background. If they were a slave, their Masters were interviewed. The jobs they held were examined, and many had to give up their jobs or take vows specifically designed to prevent their work from touching their Christianity. For instance, a soldier would have to take an oath that he would not execute anyone, or a scuptor or painter would have to vow never to make a false image.

After the lifestyle was thoroughly investigated, they would spend three years being taught the the things of Jesus Christ. Some churches had formal classes, others informal, but most all of them required study of the Word of God before acceptance into the faith.

After deep study of the Word of God, and thoroughly learned their religion, they would receive baptism and full membership in the Christian Community. Normally, Baptisms would be saved up and done twice a year, on Pentecost or Easter.

Baptisms were often delayed or denied. It was a serious business, and early church leaders did not take baptism lightly. They held a very dim view of those who sinned after baptism, and were allowed sometimes only one major lapse, before they were removed from the congregation.

Because of the seriousness of Baptism, many withheld going to the waters, and chose instead to keep sinning until it was all out of them. It was not unusual to wait until just before death before taking baptism.

IT SURE IS DIFFERENT TODAY!

Sadly, I have seen so many lightly enter into baptism and beginning the walk with Jesus Christ, then giving it up for worldly affairs. It seems like baptism and salvation and redemption are just little activities that are necessary to belong to the newest fads, and once the newness wears off, it matters no more.

No one should become a Christian, if the Word of God is not known! No one should become a Christian lightly! No one should become a Christian if rejection of sin and the ways of the world is not upon their lips! No one should become a Christian for any reason other than they choose to follow their Lord Jesus Christ!

Christian leaders have a responsibility to teach the Word of God to those who seek to know Him, and to restrict baptism to those who truly seek Him. How can Christian leaders know for sure of the truth behind the request of a seeking person? We can't! But what we can do is establish a program that requires learning the Word of God, that requires walking the ways of Christ, that takes the time to explain what being a Christian is all about. Then, if the person rejects the things of Christ after receiving them, it is completely their fault, and the leader is blameless!

“21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” (2 Peter 2:21-22 KJV)

David "Bucker" Becker

Citation: Hill, Jonathan. "Handbook to the History of Christianity." Zondervan. Oxford 2006.

Why do Protestants NOT follow Tradition?

2008-09-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

Why do Protestants claim to go by scripture alone when we read in the Bible itself that we are to follow tradition and scripture? For example, in 2 Thessalonian 2:15, St Paul commands us to "stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter." So why not follow St Paul's command?

Protestants often hang their hat on a couple of strong verses of warning in Scripture...

“Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.” (Matthew 15:1-9 KJV)

“And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” (Colossians 2:4-8 KJV)

Most Protestants believe that Catholics have faulty doctrine, and that their traditions emulate that untruth. I don't think most are against tradition, and in fact, many practice their own traditions in their own churches. However, when many Protestant believers criticize the Traditions of Catholicism, I think they are actually addressing the false doctrines that the Tradition hides in its pageantry and beauty.

So, instead of confronting the differences of belief, searching Scripture and finding common ground, some old-fogey Protestants attack the tradition and avoid the real issues that separate our fellowship.

I think that many Protestants attack Catholic Traditions because, underneath the traditions lies doctrine that is false. If Protestants attack Catholic Traditions, then the area of their contention remains unaddressed; specifically, the conflicts concerning the Truth of God and the apparent misinterpretations that these Traditions reflect. On the other hand, many Catholics defend their Traditions, and are completely unaware of the confused doctrines that their traditions represent.

It goes both ways...and that's what is wrong with tradition. When the focus is solely upon Tradition (whether it possesses Roman Catholic nature or Protestant nature), and the Word of God is neglected, misused and misinterpreted, both Protestants and Catholics get it wrong. However, if any Protestant thinks that tradition has no place in the worship of God, I personally believe they are missing out and subverting the expression of the holiness of God. On the other hand again, if any Catholic thinks that tradition is the complete worship of God, I personally believe they also are missing out by subverting His teachings and their ability to grow stronger toward Him. If Tradition is based upon the Truth, IT'S VERY GOOD! If Tradition is based upon false teachings, IT's VERY BAD! Our job, as Christians, is to make sure that everything we do is based and conforms upon His Word and glorifies Him!

Now to the crux of your question and its suggestion that all Protestants arbitrarily deem Catholic traditions as traditions of men, while not addressing the actual difference themselves. The answer is "Yes, sometimes." There are SOME Protestants that do just that. I can only offer you that explanation for those Protestants that attack Tradition without explanation of the real reason for their disdain.

Some Protestants are like some Catholics; yearning to have a growing relationship with the LORD God through Jesus Christ, and experiencing life with as much flavor as God places in their life. Regrettably, others, on both sides of Christian belief, aren't like that at all.

I don't think that Protestants are convinced that the Roman Catholic Church is the established Church of Jesus Christ. Please recognize I am not a spokesman for all Protestants; however, I think this reflects their views somewhat...Protestants believe that the Roman Catholic Church was established to replace the falling Roman Empire; that this group became just as corrupted as the government it replaced, and as a result the spiritual things of God were corrupted within it.

Interestingly, the father of Protestantism, Martin Luther, accepted Roman-ruled religion, and tried to change the corruption from the inside-out. Apparently that was not the Will of God, because, instead, Luther was moved away from the established Roman rule, and started a movement that put Bibles in the people's hand, gave them a right to approach the LORD God through Jesus Christ, and allowed them to walk with Him.

Since then, regrettably, Protestants splintered off into so many different groups, some corrupted, some not. Many Protestant churches are now approaching the same levels of corruption that have been perpetrated upon believers by the powers that lead within the Roman Church. So what do we, as believers, do?

We must first look to our God and our Savior. We must trust that Christ will Shepherd us and lead us through the complicated mess that religion has made. We have one guidebook, and that is His Word. For me personally, life is too complicated and religion too corrupted for me to be led by anyone but Him. I have personally chosen to use the Bible as the final authority on all things that I do, with the moving of the Holy Spirit as my guide.

For instance, I say that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is blessed among all women, because that is in the Bible. In my studies and worship, I have gone further in meeting Mary on a more personal contemplation, through the moving of the Holy Spirit. However, I cannot take it that next step and place her upon a pedestal equal with Christ, and as co-ruler of Heaven, because the Word of God does not reflect this as Truth. Yet, the Roman Catholic Traditions reflect this in their practices.

At some point, every Christian man must decide where their line is. My line is resting firmly on the Word of God, and looking greatly forward to the day when I can participate fully in the pomp and circumstance in celebration of my Lord. But in these times, and in my life, I have no other choice but to draw my line between tradition and the Bible; the Bible is the only thing I know to be Truth completely. If I'm wrong, then when I meet my Lord, I imagine He will point out some of the areas in my life that could have received comfort from the "Tradition" that was given; however, he will not find fault with my belief...it will be True.

Now you didn't write me to hear my personal views, however, I don't think you can understand a Protestant's belief, unless it is personalized. While a Catholic believer practices his faith corporately, Protestant's practice their faith personally. That's why the nature of the arguments always escalate to ugliness among the uneducated and the impassioned. One side is talking from a supposed elevated position representing a big world of believers, while the other side speaks generally of one personal belief that usually becomes offended to just discuss these issues. In the end, we all lose out.

I've enjoyed our conversation. If you have any more Protestant questions, you can find this middle-of-the-road Protestant Catholic right here, ready to figure it out with you. Thanks for sharing.

David "Bucker" Becker

So does Born Again happen in Baptism?

2008-06-28T06:10:00.000-07:00

I just read your post on salvation and baptism, and I think I understand. Are you saying that the term born again happens in Baptism, rather than in faith?

Faith saves, Baptism brings death. Those two concepts are completely opposite of each other.

Our faith in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins, and our acceptance of Him as Savior guarantees we will have eternal life.

Baptism is the grave. When we go under the baptismal waters, we are put to death. Our old natures, our original sin, cannot survive without a living host; thus when we go under the baptismal waters, the original sin is released. Because Jesus Christ resurrected from the grave, we are able to resurrect also. As we come out of our baptismal grave, we are born again, born a new man, without original sin attached to us.

Once we have died in baptism, we are born again, without original sin and we can never die again. That’s why baptized Christians go immediately to Heaven upon their death, where they will rest for awhile, until they assume their new lives on the New Earth. The unbaptized believers sleep in their graves, until Jesus awakens them just before His Last Judgment; they too live forever on, and assume their lives on the New Earth. Even the unbaptized only die once!

Salvation and Baptism with Scripture Reference

2008-04-14T08:11:00.001-07:00

What does it mean to be saved?

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE!

In all of my travels, in remembering all of the words spoken by Preachers, Teachers and Evangelists of the Word of God, that is the meaning they understood. DELIVERANCE! Every Christian Church, every Christian Leader, every Christian Faithful believes that Salvation means DELIVERANCE!

It is not the definition of the word Salvation that causes the chasms to develop, to misdirect the focus of the Word of God. We all agree on the meaning of Salvation; the disagreement amongst our faithful brethren lies with the things we are delivered from, what results after we are delivered and why we need deliverance in the first place!

What do we need to be DELIVERED from?

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23 av)

1. Our souls are not condemned because we do great sin. We are condemned because of our sinful state!

2. All unsaved do bad actions because their heart, their core, their complete being is sin that originated from Adam's transgression against the Will of God.

3. Some unsaved do really terrible sins, and some unsaved have no sign of the terrible condition of sin. That does not mean that some are greater sinners than others. Every living human being has the sinful nature inside him. Some may well be able to subdue those basic instincts, while others are controlled by the same sinful natures to do grievous harm to others, both the noble and the derelict have the same nature inside them. If an unsaved person does not sin, self control may be present, but the sinful nature still exists. The actions of the unsaved may well differ in degree, but not in guilt or cause!

4. Unsaved sinners must understand that they have sinful natures, and are unable to save themselves.

5. All human beings begin life with the sinful nature, and fall short of the glory of God. The LORD God is not present in the sinful realm. Sin is offensive to God. It doesn't matter how much good people do in the world, if their works were done while they harbored their sinful natures, the greatest of works in humanity, religion, science, art, medicine, education and government are made null by the presence of sin. Those who come from families of "good stock" in the Midwest, those who are well educated and able to advance the human condition to rightful places, those who do good daily and give all they have to others, and those who struggle daily to live an honest life, are all short of the glory of God, because they have the natures of sin.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM SINFUL NATURE!

“For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23 av)

6. Sinners die, no matter what they do in this lifetime. The wages that come to the unsaved is death. Until death is brought to that sinful nature, then it remains inside the unsaved, leading them toward their promised destiny.

7. It takes more than the death of the sinful natures to give the unsaved hope, however. Unsaved people that die and are placed in their graves, are dead unsaved people. Eventually, the unsaved people will be resurrected to face the Judgment of Jesus Christ to answer for the things they did with their sinful natures, but until then, the unsaved lay dead in their graves.

8. The LORD God gives eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord, to those who seek deliverance from their sinful natures.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM ETERNAL DEATH!

“And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.” (Ephesians 2:1-3 av)

9. The unsaved people with their sinful natures walk according to the course of the world. The "course of the world" encapsulates all of the degrading, grotesque, ugly things that have developed and become perilously established within our world today. They include those very things spoken of in 2 Timothy 3:1-7...

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (2 Timothy 3:1-7 av)

...sexual perversion, the sacrifice of our children, the dirty habits of obscene self love and self focus are the ways of the world...these are just of a few of the carnal things of sinful nature that entrap the unsaved in these Last Days.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM THE WAYS OF THE WORLD!

10. The unsaved who are entrapped by their sinful natures, are led by the prince of the power of air. The prince of the power of air is Lucifer, also known as Satan, the Devil.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM THE CONTROL OF SATAN!

11. People with the unsaved and sinful nature are children of LORD God's wrath.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM THE WRATH OF THE LORD GOD!

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 av)

12. Salvation can only be received through FAITH. FAITH is the gift of God, through his wonderful and undeserved Grace.

13. The Unsaved cannot give FAITH to themselves. If they could, they would boast of their godly ability. Only the LORD God gives those He Wills the faith to turn toward Him, reject their own sinful natures, and reach toward the righteous and holy nature of God, through the Lord Jesus Christ.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM THE LACK OF FAITH AND BELIEF!

“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:11-15 av)

14. Everyone will one day stand before the Judgment Seat of the Lord Jesus Christ and be judged according to their works.

15. Those works done by the unsaved are nullified and void. They are vanity. Works are not measured living and righteous when done while the workers had the natures of sin.

16. If the Unsaved maintained their status in their lifetime to their death, then they have no living works that can be measured.

17.Those with dead works, those who chose to go to their grave with their sinful nature and reject the Grace of the Lord God and the salvation through Jesus Christ, will be judged guilty and sentenced to eternal damnation and be cast into the lake of fire.

SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM ETERNAL DAMNATION AND SENTENCED TO HELL!

How does Salvation come to the sinners?

“Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:10-12 av)

18. Through the belief and acceptance of the shed blood of Jesus Christ, and His Resurrection from the dead, the unsaved can receive salvation. Acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is the only salvation can come to them, free them from the sinful nature, and make them whole.

SALVATION COMES TO BELIEVERS THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST!

How do the Unsaved receive the gift of Salvation from the LORD God?

19. Salvation is a two step process. The first step is one of belief, and the second step is one of action. If the Unsaved believe, but do nothing, they remain unsaved. If the Unsaved do not believe, but go through the action of a repentant sinner, they too remain unsaved.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10 av)

STEPS TO SALVATION

1. Know that you are a sinner, and cannot save yourself.

2. Confess the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior

3. Believe that Jesus Christ's sacrifice was sufficient to atone for your sins.

4. Be confident that Jesus Christ physically rose from the dead.

SALVATION COMES BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST ONLY!

What are the results of Salvation?

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20 av)

21. The confessors of Jesus Christ as Savior are crucified with him. (Note...Our Crucifixion is joined to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ through our Faith. Our Burial is accepting the Baptism of Jesus Christ, which we will speak of in a few more paragraphs)

22. Our crucifixion with Christ allows us to receive more faith and the love of the LORD God.

SALVATION BRINGS MORE FAITH AND THE LOVE OF THE LORD GOD!

“For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;” (Colossians 1:19-23 av)

23. Salvation establishes peace with the LORD God.

24. Salvation makes Faithful Believers holy, unblameable and unreproveable in the LORD God's sight.

SALVATION MAKES THE SAVED HOLY, UNBLAMABLE AND UNREPROVEABLE IN THE LORD GOD'S SIGHT

“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.” (John 3:16 av)

25. Everlasting life is given those who believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the LORD God.

SALVATION BRINGS ETERNAL LIFE

“For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:4-5 av)

26. The Power of the LORD God is with all saved Faithful through Jesus Christ.

SALVATION BRINGS THE POWER OF GOD TO YOUR LIFE

What is NOT Salvation?

“For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it].” (Hebrews 4:2 av)

Salvation does not come to the Unsaved by simply the physical act of uttering words in prayer form! Their heart must be in it with a solid faith.

If the Unsaved receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ and hear with their heart and agree, then their confession will be heard. Without the understanding and repentant heart, the prayers of the Unsaved are worthless.

Salvation is NOT the physical act of walking down the church aisle following an invitation from the Pastor. The Unsaved can be anywhere, at any time, and receive salvation through their belief and confession in Jesus Christ. It doesn't take a church, and it doesn't take people. It just takes a sincere and repentant heart to accept Jesus Christ and be saved!

Salvation is not contingent on great emotion (or lack of) during the conversion experience. Some feel great elation, some a quiet piece, and some don't. It is a uniquely individual experience, and varies with the experience surrounding the conversion.

Salvation does not come to a person just because they want to be saved from going to Hell! The question of whether someone would prefer Heaven to Hell is stupid. Anyone would readily choose Heaven if given the ability to discern the differences. Salvation comes to those who accept the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior; it does not come to those just trying to hedge their bets and cover all bases "just in case".

Does Salvation guarantee Heaven?

Your belief in Jesus Christ brings salvation to you, and you are guaranteed eternal life. Your faith alone is all that is necessary for eternal life.

One of the major conflicts among believers is their confusion over Salvation, Heaven and Baptism. Thankfully, the answer lays solidly in the Word of God...

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.” (Romans 6:1-18 av)

Do you remember a few paragraphs back, in point 21 concerning Galatians 2:20, where we learned that we are crucified with the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ through Faith, and Faith alone, and as a result receive Salvation?

All of the benefits of Salvation are given to a Faithful Believer the moment he accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

But there is one more step a believer must fulfill to see Heaven. A Faithful Christian must also be baptized into the death of Jesus Christ, and be buried with Him also. Our Faith allows us to share His Crucifixion, Our Baptism allows us to experience His Burial.

27. When we are baptized with the Baptism of Jesus Christ, we go to our grave in the baptismal waters. When we rise out of the waters, we are resurrected into the NEW LIFE, with a NEW BIRTH. Baptized Believers will never go to the grave again!

CRUCIFIED ONCE, BURIED ONCE AND RESURRECTED ONCE!

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” (Revelation 21:1-7 av)

Heaven is a temporary dwelling place, until His chosen Time, when a new Heaven and a New Earth will be established according to His Will.

The unbaptized Believers, who were faithful in the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but failed to complete the process of going to the grave in Baptism, will go to an earthly grave for a short while. The Unbaptized but Saved Believers will be resurrected from their graves, in His Time, and given Eternal Life through His Grace of Salvation.

Through their belief and confession of Jesus Christ, the UNBAPTIZED, BUT SAVED BELIEVERS will go on to Eternal Life after their resurrection from their graves.

Through their belief and confession of Jesus Christ, the BAPTIZED, SAVED BELIEVERS will go to Heaven for awhile, and then on to Eternal Life on the New Earth, where all Believers will begin a new and blessed life under the rule of their King Jesus Christ.

Note: See preceding blog, "Does Baptism Save You", for a little tighter breakdown of that process.

Hope this has helped increase your understanding in His Things.

David "Bucker" Becker

Does Baptism Save You?

2008-04-13T08:21:00.001-07:00

(Another letter received from another Christian confused about my belief and teachings has prompted me to add this post. Examination of my teachings can be found throughout this blog, as well as on our Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians site, especially in our salvation handout. If my teachings are not clear in this simple post, please refer to our main site for deeper learning.)

Absolutely not in the sense that you are probably speaking! Faith in the saving grace through Jesus Christ is all that is necessary for salvation.

I do believe, however, that the word "salvation" is often confused by Christians. Some believe that the word "salvation" means that they get to go to Heaven when they die.

Salvation means that a person is saved from the curse and judgment of sin, and given the opportunity to live on.

You can read my exact teachings with Scripture reference from our "Salvaton" handout download on our home page at http://www.guidedbiblestudies.com

In a very shortened explanation...

1. We can not be in the presence of our LORD God with sin.

2. There is only one way of getting rid of sin, and that is to die.

3. There are two ways to die as a Christian, through the baptism of Jesus Christ and through bodily death.

4. Both deaths are equally able to release the hold of sin that is within you.

5. There are two ways a Christian will resurrect, either through coming out of the baptismal waters in faith of Jesus Christ's resurrection, or on Judgment Day when Jesus Christ raises the dead to answer for their life on this earth.

6. Those Christians who have received baptism in their lifetime will not lie in their grave, but will be immediately taken to Heaven in their sinless state. There they will reside for a while, until the End of Days.

7. Those Christians who were not bapized will sleep in their graves until awakened by Him on that Day, at which time they will stand before Jesus and he will see their faith in Him.

8. Both groups will eventually come together once again to live upon the New Earth and Heavens.

9. Both groups are saved by faith and receive eternal life. However, only those baptized are taken to Heaven for that short time while the things of God unfold. (Remember, eventually, Heaven also comes to an end, and a New Heaven and Earth replace it; Heaven is not the final destination place that Christian folklore has made it to be.)

I hoped this has helped explain my belief and teaching.

I am confident that Scripture supports my teachings. However, there is a place of consideration that might be worthy of examination with regards to the baptism of a Christian. That would be the answer to this question...

"Can a Christian receive the baptism of Jesus Christ without the ceremony of water in which the believer rises from his baptismal grave?"

For serious Bible students, this is the question that really needs to be asked. The Word of God is very specific on the process of dying, salvation, resurrection, faith in Jesus Christ and eternal life. It is not, however, too revealing upon the process of the baptism of Jesus Christ, and that, my dear friends, is really the only focus we can consider and debate.

Any thoughts?

David "Bucker" Becker

Judah is not the son of Jesus Christ

2008-02-28T12:08:00.000-08:00

New talk about the Son of Judah has arisen again this Easter season. I believe it has come from a documentary reporting that a tomb of Jesus Christ was found that was aired last year in 2007. The film falsely alleges that a tomb found in Jerusalem in 1980 contained the ossuary of Jesus Christ, and blasphemously suggested that Mary Magdalene and their son was buried with him.

The film director went as far as to claim that statistical tests and DNA analysis backed his view. Archaeologists and theologians are attacking his claims as unfounded, and believe that the burial cave was probably that of a Jewish family with similar names to that of Jesus, a common name at the time.

Construction workers uncovered coffins in Jerusalem's East Talpiot district in March 1980. According to Israel Antiquities Authority, six coffins were marked with the names Mary, Matthew, Jesa son of Joseph, Mary, Jofa (Joseph, Jesus' brother), and Judah son of Jesua.

The film, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" was unveiled at, (duh), as the most holiest season for Christians is beginning, and now it looks like the false teachings are making the rounds again. A look at our archives for this blog will show that every Easter season we are having to disclaim another false prophecy or false teaching that attempts to destroy the things we believe about our Lord Jesus Christ.

The facts that this movie and this director are spouting are false! Lies about Jesus Christ are being spread about this Easter season for the same reason they are spread every year. It is Satan moving to remove the confidence of the faithful!

Reject this false teaching immediately. Stand firm in your belief of the inerrant Word of God, and do not let one lie pass by you unchallenged! Recognize the evil attempts to destroy the things of God through propaganda, lies and make-believe. Put on your armor of God, and prepare to defend your Lord! Do not let these lying words go unchallenged! Defend the Word of God by refusing to politely debate, but rather stand firm and strong with the harshest stance you can muster that this topic is not open for civil discussion, but rather crosses a line of Christianity that will not be tolerated!

We must be brave, and we must start fighting as passionately for the truth of our Lord, as the Muslims fight for their own. The Lord Jesus Christ was not married to Mary Magdalene, he did not sire a child, he was not buried with anyone, and his ossuary was not found.

Let me tell you why this is the most hideous and blatant lie against Christianity to date...

An ossuary is a stone box that was used by the Jews to bury bones in the past. A dead body would be placed in a cave, until the flesh rotted from the bones. Once the flesh was detached from the bones, then the bones were placed in an ossuary and buried.

THERE WERE NO BONES OF JESUS CHRIST TO BURY!

TO CLAIM THERE WERE BONES PLACED INSIDE AN OSSUARY IS DENYING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST!

Do not allow this claim to go unchallenged! Jesus Christ was placed in a tomb after his crucifixion, and three days later he arose. His bones do not lay in a grave, they do not lay in an ossuary, and to claim they ever did is blasphemous and false witness against the Resurrection of Jesus Christ! Beware!

David "Bucker" Becker

¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
1 ¶ The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11 ¶ But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
19 ¶ Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. (John 19:38-20:23)

What are some good KJV Bible Studies for Women?

2008-01-05T11:01:00.000-08:00

One of the things that bothers me in these times is specialized Bible studies for the different sexes. The reason it bothers me is because it has reduced our Christian women to believe they are of a class that should focus merely on women in the Bible with application to homemaking, childrearing and supporting their husbands. While all of these things are important and required by God, women are just as easily used, and often more effectual in teaching and bringing the things of God to those He Wills. In fact, He is bringing many strong Christian women to the table and preparing them for vital works in the exact same way that He prepares men.

Women cannot preach in a church if the Word of God is adhered to strictly; however, women can raise those preachers (both their children and others) to perfectly handle the Word of God. The Word of God does not prohibit women from writing books, participating in social protests, implementing social change, bringing religious doctrine closer to the Will of God, teaching His things and leading the lost, homeless, disabled, confused and young to find His path. For these reasons, I include women in all areas of our Bible Studies, and in fact, they are my best authors and teachers.

I understand you asked a simple reference, and I seem to be preaching a larger sermon...but this issue is so close to my heart that I jump at every opportunity to share my view. Simply stated, the capabilities of spiritual works have been severely limited in women as a direct result of bad doctrine, arrogant interpretations by pretend Christians and a constant oppression by the devil himself. Many of our women have been subjected to the most henious of assauts, both sexual and mental, as young girls to prevent them from accomplishing the LORD God's Works later in life. Churches prepare simplified women's Bible studies to focus them on simple spiritual stories of Ruth to bring loyalty to mother-in-laws of Faith, and basic training of Esther to manipulate men to achieve God's Will. While these stories bring a certain feeling of mattering to most Christian women, they result in few spiritual Works being accomplished.

I have committed to raise up the spiritual potential of all Christian women, and I believe the only way to accomplish this is to require the same demanding of learning the things of God, being held to the same accountability to rightly divide His Word. That means I expect all my women students to start at the basic studies of foundation and move on to the deeper things as God Wills. I believe that our Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians is a perfect teaching tool for this goal, and I have seen many strong Christian men and women learn His Word, and being led by the Holy Spirit to accomplish great things of His as a result.

I encourage you to look at our various studies online and prepare to teach your Bible study for women with the same commitment that is displayed continuously for the training up of Christian men. Start with our Foundation of Jesus Christ Bible study, and move on to the deeper things as He leads.

God's Blessings in your important Works for Him.

David "Bucker" Becker

Shining a Light on False Prosperity Gospel

2007-12-29T21:39:00.000-08:00

If you give your hard earned dollars or your easily acquired inheritances or your paid for homes to our ministry at Becker Bible Studies, you will not automatically prosper. Your donation to further our efforts to teach the Word of God to hungry Christians all over the world will not result in a blessing of flowing wealth to come upon you with thanks from the LORD God Himself. In fact, it is not only our ministry that will NOT bring fortunes to you, but every true ministry that is guided and moved by Him.

Oral Roberts started the theology of promised fortunes to those who give generous donations, and popular evangelists picked up on the prosperity preaching quickly. People who turn to religion often have reached a point of lost dreams and direction. They are easy targets for the prosperity gospel to flourish under the manipulative hands of the pretend Christian leaders who seek to make fortunes in this world to finance their opulent lifestyles. Sadly, many of the depressed, lonely, lost, confused, widowed, disabled and poor brothers and sisters in Christ are tricked by these virulent techniques to transfer their small change into the pockets of the pretend Christian Evangelist charlatans.

God does not want to bless the Faithful with earthly riches! Now hold on! I know there are many Scriptures that are quoted often by the pretenders that convince the hopeful that He truly wants His People to prosper. However, when the true nature of the LORD God, Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit are known, and when believers sincerely seek to do His Will, money is the furthest thing from their minds! Why? Because true Christian workers are confident that when a work is given to them by the LORD God, all things are provided by Him to complete that job! Money is neither a worry nor a focus of true workers of God!

We have donation buttons on almost every page of our Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians site for just this reason. When God moves faithful people to donate money to fund our ministry, they do it. They receive no blessing for that act alone, but rather will receive great reward from Him as they allow themselves to be used and moved according to His Will. In most cases, those rewards will not come to the generous faithful until they receive their crowns in Heaven. This will be the time when a Christian's works will be judged and rewarded accordingly.

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” (1 Corinthians 3:11-15)

It is then and only then when reward is received. We cannot expect the life of luxury to be given to us in this world, but rather look for hope of great reward of prosperity in the Kingdom of God. There is only one way to receive this reward, and that is to complete the Works God moves us to do!

Not all of us can minister throughout the world...not all of us can shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, comfort the saddened, or adopt the orphans. Some are given these tasks by God, and some are given the works by God to specifically support these efforts through generous financial support as He moves them.

If the LORD God is moving you to support our ministry, then push that donation button at the bottom of our site pages, and give according to His Will. If He is not moving you to give financial support, then don't do it! Regardless, don't expect great blessing to come to you in this life; financial support does not guarantee an easy life nor an easy judgment! Every penny that you give to support the Works of God should always be given only as He moves, without any expectations of personal benefit! Care should always be taken that it is His Will and His Word and His Ministry that is being accomplished, and not the ministry of the world that preaches a false gospel of prosperity!

The staff, authors and teachers at Becker Bible Studies thank each of you that supported our works for the LORD God this year. We do not have the words to express our deep gratitude for responding to the moving of Him through your generous givings. We remember each of you in our prayers, not only for your generosity, but also your commitment to ensuring His Works are completed according to His Will. There are so few faithful workers, with so little time left to complete our tasks. Your support has shined the light of our ministry and His Grace into places of deep worldly darkness, and given hope to hungry Christians all over the world who crave morsels of His Word and His People to strengthen their own works for Him. Thank you for your support.

David "Bucker" Becker

“Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.” “But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me. What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.” (1 Corinthians 9:13-18)

Fixing families after the devil has had his way

2007-11-14T18:52:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to preach another time about how the devil is attempting to destroy the souls of our children when they are young, through the perverse sexual abuse, to prevent them from growing into strong Christian faithful. I've spoken on that several times in these blogs, and there really isn't much more to be said, because the victims know the terrible price they pay as adults for being raped as children, and the perverted sexual molesters have a certain arrogance and confidence as they have watched family members support them and expel the victim with hatred. So, two people know the truth for sure, and probably alot more if you count up the other victims that are abused when the abuser gets away with it the first few encounters. And God surely, most certainly, knows the truth. The abused's second family also knows, as adulthood is reached, and the ghosts of past continually haunt the souls; and somebody else knows and that somebody is who I want to talk about today.

I want to speak to the ashamed mothers who know in their hearts that their daughters or sons were molested by husbands or fathers or brothers, or pastors or priests, or friends.

I understand the pathetic hatred that men instinctively respond to as they gather family members together to attack the abused, and push them out of the family. See, men have this gut fear (almost everyone of them) that has come out of a real experience. The girlfriend has led on too far, and when the man has responded with the same vigor, has often been at the brunt of being accused wrongly. If not the man, then someone he knows, or somebody he knows that knows somebody. So men don't count. They react with a gut, and stupidly think with parts of their body and personalize accusations like "it could have been me being blamed."

It's bull pucky. Child sexual abuse victims don't blame innocent people when they grow up. When the full realization of the impact of sexual abuse has hit them forcefully, usually when the raising of their own children creates a need to define right and wrong in their protection, the adult victim is crushed with emotion, fear, sickness, obsessiveness, compulsiveness, craziness and lingering guilt; the crippling effect of childhood sexual abuse to a grown victim that realizes the magnitude of the victimization is no less that a soldier experiencing the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. But adult victims suffer from one more condition that is almost always suffered only by children of very traumatic events in their victimized life...

They split. Now I don't want alot of experts in psychology writing me and telling me that there is no such condition, because I'm telling you there is, and I have spoken to many, many young men and women that have suffered through it. When a child is being brutally raped, or gently prodded into performing acts that they know to be nasty, it is difficult for them to deal with it. So what they do is they split themselves into two people (now I'm not talking schizophrenia or the five faces of Eve...I'm talking about a survival technique that has been used by prisoners of war); they seal a part of their soul so it can't be dirtied by the abuser. Depending on the age and maturity and amount of abuse, and the love they have for their family to cause them to keep the "secret" determines how tightly this part of them is sealed.

During their growing up time, if the abuse is continued, the children are usually resilient and able to partially function as if nothing is happening. But look out for adulthood! At some point that abused child is going to grow up, and that soul is going to be opened up (usually by someone they trust showing them real love), and when that soul touches the dirtiness placed within that body by the devil himself, the real battle begins.

It ain't perty! When the precious, protected soul of the adult meets the dirtiness of the sin placed upon them, there is a battle, and everyone that loves the adult victim is affected someway. The loving family members often hear over and over of the abuse, and watch the tears be triggered, and then the anger, and then the shame. The cycle goes over and over and over, and lives are ruined because it is a terrible burden that is almost insurmountable.

But there is hope...I have seen it. I have seen the Holy Spirit move through the abused and knit their soul s together with the stiching of a LORD God that can make it healed. I have seen victims throw their agony and pain upon the cross of Jesus and praise God in Heaven from finally being released from the most traumatic of human attacks. I have seen Him heal abused victims from all walks of life, and I have praised God that they have become some of my strongest Christian brothers and sisters because of their victory over the wiles of Satan!

But here's the sad part...Mother's are you listening to me?

Childhood sexual victims lose their families. They are attacked and demeaned as liars, whores or lunatics. They are pushed out and separated from their first families, and their siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and friends told lies about them. These lies are told by the family in fear that the victim will blame them publicly for the crime, and it is much easier to tighten the family into a ball of lies all blaming the victim, than to confront the devil in their midst and demand an accounting. Families are pushing the wrong person out!

Mothers of childhood sexual abuse victims...you are the only ones that can fix the family after the devil has had his way; even then, you must rely on the guiding hand of the LORD God to lead you, and be prepared to suffer greatly...it will be the hardest job you have ever done.

Your family can be fixed; but it's going to be hard. Last night, another abused victim was subjected to a hatred over the Internet, and my soul cried to God. Today, I am going to start yelling louder, and longer, and pray that some mother is brave enough to stand up and save their family, and bring their adult child back into the fold where the love once was.

So...I'm going to start with some common sense rules that might make a difference. If there are any other abuse victims out there that can add to my list, then start writing. Let's see if we can come up with some guidelines that the mothers of adult sexual abuse victims can use to fix their families and bring the victims back to their bosoms.

1. Mothers...Pray to the LORD God every time you think, or have contact with the victim.

2. Mothers...Don't ever, ever doubt that the adult victim is telling the truth; a child might lie (but probably not). A sane adult would never put themselves through this much pain to spread lies. If the adult victim says they were abused, then they were abused.

3. Mothers, you have an obligation to all of your children; if you failed in protecting them when they were young then make up for it now doubly. How quickly would the adult victims forgive your lapses in protection, if you were able to stop the hounds of horror from attacking their very souls now!

4. Mothers, forgive the adult victims of the confusions and misstatements and fears and emotions that first displayed themselves when the "secret" came out. It is the most terrifying of times, and so traumatic that the victims barely survive the initial release and joining of their soul once again to their bodies.

5. Mothers, shut the men in your life up! They don't know nothing! You know.

6. Mothers! If it was your husband or your brother or your father, it is a crushing blow to you also. You are going through many of the same traumas that your child is, and it really seems unfair that you must deal with such a terrible secret; but you are the only ones that can bring your child home! Trust me...your strength of character and spirit today, will protect you tomorrow as your victimized child comes home with a faith in God, and a spirit of deep love and respect for someone who was willing to rise above evil to protect them. It is never too late!

7. Mothers...don't expect the abused adult to sit down with you after all that has happened and discuss it; they don't trust you, they don't trust anyone that has disbelieved or attacked them in the past. They are barely holding on to themselves as it is, and it is only their faith that keeps them pushing forward.

8. Mothers...for God's sake, don't attack their faith and ridicule their hope in God to be pretentious, fake or hypocritical! For most, that is the only thing they have that keeps them sane! Going for the jugular by attacking their relationship with God might remove their irritating reminders from this life, but you will answer one day to Him! Beware!

9. Mothers...start out with the words I love you, and let the abused say I love you back, in their own time, when you have said the words enough, that the trust begins to be reestablished.

10. Pray, Pray, Pray and demand that the devil leave your house, once and for all, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Mothers...this is the hardest job you will ever have, and you may or may not be successful; but, I know this for certain. It is time for mothers and daughters to stand up against the devil and declare that he will know longer have his way with your families. Until that is done, our families will continue to need fixing, and none of us will be able to figure out how to get 'er done!

David "Bucker" Becker

How should Christians endure persecution?

2007-10-27T10:57:00.000-07:00

I wrote a blog on being despitefully used as a Christian that might begin to answer that fine line...

Its rough times for the despitefully used Christians was written in 2005. At the bottom of the blog article is a link to the end story that occurred in 2006 (Make sure you read that too!). It's important that we remember as Christians that sometimes God allows some of our greatest enemies in our path for that one last chance to connect with Him.

On the other hand, Christians that pray for each other, and pat each other on the back, and uphold just their own, are not portraying the love of Jesus Christ, who notes that...

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:43-48 av)

On the other hand, sometimes when Christians face persecution, while prayer for their enemies should remain spoken, there is nothing against the Word of God that prevents them from stepping out of the way. In fact, we are instructed to separate ourselves from the wicked and profane...

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” (2 Corinthians 6:14-18 av)

On the other hand...(I seem to be running out of hands!)...Many of the strongest workers for the LORD God that I know have been persecuted tremendously by their families, and have had to leave everything behind to ensure that they could walk firmly and progressively toward the LORD God. At some point, the drama and the hatred of our persecutors overwhelms our spirit so greatly, that we can no longer reach for and receive the blessings of God.

If your focus is more on your enemies than on your God, then you must choose. What seems impossible, sometimes is a blessing, and Jesus Christ especially takes extra care with those sheep who have ran from the wolf in search of a flock. The Great Shepherd is watchful over all of his sheep, not only those in the biggest and whitest flocks!

On the other of my many hands, we must always take care to never deny Christ in the midst of persecution, as I wrote in my article "Denying Christ with a Gun Pointed at You, is Still Denying Christ!"

When is persecution too much? When should our prayers change from expressing love to resorting to asking for curses to be rained down upon our enemies? (Gasp - Can a Christian actually think such thoughts)

This is the rule I use...I pray for my enemies amidst the persecution, because that is what Jesus has asked me to do. But I also tattle on my enemies when they are preventing the Works of God, and He resolves those issues so His Will can continue, be fruitful and multiply. (Usually, when prayers reach the tattling stage of the Christian faithful, it is not very good for God's enemies.)

I hope these different thoughts help you form a line of spiritual health, that allows you to know when to pray, when to endure, when to stand firm, and when to move on. It's difficult times for all Christians, and persecution is brought upon many. We all must consider the measure of these things, so when it comes to us, we respond effectively in accordance with His Word.

David "Bucker" Becker

Mother Teresa did the Works of the Lord

2007-08-25T08:31:00.000-07:00

The headlines today are announcing that diaries of Mother Teresa have been revealed to contain darkened spirit and lingering faith. Oh how the carnal world is rejoicing that even the saintly Teresa, caregiver to the poorest of poor can be slandered by her own words, and brought low to be trampled upon by pathetic men.

Mother Teresa showed the greatest of faith in doing the Works of the Lord. How easy is it to do His Things when one feels his power and strength surging through their bones? How much greater of faith when that power is unfelt, and the tiny and stooped body of one woman contains the will to accomplish spreading the true love of Jesus Christ without benefit of assurance!

It is a fact...the stronger, the more responsible, the more authority a Christian is given by God in the carrying out of His works on this earth, the less God Himself, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit is felt. It is not because God is mad and removing Himself from a Christian. Quite the contrary! When a Christian is strong enough and faithful enough to move at His Will without the need of constant lesson and guidance, then the Christian is given reign and freedom.

Just as parents are constantly in a child's life from the beginning, and always present for the crisis of youth, at some point, we want our children to leave our presence, and prove to us that they have embraced our teachings, and gone on to make us proud and accomplished things as a result of our touch.

Our LORD God is no different a parent. The most used people in His Kingdom, are those who struggle to feel His presence in the quiet times. Ah, in the beginning, His Presence fills us continually, and moves us almost magically, as we began learning His Things. But when we become mature, meat-eating Christians, our full awareness of His Presence diminishes accordingly, to allow us to take those steps of faith without the feelings of protection we had when first we walked.

Don't doubt ever, that our Father is not standing right there next to each of His loved Ones, and preventing them from coming to harm as they accomplish His Will. And don't doubt the awesome works of charity that a simple woman of great faith did in accordance with His Will and His Way to the poorest of poor. This revelation that Mother Teresa was removed from the feelings of confident faith, uplifts her spirit of service even higher, as we realize she loved the Lord so much, that she gave all without regard of feeling the peace given by faith!

David "Bucker" Becker

“What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” (James 2:14-26 av)

You are wrong on your 5 Fold Ministry stance

2007-06-30T15:50:00.000-07:00

A letter written with regard to my stance of the Five Fold Ministry has caused me to write a strong letter of rebuttal toward a fellow Christian worker, and I am very saddened to do it. What makes it even more sad, is the Holy Spirit laid it on my heart to share this on the blog, because there were more faithful workers being led away from their walk with Christ daily. I pray that these words can stop the blind movement of even one of His cherished workers and bring them back to the Word of God.

First, I am so happy that my tables don't need to be tipped up! That was a wonderful and illustrative phrase that denotes exactly my reaction to many of the things I read on the Internet.

I think we are in full agreement that the LORD God is moving key players into position for these End Times. I also believe that these chosen people are being graced with supernatural gifts to accomplish the tasks that God Wills, as necessary and for specific use.

What makes me nervous with your explanation, however, is that you talk about it, and I'm not seeing you prove it with His Word. Up to this point, I have been watching your ministry, and reading your words, to discern and consider your role in the various movements that are occurring now under the direction of our God and the wily countermoves of the devil.

This is what I know for certain. Those who are being equipped for the battle, those who are being raised up to bring His Will forward, those who are being placed in strategic spiritual minefields to clear the way for the lost to find their way toward Christ in these End Days aren't talking about it. In fact, it is the quietness among His workers, the protection of the top secret things that we know and are preparing for that causes us to differ from our enemies. One part of that supernatural moving of God allows each of His True Workers to recognize the others who are faithful and trustworthy in His Kingdom.

Here is the biggest problem with the Internet...True workers for the LORD God are so busy trying to declare their authority, gifts and talents, to shut-up the naysayers and the laughing fools who challenge faithful work, that they stop doing the work of the Lord, and start playing into the agenda of carnal man. Part of that agenda includes causing the spiritual leaders to focus on proving themselves over and over and over, to write with words that sound heavenly and above the normal speak of man, and complicate the doctrine and points with an intelligent rendering that appears to go over the top of peoples heads, but makes the speaker a foolish toy to be manipulated and condemned.

So, my friend, let me put it in the simple words that I speak...Your doctrine as expressed in this letter is part of the movement of Satan to begin the establishment of his complete wicked rule. Your free use of terms that is recognized by me to have originated from specific movements by Lucifer, causes me to reject everything you say.

And that makes me sad. Because I am not certain in my soul that you are doing the bidding of the devil. I have seen glimpses of light in some of the things you have shared, and I most certainly have considered the words you spoke while declaring a moving of the Holy Spirit. I have investigated your background, and have known for some time of the disdain of the general Christian community for you. On the other hand, I am very familiar with these days, and know that many of His greatest workers are being placed in those same situations. You are a difficult one to weigh, my friend.

I've made allowance for your grand speech patterns and polluted words that the devil sends my way often. I have chalked it up to the tremendous stresses each of the Faithful face daily in trying to accomplish the works God Wills with the assault of the wicked on the Internet trying to stop it at every turn.

Bluntly speaking...if you keep using the words that you are using today, if you continue to form your doctrine around the basis of these words you speak, you are going to be used in helping Satan establish his rule. You are not going to be aware of it, and in fact, you are going to feel empowered and powerful with many supernatural abilities given to you by the dark one, to delude you into thinking you are doing the things of God. The devil is going to blind you and manipulate you and cause you to reject anyone who tells you the truth. As I write this, I am praying that Jesus allows you to hear the words I am speaking, because truly, I am speaking to a friend in Christ, who desperately seeks to do His bidding, but has somehow become trapped in the enemies clutches.

It doesn't have to be this way. I suspect that you took a wrong turn at a point when God had given you some great spiritual gifts, and the devil stepped in to teach you how to use them. Sometimes that happens, and is not as much your fault as it is the person who was tasked by God to ensure that you as a babe in Christ and new to the spiritual gifts would learn the correct way in welding them. I sure would be interested one day in learning the exact moment this happened to you, and would delight in making evil pay for trying to steal a lover of God away.

This is what you need to do. Start back at the beginning. Open your Bible and study. Build that foundation back up. See who God has placed in your path to help you get past the clutches of Satan, and move once again according to His Word.

Apparently, you are a valuable worker in His eyes, and even though you have been tricked, God has allowed you to continue to possess the skills in these confusing times. Apparently, you are valuable to me as a fellow worker and a Christian friend, to fight Satan where he has chosen to battle.

My friend, you are standing right there at a crossroads. If you choose the side of God, you may well feel depressed and little and unworthy as He reteaches you His Word and prevents you from using the gifts until you are skillful. If you choose the side of Satan, you will find your supernatural and five-fold gifts increasing in magnification, and you will feel lifted and empowered and as if you are standing in the midst of angels....but it will be a delusion that is perpetuated upon you by the tricky evil one. Either way, you will be useful to one side or the other...it's your choice.

I declare my love for you, I declare the same love that Jesus Christ has for you, and I will not shrink from the battle. While my inclination is to command the demons away from you, I am fearful that they will return sevenfold unless you return to the path God Wills in accordance with His Word.

It's a tough place to be and you are going to have to choose the path. I wish I could say that there are very few who have been tricked in this manner; however, the truth is we are losing good Christian workers through this trickery on a daily basis. For that reason, I will be publishing my answer to you on the blog with the personal info removed, and pray with my complete soul that hundreds of workers can recognize the trickery and come back to His Word. God's Will be done.

David "Bucker" Becker

Is Bible typology similar to philosophies of the world?

2007-05-22T20:47:00.000-07:00

These terms might correspond generally with the major philosophies of the world. It's always fun when we find that the Kingdom of God fits in with the deep thinkers of mankind. The important thing to understanding typology in the Word of God, however, is to make sure that you use only the Word of God in your analysis. To combine His Word with the thoughts of man, especially in the deep mysteries that He reveals to believers, complicates things badly, and leads to error in interpretation.

As human beings, we know our natural realm the best. It is the place of nature, the place of carnality, and the place of common life. The natural realm exists for the day to day provisions of our own natural life, (or nature), if you will.

Besides having a natural life, we also have a soul that is housed within our bodies. Often in our Becker Bible Studies we speak of the places to where the soul has experience and movement in this present life as "spiritual life". The Word of God speaks of these two lives...spiritual and natural...in many, many places of the Bible, and there are great mysteries of typology revealed through the study of these two areas.

Spiritual life, however, is not the spiritual realm that is accessible on this earth. A solid spiritual life, built on the foundation of Jesus Christ and moved by the Holy Spirit, receives great growth and great nourishment to his soul. That soul can experience a great spiritual life, but be unable to climb the "mountain of God" and enter into the Spiritual Realm.

Often, students of major idol religions try to define the LORD God's Spiritual Realm on Earth to be that place of meditation. It is not. The Spiritual Realm is accessible only to those Christians who are moved and protected by the Holy Spirit to come closer to the LORD God. This place of great spiritual protection and enlightenment is available to mature Christians who are given to know the deep mysteries of God.

Our Becker Bible Studies provide the nourishments to the mature Christians through many of our studies, and as you have found, one of those studies is the Sermon on the Mount series.

With a mustard seed of faith a mountain can be moved. The Word of God is true literally. It takes only a tiny faith to accomplish the greatest of things. Deeper study inside the Word of God, however, Jesus Christ has placed many keys of typology that open up the deeper things that opens up even greater understanding of the simplest of stories.

That is why I love the Word of God so much! Not only was it an easily read road map to my spiritual life as a babe, it also provides me with great nourishment as a mature and growing Christian also. While the new Christian might believe that it takes only a tiny faith to accomplish the greatest things, and the deeper study reveals to mature Christians that with only the tiniest faith in the protection of Jesus Christ, the spiritual realm that stands between the earth and the sanctified spiritual Realms of God, can be crossed. Here's why both the babe and the mature can understand differently in depth, but why it doesn't really matter...

When the babe dies a physical death, their faith in Jesus Christ will deliver them into the sanctified Spiritual Realm, according to His promise. All it takes is faith in Him.

When the mature dies a physical death, their faith in Jesus Christ will deliver them into the sanctified Spiritual Realm, according to His promise. All it takes is faith in Him. But, as the mature Christian faces his approaching and actual death, he will recognize different characteristics and understand deeply the things that are happening around him, where the babe might not even notice those things.

It all comes down to how much we grow spiritually in this lifetime, and how much God reveals to us to gives us the deepest understanding of His Things.

Now here is a BIG WARNING! There are many, many, many false teachers of the Word of God who try to interpret Scripture with typological reference, and they are always wrong. If babes in Christ read these bad interpretations, it can destroy their spiritual growth. Teachers of the Word of God must be chosen with the greatest of care, especially if they are teaching the deeper things of typology and His mysteries. Even then, you should always check the teachings and compare them with Scripture constantly, and be alert to any misrepresentation of his Word. You should ask questions often, and expect the Teacher to respond in clear terms.

We rely on the moving of the Holy Spirit within a person to guide them in their deep studies of the Word of God, but we also maintain accountability of our work throughout the process. If you have any questions concerning anything you see in our studies, please write and ask.

Concerning the use of different Bibles...We use the King James Bible because almost everybody in the world has access to that translation. We also use it because there are many reference works out there that complement it. Another reason we use it is because we are confident in the Greek and Hebrew translations. Many of our students use other Bibles, but our rule is this...if you become confused through the use of a different Bible in specific scripture studies, you should always go to the King James Bible for the definitive understanding. In fact, I think most of our students use two Bibles...one King James, and one that is easier read. The critical element is ensuring that whatever translation of Bible that you use, that it is true to the original texts of the Bible.

I am delighted that you are studying with us, and I hope we can keep up with your hunger.

God's blessings in your spiritual journey,

David "Bucker" Becker

How can I put my evangelism ministry on the Internet?

2007-04-21T09:37:00.000-07:00

Over the four years that we have been on the Internet, the world wide web has evolved. The first two years, all websites were created with a code called "html", and people came to websites with links from other websites, generally. The next year, the Google engine became the focus, and webmasters had to change their code to something like "xhtml" and "php" and alot of other alphabet words, to sustain traffic and visitors. This last year has been the hardest, as webmasters are now entering into the web era called "Web 2.0".

Now I know this probably doesn't sound like something you even need to know at this point, but it is very, very important if you are going to have a viable ministry on the Internet. Almost all of the ministries that were around on the Internet when we first started have been unable to evolve, and have ended abruptly, leaving many souls vulnerable who depended upon those sites. Large false teaching sites quickly became the vogue, and many of the new Christians were snatched away at the fall of so many ministry websites.

When the search engines became so powerful, they thought themselves (and still do) gods who can grant or remove access to the web to any webmaster that either honors them or refuses to dance their dance. Of course, you can imagine what these search engine demands do to a ministry on the Internet. If you don't play by the rules, you don't get any visitors...but if you do play by the rules, your ministry is watered down and controlled by them, which is certainly a place that our Lord does not want us to be placed.

And now there is Web 2.0...which I think actually started evolving because people were tired of being controlled by large search engines and seeing sites disappear right and left. Your Yahoo 360 is one of the creations of Web 2.0. To understand Web 2.0, think of it like "giving power back to the people". You notice how no search engines get involved in your 360, and how everybody has the ability to create a page, choose their friends, and add their pictures? 360 is part of the Web 2.0 movement, as webmasters are struggling to make their websites usable to their visitors, rather than just being a wordy paper without interest.

Now I know what you're saying to yourself right now...I am a minister, not a webmaster. But trust me in this...your ministry will only exist and prosper if you have an understanding of the places you're going to be preaching. And if you do it right, and it is touched by His precious Holy Spirit, you will be touching hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. If you do it wrong, you will have a site of vanity, that does nothing, and will be quickly ate up by the Web 2.0 movement and the Google gobbler.

If you search for evangelistic sites on the Internet right now, you will see that they are missing the mark. If evangelism means to share the good news, to bring salvation to the lost through the sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then there isn't much powerful evangelism going on. Usually, mom and pop will put up a site talking about how they were saved, and others were saved, and how they are official evangelists for God, and it stops right there.

This is what a evangelistic website needs to survive in this tough internet world...

1. The moving and anointing of the Holy Spirit
2. Content, Content, Content
3. A symbolic place where the sinners can contemplate your teachings and leadings
4. An actual way for the lost and the converted to be able to talk with you
5. A way for you to keep track of those converts
6. A moving portrayal of images and music that captures the atmosphere of revival and restoration
7. A way to minister to the new converts to make sure they are not snatched up by false teachings
8. A good, solid website structure that allows for growth as God moves.

And that's the first thing you must do before you even begin your ministry out here...you gotta figure out what you want to do, before you even get started. Take it to God in prayer, search the internet for other evangelistic sites and see what they do right, and what they do wrong. Imagine the Internet as an invitation by churches overseas where your comfort level is challenged, and you have no idea about the congregations you will be speaking. Contemplate the perfect setting for the evangelism of God's Word, then think some more about how that setting can be achieved on the Internet.

This first process usually takes about a year for the worldly webmaster. When God is moving things along, this process can be counted in weeks. Regardless, it is the first step to realizing the beginning of your ministry. In the meantime... content, content, content! When you are done writing original things, write some more. And while you are writing, make sure God's Words flow freely, and your words are as perfect as perfect can be. It is a tough and wicked world out on the big Internet, and there are demons and evil lurking and waiting to destroy new ministries from their startup.

My advice for your new ministry on the Internet is this...

1. Pray and move in the direction God moves you (of course)
2. Consider exactly what type of features you want to offer on your website.
3. Content, Content, Content...start writing and publishing your words on 360. It's a good and forgiving environment to make mistakes, and you can begin to build a following that will be invaluable to you when your ministry launches on the World Wide Web.
4. Did I say, Content, Content, Content. Almost every ministry that is on the Internet today copies each others words. It is only the original words, that are moved by God, that are grabbing the attention of people and search engines today. Write, write, write, as if you were talking in front of a congregation.

When you have figured these things out and have written enough content, content, content, we will take the next step of a thousands steps to establish a ministry in the World Wide Web, God Willing.

God's blessings,

David "Bucker" Becker

Our Kids are our Business - Stop Child Abuse Now!

2007-04-12T07:29:00.000-07:00

The Spokesman-Review newspaper has begun a campaign of stopping the sexual, physical and mental abuse of children in our communities. Concerned leaders and advocates for children are joining together to bring as much awareness of this issue as we can, after Spokane lost yet another young girl to the wicked acts of adults who murdered her by torture. Becker Bible Studies authors and teachers have long been advocates for abused children, and are proud to lend our support and voice to this cause.

One in four girls, and one in five boys will experience sexual abuse before they reach the age of 18. Children, on average, must report this abuse eight times before an adult will believe them and take action. The abuse most often is from a family member, who welds control over the child through intimidation, and the abuser counts on the victims vulnerability to keep the dirty secrets hidden.

Victims of sexual abuse should not have to struggle with the things of darkness that enter into their world after their innocence is snatched away, but they do repeatedly, because they have no one in their lives to help them escape. When we hear about the sexual abuse of young ones, we rightfully condemn the wicked and lustful acts of the perpetrator, and shout out our repulsion of their acts, but we fail our children daily when we blind ourselves to the dangers within our own communities.

The reality for Christians is this...the devil will try to destroy as many innocent souls as he can before they are able to mature to the place of accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. He does this by controlling the lust of the heathen, to bring the dirtiness of sexual shame upon young victims, and keeps those victims believing they are unworthy to receive the things of God.

The devil isn't stupid, people. He chooses his victims with care, making sure that the young ones are vulnerable to the pervert's threats to keep the all important secret. He chooses the households where the focus is not on the children, but on the drama of the adults. He chooses the homes where the woman will sacrifice one of her young for the stability and companionship of the same man that will abuse her child in the dark, behind closed doors. The devil chooses to find those innocent victims that might one day grow to conquer his hold, and snatches their ability before they reach that awareness through the shame, rejection and dirtiness of his lustful ways.

Our Kids are Our Business! As Christian leaders we must take strong stands and shout from our bully pulpits that children matter most, and protection can be found within our presence! As followers of Jesus Christ we must stand up and be counted as willing to provide sanctuary, to support victims, to seek justice and hold the abuser accountable, and to embrace those rejected as a result of that secret being exposed. If we do not stand against this wicked movement of the devil, then our proclamations of faith are weak and unworthy.

In Bible times of old, the sacrifice of children were made for the false Gods, and we are horrified to consider those things of past could have happened. Every time a child is subjected to the sexual abuse of a pervert, he is being sacrificed to the God of lust. Every time a child must keep a secret in order to be safe, that child is being sacrificed. Every time a child is not protected by other family members from the horrible abuses of the devil, that child is being sacrificed. Every time a mother turns a blind eye to the child's torture, that child is being sacrificed.

Every time a community ignores the problems of the sexual abuse of their children, then not only are the children sacrificed, but also the standards of decency, honor and righteousnesses thrown to the ground. Oh how the devil delights in treading upon the victims and the blind communities as he establishes another foothold, for another day and another innocent child.

Our Kids are our Business - Stand up and Stop Child Abuse Now!

David "Bucker" Becker

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

2007-04-07T20:02:00.000-07:00

“Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1:3-5 av)

For further witness of the salvation of faithful believers, refer to the Resurrection accounts of our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 28, Luke 24, and John 20.

For further study, refer to our Becker Bible study "The Resurrection of Jesus Christ"!

Have a blessed Easter my brothers and sisters in Christ!

David "Bucker" Becker

Reflections on the betrayal and crucifixion of Jesus Christ

2007-04-06T11:22:00.000-07:00

We were celebrating our Passover Meal, and my King had slowed his eating and was preparing to speak. I was a little annoyed at the others because they were talking over each other and not taking notice of my Lord’s actions. I cleared my throat.

I wish I had not done this, for what my Lord said caused me a sickness to my stomach, and prevented me from finishing my meal.

Jesus looked solemnly at each of us around that table. Silence permeated the air and you could feel the hairs on the back of your neck standing straight up. Then He spoke. “Verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”

Out of the blue He said this, without any warning. Well, I guess he had said some strange things last week, about being betrayed to be crucified two days after the feast of the Passover. He has been under so much stress lately, and his mind would wander into the morbid. I tried to tell him that if God in Heaven had chosen to save His people from His wrath during the Passover, that surely He would protect His well loved Son from danger. He smiled at me and we continued our walk. I was proud that I had comforted Him when He was weakened by his stresses.

But something in His manner was alarmingly different when he spoke at the feast. He had this intensity in his eyes that burned through each of us. I wanted to cry. “Lord, will it be I that betrays you?”, I cried out in torment! “I love you.” “Surely it’s not me!” He looked at me in silence. John turn to his beloved Master and could not restrain himself. He fell to his knees and pleaded with Jesus to remove this burden from him. Jesus turned to John and gently stroked his head, all the while looking at John with that deafening silence. One by one, each of His disciples cried with horror of being the one with the weakness of spirit to betray our King. He met each outcry with his silence.

Then He spoke. “The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born.”

Judas Iscariot looked at my Jesus and asked “Master, is it I?”

Jesus replied “Thou hast said.”

Then something really strange happened. Jesus said, “He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.” Then Jesus dipped the sop and gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Suddenly, Judas jumped up and ran out of the room with a bag of money. Because he had the bag, we thought that Jesus needed some things for the feast, or had directed Judas to give the money to the poor. It was all so confusing…first Jesus is talking about His betrayal, then he switches gears and sends Judas away with the money. Sometimes I feel so stupid when my Teacher speaks His riddles. I just didn’t understand.

Okay, I’ll be truthful with you if you promise not to ridicule me. I told John about my feelings after these terrible events were past, and he laughed as me and told me I was just trying to be a big shot and act like the Lord’s life was in my hands. As I recalled the moment that Jesus handed Judas the sop, I remember what I felt. At that very moment, a coldness that chilled me clear to my bones rushed through the room. I can still see the slow motion replay of Jesus with tears in his eyes, handing that sop to Judas. Judas took it from him with a cold, evil and hardened stare. At that moment, I wanted to kill him. I remember trying to stand, to jump him, to rip him apart, but unseen forces stopped me. Then just as suddenly, my mind was filled with confusion, and I didn’t know what was going on. Thank God for my confusion!

Then Jesus turned to me and told me that I would deny Him three times as the rooster crowed. I was aghast that my Master would question my devotion and love for him. “No way!” I shouted. “I would never deny my Teacher and Lord Jesus Christ, the One I love most!” “I love you, Jesus!” I shouted with horror that He would think I could betray him in such a way.

Jesus ignored my cries of protest, stood up and prepared to leave the table. We all silently followed Him as he led us to a place called Gethsemane and instructed us to sit down while He went to pray in the garden. He asked me, John and James to accompany Him to the garden to give Him strength.
The garden was darkened by the shadows of the olive trees that outlined it’s path. It was late at night, and the night sounds echoed through the mini forest. Jesus was so quiet and I glanced at Him to make sure He was okay. He was crying. I reached to Him to offer my support. He began to sob quite heavily and momentarily collapsed against me, and I quickly pushed my body next to His to keep Him from falling. He was so heavy with burden. He pleaded with me not to leave Him alone while He prayed, for He was so sorrowful, he was fearful He might die from his sadness. He asked me to watch over Him while He prayed.

He went a little further up the path, and fell on His face, and fervently prayed “O my Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt”.

I am ashamed to report that I do not know what else He prayed to our Father in Heaven. I fell asleep while He was praying, and was suddenly awakened by His anger. He was looking straight through me with such a piercing look, and behind the eyes of my Master I saw the pain I had caused Him by falling asleep.

“What, could you not watch me one hour?” He asked.

I was heartsick. “Yes, my dear Lord, you can count on me from now on to be there for you.” “My eyes grew weary from the lateness of night.” “Please don’t take my sleepiness as a lack of love for you,” I whispered to him in shaky voice. “I will be awake and next to you as you pray.”

The Master returned to His prayers. The next thing I know, Jesus is awakening us again, and told us that the “hour was at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.” “Oh my God, I was found asleep again!” I was heart broken that I had let my Jesus down one more time.

Quite frankly, it angered me so much in my insides. I knew with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my being that I was devoted and in love with my Lord Jesus Christ. Surely an evil force must have closed my eyes. I was ready and looking to fight the next wicked force that was placed in my path.
I didn’t have long to wait. While Jesus spoke to us, Judas came up with a great multitude of soldiers, priests and elders. In the most sickening display of fake affection, Judas Iscariot came up to my Jesus and kissed Him.

Suddenly, the soldiers reached out and grabbed my Master and shoved Him to the ground. Dust was flying everywhere. I grabbed my sword and I struck out at him that was defiling my Jesus. I cut off his ear with one swipe. Then Jesus shouted at me to put up my sword and reminded me that if He wished He could pray to His Father, and God would send twelve legions of angels in His defense. He said, “All of this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.”

I was scared. If they seize my Master, and God allows this, then the soldiers would most certainly come after me. I ran away, with the other disciples running away right next to me. We forsook our King.

After reaching a safe distance, feelings of guilt overcame me. I had to follow my Jesus to see the end. I pretended to be one of the servants of the High Priest and entered their domain, where my Teacher was being held.

It was so crowded with people. The priests were speaking to the audience and begging anyone to come forward and speak up against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. Several people came forward and made up lies about Jesus, but they were such ridiculous lies their false words could not be believed. Then this fellow came up and said he had heard Jesus say “I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.” Jesus held his peace. The High Priest asked Jesus if He was indeed the Son of God.

Jesus said to him, “Thou has said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of Heaven.”

The High Priest screamed his frustrations over the crowd, and grabbed his clothing and started ripping it to shreds. He accused Jesus of speaking blasphemy, and said there was no need for further witnesses. He asked the crowd what should be done. Suddenly, the crowd began to pick up on the word, and began chanting “death, death, death,” until the plea for my Jesus’ death rose to a fervent pitch. The crowd got out of control and lunged for my Master. They spit on Him and pushed Him through the crowd, and people began slapping Him with the palms of their hands. They started ridiculing Him, and asked Him to prophesy which would be the next to slap Him, then the next persecutor would take careful aim and let go with a loud, crackling slap. They dragged Jesus from the building. My knees were too weak, and I sat where I was.

Without the crowd to hide me, I was quickly noticed. Three times maids came and accused me of being a follower of Jesus. Three times I denied it. I heard the rooster crow and remembered my Jesus’ words of prophesy. I wept.

The next day they dragged Jesus before Governor Pontius Pilate. Pilate asked Jesus if He was the King of the Jews, and Jesus said to him “Thou sayest.” That was the only words my King spoke, despite all the accusations that were hurled toward Him. Pilate became weary of the crowd, as once again the fevered pitch of hatred began to wave across the hall. When he saw he could not stop the crowd’s anger any longer, he washed his hands in water before the multitude, saying “I am innocent of the blood of this just person, see ye to it.”

Then answered all the people and they said, “His blood be on us and on our children.

Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered him unto the people’s soldiers. They pushed my precious Lord to the ground and stripped off all his clothes and placed a scarlet robe over him. Several soldiers ran outside like stupid children and gathered up thorns and tied them together to make a crown, which they shoved upon Jesus’ head. They put a reed in his right hand, and they bowed on their knees and mocked him, saying “Hail, King of Jews.” Then the crowd became riled again, and spit upon Him. Somebody grabbed the reed from His hands and began striking Jesus with harsh blows that nearly knocked Him unconscious.

After they were finished mocking Him, they led Him away to be crucified.

As He was dragging His cross through the crowded streets, the blows from the reed, the beatings of his tormentors and accusers, and the heaviness and burden of the cross caused Jesus to fall to His knees in agony. A man in the midst of the crowd went to Jesus’ side and helped Him bear the weight of the cross. I was unable to come to my Master’s side for one very good reason: I was a coward and could not make my legs work.

When they got to the trash dump, the soldiers threw Jesus to the ground, lay him on the cross…

“33 ¶ And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.”

“50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.”

“57 ¶ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.” (Matthew 27:33-66 av)

For further study refer to our Becker Bible Study on The Crucifxion of Jesus Christ

David "Bucker" Becker

Sadducee – A person who believes in only what they can see

2007-03-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

Sadducee – A person who believes in only what they can see

And that makes them sad, you see!

Sadducees were Israelite heretics at the time of Christ, who denied the revelations of God and the doctrines of the resurrection of the body, the immortality of the soul, the existence of spirits and angels and divine predestination. They believed the written law alone to be of divine authority.

How sad! Imagine trying to love the LORD God when he is so distant, so away from you, that you can’t see Him, or feel Him, or talk to Him, and the only knowledge you have about Him is the laws He has ordered you to obey.

That’s the way the Sadducees were in Jesus Christ’s time. They believed in the LORD God, but only in his laws that he had given Moses, and those rules that developed from the original commandments. They loved rules, consistency and BORING!

A Sadducee would never have a personal relationship with the LORD God or Jesus Christ, and absolutely refuse the filling of the Holy Spirit if it were ever offered him. They live by their creed of “If you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist”.

So what does a Sadducee miss….

A recognition of Jesus Christ – A Sadducee could never believe that God sent His only begotten son down to earth, without seeing him coming down from Heaven with their own eyes. Oh wait…..that’s something else they couldn’t believe in…

Heaven and it inhabitants – A dwelling place for the LORD God and his unseen creations! Fugidboutit! A Sadducee would never lift his eyes up to Heaven to even search!

The saddest one of all…A Sadducee will never, ever believe that Jesus Christ Resurrected from the grave and ascended to the right hand of his Father. They can never understand that because Jesus Christ conquered death, that the souls of His followers also were made able to join Him in Heaven. In fact, they don’t even think they have souls and are certain no one else does either. How sad.

How sad for the Sadducee, who believes in only what they can see! Jesus spoke to them often about the things of His Father, but they refused to listen. In fact, they went out of their way to trick him up when he spoke, and try to prove that the things he was saying were not true.

And here is the most important thing for you to know about this group of unbelievers…

SADDUCEES ARE ALIVE AND FIGHTING AGAINST JESUS CHRIST TODAY!

They’re the ones who are always creating a stir, usually around Easter time, in an attempt to disprove something that is important to the Faithful Christians in their belief.

Last year, they did a documentary on Judas, and tried to twist things around where Judas and Jesus were the deepest of buddies…..Yeah, right…

Now this year, they’re denying the Resurrection of Jesus Christ once again, as a Hollywood movie director has put his efforts into making a documentary for the Discovery channel that alleges that the burial site, and a little bit of DNA, was found that could be traced to Jesus Christ. WHAT….DNA! Everyone knows that DNA evidence is proof, huh…..WRONG!

Our Jesus Christ was crucified, died and was buried, and then rose from the grave three days later, his complete body, and his complete soul! There was no DNA left behind in a grave! In fact, because He conquered death, his faithful believers will rise also to the dwelling place of His Father! Praise Be to God!

So what is the supposed grave they found that was the final resting place for a jesus and a mary and a jude? Who knows, and who cares!

The important thing for faithful Christians to know…

Every time you stand up to these Sadducees and declare that they are wrong….every time that you announce to the word that Jesus Christ is the real deal and has indeed risen, then you are boldly defending His Gospel without fear, and using the faith that God gave you in a way that makes Him very, very proud!

Spoken faith in things unseen, drives the Sadducees batty!

Keep it up! Keep it focused! Keep it real! And most importantly….Keep it always!

Faith in the unseen deep mysteries of God is what makes our relationship with Him personal! Don’t let no sad dude or dudette take that away!

David "Bucker" Becker

Further Study in your King James Bible

What Jesus Christ told the Sadducees when they asked for a visible sign from Heaven... Matthew 16:1-4

Jesus Christ's warning to his followers to beware of the leaven of the Sadducees... Matthew 16:5-12

The day the Sadducees tried to trick Jesus Christ about resurrection and Heaven... Matthew 22:23-33

The Sadducees put the Faithful in jail, and the Angels let them out!... Acts 5:17-25

How Paul tricked the Sadducees and Pharisees into fighting with each other, and saving him... Acts 23:6-11

Pharisee – A sanctimonious hypocrite who judges others unworthy to approach God

2007-03-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

A Pharisee is a sanctimonious, hypocritical, self-righteous heretic who practices and advocates strict observance of external forms and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit. He makes a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, and righteousness. He is confident of his own righteousness, and is smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinion and behavior of others. He pretends to have moral, religious beliefs and principles which he does not possess.

In simple terms…A Pharisee falsely thinks he is a god himself as he pretends to do God’s bidding, enforces God’s laws, knows God’s mind, and has the imagined authority of God in his hands His power is gained by lording over the humble, fearful, sinners who dare not even consider walking toward God because of their dirty transgressions and lowly state.

The Pharisees know how to direct spectacular, awe inspiring productions of worship that focus on traditions and ceremony that they only are good enough to attend. They follow the laws of God that benefit and showcase their pretend righteousness, and demand strict adherence of their ways before they can even be approached by those of lower ways than them.

In Jesus Christ’s day, the Pharisees tried to trick him up constantly as they tried to get him to stop his message of God’s expectations of His followers to adhere to the “spirit of the law”.

It was in the best interests of the Pharisees that people follow after the “letter of the law”, because it was impossible to keep. As long as people failed at keeping the “letter of the law”, the Pharisees remained in control and powerful.

Jesus Christ changed that at his baptism into the ministry of the LORD God. In his third miracle, the Pharisees and Jesus Christ locked into the first of many battles, as the issue of the laws of Sabbath was argued. A new day had dawned, and new way of God delivered by His Son, Jesus Christ, to the world…no longer was it about the “law” but about the deeper things that He Willed His people to know and walk. No longer could power be gained by enforces of the law, as the faithful gained His ultimate power through walking in faith with His Son Jesus Christ leading them toward Him! Praise Be to God!

Now here is the part that is important for you to understand in these Last Days…

The Pharisee hypocrites are still trying to enforce their traditions and laws today, and they are trying to prevent many people from approaching God. As long as they can do this, they maintain their self-righteous glory, and the power to control others in the name of their false religion.

This is some of the ways a Pharisee practices his sanctimonious hypocrisy today…

Pharisees loudly and falsely proclaim the absolute and eternal damnation of God upon the sexually deviants, with a focus on the dirty sins of homosexuals and the exclusion of attention to the dirty sins of the heterosexuals.

They uphold the crimes of monetary gain by white collared affluent as they build great shrines with their name and fame, and judge the poor harshly when they steal a loaf of bread to feed their family. They attend the false worship of themselves every Sunday in the pomp and circumstance of tradition and honor that they deserve as the impoverished are allowed to admire them from the distance.

Many sinners are kept from the congregation of Pharisees for being unworthy as all pretend righteous are called by them to do service for their glory. That false doctrine of direct exclusion of sinners that is proclaimed by their golden leaders that sit upon their altars, is confusing and sometimes prevents sinners from approaching the cross of Jesus Christ, as sinners are convinced of their unworthiness to come to God.

Here is the Word of God and the knowledge of the Faithful, which the pretend Pharisees can never comprehend…

“When Jesus heard [it], he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Mark 2:17)

JESUS CHRIST COMES TO THE WORLD FOR THE SINNER, NOT FOR THE SELF MADE HOLY!

All murderers, adulterers, thieves, abusers, lustful, sexually deviant, morally corrupt, dirty sinners…Jesus Christ can be your Lord. He will never be the Lord of those that consider themselves His equal in glory and righteousness!

This is important! Don’t wait until you become holy to come to Jesus Christ! That requirement for holiness is something that the Pharisees invented to have control and power over the sinner.

Bring your sins, your dirtiness, your shame and your pathetic nature as you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior. Through his crucifixion on the cross and resurrection from death, Jesus has brought death to sin. Your acceptance of Him as your Savior releases that power and hold of sins that prevent you from having a relationship with God.

Jesus does not expect you to come to him holy, and cannot be your King or your Savior if you think that you are. Don’t let the Pharisees of this world trick you out of becoming one of the Faithful and True worshipers of the LORD God and followers of Jesus Christ through their false teachings!

Trust the Word of God and the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on your behalf…your sins of nature will lose their power over you the minute you bring them to the cross of Jesus. Once you are part of the Kingdom of God, He will give you many skills, teachings and techniques to overcome your sinful nature and develop your righteous spirit in the Way that He Wills.

It takes time and it takes faith, and most importantly, it takes Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the LORD God to bring holiness to your spirit. Don’t let the pitiful Pharisee hypocrites trick you out of being freed forever from the holds of sin, and for God’s sake and yours, push past their pretend holiness and their traditional barriers, and run forward toward the true holiness of God Himself!

David “Bucker” Becker

Further Study in your King James Bible

The righteousness of the Pharisees does not get them to the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:20

The Pharisees don’t like the people Jesus eats his dinner with! Matthew 9:11

Jesus disdains the show the Pharisees put on when they were fasting. Matthew 6:16

Don’t ever think Jesus didn’t warn the hypocrites of the woe to come! Matthew 23:13-33

The pretend righteous hypocrite prays against the publican.Luke 18:9-14

Jesus warns his followers to beware of the leavened, corrupted doctrine of the Pharisees Matthew 16:5-12

The Pharisees try to trick Jesus up once again by bringing an adulteress woman to his attention, and demanding his judgment according to their law John 8:1-11

Even the most deluded Pharisee can be saved through faithful belief of Jesus Christ and walking in His Way.Acts 26:1-23

The stupid Sadducees are focused on Easter again

2007-02-26T15:23:00.000-08:00

Every Easter they try to generate scandal and intrigue to the events surrounding the crucifixion and glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The stupid Sadducees, the group of believers who believe in nothing, but pronounce all mystery of God to be untrue. In their eyes, there is no miracle, no resurrection, no transfiguration, no heaven and no devil. And now, they have a demi-god movie producer that made an attention getting borderline movie in trying to debunk the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

What an odd time to bring this sacrilegious documentary to the Discovery channel. They must have forgotten that Christians are beginning the forty days of passion and reflection, as we prepare to celebrate the miraculous Resurrection of our Christ, and the promise of eternal life for all believers as a result! Whoops, the pathetic Sadducees forgot it was soon Easter.....NOT!

“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.” (1 Corinthians 15:12-20 av)

What a perfect time for conflict to be scattered, and money to be made for the ungodly, unbelievers as they worry their false revelations into the accumulation of big bucks. Last year it was Judas, and this year it is tomb found with DNA remnants, with the names of Jesus and Mary and Joseph and Jude....What are the chances, they pronounce, and conclude with wicked suggestions that faith in our Christ was misplaced for the last 2000 years.

Surely the faith of true believers can be changed to fit their facts, they taunt, as the buildup for the documentary begins its fifteen minutes of fame, and leads to nothingness, to a vanity that will soon be forgotten, but smear the Holy Celebration just a little bit more.

“And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread. [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:5-12 av)

No man, whether Pharisee, Sadducee or unseeing, can even begin to dispute the glorious rising and the conquering of death itself by our Savior and Messiah with little minds, impotent pens and potty mouths. Try as they might, the truth of the Word of God, the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, cannot be denied with their imaginative and false doctrines leavened with untruth and wicked innuendo!

Faithful Christians stand up and proclaim the Good News!

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD! PRAISE BE TO GOD!

David "Bucker" Becker

“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead [men]. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.” (Matthew 28:1-9 av)

The focus of ministry vs. a website called Google

2007-02-24T12:31:00.000-08:00

It's been a month since I have last written.

It has been a very hard month. In fact, it has been a very tough year, and this last month was just the frosting on the cake.

Becker Bible Studies and our Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians has changed as a result, and I wanted you to know why.

There is a website called Google...

Once upon a time, this website Google started gathering sites of interest together, and publishing their domain addresses in a directory. Soon, they developed robots that could search the world wide web for new sites to add to their growing directory.

As their directory grew, web surfers would come to their website to find out where to go to locate the information they needed. Google began developing algorithms, to lead the searchers to the exact places they needed to find.

As this little website Google began to grow, and grow and grow, webmasters soon realized that for people to find their websites, they must be found on the first page of Google results. When Google became bigger and bigger, and soon the crucial and most important listing of all websites, webmasters struggled to achieve these high ratings by Google, so they could be placed on the first page of search results.

Webmasters learned to achieve first page listing by utilizing words called keywords on all of their pages. The theory was, the more keywords that you have listed on your first page, the more chance you will be listed on the first page of results by Google. Soon, naughty webmasters began listing words over and over and over on their first page, so Google would find them, before the legitimate websites.

Websites that used original material that was focused on content, rather than keywords, was soon pushed into oblivion by these black hat webmasters who grabbed the attention of Google. The white hat webmasters, which is the hat that we wear at Becker Bible Studies, concentrated on writing good, solid, new material, and hoped that things would change.

For the last year, Google has been adjusting their algorithms to cause these black hat websites to disappear, and push the white hat websites forward, but usually it's backfired. It is in the best interest of Google to have the freshest, most linked information to appear in their front pages, and the spamiest, keyword loaded, black hatted information to be listed in their last pages, but yet, more times than not, the spammers are winning.

Boy....it has been a year of up and down, roller coasting adjustments for all webmasters, as Google's algorithm began changing daily! Good websites were listed first on one day, and thrown back to oblivion the next. One day, our ministry would have a thousand new students visit, and on the next, our regular students couldn't locate any of our pages through regular search on Google.

This last month has been the dance of all dances for webmasters, as they tried to adjust and fix things that Google broke through their manic changes. Somewhere, in that dance of this last year, my attention started focusing more on Google, and less on the works of God that He Wills me to do.

So this last month, I did alot of thinking, praying, tweaking and changing of webmaster things to bring our complete focus on our ministry, and stop the google dance.

As a result...

1. On any given day, Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians may be listed at the top of first page results or as the last in the last page results in Google. We have decided not to care any more, and have faith that no matter where we are listed, God will guide those He needs to receive His teachings to the exact page where our search results are displayed.

2. We will no longer fashion our pages on our Website to the guidelines of any search engine. We will instead structure our pages to display according to ease of study. In other words, we will be structuring this site as our personal study pages. If they work for our own Bible studies, then they are going to work for every serious Bible student out there.

3. We are going to begin using the technology of search engine behavior to our benefit, by developing modules and subscriber pages, where our students can access our web pages every time they search and are able to find the information they need, if it is on Becker Bible websites.

4. We're going to put our focus and our efforts on the things that matter, and let the world of google, yahoo, msn, and ask search engines figure out things on their own. It is their loss if they neglect to list Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians high in their search results in favor of spammy websites that try to lure unsuspecting searchers to them to profit from their naivety.

5. We're gonna be writing faster, deeper, and more in the days to come, and look forward to bringing more guided Bible Studies your way, according to the Will of God.

And the journey continues...we look forward to you traveling with us as we bring our focus to the things of God that really do matter to all of us!

David "Bucker" Becker

Why are you against self-confidence and pride?

2007-01-25T11:01:00.000-08:00

You are exactly right...the churches of today are filled with corruptions and hypocrisies and are becoming exactly as the Word of God warns us.

You are also very right... we abhor the focus of self, and favor the focus on our walk with Jesus Christ, and our works for God.

Popular movements of today encourage self focus and improvement, and in fact, we have seen many people improve their lot in life by participating in evaluating themselves, and changing the things that are causing them to not grow.

But that has nothing to do with the walk that Jesus Christ as expressed in his Word of God. Churches have become so dirtied by focusing on making money and conducting self improvement projects for their congregations. They may well be entertaining and profitable for their church, but they ARE NOT worshiping God.

On a personal note...the more closely I focus on the things of God, the more self-confident I become. This self-confidence is not a sin, but a declaration of faith. While I may well mess things up bad on my own, I am confident that if I let the Holy Spirit lead me, everything works out perfectly.

Is it me that is doing the works of God? No....The Holy Spirit is.

Is it me that is preparing my mind, body and soul with study and prayer to God to give Him access? YES...And I am very proud of the efforts I have made, and strive every day to do better.

Does God look upon me as a sinner because I am proud that I strive every day to become a better tool for Him, than I did before? NO! He wants everyone of His People to strive to their highest spiritual places, so more of His Works can be accomplished.

If I could not experience the feeling of pride, then I would have no measure or motivation to move to the next higher level. It is not a sin, but rather a desirable condition if God is given His due.

The Word of God is not perverted! The things man has done with the Bible is. It is imperative in these days that Christian men with strong faith and conviction open the Bible up and study and learn the things of God, rather than sitting around like stupid beasts and be led by the nose by false teachers.

One day, on the New Earth, there will be a great need of leaders who are able to translate the Word and Will of God to bring justice and truth to lives who have been tricked in this lifetime.

GOD DOES NOT WANT WIMPS!

And that is the challenge for every Christian man, trying to grow spiritually in these confusing times. You must pick your teacher well.

If you go to the churches that teach self improvement, then you will be deluded into learning things that do not concern God at all.

If you are taught the things of God, through His Word, your life will begin to conform to His Way, and He Will begin to use you.

And brother....if you don't experience an immense pride from being chosen by Him, then you are insulting His love for you!

That's the way I see it, and that's the way I teach it.

David "Bucker" Becker

Righteousness, joy and peace is the goal of every true ministry

2007-01-14T19:24:00.000-08:00

Boy, it's gonna sound like I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth on this one. Two posts ago, I wrote an article about how "Not all true ministries bring joy and peace" and now I'm going to write about how the goal of every ministry should be to guide people to righteousness, joy and peace. The journey arriving to this truth took me about a month of contemplation, four weeks of Bible Study and twenty eight days of listening.

Let me sort it all out, if I am able.

Ministries come in all shapes and sizes. Some of the greatest visible ministries have a praise choir of angelic voices, thumping bass and dancing feet. The worshipers sway back and forth in a unified dance, with arms upraised and prayers sung with great depth of soul to the God they love.

I have received the blessings of joy and peace inside churches with an active and apparent moving of the Holy Spirit, and my soul yearns for that feeling every day. About ten years back, before my walking path became apparent, I was envious of Christians who could release the natural problems and cares from their life every Sunday. I searched scripture continuously, trying to tie those rapturous experiences with His Word. Even though I could connect it generally with the Word of God, I couldn't connect it to the place that gave my soul direction, if that makes any sense to you.

Simply speaking....I like to release my soul and dance in the aisles and praise my God, but I don't do it now. I don't participate in worship services whose focus is on the pentecostal release of celebration through tongues and song very often. But there has been a few times when my soul has been so distressed that I have gone to these pentecostal churches and set in the pews and let the congregations love for God overflow me and lift me up with their songs of praise.

Any ministry that brings joy and peace of the Holy Ghost to a congregation is righteous.

The Word of God says...

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. (Romans 14:13-20 AV)

Christians should not judge the type of food other Christians eat because it is different from their own provisions given by Him. To negatively judge the way other Christians receive their nourishment and establishment of belief, creates a risk of putting stumbling blocks in their way and causing them to fall. It is not the food and drink that a Christian eats in faith, but rather the works resulting from the consumption of God's food that matters.

The Kingdom of God is about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Christians who have these natures serve Jesus Christ, are acceptable to the LORD GOD and have the approval of men. When Christians gather together, they must follow after the things which make for peace, and things that edify each other.

That is the message I taught today to my Bible Studies classes, and to my surprise they had a message for me!

I was convinced that because my Bible studies were without music and praise, that it did not offer the same feelings of joy and peace that comes from the pentecostal and liberal worship practices.

So as I am teaching about eating the bread of righteousness from the Scripture, For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost., it struck me hard. I reminded my students that I had written a piece that all true ministries did not bring joy and peace, and now I had His Word telling me that is exactly what the end game is....righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Quite frankly, I was disappointed in myself and a little shaky that I wrote my first article, and then took a whole month getting a new understanding that contradicted my first. And then.....

My students taught me something that I had never known before...

They told me that they got joy and peace and righteousness from our fellowship, communion and Bible studies!

For so many years I have fought and lectured and pleaded with my students to study, study, study their Bibles...to eat every morsel of bread that Jesus Christ gives them. I'm afraid my passion placed the study of the Word of God to be the most pleasing to God, when joy, peace and righteousness through the Holy Ghost is the actual end goal.

So....this is the deeper understanding given to me from the Word of God and the Holy Ghost...

1. Not all true ministries have a direct, outward display of joy and peace. There are many, many facets of works done by the LORD God and Jesus Christ through man, and not all of them are done in front of a choir of angels.

2. All true ministries that are led by the Word of God and the Holy Ghost will produce righteousness, joy and peace.

3. Just because ministries do not have an outward display of emotional release, does not mean that these conditions are not there. Although our ministry is without music and dancing, a true condition of peace, righteousness and joy exists to all believers who gather together to study His Word led by the Holy Ghost.

Our role at Becker Bible Studies to teach the Word of God to all who are brought to us is a true and vital ministry in these end days. Don't get caught up in appearances, though!

Even the quietest and most studious of environments, brings the fire of the Holy Spirit, as he rains down joy, peace and righteousness to the faithful who are blessed enough to receive their daily bread! Praise Be To God!