We are a small home church like in the times if Jesus Christ, dedicated to learning about Jesus Christ on a personal level, about his love for his children.
  
We are a healing church, we believe Jesus Christ can heal us of our diseases by faith.   
We believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose on the third day and
ascended to Heaven to be with the Father, where He is now in intersession for us.
 

Please feel free to contact Pastor Davies by emailing him at - rev_harry_davies@comcast.net
 

1st posting

June 10, 2008 MAN, THE BIBLE, WORLD CONDITIONS! Man was given knowledge through God. In the Garden of Eden, Genesis 3:1-24. The fall of man. But lets look at verse 5, For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Verse 7, and the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked… Man knows the difference between good and evil in our world today. But, here in lies the problem. To make our life easier we start with our own deception, our inventions, half-truths, in other words bending the truth to fit our life styles. Look at 2 Timothy 4:3-4, For the time will come (I think the time is now) when they will not endure sound doctrine: but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and turn aside to myths. Does this sound like today? If we don't like it, we will change the bible to say what we want it to say! Not what God wanted it to say! You know, fooling ourselves, thinking that God will not notice our evil ways, but He does. So, man and the bible are at odds with our way of life. Just look at our way of living today. People living together without being married. Jumping from one bedroom and bed to another, but you say this is the twenty first century! We don’t live back in the bible times! The dark backward times. Today, we are more mature, grown-up, wiser, in other words “we know it all”. Today we are allowing people of the same sex to be married! We all know what the bible says about that. I was reading the other day that 1 in 4 junior and senior high school girls have STDs. (sexually transmitted disease) Young girls can have abortions without the parents consent. Yes, this come up on the ballot to be voted on to be stopped, but the people saw fit to not stop it! They just didn’t care I guess. Our judges today make the law as they go, that is to suite themselves and their ideals. The people of California voted several years back to make a marriage of one man and one woman. The supreme said that this was against gay marriage rights. The people voted and the long black robes saw fit to change the law! Now there is a lawsuit in the making, a doctor who turned a couple away from an in-vitro clinic because of their own religious views. That of lesbians and gay man. Then it goes on to say, “A group specifically protected under state anti-discrimination laws”. So now gays and lesbians are a “protected group”! Who passed that law? Was it the people we elected to run this state or country? Enough said on gay and lesbians, lets now look at world conditions. Is our moral vision blinded like as described above when we look at the people we elect to run this country? Apparently so. If you doubt my word, read the bible and then look at the world conditions. We are starting the presidential elections for 2008. What a dismal start! What we are going to have to vote for is something else to say the least. I would recommend voting for Senator McCain, he has the background needed for the job. But the liberal press is starting their liberal push to fool the people and bring them around to the liberal side. When it looked like trouble for the demarcates in the preliminaries the media started the recession with little articles then big articles and the people started saving and not spending and what happened, a slight recession. Then little articles on the housing market and then the slowdown in the housing market. Today after the demarcates settled just who they would pick to run for their party, here comes an article “foreclosures hit record high and crisis may get worse still”. I wonder if that still will hold until after elections and if we have a democratic president? The newspapers and television are calling our President and our Republican government liars, that they lied about WMD in Iraq. When in fact there were WMD there. But now we have a man running for president who no one knows! Look at his background, into his past, Muslim schooled while a child. Parents who were Muslims. His church is something else, militant! But he went there for 20 years to find out what the church was all about! The church sounds to be against white people, against the United States, and this man has made it to almost President of the United States with this type of background. Do you see anything wrong with this picture? The Christian religion is not and I repeat not the main religion in the United States, it was at one time, but not now. The teachings of Jesus Christ have fallen by the wayside. Within 15 years the Christian religion as we know it today will be an underground religion! I wont speculate on what religion or god we will be kneeling down to or the direction. We as a free people (now) need to take off the blinders and see the world as it is, and should be seen. If we continue down this path we are on, we will no longer be any different than any other third world country. We will be just like any other eastern country or our southern neighbors. If we here in the United States don’t stand up for what is right and right for this country, it (we) will be lost! I say, if you are right we will be ok, but if I am right, we are lost and not coming back. Pastor Davies

WHY ARE SO MANY OF OUR PRAYERS NOT ANSWERED? In many of the books of the gospels Jesus was healing people all the time. It was His commandment that his disciples go fourth and heal also. Lets look at several people that was healed by Jesus. Matthew 8:5-7 And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion, beseeching Him, and saying, Lord my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, gievously tormented. And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him. Jesus knew something! Matthew 19:1-2 Jesus had departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan; and great multitudes followed Him; and he healed them. Jesus knew something about them. Luke 8:40-50 And Jesus returned, and multitudes welcomed Him; for they were waiting for him. And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; and he fell down at Jesus’ feet and besought him to come into his house; for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went multitudes thronged Him. And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any, came behind Him, and touched…. “the border of his garment”: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched. And Jesus said, who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said, and they were with him, Master,the multitudes press thee and crush thee. But Jesus said, some one did touch me; for I perceived that the power had gone forth from me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him declared in the presents of all the people for what cause she touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. And He said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. While he yet spake, there cometh one from the rulers synagogue’s house, saying, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the teacher. But Jesus hearing it answered him, fear not: only believe and she shall be made whole. The bible gives us a very detailed and vivid picture on what it takes for prayer and healing to take place. Folks it can take place today, we just have to follow the plan that Jesus has put fourth! Jesus knows our hearts, He knows if we mean what we say and think. In all these cases the people knew that Jesus Christ could heal them. They knew, no doubt, they knew it would happen. Like the woman with the blood issue. She knew beyond any doubt if she could just touch His robe she would be healed. She did touch His robe and was healed. Now I want to ask you, how many of you go to church and pray for something, heeling, whatever. You feel and you know that Jesus will take care of your problem! You get up and turn around and bend over and pick up your problem and leave the church with it in tow! Now stop and think back, did any of the people that Jesus healed stop and question if Jesus would heal them! No not one! How can Jesus take care of your problem if you give it to Him and then take it back from Him? Brothers and sisters, give your problems to Jesus and forget them, let Jesus take care of them. That is his promise. BUT only if you let Him do it. Pastor Davies

FAITH & VALUES

  By Rev. Harry Davies

  What is our country be-coming? 

God is being removed from our schools by the day.  Graduation invocations cannot contain the word “God”.  Everything pertaining to God is being removed from all government buildings.  In Los Angeles, the city had to remove a cross that had been in the city insignia every sense the inception of the city.  Anything religious appears to have been removed from every part of our lives.  I wonder what they will find next, that can be removed that pertains to God?  

Now it appears that our church “denominations” are starting to change.  The very “foundations” of our Christian beliefs are starting to crumble and slip away before our very eyes!  People today are so busy working two jobs and long hours to keep the families together. They do not have the time to invest in reading the Bible, much less notice what is happening.  But some are taking the time to still make it to church on Sundays with their family to hear what the pastor has to say.  In fact in today's fast pace, many people only make it to church occasionally.  One would be surprised to know how many children never make it to church at all.  What is the underlying cause of all these changes?

Today the news media, newspapers, radio, and television news seem to be following very little of the changes except for the negative aspect of our Christian faith, then making the negative sound good.  It also appears that many of our elected officials do not believe or express their views on any religious philosophy.  But this is a trend of the times; one would say, “This is just living in the twentieth century”.   But, back to what the real cause is!  Knowledge!  Knowledge of the road map to the basics of our Christian beliefs.  The road map in the book of life, the Bible!  Lets review some of the major pit falls we are facing today.  The Christian way of life has been changing for the past two decades.  Things like seeing ordained women pastors.   Where in the Bible does it say anything about ordaining women as pastors?  The Bible says just the opposite.  If God had wanted women pastors, He would have said something about it!  I should mention one other thing here; it says we are “not to add”, “or remove” anything from the Bible.  But we have already added something! Ordained women pastors.  The next item is ordained homosexual pastors.  Again the Bible is very explicit on this subject.  It is not allowed; it is spelled out very clearly verse-by-verse.  But we have denominations that allow ordained homosexual pastors.  Other denominations fighting for equal rights for homosexual pastors.  What has happened?  Can we just tare out the pages of the Bible and throw them away and go on?  Has Gods words of the twentieth century come to the point that we know more than God that God was not able to judge or think a head for this time in the world?  Are we so smart as to second guess God and say this is right?  If God had wanted ordained homosexual pastors, He would not have said what he did about homosexuals! 

Has satin infiltrated our churches, or even taken over some of our churches?  The people are being lead down the wrong path, the road with many paths leading to destruction!  They believe what the pastors are telling them, and the people don’t know the difference, or they just don’t care.  We are coming up to the time for our senate to vote on the marriage amendment bill.  It appears our elected officials are leaning towards making the change, where two persons of the same sex can be married.  Is this marriage going to be sanctioned by God?  Under mans law they might be married, but not by Gods words in the book of life.  Here again we know more than God does, God in not capable any more.

There have been signals in the times past, and even today.  But we as a human race are running every red stop sign of life.  We have become so smart, so smug, and our knowledge is so superior now, that we don’t even need God any more!  So we think!  Have we forgotten Sodom and Gomorrah?  People need to get down on their knees and start praying for forgiveness?  We need to turn back to God.  We need to put God back into lives, schools and our Country again.

If we don’t, may God have mercy on us!  Read Gen 19:1-29.  2 Peter 2:5-6.  It is past time for the Christians to stand up and be counted and to hold our church officials, and our elected government officials to what is right in the eyes of God!

Pastor Harry Davies

  Sunday, May 15, 2005

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN - One who belongs or is devoted to Christ.

This is one of several NT terms applied to the followers of Christ. This term is formed from the word Christ (Messiah) and the -ians ending, which is from the Latin and used only with proper names (cf Herodians) in Mark 3:6. The word Christian only occurs three times in (Acts 11:26; 26:28) (1Peter 4:16) all these imply that it was recognized title in the NT period, though it was evident that there were other names which Christians themselves used, and perhaps preferred.

A Christian is one who belongs or is devoted to Jesus Christ! One who belongs or is devoted is one who believes in and is a follower of Christ. One who belongs or is devoted is a person who has accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior means that you have had a sincere change in your heart, mind and life! Along with that you want and desire with all your heart and soul to live and act like Jesus Christ. Knowing we cannot be perfect like Christ, we want to work towards coming as close as we can to being perfect. However, pledging your heart and soul today does not mean that tomorrow you can go out and do what you want to do. We cannot go to church or bible study one day and when we leave, leave our Christianism lying on the front steps of the church until next Sunday. In this case, how can one say he/she is devoted to Jesus Christ when he/she leaves Him at the steps of the church and doesn’t carry Him in their heart at all times? “Being a Christian, a believer, is being part of the body of Christ. Are we not to be the church that the Holy Spirit dwells in? We, being many, are all one body of Christ, and every one (severally) members are one of another.” Ro. 12:5.

Has our Christianism been stolen? Today just about everyone you talk with says they are Christians! Are people un-aware of just what being a Christian means? Has the word Christian become a word that means little or nothing? Has it become just a social acceptance word? Has our society become so liberal that the Bible is being considered “outdated”? Folks Satan is at work in our churches and Bible studies! He is at work in our everyday lives! Please do not believe what people of the world tell you! Check even what your pastor tells you, take it to the word, and study your Bible. You need to read and learn just what the word of God is so as not to be fooled by the false prophets! Take a moment and ask yourself, just where do you stand with Jesus? If you stand with him, you cannot be against him. To be against him means that you are favorable with the worldly views of right and wrong and follow what has become the truth of Satan. No matter how we feel, if we are true Christians, we have only one choice and that is to go all the way, as the body of Christ. Just how far would you go to support Jesus Christ? He went all the way for our sins! He died on the cross for us.

Let's take a look at some of the issues of late. There was a church back East that asked some of the Deacons-Elders to step down from their positions due to indifference with the pastor and some of the other board members of the church. First lets take the stand as Christians and know that the bible is very clear about not going to court with other believers, but to go to your brother first. The second is that we always support Jesus Christ! However, in this case, they did not! What happened in this church, the Deacons- Elders did not support Christ, they went against their pastor; they went against Jesus Christ and what He stood for by going to the court system and attempted to gain their positions back in the church. What was the wrong that was committed by these Deacons- Elders of this church that warranted the severity of them being asked to step down? These Deacons-Elders voted for the Democratic Liberal Candidate. What did that mean to the church?

Well, let’s take a look at the last Presidential election. One candidate supported the killing of babies (Late Term - Abortions). What was the motivation to accept this when it went against what the bible says? This is only one of the issues that the board looked at before asking for the Deacons-Elders to step down. What about the death penalty? What about people just living together? What about homosexuals? Just how much can we fudge and get by with? Nothing at all! Either we are with Jesus Christ or we are against Him. Understandably, having diversity in the people of a church is a must; we should try to get as many people in our churches as we can no matter what their background. But before they can become part of the governing board, the body, they must be for Jesus Christ! They must be saved born again Christians! Being Christian's means we must remember the standards that we must live up to in our daily walk. Now, remember one thing these were leaders of the church and they made the decision to vote for someone who openly opposed our Christian beliefs. Therefore, they were no longer looked upon as favorable leaders in a church that follows Christ. They had no right to be looked upon as righteous in the eyes of the Lord by their choices that were made in their social and political views.

Making the choice for Christ may not go along with our social, or political views, but where do you stand? Who do you support? In this world today it is very hard being bombarded daily with tolerance issues and liberalisms. Folks, there is no gray area; there is just a very fine line! Remember, you are either with Christ or you are against Him and to be against Christ is to allow room for Satan to take over your soul! There is black and white don’t get caught in the gray…. If we are not careful Satan will steal our Christianism! Be sure to read and study your Bible. Pray for the strength to continue in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
Pastor Davies
The Family Home Church
Editor: Tamra Skibsted
 

Past Weeks Notes...

Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:22 AM

PASSING JUDGMENT

Here the other day when we were watching Schiavo on TV, he has had another woman in his life and with children.  I had made some comments and my wife called me down for it!  Now, is it our place as Christians to sit in our living rooms and point fingers at him and call him names and a sinner?  Ephesians 4:29 tells us that if we can't say anything nice, we should not say anything at all.   Well, I do get my feathers all twisted when I hear people refer to the hypocrisy of Christians!   There is a sad attitude in our country today, which says our individual sins should not be pointed out and that we should not be held accountable.  People say, "Jesus say's we should love one another!"  This is true, "But" did not Jesus call the Pharisees empty tombs!  He said that they were steeling from the widows, He called them "snakes and Hypocrites.  Jesus was certainly being judgmental!  Look at Luke 11:42-44, 20:46-47.  It is time and even past time for Christians to hold up the standard of righteousness and call evil just what it is!  If you were driving down the road and a car passed you almost hitting you while weaving all over the road, would you assume they were drunk, and a hazard to everyone on the road?  So you pick up your cell phone and call the police.  Are you not being judgmental?   To ignore sin and not call it what it is, is just as careless and just as deadly!  In the New Testament it also tells us to examine the lives of people we come in contact with!  We are "not" to have dealings with certain people we come in contact with.  But, do we not have to judge these people?   Jesus said, "A good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.  For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.  The good man out of good treasures of his heart produces good: and the evil man out of his evil treasures produces evil.  Luke 6:43-45.  Jesus clearly indicated that we must regard certain individuals as hypocrites.  In John 7:24 Jesus said, "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."  There are many more verses that make it clear that having an opinion about a person and expressing it is proper!  In Titus 3:10, Paul advised Titus, "Reject a divisive man."  John said, "Beloved do not believe every spirit, but test the spirit".  1 John 4:1 and "if anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine of Christ, do not receive him into your house nor greet him. 2 John 10.  None of those three verses can be obeyed without expressing judgment.  It is a judgment, which recognizes the fruit produced.  It is not a judgment, which pronounces sentence.  That judgment remains forever in the hands of the Lord God Almighty.  In all the teachings of Jesus Christ or the Apostles, there is nothing that relieves us of the obligation to form opinions about people, and to act upon the basis of these opinions.   This also implies that at times it will be our duty to express our judgments.  Jesus quite frequently called sinners just what they were --- sinners.  If we as His followers do not condemn the sinful lifestyles, we are supporting those lifestyles.  Today there are to many hypocrites, and we are saying nothing, which in fact, we are approving the lifestyles of today, the filth on television, open sex out of marriage, children without morals.  When are we Christians going to wake up and see what is going on around us.  We need to start passing judgments, judgments that recognize the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Use the Philippians grid 4:8, to determine whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things.  

Prior weeks notes...
Author - Pastor Davies
GOING ON A TRIP

I was reading a journal the other day, and this story caught my eye.  It was about this man who was on this trip.  He had this old map that he was going by.  The map had been used in unfamiliar territory and in all kinds of weather and the map never changed.  But the road he was on was real rough.  He checked the map but there was no other roads showing on the map that he could take.  Then he picked another road and started to follow it.  But this road started to go in another direction than he wanted to go.  Like anyone else, he stopped and asks directions.   He told the person where he wanted to go.  He was told “sure”  just keep following this road and it will get you to where you want to go.  He asks have you ever been there?  Nope, but I know it will get you there.  Others and some very intelligent people have told me so, the old timer responded.  The man asks the old timer, “what if I just go back to the road I was on, and follow my old map?  The old timer said, your map is old and outdated; only ignorant people still use this map.  Enlightened people today ignore these old warn out maps and directions it gives.  Even the very well educated and even the experienced don’t follow these old maps.  Well the man headed on down the road even though he thought he was headed in the wrong direction.  After a while the man decided to turn back to the main road he was on.  Just as he started to turn around he saw some people, he stopped and ask them if this road would get him to where he wanted to go.  They told him sure, just keep going on down the road your on.  It will get you to where you want to go.  He asks if any of them had ever been down this road to where he wanted to go.  They said no they had not, but they were sure he would get to where he wanted to go if he would just keep following the road he was on.  On hearing their answer, the man decided to turn around and go back to the road he was on, and start using his old map. When the people heard him say that, they started to berate him for disagreeing with their wisdom.  They called him uneducated, a right-winger, bigot, homophobic, they called him a fundamentalist, even a censor.  This made him so mad and upset he ignored his instincts to return and use the map, which had served him for so many years. He decided that to avoid criticism and public humiliation that he would continue down the road he was on.  The longer the man continues down this road, he gets further away from where he wanted to go.  He is still traveling this road today!  The further he goes without his map, the further away he gets to where he wanted to go!  
Now, the writer added, now let me tell you another story.  Once upon a time there was a church which had a Bible
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In part by Don Wildmon of AFA.

THE SILENT CHURCH.
 Have you been reading your bible lately?  You should!  Things are starting to get bad for Christians! If you are leaving to go on a trip, don't you check a map to see how to get there?  Are you planning to be with Jesus Christ or go to Hades?  I think you should read and study your bible, or you could be misled!  Matthew 7:13-14, Enter by the narrow gate!  For the gate is wide, and the way is broad leading to destruction, and many are those who find it.  For the gate is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it!  Lets look at Homosexual pastors and priest and women pastors!  Also lets look at divisions within the church.  What does the bible say about this?  Let’s ask ourselves one question; does God need our help in writing the bible?  If it is not in the bible, does God want us to write it in the bible for Him?  I don't think so!  For starters where in the bible does it say anything about women pastors?  It does not say anything!  So we make it up to have women pastors!  Wrong!  So we have added to the bible what we want!  If God had wanted women pastors He would have said so!  What does the bible say about divisions in His church?  See 1 Corinthians 1:12-13, now I mean this that each one is saying, "I am of Paul" and "I am of Apollos," and "I am of Cephas," and "I of Christ."  Has Christ been divided?  Paul was not crucified for you, was he?  Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? Just how many denominations do we have, and more splitting!  Just look at what is happing!  The homosexual pastors and priest.  What does the bible say about homosexuals?  Look at 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, " a warning against moral laxity) Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God.  Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor HOMOSEXUALS, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the Kingdom of God.  NOW mind you, we have DENOMINATIONS fighting to have homosexual pastors! Look at 2 Timothy 4:3-4, For the time will come (I think the time is now) when they will not endure sound doctrine: but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and turn aside to myths.  Does this sound like today?  If we don't like it, we will change the bible to say what we want it to say!  Not what God wanted it to say!  Now in Revelation 3:15-16, Now, this will tell you where you will go if you don't change!  I know your deeds, that you neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold or hot.  So because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold I will spit (vomit) you out of my mouth.  If religion is worth anything, it is worth everything; an indifference here is inexcusable.  Why halt between two opinions?  If God be God, follow Him; if Baal (be God), follow him.  There is no room for neutrality, none!  So what are the denominations fighting about?  Is Satan at work?  If you are not very careful they will lead you down that comfortable wide road to destruction!  Think about this scripture.  1 Corinthians 6:15-17,  Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?  Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot?  May it never be!  Or do you not know that one who joins himself to a harlot is one body with her, for He says, "two will become one flesh."  IS THIS NOT THE BODY OF THE CHURCH?  Please, see where you stand, are you with a denomination fighting about homosexuals, or does your denomination have homosexual pastors, or women pastors?  What body are you joined with?  Just remember that comfortable wide road to destruction.  Please read the road map to Jesus Christ.  Don't just listen to what you are told!
 Pastor Harry Davies