Day: July 17, 2023

Thoughts from Dale Vernon

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TESTED BY FIRE by William Oldham

1Peter1:3-5 Sounds like eternal security to me.
v3 in part says…”has CAUSED us to be born again…” God did it
v4 “to OBTAIN an inheritance which is IMPERISHABLE & UNDEFILED and will NOT fade away, RESERVED in heaven for you.” God procured it for us
v5 “who are protected by the POWER OF GOD thru FAITH…”

God protects us & keeps us from Hell. Nothing here I can see where we can lose what God has obtained & keeps for true believers. Believers are the church & the gates of hell shall not overpower it..Matt16:18

No losing, walking away or “giving back” true salvation in Christ. God only gives salvation to true seekers not the fakers. Only He knows hearts. Which are u?
1John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.Translation: Faith ALONE thru CHRIST ALONE…are you truly saved? Do you depend on what Christ already has done “..It is finished” or do you think you can balance the scales of judgment by your good works considered by God as “filthy rags”?


Ephesians 2: 8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God; v-9 NOT as a result of works, that no one should boast.”1Peter1:16 God commands us.. ” You shall be holy, for I am holy.” This is NOT a part time endeavor. You must be perfect & sinless JUST LIKE GOD, 24-7.


If you think you match up with this command by playing church & offering your filthy works which may actually be good in your sight or society then you deceive yourself. You must have the righteousness of Christ who was perfect & sinless & displayed His power over sin & death by rising from the dead after dying on the cross for us sinners. U can’t match up to that.

You MUST be born again!John 3:16 will help you get the whole picture…make your first step toward real salvation thru Christ alone thru Faith alone & look up John 3:16 & then believe it is TRUTH directly from the only God who can & will save you from hell IF you ask Him with an honest heart. Don’t try to shine Him on..it won’t work.

Pence Gets Terrible News After Clash with Tucker, Could Be Deathblow to His Campaign

On By Geri UngureanIn Pence Gets Bad News4 Comments

Awwww. Isn’t that a shame!

From westernjournal.com

It just cannot be a fun time for anyone on former Vice President Mike Pence’s campaign team right now.

Pence, nominally in third place in the GOP primary race (at least according to FiveThirtyEight), has suffered not one, not two, but three setbacks as of late, and one of those issues is of grave concern.

With the GOP presidential hopefuls divulging their second-quarter fundraising numbers, it has become increasingly clear that there are two tiers of candidates — the ones who are moving on up and the ones who are stagnating.

Guess which tier Pence is currently occupying.

According to The New York Times, Pence’s campaign has raised an unimpressive $3.9 million. Of that $3.9 million, $2.7 million comes from the Committed to America super PAC.

Worse yet, Pence has failed to receive 40,000 individual donations, an important threshold because that’s the number of contributions you need to make it to the Republican primary debate stage.

The former vice president, despite having that title and qualification, is thus far underperforming. Pence and his team were surely hoping to be in the upper echelons of the GOP primary field, not at the back of the pack.

Speaking of those upper echelons, here are some rapid-fire numbers from the Times, just for comparison’s sake:

  • Former President Donald Trump: Raised $35 million in the second quarter
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Raised about $20 million in the second quarter
  • Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley: Raised $7.7 million in the second quarter (between her and “her affiliated committees”)
  • South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott: Raised $6.1 million in the second quarter

(And yes, it’s pretty clear that Trump and DeSantis are in a tier of their own. In fact, Trump is in a tier by himself at the moment.)

As is often the case in life, when it rains, it pours, and donation woes are hardly the only Pence campaign concern.

Currently, the former VP is battling a PR nightmare regarding his highly publicized “that’s not my concern” comment from a Republican forum in Iowa on Friday.

The event was hosted by conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson, who traded barbs with Pence about his support for continued U.S. funding for Ukraine.

Whether or not you think the context Pence noted above makes a difference, it’s still negative coverage, and Pence can ill afford any of that at the moment.

Adding insult to political injury, Pence soon went viral again, and this time for something he had literally nothing to do with.

A video of a young girl pelting a man in the head with a pinpoint water balloon was peddled as if it was Pence getting hit in the head. In reality, it was a New York county official named Bruce Blakeman.

Girl who hit Mike Pence in the head with a water balloon is being called a “hero” 🤣🎈 pic.twitter.com/gqYPSWj5Xa

— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 14, 2023

The video received a fact-check from Snopes, but how much damage had already been done? Certain tweets of the clip incorrectly claiming it was Pence have amassed millions of views.

So, yes, it’s been a rough few days for Mike Pence.

If his campaign contributions don’t pick up steam soon, he’s going to have some unexpected free time on his hands. source

You know what? This political theater bores me to tears. The only thing that excites me is the thought of our Lord Jesus in the clouds coming for us!

And by the way – the only thing that comes to my mind when I see Mike Pence is the famous line of Julius Caesar “Et tu, Brute?”

HOW CAN I BE SAVED?

COME LORD JESUS!