Understanding God's Word

Bible Seeds:  Making Political Arguments From God's Word -  The month of June has become the time of year when the Supreme Court Of The United States, ( SCOTUS ) releases their judgments about important issues concerning the laws of the land and how they fit in with what was written by the founders of the United States.The first command was personal, just for Adam and Eve.  The next command that God gave to his people in the “New World” after the flood, is found atGenesis Chapter 9: verse 5.   “If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish any animal that takes human life with death. Man was made by God, so whoever murders a man will himself be killed by his fellow man.”   This was not a personal command, but a command from God to all His creation!When we think it nothing to take God's commands and turn them into political arguments that have to be voted on, we make a mockery of God's judgments and His will! So we argue to vote on “The Death Penalty”, and whether or not God made more than two genders.

Bible Seeds:  There is a poem from Robert Burns, the poet, that inspired a book by John Steinbeck titled “Of Mice and Men.” The quote goes like this “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” This does not only apply to people but to spiritual entities like Satan and his demons.For example, Satan thought he was successful at killing Jesus on the cross and seeing him put in a tomb! But Jesus came back at His resurrection, and was victorious over death.This next verse may tell us what Satan felt like when it was over!    “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known ( God's Plan ) , they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

Bible Seeds:  A while ago, Paul Simon, the songwriter-singer wrote a song titled ‘Slip-Slidin' Away.' One of the verses start out, ‘And God only knows, And God makes his plan. The information is unavailable for the mortal man'As we look at the stories about the relationships between God and His creation, we see that God has a way of letting us know what is going to happen without telling us how He is going to accomplish it! God likes to surprise us.I think that anyone who has been helped by God has often been surprised by the way He helped them. They may have expected that God would help them in a certain way, but were totally surprised how God accomplished helping them by twist and turns that often made His believers think that God might be working against them. A good example of what I'm talking about is this story from the bible!                                         THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND THE PHARAOH

Bible Seeds:  A while ago, Paul Simon, the songwriter-singer wrote a song titled ‘Slip-Slidin' Away.' One of the verses start out, ‘And God only knows, And God makes his plan. The information is unavailable for the mortal man'As we look at the stories about the relationships between God and His creation, we see that God has a way of letting us know what is going to happen without telling us how He is going to accomplish it! God likes to surprise us.I think that anyone who has been helped by God has often been surprised by the way He helped them. They may have expected that God would help them in a certain way, but were totally surprised how God accomplished helping them by twist and turns that often made His believers think that God might be working against them. A good example of what I'm talking about is this story from the bible!                                         THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND THE PHARAOH

Bible Seeds:  Joseph of Arimathea was given permission by Pilate to take the body of Jesus' and give it a burial in a new tomb he had just prepared for himself. In the book of John, Chapter 19, verse 39, “Joseph and another disciple named Nicodemus, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.” The Jews prepared a body for burial like they were taught when they lived in Egypt, and now it was their custom to use a mixture of myrrh and aloes to bind the body with strips of linen, and it would be wet until it solidified. . . . or like a mummy! This is probably what the apostles saw in the tomb, an empty shell without a body! And they believed! What happened to Jesus during the three days before the tomb was opened is not immediately told in a story form but is discovered in other readings.  From these readings, we find out where the real Paradise is.  It's not up there,  but down below the Earth!

Bible Seeds:  This podcast shows three examples that Jesus is God"s Word made flesh by the power of the Holy Spirit.  The first example is that Jesus proved He has the authority fo forgive only what God can forgive.  Your sins!The second example shows that Jesus has the power  with God the Father to raise people back to life!  So when He says,  "I am the ressurrection and the life.  Whoever believes in me will live even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die!"  He is telling you the truth.The third example  shows that; first of all, Jesus was raised back to life and is victorious over death!  And even though you claim to believe in Jesus, if you are stubborn in your unbelief of all that Jesus has said and done,  you will not be raised to life and live with Him in Heaven! But your spirit will live in torment ever after!Remember what Jesus said to Thomas,  "You became a believer because you saw me.  Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed!"

Bible Seeds: Many nations and kingdoms have come and gone, and people have mistakenly thought that political leaders or kings of their culture were responsible for establishing the foundations of righteousness. Unfortunately, the foundations of righteousness do not exist in any mortal culture, but only God's Kingdom.

Bible Seeds" God made this world a heavenly paradise, but it sure has turned into a strange place. God made our forefathers invent an interesting Courtroom called Congress to test the hearts and the strength of men and women, who sell themselves like hookers and “LIE” straight to your face, smiling at you! The sweet women who used to tell us “Don't worry, it will be okay”, have been forced to become “Mama Bears” at Congress, Courts and School Boards to protect their children and themselves from these morally bankrupt leaders who would take all our money and think nothing of TAXING OUR HUMAN DIGNITY! And those are the people we have to lead this nation into the future? Tell me, would we believe it if they sent us a Valentine's card saying how much they love us?So Who Can You Trust?

Bible Seed: I have often heard a person say, “How can we believe the words in the bible when it has been written by so many people? Because basically it was all written by God! Jesus explained it at the Last Supper; how God's word was given to mankind by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Bible Seeds: This Sunday is Christmas Eve. A day for celebration not only by the children of the world, but by God's children of FAITH! Remembering when our Father in Heaven reached down to us ordinary people and delivered a newborn baby named Jesus, His Son, and asked us to belive what He would say to us. "I am the resurrection and the life . Whoever believes in me will live even though he dies; and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die."

Bible Seeds: The celebration of Hanukkah and Christmas is coming up this month. Hanukkah starts on December 07th and ends the 15th. Jerusalem was delivered from the cruel king, Antiochus IV (Epiphanes), by Maccabees in the month of Chislev (our month of December in 165 B.C.) This time of deliverance has been celebrated by the Jews as Hanukkah, or the Feast of Lights. The story is told in this podcast.Christmas starts four weeks before the 25th of December. It is referred to as The Christmas Advent and is recognized by many Christians as the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus on the 25th of December, which is Christmas day. His story is told in this podcast.And finally, here is my song for both Hanukkah and Christmas. It's called Invitation, the Hanukkah – Christmas song. It shows that both those of the Jewish faith and the Christian faith are waiting for the coming of the Messiah!

Bible Seeds: For thousands of years, shepherds who live In Israel or the Eastern part of that world, have brought their flocks of sheep into one centralized sheepfold, which is an enclosure made of stone, wood, or a combination of both. It has sturdy walls or fences that prevent the sheep from wandering off or being attacked by predators and keep the sheep safe at night or during bad weather. There are usually five or six dozen flocks of sheep from different shepherds gathered together in this one place and guarded by a gatekeeper who oversees the sheep behind locked doors or fences. In the morning the shepherds return and each calls his own sheep. Although the flocks have been mingled together, each flock knows its own shepherd's voice, and follows its own shepherd and will not follow any other.What about the statement Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice?” Why don't we take that seriously? Keep in mind that God spoke to His people directly, even though there was some written scripture. And even through Revelation in our standard bibles! Those people heard God! The bible makes the point that God has not changed!Does that mean God talks to His people today? Yes! Those who put their faith in Him and listen will hear His voice. Jesus backs it up by saying at the last supper: John, Chapter 14: verse 26 & Chapter 16: verses 13-15

Bible Seeds: Prejudice can be described as a preconceived opinion that has no reason, facts or actual experience behind it. The term “prejudice” comes from the Latin meaning for “injustice” or “prior judgment.” When you even look at the word pre-jud-ice, it almost sounds like pre -judge or pre- justice.You may often hear people that are discussing religion say, “That may be your truth, but that's not my truth!” as if facts were debatable! They just explain it away as “My truth is what I believe to be true”.

Bible Seeds: This podcast was one that was broadcast a year ago, but I think it needs to be rebroadcast again because of all the traumatic events that have taken place recently and the combination of wars, the devastating effects of a “no borders policy”, inflation and and cities not defending the rights of it's residents over criminal lawlessness. Add to that the loss of parents rights to determine what their children are being taught in public education and a complete view of CHAOS happening World Wide! Is there any way to bring ORDER to all the Chaos in our lives?

Bible Seeds: After the death of King Solomon, Israel was divided into two kingdoms: The 10 tribes of Israel, ( the Northern Kingdom) and The 2 tribes of Judah, ( the Southern Kingdom. ) God sent many great prophets ( Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Obadiah, and Ezekiel ), to warn the kings and people of each nation not to worship idols and not to disobey God! But the people didn't take the warnings seriously and were removed from the promise land and lived in exile in Babylon for at least seventy years.The prophet Ezekiel lived in exile in Babylon during the period before and after the fall of Jerusalem. His prophecy is for the people of Israel in the last days. Some believe that there are two different prophecies of war in the “last days”, besides the last “Armageddon” war. That is Psalm 83, and Ezekiel 38!

Bible Seeds: Many people have experienced rain, lightning and thunder. And we have ofen counted the seconds between the lightning flash and sound of thunder, although they are not always the same amount of time but thunder consistently follows the flash of lightning.So Jesus Christ's, lightning victory, was real over death! Satan lost control of this world because many of the Christians became "the great opposition" to those who did the deeds of the Devil. "The good news of the gospel" was presented and "salvation offered" to those who would believe in God the Father, Jesus His Son, and the Holy Spirit!We are now living in the seconds between Jesus' lightning victory and God's Thunder, the time Jesus will return with His Saints to take possession of the world from Satan and throw him into the great abyss for a thousand years and destroy all his works!

Bible Seeds: There is a beginning gift that God has given to all of his human creation. It is the gift of "Compassion". It is given to every person living on this planet. Some of us have decided to ignore it for our own selfish reasons, but everyone has it It's given to the athesist and every sect of religion ever invented. To all people!

Bible Seeds: Human beings have often been facinated by scary things; stories and movies; even celebrations like Halloween. Ancient civilizations have long feared dragons and demons. But there is another evil that is being practiced today by governments, politicians, judges, schools, military, businesses and people in the general population. These are the people who practice some of the threats stated in the book of Revelation in the bible. That story is about the end of all evil perpetrated by the devil, his demons and all who are possessed by those who follow in the devil's footsteps!

Bible Seeds: Living in these days and time, we think of people in terms of nations and countries. Because of political ideas and the world of the media, we might thinik that people living in these places agree with those who rule their nation. But that is not true!Just because a ruler is a communist doesn't mean the people suffering under his leadership believe in socialism or communism. Many times they are forced to replace a picture or a cross of Jesus with a picture of the "Great Leader" of that country!But there are people living under government rules that have a strong faith in God and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. They exist in many places all over the world. And as one body, we Christians are a relatively new ethnicity! We are like the description that John spoke of what he saw in heaven. 'A great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne of God, the head of this body, Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit'. But we are still on the Earth waiting for the government of Jesus - the thousand year reign and the coming of GOD's New Heaven!

Bible Seeds: The way i understood the first words God said to Job was, "Does God Have A Valid Critic?" And God asks Job for his answers to questions like "Where were you when I created the Earth?" God asks Job questions for the next three chapters that cannot be answered by anyone. And Job says "In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes, so I am ashamed of all I said and repent in dust and ashes. God restored Job's losses and gave him twice as much as he had before. But the question of WHY was not answered in the book!God blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning and he lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. So he diied, "old and full of days."But what Job didn't hear that was explained to the generations beyond Moses and by Paul, the Apostle of Jesus, in the book of Romans, chapter 8: verse 28, was "We know that God makes all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are chosen to be a part of His plan."andthe book of Jeremiah, Chapter 29: verse 11 - God says, "For I know the plans I have for you - plans to prosper you and not to harm you . . . plans to give you hope and a future."But the most important thing we have to realize about our Creator is when He tells us, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts. Nor are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts then your thoughts." [ found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 55, verses 8-9 ]

Bible Seeds: Does God Have A Valid Critic ( Part 1 ) What makes criticism valid? Is it when people criticise someone but they don't have the knowledge or the experience to qualify the point they are trying to make. I started by relating what happened to me on a job. It reminded of a story in the bible from one of the oldest books, but I got off on a tanget to where these books came from and then told the story of a book called JOB. It's not about a computer guy but its a story where a person is a target of evil, but doesn't know why God allowed to happen. God doesn't really give him an answer for that but asks Job "Does God have a critic? How many people are wondering "Why" about many things. At this point, we look at other Gods and then at Paul in Athens, Greece and his speech on Mars Hill.Next Podcast: ( Part 2 ) The Answer That Job Didn't Get From God

Bible Seeds: I was wondering the other day, What makes people's faith stronger? No matter if it's faith in God, your doctor, your parents, your husband, your wife , your children, your neighbor, a friend, your pastor. The very thing that makes your faith stronger in each other has to be THE TRUTH!In the fur gospels, Jesus did not waste His words. Many times the point He makes only takes a paragraph or two. And even though the disciples would ask Him what He meant, about a parable or story He told, Jesus asked them why they didin't understand! Then he would explain it differently so they would get it.But there was a phrase Jesus used commonly and He said it in differents ways. Jesus said "I tell you the truth" seventy eight times in the new Testament gospels of the King James Bible.There are nineteen bible verses Jesus said, that start with or contain the words, Truly truly, I say to you". There may have been a time that the Apostles thought they lost Jesus to the cross, but they were filled with joy at His resurrection and they knew that all Jesus told them was true and they would join Jesus in heaven and their bodies would be like His and they would live wonderfully forever! And they remembered what Jesus had tol them: "I am the way, The Truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Bible Seeds: How can we pray for corrupted nation? We certainly cannot deny that we are in the midst of experiencing the effect of a corrupted nation! if you have lived for a long time as I have, you remember a different America. A people more proud of their inheritance; a land where laws were taken seriously and peopl enjoyed a happier life. Parents took pride in their families, their mates and their children.Teachers were happy to educate the young ones to reading and writing skills, and how to work with numbers: add, subtract, multiply and divide; how to work with fractions and percentages. They took care in telling us about the history and the geography of our nation. We were taught about the simple things of science: air, water, light, gravity, magnetism, and electricity. There was more reverence for God and not the mockery we experience in today's world. The United States planted a flag on the moon and the 200th aniversary of our nation was coming up. I had been writing songs and i wrote one to celebrate "America" This was and is a new song didicated to: the power the American peeople have when they exercise their right to VOTE.They are choosing a moral direction for America, a land where they want to live and raise their children. The framers o the Constitution planned it so that the people would be able to decide what direction America should travel. We have found that if you elect liars, thugs, robbers, and thieves as your leaders you will be lied to, robbed, and have your lives stolen from you! Let us pray: that God will give us the wisdom to elect leaders who have a strong faith, like our Founding Fathers, and who are willing to promote moral well being among our people and teach the value of the FREEDOMS given to us in our Bill Of Rights and our Constitution.

Bible Seeds: The twenty third Psalm in the Bible contains a sentence that states: "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for Thou (meaning God) art with me"Did anyone ever ask where this 'valley of the shadow of death' exist? It exist right here on Earth! In fact, it is The Earth! We all live in the shadow of death! it happens to everone and most peopl are scared of dying. But this is where the meaning is separated according to what each person believes. The next line in this Psalm is "for God is with me!". Now this can present a problem. The bible speaks of a great judgment at the end of our lives where everone will be held accountable for all the good or bad things they did while they were here, on the Earth.

Bible Seeds: From the book of Proverbs, Chapter 29: verse 2; "Show me a righteous ruler and I'll show you a happy people. Show me a wicked ruler and I will show you a miserable people" ( quote from the Good News Bible )I wonder if the people who are crossing borders illegially realize the Bibden administration is transforming this country into the place they just left to come here!People who live here and are depressed about the lack of morality, justice and accountability of those people who commit crimes. You've heard people who are guilty saying, "no one is above the law" and I must remind them that no one living on this Earth is above God's laws and God said "Revenge is mine, I will repay to the evil ones".

Bible Seeds: Living in today's world has many misrepresentations that people are expected to live with. We are expected to believe that there are more than two genders; that living in a borderless country is a good thing; that justice in courts all over the world is dealt out honestly and that criminals are being fairly punished and people who have not committed criminal acts are not being politically punished.Holding on to your faith is really difficult, living in a sinful world that broadcasts it's evil twenty four hours a day and yet; Jesus tells us, "not to worry!"

Bible Seeds: How can we un-see, un-hear, un-speak and un-do all the evil that is presented to us 24 hours a day without it affecting our lives. We must take notice of how we are influenced by this constant barage of evil that is targeting our lives and the lives of our children. First we must notice what is comming our way and be prepared to off set it.

Bible Seeds: On this Easter or Resurrection Sunday, we hope you having a meaningful day. I would like to put forward two new songs to celebrate our salvation from the Lord Jesus Christ.The first song is Into God's Hands Our Spirit Will Go. This song is Jesus' words put to music telling us not to be afraid of thoses who kill our bodies and cannot kill our souls. Your souls are the very beings who will live everlasting lives with God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit in the Kingdom of Heaven. The second song is titled Mary, Mary Mary and what the mother of our Lord Jesus might have said to the people who lived in her village, . . . about the crucifixion of her son and the empty tomb, three days later.

Bible Seeds: Does God owe us anything? NO . . . Wait; we didn't ask to come here. How are we supposed to live? We don't know from one day to the next . . . what's going to happen to us?At least we could ask our parents, "Why did you bring us here?" Anad they might say, "We didn't know you were coming along. We were just celebrating our love and being romantic!"And if we ask God, He might say, "I was celebrating My new creation, YOU, and I was giving you life and a new place to live!"

Bible Seeds: Did you ever wonder why, when we say a prayer to God the Father like a table blessing? "Bless us Lord and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen" Or when we pray, why we end our prayer with "We pray this in your son Jesus' name."? Some people don't think this is necessary since we are already praying to God! But if we look what Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me! ( found in the book of John, Chapter 14: verse 6 )

Bible Seeds: We are bombarded every day with Life's distractions. Not only the things we have to do around the house but going to work, getting there and then making sure we can even do the job we were hired for seems to be filled with unending distractions. If we slow down a bit at the beginning of the day by asking God to help us with it. Keep in mind we can't re-do yesterday, we don't know whats comming tomarrow. The only day we have any control of is today. That small prayer is amazing! To see God help us and know where your help is really comming from. Distractions pulls everything apart. But when you see how blessings from God makes you day flow, you will soon believe God is with you, helping you and you will pray before you do anything again!

Bible Seeds: Last week, a website identified as https://iqfy.com/unvaccinated-silence/ appeared on the internet and had a big question for the people who opened this page. They asked: "They knew: why didn't the unvaccinated do more to warn us about the potential dangers of being injected?"They also added to the bottom of their webbsite this sentence! "The unvaccinated should by any moral measuring stick have done more to warn about the potential risks - to help us make informed decisions about our health. And they must now ask us for our forgiveness. And hand to heart, we may just give it to them. Because we are good people. We took those injections because it was the right thing to do - until it wasn't."

Bible Seeds: Near the end of 2022, an upgrade in AI: artificial intelligence computers made it's debut under the name of GPT Chat. Scientist say it will create solutions for many people and after all the upgrades are finished, it will be smarter thatn any human. It may be considered by some as an Agnostic replacement for God! An Agnostic is a person who is not sure whether God exists or not: and neither believes nor disbelieves in religious doctrine. The father and founder of AI was a man by the name of John McCarthy. He was a professor and an inventor and graduated from MIT in California in 1948. He dominated the field of AI for over five decades and followed his quest to build machines that could mimic human logical thinking. He died in 2011 at the age of 84. There have been many people who have added to the advancement of AI, but now there are governments or people in power who would use it to probe the human minds of their citizens in a effort to control their thoughts and actions. We now live in an age where people can be arrested for praying silently! Did you know that? It not only happens in the UK, but other parts of the world , including the USA. Fox ews presented stories from the UK in December of 2022 that told of 'A woman was arrested for praying outside, across the street from an abortion clinic. Police walked up to her and asked her "What were you thinking?' She said, "I was just praying silently". They told her they would have to arrest her because she was in a "safe zone!"' also 'Another incident where a man was praying silently for his "deceased son" across the street from an abortion clinic and police arrested and fined him for praying in a 'safe zone!" How would you answer if you are asked by police "Were you praying?" Listen to my podcast to find out what kind of answer should be given to them and reasons why AI will make a poor replacement for God!

Bible Seeds: Sometimes it seems like we are traveling down a road that has too many potholes, some small and some bigger. And depending on its size and depth, it can cause much damage to our transportation. I have seen people who have experienced "life's potholes" and they have stopped living because of the damage. They in turn may have caused hard times for their mates, their children, their loved ones and friends. There are many situations that happen to us that we don't have answers for; like why someone died! Instead of trying to give an answer to someone feeling grief, the best answer I ever found was "I don't know". And the problem is, that is the truth! None of us know, only God knowsOther situations that have brought us pain in our lives have come from our own making. Do we create our own "hell"? Yes! When we decide we can handle a little sin, we become slaves of those things.

Bible Seeds: I hope you notice that the title says to start "A New Year", not the new year. Not just another year but A NEW YEAR! One that opens your eyes, your ears, your mind, and your heaart to God, the Father, the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit!We are facing a year of near depression and oppression. A year, where 'Evil' is trying to force itself on us daily, through political administration, through re-education, under financial hardships, and even pushing the abandonment of our moral and religious values. Even the people who we thought would help us have turned out to be a disappointment! And we ourselves, may have abandoned the only help we have in this life on the Earth.And those of us who say they have faith in God and claim "We are not ashamed of the gospel" find this only a starting point, and not an answer! And what does God have to say about us?

Bible Seeds: The celebration of Hanukkah and Christmas is coming up this month. Hanukkah starts on December 18th and ends the 26th. Christmas starts four weeks before the 25 of December. It is referred to as the "The Christmas Advent" and is recognized by many Christians as the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus on the 25th of December, which is Christmas Day.I will play for you three verses of a song I wrote titled "Invitation - The Hanukkah - Christmas Song which is on my "It's Christmas CD" and can be downloaded free on my website: carlvasta.com. Each verse comes with an explanation of the Jewish, Christian celebrations and something that is common to both religions.

Bible Seeds: At this Christmas Season, 2022, we must remember that God is perfect and He made you as perfect as you are going to be. The so-called scientist, who are pretty much sponsored by your taxes and your governments are trying to convince you they are making improvements on God's creation. That is You!God has already taken care of bringing you into perfection through His Son Jesus, His Holy Word! No amount of money could do this. No world congress of agreeable nations could bring forth a state of Heaven like the one that has already been created for you by God!In one of my Christmas songs titled "Christmas Is For Children", it has a last line that says Christmas is for Children, it will always be that way. Let me tell you that Christmas will always be celebrated here on Earth because IT IS THE BELL God uses to let people know that a Savior was born to take our sins by dying on a cross and defeating death when He rose to life three days later.

Bible Seeds: When we think about education, our thoughts usually go to schools; public and private, city and state colleges, and well- known universities, but there is one that has been around from the beginning of time. It's often been referred to as the School of Hard Knocks or Education by trial. God the Father and the Lord Jesus have given us the wisdom that would help us to avoid bringing our own form of "hell" into our lives. You will find this advice in the many books of the Old Testament and in the gospels of the New Testament. But I wonder why, when we are given such good advice, do we choose to learn by going through the trial?

Bible Seeds: Believe it or not! Are we here to make the world better? Can we ask, did any of these wonderful inventions that made our lives easier, [ electricity, light bulbs, kitchen appliances, cars, atomic energy, all sorts of aircraft, televisions, computers, phones, medical equipment, heaters and air conditioners. . . ] Again, did any of these wonderful inventions that made our lives easier stop us from destroying of our lives with drugs and alcohol? Did it stop the wars, hate, murders, divorce, child abuse, sexual depravity, or any of the negative things that are in our lives today? All through the bible, God, the Father and the Lord Jesus told us we are here to make a decision. We are born naked and we take nothing with us from this world when we die. The only thing we can take with us is what we believe!

Bible Seeds: Satan is not ashamed to bring evil into our lives through willing teachers, lawyers, judges, politicians, the media, big businesses and even from a U.S. president, his advisors, and the leaders of other nations. So why should we be ashamed of being morally strong and LOUD! There is a poem from Rudyard Kipling that starts, "If you can keep your head when everyone around you is losing theirs and blaming it on you . . . " and I'll finish with my second line: They may see that during their pain and loss, God helped you bring some order to their chaos!

Bible Seeds: The tenth commandment is the reasoning of all of the previous commandments. It says in essence; 'You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's.' When we look at the word covet, the dictionary defines this word as, long for; yearn for and wish for. But I think that the reason people covet is because of jealousy! They think that person doesn't deserve the things they have, and that they are more deserving to have those things. It's a matter of power. Who has the power? Who has the money? That is the reason they put Jesus to death. It's the reason people cheat, and it doesn't matter if it involves a board game, a video game, and election, a job, a love relationship or fame. It even makes people think that they would do a better job of being God saying, "If I were God, I would stop this or I would do that!" When they realize they don't have any power to control weather, earthquakes, and disasters; or people, politics and death, they say "there really is no God".

Bible Seeds: When the disciples of Jesus asked Him, 'what will be the sign of His coming back and the end of the age? The very first sentence from the mouth of Jesus was, "See to it that no one misleads you."Imagine waking up one morning and hearing, "Breaking News" - God has changed the 10 commandments He gave to Moses to 'The Ten Suggestions "! None of these suggestions will incur punishments from God and will be treated as misdemeanors."

Bible Seeds: This is a Special Labor Day Re-podcast for the title Divide and Conquer.Jesus warns us in the book of Matthew, Chapter 12, Verse 25"Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will be brought to desolation. And any town or family that divides itself into groups which fight each other will bring ruin to the town or to the family; they shall not stand.

Bible Seeds: People still make God or gods out of the sun, the stars, the planets, the moon! They will propose the idea that the position of these celestial objects can control the destiny of our lives. They will tell you that Astrology is science! But they have not proof.They will tell you because of Gravity, which they do not understand, controls the tides and the sea. And when the moon is in a certain position, the gravity causes the tide to rise on the oceans. And then they say because the oceans are salt water and our bodies are a great portion of water with salt, the tide rises in us and makes us crazy. So who do we pray to? The moon or the sea? Is that our God?

Bible Seeds: All life reflects God's glory without even willing it. But humans have trouble giving glory to God even though deep inside they know there is a Creator. Even a small child can reflect God's glory by the look of innocence on their face and in their actions. Even though we can come to the conclusion that God is our real creator and not some great explosion which generally brings chaos or strange chemicals under pressure that can create the start of life, the real reflection of God's glory is found in the scripture of the bible.

Bible Seeds: On my website, at the bottom of every page of all the songs I've written and performed, I give God credit by writing; 'The inspiration and the author of all the music we compose is the LORD GOD. He just allows us to put our name on it.'I find that all the music that has ever been written is not evil. It's not the music that promotes sin or suggest sinful actions. It's the lyrics to the songs and the way people dance to them.

Bible Seeds: The title of this podcast may sound questionable, but coming to the reality that the Holy Spirit of God lives in you after you're born again is more than earth shaking. Since that time, me and my family have experienced the help of the Holy Spirit and even determined the birth of my 4th child. That is found in my 39th podcast at www.carlvasta.com/seeds titled "How Do You Know You're Saved".

Bible Seeds: Have you ever seen the "Tension" on a sign, maybe on someone's wall that seemed unclear but it sizzled when you looked at it. It used to be popular art a number of years ag o and it certainly gave that feeling. The trouble is that today "Tension" is with us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There seems to be no way to get away from it.Jesus said in John, chapter 14: verse 27, "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful."

Bible Seeds: Have you ever seen articles about the children born to people who are famous? Many famous people claim that their children did not realize they were well known or famous until they were a little older. Then, at some point, they come to the realization that their parents are well known by many people and it Un settles them.The children may wonder what is expected of them and if you compare the children of GOD; Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit and what is expected of them! Born again?

Bible Seeds: If you have ever read an obituary in a newspaper or walked through a cemetery and read the names of the people who have died and the dates on the gravestones, you may have noticed when they were born and when they died. We usually don't give much thought about the dash between their first breath and the last breath they took. That dash represents everything that happened to them in their life and whatever they did. The dash tells us nothing! Their visiting relatives may be able to relate stories about their lives, but after they're gone, the dash still tells us nothing. Only God knows!

Bible Seeds: If we look at these four parables closely, we see that Jesus is trying to warn us, what to watch out for, in the church. Jesus' victory over death at the cross made Satan use another tactic to try to defeat Christians in the church. The old saying, "If you can't beat them, join them! Watch out for the 'weeds among the wheat' and the wolves in sheep's clothing.'