“The Christmas Story”

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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Ladies and gentlemen, the following story is why we have Christmas:

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away [privately]. But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for…he…shall save his people from their sins.’ Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.’ And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.” Continue reading →

“America Needs Our Continued Prayers”

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

Jesus is often called Immanuel. The name means, “The mighty God with us.” Jesus was born into this world in order to reveal the Father, The Almighty God, to mankind. We’d forgotten what God was really like. Our sin we inherited from our fathers had blocked out of our minds the truth of Who God was. Jesus lived, as a man—filled with God, the Holy Spirit—thirty-three years in this world and constantly showed us the Father. And one of the things about Him that amazed His followers was the way He prayed and God answered Him. The secret to Jesus’ prayers being answered so quickly and so powerfully was that He always asked according to the Father’s will. And He taught his disciples this was the key to seeing God move in this world. This is why the Apostle John, who learned this principle from Jesus, would write,

“…this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, he hears us: And if we know that He hears us…we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.” Continue reading →

“God’s Government”

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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This time of year we often hear the words:

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with…justice
From that time forward, even forever… (Isaiah 9:6-7)

These words, taken from Isaiah 9, express the longing of every thinking person on earth. Most everyone wants justice and order and peace: In other words, good government. Every conscientious person wants the kind of government which will produce these things in a society. Every good person wants good government. Then why is good government so hard to find?

Number one, good government is hard to find because, as William Penn, said,

“Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined [also]. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad…But if men be bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.”

(Penn, William. April 25, 1682, in the preface of his Frame of Government of Pennsylvania | A Collection of Charters and Other Public Acts (Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1740), pp. 10-12 | Gary DeMar, God and Government – A Biblical and Historical Study (Atlanta, GA: American Vision, 1982), p. 115.)

So governments go bad because man has Continue reading →