Webminister/Pastor to the world. To reach people for the Gospel and to provide encouragement.
You can contact Evangelist Eddie Smatt for revival,supply, interim work and conferences.Cell (904) 614-6176 ,eddiesmatt@bellsouth.net. I am on facebook and twitter. John 3:16 I am also on skype
We must conduct s our lives in an ethcal way! Ethics are " rules and standards that we conduct our self nd by which we as an individual live by and make decisions. "
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1. Manifest love in dealing with others
a. Deal justly with all people. Gal 5:22. Refuse b
b Refuse bribes designed produce injustice Ps.15:5
c. Does not takadvantage b others Job31:13
d.Give to the needs of oth ers Job 31:16-21\
e. Rejoice when others do well ,not when they suffer loss or misfortune Jon 31 :29
I have often heard it said during some dark
days in one’s life,” Does care for me.” I have also said this. I have, at times,
felt the feeling of loneliness and being abandoned.I would like to share this story.
A
Frenchman incurred the displeasure of Napoleon and was put in a dungeon. He
seemed to be forsaken by his friends and forgotten by everyone in the outside
world. In loneliness and despair he took a stone and starched on the wall of
his cell, “Nobody cares.”
One
day a green shoot came through the cracks on the floor of the dungeon and began
to reach toward the light in the tiny window at the top of the cell to. The prisoner
kept part of the water brought to him each day by the jailer a poured it on the
blade of the green. It grew until at last it became a plant with a beautiful
blue flower. As the petals opened up in full blossom, the solitary captive
crossed out the words previously written on the wall and above them scratched,
“God cares.”
- The Chaplain
Fear not for I am with
thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea, I will
help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10
Dear friends, I will be sharing some thoughts
on this matter in the coming days! I know and have experience God’s presence
and protection. I firmly that God care for you and me.
We saw the power of God moving in a great way during the services at the FBC of Eagle Lake Fl. We received so much love from so many people . We saw God move in the hearts of people.
Thank you all for contiued prayers and support. Thank you for your prayers that God will continue to open doors for us to do revivasl amd conferences.
Is there religious hostility in America
today? OH! Yea! In Houston, Texas the mayor and city council are demanding that
the ministers turn over their sermons, notes and audio. The reason, so they can
control the messengers of God! Why because they oppose same sex marriage and the sin of homosexuality. Rom.1
Let me say ,"Make no mistake, we love the sinner but hate the sin!
She wants to silence free speech!
1 Timothy 4:2 tells us
to,” preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort, with great patience and instruction.” We have God given right to preach
against all forms of sin and sinful actions..
We will never, never
turn over any of our sermons to any authority!
We answer to God and
God alone!
I am calling all
Christians to stand and peacefully vocally against this evil, demonic actions
by the government. I also believe we need to vote them out of office!
We must stand ! I am calling for all Americans to repent of our sins, turn from our wicked ways, and pray for God to heal our land. He will hear from heaven and heal us! 2 Chron 7,or we will perish as a Nation!
“The shepherd/pastors and you” Why is this
so very important today? Today, so many churches are in turmoil. I have heard this saying over and over again,"It's the preacher's fault why people are leaving the church." Hmm, I firmly
believe that churches cannot effectively minister the Gospel until they
understand the Biblical meaning of God’s shepherd, and their relationship to
him. I also firmly believe that God shepherd is sent of God, he is a human being,
and he is sent to bear witness of the light.
A.The pastor, and his family are human beings.
Wow! a profound statement concerning God’s man. He is not a perfect person. He
is simply a man that has feelings, emotion and needs. His family also has these
same essentials for living. They have human limitations.
B.The pastor has Divine authority from God. He
needs to be he respected and honored. 1 Samuel 26:7-11, Psalm 27 :3,1
Tim.5:17-18, Deut. 25:4,Lev. 19:13.1 Cor.9:9
C.The pastor/shepherd responsibility is to bear
witness of the light. He is to preach and minister the Word of God! He does not
have a job but a calling. He is not to be afraid to offend anyone! He is to
preach and give bold leadership!
Dear friends, your pastor,and his family are human beings,
sent of God and to bear witness of the light in a dark, gloomy, sin,and sick
world. I firmly believe, that any church desiring to grow need to understand
these principles.
Why is
the Muslim World in Turmoil? Why are Christians being persecuted killed, raped,
plundered? Why are the terrorist in ISIS hatefull and mad?
I respect the Muslim religion, the Koran and
all other religions.
What is different about Christianity that
stirs up passions to the point of murder?
I believe that the reason is Jesus Christ the
only Son of the living God!
I firmly believe that Jesus, whom died on the cross,
is the only one that rose from the dead. He is coming back for us the believers.
I believe that so many Muslims are being
converted, their lives have changed, and they have rejected Islam. I believe
that Satan is so mad because many people are not going to a burning hell!
John 3:16 For God so love the World that He
gave His only begotten Son that who so ever believe on him shall not perish but
have everlasting life !
I believe that people turning to Jesus are the
reasons why some in the Muslim world are upset. Jesus!!!!!!!
Dear friends as a song states. “Turn your eyes
upon Jesus and look into his wonderful face and the things of this world will
grow strangely dim in the light of glory and grace.”
Come to Jesus today through praying, “Dear
lord Jesus I am a sinner come into my heart and save me! Amen!
Verse 18 “See then
that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise
Verse 19 redeeming the
time, because the days are evil.”
Today we are seeing the explosion of evil both here in the USA
and abroad. Some of the examples are the riots, persecution of Christians here
and worldwide, immorality. So how do we as Christians confront these evil times?
God’s tell us as
Christians that as we live in these evil days for us to stand out as believers
by the way we live our lives which are:
1.Walk in love to each other
2.Walk in truth to each other
3.Walk in purity
4.Walk in sacrifice to each other
5.Walk in honest and pure speech
6.Walk in thankfulness
7.Walk not in godlessness which are fornication,
covetousness, idolatry, deceitfulness, empty speech, and don’t partake with
those who are involved in these impure things.
8.Walk in avoidance with the unfruitful and
workers of darkness but expose them.
9.Walkin
light
10.Walk
in the spirit filled life
11.Walk
in submission to each other
12.Walk
with a joyful heart
I believe as we are living in these evil and
perverted days these are the principles of success.
I will be preaching homecoming at the First Baptist Church of Eagle Lake Fl on October 12 th. 2014. This is one of the precious churches that I had pastored!!!
How do we find refuge in the storms of life? There is no doubt about it, we are in many storms of life. So what are these storms? I believe we are facing unbelievable financial, emotional, physical , spiritual storms. We are also facing severe persecutions if you don't believe their way! We are facing the break down of the American way of life which are life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness! So what do we do?
I believe the answers are found in the Word of God. .One of the scriptures that deals with finding refuge in the storms of life is found in Psalms 142.
1 Refuge from these storms begin with seeking God. verse 1-2
a. prayer ,that is crying out to God vocally, pouring out my soul to Him.
2. Refuge is understanding that only God is in total control of our lives. verse 3-4
3. Refuge is also understanding that God alone is our refuge in these troublesome times.verse 5-6
4.Refuge is understanding that God alone is our deliverance from these dangerousulto hi storms verse 7
Dear friends, even though we are in some dreadful storms our refuge is in Christ alone.We must pour our souls to Him,trust Him to meet our needs for He alone is in total control.
Col.4:6 "Let your speech always be seasoned with grace,seasoned with salt,that you may know how you ought to answer each one."
Has anyone ever been guilty of speaking harshly, rudely to a critic? I am guilty of answering a difficult critic in a harsh way and I am truly sorry.
I am reminded of this awesome passage in God's Word when confronting a critic :
1. Speak to the critic with grace. I am convinced that we must speak in a kind spirit, and that's not easy..
2 Season your speech ( Mk. 9:50 and Lk 14:34) I am reminded that salt is used to stop decaying and to make a chicken dish taste good. Ha , to make food eatable. I believe by speaking to a critic in a seasoned way may make that person wanting to eat your dish, or at least make other people eat your dish.
3. Answer a critic no matter the difficulty by:
a. Using wisdom,truth and love
b. Never get into an argument that will cause more harm than good such as:
Eddie, listen they will get away with their ungodly, untruthful speech. I believe they will not, because no one will listen to foolish, tasteless , unsalted speech.
I believe people can tell between a good dish and a bad tasting dish. I also believe we need to season our speech because by doing so we will advance the gospel.
My Message ," What Difference Does it Make?""""" Sin is sin, and God's Word is the Word!! We must reject this false, anti- christ spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and all false christians!!!!!!! if we are to survive as a Nation!!!!
What difference doe it make? I have heard this over and over again. In California , today at a University, the school told the intervarsity christian fellowship, if they wanted to continue their christian club their leaders has to include nonbelievers.
The Bible states in Deuteronomy 8:19 "And,if do at all forget the Lord, thy God ,and walk after other gods,and serve them ,I will testify against you this day that you shall surely perish."
What difference does it Make? Who cares? We should, if we want to prosper in the land that God has given us.
When we as a nation embrace all forms of false gods, immorality,lies , denies and reject the Word of God in it's Biblical precepts we will perish!.
I believe, that we as a Nation need to humble,pray, repent of our sins and turn back to God! 2 Chronicles chapter 7.
I also believe, that as the Bible stated, God will heal our land!
What fears are consuming you today? What dark and gloomy thoughts are plaguing you? Satan will try to make you doubt God's love for you . He will put road blocks of fears. Why, so you can fall apart.
Nehemiah was facing such a challenge while building the wall. Nehemiah enemies was placing so many words of fears verse 10 like run, hide. His enemies were spreading evil reports about him verse 13.Why, to make him afraid and abandon his work for God.
1. Nehemiah refuse to run and lose faith in God! verse 11
. He 2 . He prayed for God to strengthen him verse 8.
3. He refused to accept the spoken words of fear. vr 19
Dear friends, as we live in some shark filled waters have no fear stand , pray and see the wonder working power of God in our lives.
"For God has not given us the spirit of fear,but of power,and of love,and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy1:7
Has your faith ever been shaken to it’s very
core? Has your faith ever been shaken so that it leads your feet to be weak?Tear droplets fall from your eyes like
water that falls from a windowsill after a heavy rain .Sometimes our faith has been shaken so many times
whether it is finances, or sickness, ect...
Today, we live in a world that the progressives in America and radical Islam by their attacking attitudes and actions, express a hate for Christians. They despise our freedoms of expression and religion. They can sake one's faith.
It was about over two thousand years ago that
the apostle’s faith was shaken to their very core. Jesus whom they loved and
followed was taken prisoner, tried, condemned, beaten, crucified, and buried in
a borrowed tomb and then the tomb was empty after the third day!
They ran to hide in the upper room, and the
door shut because of fear for their own lives.
Then something awesome happens; Jesus appears
before them.
“Then
the same day at the evening, being the first week, the doors were shut where
the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the
midst and said unto them, Peace be showed unto you”.
“And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and
his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.” St. John
20:10-20
Friends, in the midst of a crisis and you feel
your faith shaken, and tears falling like raindrops, Jesus will never abandon
you! He will bring you peace!
The show, the Walton’s, took place during The Great
Depression in the 1930’s. This show explained how people struggled to make ends
meet, & how they came together, and met the community’s needs.
What
is the greatest need facing the churches today? Is it the aging population? If
so, what type of culture do we, as a church, need to change in order to meet
this need?
Another big
question,” Are we focusing on the needs of the growing, aging population within
the local church?
I
believe we are experiencing a serious historical time of Biblical proportions,
what is it? I believe it is the hurting, aging Christians, whom are facing enormous
spiritual, physical, emotional and financial needs.
My
question, what are we doing to meet these needs?
“Huh! Why,
Eddie we have programs to …..”
My friends,
the facts, we have so many aging hurting senior citizens today and we have very
little helps.
“What
do you mean?”
“What
is your point?”
The point is that there are so many people
growing older, needing assistance in different areas and unless you have big
money to pay for these needs the aged simply fall through cracks and
die!!!!!!!!!
InActs chapter 4 verses 32-36 we see there
were needs, within the church, the members stepped up to the plate and met the
people needs.
1.They
had one heart and soul which means they were unified and had heart!
2.They
were not selfish!
3.They
shared what they had!
4.God
bless them in abundance
5.They
brought it to the church.
6.Thy
then distribute to the needy people within the congregation.
7.The
people were encouraged
8.The
church continued to grow
Today,
we have an aging population that needs all sorts of ministries, like companionship,
grocery shopping….. Many senior citizens do not have sufficient funds to pay a
company to assist them. Also, many families today are in dire shape to assist
their loved ones.
I
have heard it said by church members, “We don’t have the funds, or the means to
provide ministry to help the aging population!”
My questions are, why not? And what can we do?
I believe that failure as a church, to address these issues is not an option. I
believe, also we can meet these needs by developing ministries to the aging as
practiced in the Book of Acts which
are: having unity, sharing what we have,
doing acts of kindness, caring and giving.
Dear
friends, I believe we have a great, grievous, financial, aging, member crisis
in our churches that are hurting. We
must! As churches step up to the plate; provide funds, and ministries to meet
those needs! Or we will have lost our salt to reach people for Christ!
