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My name is Pastor Tony Catron I graduate from K.S.U. with a degree in electronic/electrical engineering. While doing that I became a Junior Deacon and also a musician in my dad's ministry in Cleveland, Ohio. Years later, my career took me to Michigan where I worked as a Electrical/Electronic Engineer. While in Michigan I became a Minister, then later went to Seminary training at Birmingham Bible Institute and became an Elder at a large Pentecostal church in Michigan called LLCC. I was called to the ministry by God. So I headed up an outreach ministry based on the End Times, dealing with restoration in people lives. Then my dad called me back to Ohio to help him Pastor his church. During that time, God changed my outreach ministry, turning it into a full-time restoration ministry. He gave me the name Ark of Covenant Ministries and the rest is history.
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What Is the Hardest Race You Can Run?

In the world today there are a lot of competitive sports and competitions; trial. But there is one trial that tops them all called, The World’s Toughest Race, and in this race there are people from around the world that enter this competition. They’re endurance is tested through multiple types of terrain; land, jungles, rivers, oceans, muddy hills, mountains, deserts, snow through means of sailing, walking, and being dropped in via a helicopter from the sky, traversing locations from around the world totaling 671 kilometers or 416.94 miles. The team that finishes receives a trophy and bragging rights, attracting many endorsements. Now, seeing what all these teams have to go through, one would think that this type of race would be the race that is the hardest race ever.

But hands down, the human race to live your life like Christ is the hardest race ever. This means it doesn’t require so much physical strength or mental stamina but the one that endures to the end will win the prize.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 says:
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

In other words how can I tell others how to live, when I’m not doing what the Lord say to do? Some may identify this type of behavior hypocritical, or not practicing what you preach. The last thing is the verse reads you have to keep yourself straight before God or as the young generation says, “keep it 100,” or in the words of my generation, “lets keep it real,” or further in the words of generation X, “for real for real.” You might even say “don’t perpetrate to subjugate.” If people do believe when they have been told and seen the truth of the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, then I must believe what this book says:

2 Corinthians 4:3-6
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

In my conclusion, read Matthew 24:5-12

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

In Jesus name, it is so.

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Luke 3

John the Baptizer

John was a fire cracker to be reckoned with. He spoke plainly, openly and vehemently to his generation about their sin, calling them to true repentance, evidenced by a changed lifestyle. John was humble and pointed to Jesus whom he called the Supreme One. John admitted pointedly that he was not the promised Messiah. John did not seize that title, but humbly submitted that it belonged to Someone else.

The Baptism of Jesus

Jesus was baptized as was necessary and according to what was right in God’s eyes. Jesus is deemed by God Himself at this baptism that He in fact was God’s bonified Son.

The Ancestry of Jesus Christ

The list of Jesus ancestors is incredibly important, although lengthy and seemingly irrelevant, it points to Jesus title as Son of Man.

Summary

  1. Repentance causes a life change, 8
  2. Let your fruit speak for you, 9
  3. Speak out against sin, 7
  4. Holy Ghost will come in when washed from sin, 22
  5. Be content in your walk, 14
  6. Reprove no matter the cost, 19-20
  7. Stand firm in your calling, 16
  8. Righteousness belongs to God, 5-6
  9. Serve God in the wilderness, 3-4
  10. Be baptized with the Holy Ghost & with fire, 16
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Shall We Continue in the Confusion of Our Flesh While Wearing the Blindfold of Sin?

All of us at one time or another have walked into another persons mess in life, only to whine up being involved. Or we have walked into a persons problematic life, only being stuck in their mess, maybe reaping the punishment of somebody’s else’s sin, either by emotional attachment to
that person or the revenge for that person or their cause. How many of you have been placed in a situation and “a side” had already had been chosen for you? Picture this: you walked into a deal that you thought was the right thing to do; it sounded and felt good and others were involved. So you leapt before you looked.

Proverbs 4:7 says, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”

Proverbs 3:5-7 also tells us, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

In this process of life, there are four things to weigh before making a move in any situation in life:

  1. Weighting the importance of it. “Purpose”
  2. Is there a need of it “Understanding”
  3. What will be the cost physically, mentally and spiritually “The impact”
  4. Seek advice “Pray about it”

Know this, wisdom, understanding, humility and being lead by the teaching of the Bible is not subjugation, but is the mind of Jesus and is how humanity should be.

Subjugation means: the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

Examples of subjugation can be found in witchcraft, social media, medical commercials and high pressure salesmen. In life, one can not base their life walk on just what they know or how they feel. Most of us have not had the opportunity of not being free from subjugation.

Proverbs 21:2 says, ” Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.” Further, Proverbs 16:25 says, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”

In my conclusion read Hebrews 10:22-27
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Also read Romans 6: 1-23
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Selah. In Jesus name it is So!

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Luke 2

The Birth of Jesus

Can you get any lower than a barn to be born in? Jesus, the great King of all the Earth, was born under such meager and humble conditions, in a smelly, dirty, common barn. It speaks to His own humble nature and character. Jesus came as a baby, letting Himself be dependent on His own creation to raise Him.

An Angelic Encounter

Even those who were privileged to hear the revelation from the angels of this wonderfully good news of Salvation Itself being born in the Earth, were humble Sheep herders, an occupation held by those considered lower class and insignificant. The Father truly has chosen those who are humble like the Humble King, to reveal such profound and exultant revelations.

Baby Jesus Dedicated in the Temple

Mary and Joseph were both of the lineage of King David who was a man after God’s own heart. They did what was prescribed for first born sons in the Law of Moses. Jesus, even in His infancy kept the law perfectly. Simeon, the great saint who would be among the first to look upon the infant, incarnate God, was a just and devout man and was spoken to by the Spirit of the Lord Himself, even to the point where when Jesus and His parents were entering the temple, Holy Ghost prompted Him to walk into the room at the same time! Simeon’s life is a profound example of faithfulness, devotion and love toward God.

The great responsibility to care for the King of All, knowing how His destiny would not only save humanity, but her as well, was a great honor bestowed upon Mother Mary, as she was unlike any other woman, for God choose her, lowly in her own right, to parent the Christ child. Anna, a woman devoted to God like Simeon, was a wonderful example of how one should live holy before God with fasting and prayer.

At Age Twelve Jesus Visits the Temple

Jesus, though the King of All, grew into who He was, just as all of us grow as we age and mature. He identified with humanity in every aspect of His humanity. The fact that Joseph and Mary didn’t know Jesus was missing, speaks to the family dynamic of the Saviour. They trusted His judgement and knew He was mature enough to handle Himself. When they finally found Him, He was among teachers of the Law who marveled at His understanding. Though, His parents were distraught, He didn’t let that deter Him from His purpose. Yet, He still submitted himself to them.