The Good Of The Father (Living A Lie)

 

Then the eyes of both of them were unclosed, and they realized that they were naked.  So they sewed fig leaves together and made girdle skirts for themselves.  Then they heard the sound of Yahweh Elohim walking about in the garden in the windy part of the day, and the human hid himself with his wife from the face of Yahweh Elohim among the trees of the garden

Genesis 3: 7-8, Concordant Old Testament 

I had a conversation with a church going friend of mine the other day.  It began totally innocent, as I overheard her talking with another about how much it was that they enjoyed the recent dog and pony show church service.  During the course of our conversation, I asked her if she believed that Jesus Christ died for the forgiveness of sin.  She agreed that He had, which is common church theology.  Then I asked THE question all too many believers shy away from answering.  Why, then, do we feel the need to continually  ask the Father for forgiveness of sin?  Well, as you can imagine, she changed the subject faster than Joe Biden forgets what day it is.  I let it go at that.  But I came away with another convincing example of just how the Lords children have been conditioned to live within the lie that the mainstream church continues to preach.  Now, I know that there will be many who will take one look at this post and brand me a blasphemer or even worse.  But how it is that I can be a blasphemer if I speak to scripture?  My friend kindly advised me that I was taking the scriptures out of context, another common defense of the rabid church defending apologists.  But the apostle Paul has made it clear in the book of Romans that we are now free from the shackles of sin {Paul to the Romans 6:10}.  In fact, he goes as far as to proclaim that we should be "Reckoning yourselves to be dead, indeed, to sin" {Paul to the Romans 6:11}.  Yes, dead to sin.  So, if we are indeed dead to sin, why is i that so many believers continue to approach the throne of the Father seeking forgiveness for some misdeeds they feel that they have done?  Has not Jesus given Himself for the eradication of sin?  Do we truly believe that Christ was the "One and done" atonement for the sin of all mankind?  If you don't feel that this is true, then you might just be living a lie.  

Knowing this, that our old humanity was crucified together with Him, that the body of sin may be nullified, for us by no means to be still slaving for sin, for one who dies has been justified from sin.  Now if we died together with Christ, we believe that we shall be living together with Him also, having perceived that Christ, having been roused from among the dead, is no longer dying.  Death is lording it over Him no longer, for in that He died, He died to sin ONCE for all time, yet in that He is living, He is living to God

Paul to the Romans 6: 6-10, Concordant New Testament 

I have recommended the words of Paul we find in Romans 6 to more than a few mainstream church apologists.  As I see it, sin remains the stumbling block which many believers continue to endure.  And why not, it is sin that continues to be preached as real by the mainstream church religious system of today.  I remember well the altar calls at the end of each Sunday sermon where those in the congregation who felt the need to confess any sins were encouraged to come forward for prayers for Gods forgiveness.  Prayers for Gods forgiveness?  Trust me, if you were to approach the Father seeking forgiveness for some perceived sin you might just be amazed by His response.  I believe that if I were to come to the Father seeking forgiveness that His response may just be "What sin, my child?"  And He would be right!  For it is Jesus who became sin that we would be spared the penalty {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:21}.  So the question we now face is, did Jesus really give Himself to die for us or didn't He?  Has the Father commissioned His one and only Son on our behalf, or hasn't he? {Johns  Account 3:16-17}.  The truth is there.  The Father has given us His word.  Do we trust Him, or do we trust in the words of man?  I believe that this is why the apostle John speaks to us of "Testing the spirits" {First Epistle of John 4:1}.  Man can twist his words any way to suit his own narrative, but the Fathers word is true.  If we're not living in the truth which the Father has revealed unto us, then we are surely living a lie.  

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (Better Than Porn)

 

Thus, husbands ought to be loving their own wives as their own bodies.  He who is loving his own wife is loving himself 

Paul to the Ephesians 5: 28, Concordant New Testament 

I've made no secret of the fact that in the past I have indulged in the temptations of the flesh.  I have spent many a night in the local strip clubs that adorn the city of Portland.  In fact, it is said that Portland has more strip clubs than any other city.  I don't know if this is true, but what I do know is that it presents many men with the wrong opportunities.  The other day a gym friend of mine asked me just what my favorite part of the female body was.  Of course, I was taken aback by his question.  Immediately, I began to recall all the nights that I spent gazing at women.  But that was then.  I'm guessing that my comrade expected me to regale him with a few examples of what I enjoyed about the female anatomy.  So, imagine his surprise when I didn't take the bait but declared that I had come to enjoy not only the female form, but her heart and mind as well.  See, my friend comes from the place where I used to be.  A place where a womans body is the main focal point of her attraction.  While you might agree with him, try mentioning that to any female that you know and see how that works out for you.  For in my experience, a woman may enjoy the attention given to her physical appearance, any man who focuses solely on that attribute will more than likely be in for an argument he isn't prepared for.  Again, I've been there.  When my friend asked me what I found so useful about a womans heart and mind (Being oh so careful not to offend any women who might be standing nearby), I explained to him that it is in her heart and mind that you will truly know her.  One of the most important passages on how it is that men should view a woman was spoken by the apostle Paul in Ephesians.  It is Paul who proclaims that husbands should love their wives as strongly as they love their own bodies {Paul to the Ephesians 5:28}.  I have been blessed to be witness to the marriage relationships of a few solid Christian men in my life.  I have been witness to what a Godly marriage relationship is.  A good friend of mine recently celebrated fifty years of marriage with his wife.  Fifty years!  I wonder if my gym friend could ever imagine spending so many years with one woman.  Up until some years ago, so did I.  But this is what pride and arrogance can do to people.  Seeing yourself as someone who takes what he wants regardless of the consequences.  My own father was like that.  My own father lost his family because he arrogantly did what he wanted to do regardless of others.  This is THE one reason that I swore that I would never be like him.  

And Yaweh Elohim said: It is not good for the human to be alone by himself.  I shall make for him a helper as his compliment. 

Genesis 2: 18, Concordant New Testament 

I can attest to the fact that when I indulged in the things of the flesh, that I rarely looked upon a woman as something more than she was there for my own enjoyment.  Sadly, this continues to be the thought process of so many men in our society.  The dramatic rise we've seen in divorce rates and domestic violence attest to this.  To believe in this lie of the deceiver is to believe that man is the prominent creation in the Fathers eyes.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  We're told that God created woman as a "Compliment" to the man {Genesis 2:18}.  We're also told that the Father created this compliment from within the man himself {Genesis 2:21-24}.  Adam named his compliment woman "Because she was taken out of man" {Genesis 2:23}.  Does this sound like God gave second hand status to the woman He created?  Does this sound like the Father intended for the man to domineer over a woman?  No!  For when we look at what the Father truly intended the male and female relationship to be we see something wonderful.  It is for this reason that I could proclaim to my gym friend that I admire a woman for her heart and who it is that she is in the Father.  Yes, there are men who will idolize the physical attractiveness of a woman for their own enjoyment.  But to know her as the Father knows her, that's better than porn any day. 

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (Catching Jesus)

 

In whom the god of this eon blinds the of the unbelieving so that the illumination of the evangel of the glory of Christ, Who is the image of the invisible God, does not irradiate them. 

Paul to the Corinthians (2) 4: 4, Concordant New Testament 

Have you caught Jesus?  That was the comment a good friend made to me the other day after reading my last post of how the Father has been working through me.  His statement of, Jesus is caught and not taught got me thinking on just how the church conducts its various ministries.  Make no mistake, the mainstream church spends a good amount of money each and every year in their efforts to "Bring" Jesus to the masses.  They run the gambit from conferences to video presentations to feel good Sunday sermons.  All of this to bring Jesus to the people.  But there's a hitch.  In my experience, hearing about Jesus did not bring me any closer that I am to Him today.  It was not by the concerted efforts of the church that I came to know Christ as I now do.  The truth of Christ I now know in my heart was brought forth by the revelation of the Father unto me.  The seed had been planted some years ago by a good friend who had shared with me his own experience of knowing Christ Jesus in him.  This is the knowing which the apostle Paul speaks of in Galatians {Paul to the Galatians 2:20}.  This is why I now believe that the Jesus who is "Taught" through the mainstream church is not the One who we now live in union with today {Johns Account 14:20}.  To be fair, I learned about Jesus when I was still attending church.  I learned that He died for my many sins.  I learned that He came for the forgiveness of sins of all mankind {Johns Account 3:16-17}.  I learned a lot about what He said, but I came away never truly knowing Him.  I came away no closer to knowing the Jesus who lives in me today.  I would say that this is the result of the efforts of the church to introduce Jesus to the masses.  They speak and preach and tell us "About" Him, but they stop short of telling us of the truth which Jesus is today.  The truth that we are alive in Him {Johns Account 14:20}.  The truth that it is Jesus who died to sin on that cross {Paul to the Romans 6:10}.  Instead, the mainstream church speaks to sin standing in our way of knowing Christ Jesus.  This has been the theology spoken by the church for centuries.  That Jesus died upon the cross for the cleansing of sin, but that same sin now stands in our way of having a relationship with He and the Father.  Anyone else see the contradiction in this teaching?  This is why Jesus is not taught...but caught.  

Religion has actually convinced people that there is a invisible man living in the sky watching everything you do, every minute of every day.  And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.  And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time!  But he loves you.  He loves you, and he needs money.  He always needs money.  He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow he just can't handle money

~George Carlin~ 

There is a saying out there about those who have been through the ranks of the college system.  Some see these graduates as being "Book smart."  They know plenty about the materials they studied in school, but know precious little about the world they are now entering into.  I suggest that these are the same followers of Jesus that our mainstream church ministries produce.  They know plenty about the various sermons and seminars talking about Jesus which they were fed while in church.  However, when it comes to knowing the truth of the living Christ today they are often clueless.  I know this by the blank stares I get from so called Christians when I attempt to relate to them what it is I believe in.  Their understanding cannot comprehend that Jesus could be united with sinners.  I don't blame them, for they were simply fed the lies.  The fault for this falls on the religious system that is the mainstream church.  Anyone who has read my posts knows all too well that I don't pull any punches in my critique of the church.  For good reason.  The church often celebrates Jesus' "Woes to the Pharisees," where Jesus calls out the misdeeds of the religious leaders of His day.  I wonder what His reaction would be to the religious system of todays church.  Would we see Jesus speaking out against the "Woes of the church?"  Well, the answer to that can be found in the book of "The unveiling of Jesus Christ" (Revelation).  It is here where God speaks against the evils of the church (More on that later).  If you've never known a relationship with Christ Jesus, there's still a chance for you to "catch" Him.  Understand that Jesus gave Himself for the death of all sin {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:21}.  Know that sin is no longer a barrier between you and He, as He has given Himself as a sacrifice "Once for all time" {Paul to the Romans 6:10}.  Above all, know that being "Book smart" in Jesus has never produced a relationship in Him.  

~Scott~ 

From The Inside

 

Now it is eonian life that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Him Whom Thou dost commission, Jesus Christ 

Johns Account 17: 3, Concordant New Testament 

A good friend made the comment the other day that I had been witness to the Lord working through me.  I had to agree.  In fact, I was the one who originally wrote to him with my experiences within a group of men at my local gym.  These guys are a mixed bag, some are believers while others still have not been introduced to the Father.  The amazing thing is that I have never made it a secret about what my religious beliefs are.  What you see is what you get with me.  I don't arrive at the gym with a bible in hand ready to steadfastly argue my faith like some rabid apologist.  No, I enter into this arena like any other person, simply to do my work.  Whatever happens after that is simply the Father working through me.  I have seen God doing some pretty amazing things in my time there.  But, that's what He does right?  I've referred to this as my ministry, and I have no doubt that it has become just that.  Traditional ministry has always been looked upon as mainstream church endorsed door knocking.  Members of a church congregation going out into a community and speaking the word of the Lord to the supposedly "unsaved."  The issue with this approach is that most people can see them coming a mile away.  For instead of engaging with people from equal ground, many involved in the church ministry present themselves as somehow "Holier than thou" in their approach to those they perceive as unchurched.  Their mission is clear, to speak the salvation of the Lord Jesus before these heathens end up in hell.  I always cringed at this approach.  Because if Christ Jesus has indeed bled and died on that cross for the forgiveness of sins, why do these church based ministries look upon those outside the church as sinners?  Is the intent really to bring others into the salvation of Jesus, or to add to the fiscal coffers of the church?  In most churches I've been involved with, part of the original intent of the outreach ministry was to draw people into the church on Sunday.  Eventually, this would hopefully equate into increased revenues when that plate was passed around once again.  So, the real question is, is God working through you or are you working your own ministry?  

"You are the light of the world.  A city located on top of a mountain can not be hid.  Neither are they burning a lamp and placing it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it is shining to all those in the house.  Thus let your light shine in front of men, so that they may perceive your ideal acts and should glorify your Father who is in the heavens" 

Matthews Account 5: 14-16, Concordant New Testament 

Whenever I think of ministry, I immediately think of the life and ministry of Christ Jesus.  Being a Jew by birth, did Jesus focus His ministry on those of the Jewish faith?  No!  In fact, His detractors criticized Him for spending His time with "Tribute collectors and sinners" {Matthews Account 9:11}.  What was Jesus' response to this criticism?  "No need have the strong of a physician, but those having an illness" {Matthews Account 9:12}.  Jesus knew the nature of true ministry, He lived it each day.  I often wonder what people think of my time that I spend in the confines of the gym.  A professed Christian mingling amongst so many people who are obviously NOT religious.  A professed believer laughing and joking with those who seemingly do not know God.  Well, what is happening here is that the Father is interacting with His children through me.  This is God once again rekindling that relationship which He once had in the garden.  Honestly, this is His show all the way.  All I am doing is what I normally do each and every day.  Yet, through me the Father is reaching out to those who are sick at heart.  To those who need to feel His presence.  Jesus has proclaimed that WE are the light of the world {Matthews Account 5:14}.  I would argue that many more will be led to Christ through those who know Him than through any mainstream church door knocking ministry.  Many more will come to know the Father through those who know Him already.  I am among that crowd.  For it was through conversations with a good friend that I came to know a relationship with the Father.  It is also through me that others will come to see Him.  

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (The Man That I Am)

 You will be protesting to me, then, "Why, then is He still blaming?  For who has withstood His intention?"  O man!  Who are you, to be sure, who are answering again to God?  That which is molded will not protest to the molder, "Why do you make me thus?"  Or has not the potter the right over the clay?  Out of the same kneading to make one vessel, indeed, for honor, yet one for dishonor?  

Paul to the Romans 9: 19-21, Concordant New Testament 

So, yesterday I opined about the downfall of the masculine man in our society.  I've noticed this for quite some time and wondered to myself why God would allow His creation to be dishonored so.  In response, a good friend asked me THE question of the day.  Have you ever been angry with God in how He created you?  Wow!  Now, that struck at the heart of what it was I was writing about.  For indeed, there have been those in our world who live each day with the anger of how the Father created them.  Why has He created me as a woman?  Why has He created me as a man?  Why has He not created me successful?  We could go on and on over the different things which we might think of how God COULD HAVE created us.  But think about this for one moment, He has already given unto us the greatest identity we could have asked for.  It is God who has created us in His own likeness {Genesis 1:27}.  How much more important can we be in the big scheme of things?  We not only carry the Fathers likeness, but all which he is!  As God is, so is the man that I am.  I personally do not understand how someone could complain over how it is that God created them.  Anyone who has worked on projects such as pottery could certainly understand that that which is being molded cannot protest to the potter "Why do you make me thus" {Paul to the Romans 9:20}?  When I was growing up one of my hobbies was building model airplanes.  Sometimes, those models didn't really turn out how they appeared on the box.  Could the finished model therefore blame me for creating it that way?  Has not God created the materials for the project?  Has He not given me the ability to construct the model?  See my point?  The apostle Paul speaks a wonderful passage concerning this in Romans.  As Paul writes, does not the Father have the right to make on vessel for honor and one therefore for dishonor?  If we are not involved in our own creation process, what right do we have to protest to God how it is that we have been created?  I admit that there are things about my own life that I sometimes wish were different, but what right do I have to complain to God over this?  He has already created me in the greatest image of all.  His own.  

Who is the image of the invisible God, Firstborn of every creature, for in Him all is created, that in the heavens and that on the earth, the invisible and the visible, whether thrones, or lordships, or sovereignties, or authorities, all is created through Hom and for Him. 

Paul to the Colossians 1: 15-17, Concordant New Testament 

I understand why it is that there are those who would protest to God over how it is that they were created.  They DO NOT know Him.  They do not know nor understand the love through which the Father breathed life into them {Genesis 2:7}.  They have no idea of the glory which awaits us.  In their minds, they live separate from God.  If there were to be a hell on earth, this would be it!  To live each and every day knowing that you are separated from the Father who loves you.  I really don't blame people for thinking this way, because this is what they are being taught in our mainstream houses of worship.  In Christian theology, man toils here on earth while God watches over things from heaven.  So are we to look upon Him as an overseer and not a loving Father?  I will never believe in that bogus thinking.  Jesus Himself spoke to our union with He and the Father {Johns Account 14:20}.  How can we be separate from Him and yet still be in union with Him?  I trust in the words of scripture, not in the sermons of man.  I believe in my heart that I live each and every day in the Father.  When you get down to brass tacks, those who protest to God over how they were created live in His presence as well.  This truth has just not been revealed to them yet.  So it is that they continue to live in the false narrative that they live apart from God.  I know better.  I know the man that I am in Him.  

~Scott~  

The Good Of The Father (Oh Man!)

 

And Yahweh Elohim said: It is not good for the human to be alone by himself.  I shall make for him a helper as his compliment. 

Genesis 2: 18, Concordant Old Testament 

A good friend of mine shared an article the other day which bemoaned the decline of the "Man" in our nation.  Of course, I was not a bit surprised about this revelation.  In fact, I don't believe that anyone who has paid any attention to the cultural changes within our country over the past fifty years would have been surprised at all by the decline of the male figure in our nation.  This is what we wanted, and this is exactly what we've received.  Some years ago, the feminist movement in America sought to wipe out all semblance of the traditional male roles in this country.  Women were downtrodden and were tired of being seen as lower class.  Well, in some instances, that might have been true.  But I will never believe that the male figure in this nation is as evil and as wicked as the feminists have led us to believe.  Now, we live in a country where the traditional male is all too often looked down upon and scrutinized.  Words such as sexist and misogynist have entered our vocabulary.  Being a traditional man has now become a bad thing.  Again, this is what we ourselves have wrought.  But what is it that God Himself sees in this situation?  How is it that God sees the role of the man and woman in society.  Well, all we need to do is to look upon the scriptures to see the Fathers original intent for His creation.  God has proclaimed that "I shall make for him a helper as his compliment" {Genesis 2:18}.  And it has been written, that the woman will be a compliment to the man.  This has been the Fathers intent for us from the beginning.  God never said that the man was too power hungry, sexist or masculine.  In fact, it is that masculinity which is part of the original blueprint of the Lords creation.  Men are strong, men engage in that which is more physical than women.  On the other hand, men are all too often criticized for not being emotional or showing their inner feelings very well.  That is for good reason, this is the womans arena.  Just as God created men to be strong and physical, He also created the woman to be his compliment in life.  It is the woman who, knowing that he does not show his feelings well, helps him through this.  Only those who have been in a traditional marriage relationship may understand this dynamic between a man and a woman.  I have been blessed in my life to be witness to more than a few marriage relationships between Godly people.  In each of them, the man is not domineering and it is the woman who is the compliment to that relationship.  

Then Yahweh Elohim caused a stupor to fall on the human.  while he was sleeping, He took one of his angular organs and closed up the flesh over its place.  Yahweh Elohim built the angular organ that He had taken from the human into a woman and brought her to the human.  The human said: This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.  This shall be called woman, for this was taken from her man. 

Genesis 2: 21-23, Concordant Old Testament 

Upon His creation, God granted to Adam (The human) the task of naming the creatures which the Lord had created {Genesis 2:19-20}.  It is interesting, then, that when the Father brings His creation unto Adam for the first time that he decides what to call her.  Adam proclaims "This shall be called woman, for this was taken from her man" {Genesis 2:23}.  Despite being in a deep sleep brought on by the Lord, Adam seems to be aware of the events which have brought this comparable helper unto him.  She is now woman, as she was taken from man.  Like it or not, this is the truth of the creation of the female.  Perhaps that is what pissed off those feminists, that God would create the woman to be a compliment to man.  They feel that the deck was stacked against them from the beginning.  However, I've learned to never question that which the Lord has brought forth.  The Lords intent in creating the woman was never to cause discord in His creation.  Yet this is what we have brought upon ourselves.  Keep in mind that this was never His intention.  We see the Fathers true desire through His creation.  Yes, He has allowed events to unfold which seem to undermine that which He has created, but His original intent for His creation remains clear.  His intention for the woman of His creation is to be a helper comparable to her mate.  The feminists might try to rewrite history, but they will never undue that which God has created.  

~Scott~ 

The Good Of The Father (Taking Credence)

 

"And there is no salvation in any other one, for neither is there any other name, given under heaven among men, in which we must be saved"

Acts of the Apostles 4: 12, Concordant New Testament 

By definition, a creed is defined as a system of belief, principles or opinions.  But few Christians are aware that the very faith in which they believe has been structured from the earliest centuries.  Also known as the Creed of Constantinople, the Nicene creed is described as "Statement of belief" in Nicene Christianity.  The creed is part of a profession of faith required of those in important functions within the Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran churches.  But I believe that its influences have permeated most if not all of modern Christianity as we know it.  Before the creation of the Nicene Creed, various theological differences arose in those who professed to follow the teachings of Christ Jesus.  This was, in my mind, to be expected.  Even today, new churches spring up constantly due to someone's disagreement with how their own church operates.  I have a friend who proudly proclaims that he was kicked out of his church some years ago for challenging what was being taught there.  I believe that this was how it was in the days before the creation of the Nicene Creed.  The emperor Constantine is known as the one who assembled the council of Nicaea in order to resolve the disputes in the Christian belief which he, as emperor, believed in.  It was also feared that if allowed to continue, that these disputes would somehow destabilize the empire of emperor Constantine.  And that simply couldn't happen.  So it is that Constantine intervened and set forth a common system of beliefs which all believers would attest to.  This included the reference to "One God, the Almighty" and as Christ Jesus as the "Son of God."  In effect, this Nicene Creed set forth a statement of beliefs which all churches would adhere to.  So it is that the statement of beliefs which we continue to see in churches today is an adaptation of that council of Nicaea long ago.  

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God, for many false prophets have come out into the world 

First Epistle of John 4: 1, Concordant New Testament 

I remember seeing "Statements of Faith" in a few of the churches which I have been involved in.  Basically, they were testaments of what was believed and taught within the walls of that church.  I have even known many Christians who have based their choice of churches to attend solely upon a churches statement of faith.  But here's my take on this, these statements have not changed in thousands of years!  In other words, if you've seen one you've seen them all.  The purpose of the Council of Nicaea was to CONFORM the beliefs of the Christian religion into one set system of beliefs...or creed.  I would say, mission accomplished in that regard!  Yet then I look upon the words of the apostle John, who proclaims that we should "Test the spirits to see if they are of God" {First Epistle of John 4:1}.  Is this to include the spirits of those who adhere to the Nicene creed?  In my experience, the teachings of the mainstream church have fallen far short of the truth we find in the Father.  The fact that the church continues to speak to the existence of sin when the apostle Paul clearly proclaims that Christ has already paid that penalty for us {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:21}.  Are we to proclaim Paul a liar?  And, speaking of the sin issue, Paul has also written that Jesus indeed died to sin "Once for all time" {Paul to the Romans 6:10}.  You speak of sin, yet it is Christ Jesus who has given Himself on the cross that sin be abolished once and for all!  Believe me, this contradiction between the scriptures and church teachings caused me more than my share of confusion.  There are indeed many contradictions in the creed of Nicaea, but the sin issue is one that many believers continue to lose their way on.  The Nicene creed does not mention it, but the reality is that we live in union with the Father {Johns Account 14:20}.  For me, I will trust in the word of the Father over a dead emperor any day.  

Religion has actually convinced people that there is a invisible man living in the sky watching everything you do, every minute of every day.  And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.  And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time!  But he loves you.  He loves you, and he needs money.  He always needs money.  He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow he just can't handle money. 

George Carlin 

~Scott~