AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP!

To abuse: to mistreat, not care for properly, not not use as recommended.

POLITICAL ABUSE

Despite two years of  Democrats being in a position of power and influence within the federal government, which included a Black President, young men were still being incarcerated at an alarming rate.  During that time in African-American communities (not all)  the government leadership was also African-American  there was not nor has there been  a decrease in Black on Black crime, in fact it is increasing. There is not an improvement in education nor an improvement in the e social-economic status of the residents in these very pro Democrat communities.  This should make it clear to most people that the same liberal ideology, which is now solidly based in the Democrat party is what existed during the times of slavery.

Unfortunately, the mis-education of the African-American has convinced many that White people are bad and White Conservatives are the worst.  Loyal Black Democrats see the success of Christian Conservative communities as proof that racism exist; even though  more Black men and women have gainful employment which resulted in an  improvement in lifestyle  under Republican leadership  With the addition of numerous urban renewal projects including  THE FIRST STEP ACT,  that has released men and women, many who are Black, from unjust prison sentences there are those who refuse to admit the truth: this is the nature of an abusive relationship.

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HATING TRUMP- CHALLENGING GOD!

NETTIE-OLOGY- It’s extreme hatred

Vitriol is the most extreme word I can come up with to describe the level of hate I see towards President Donald J. Trump.




I have come to the conclusion that many, particularly those who have influence, hate President Donald J Trump because he represents everything they could do but do not want to do. The rest, those who hate him, do so because they refuse to admit they are following a lie.

Christians hate Trump because their "churched" developed  faith invalidates him from being blessed by GOD, but he is. It is impossible to study Scripture and doubt that Elohim cannot bless an imperfect person.

PROVERBS 21:2 (KJV)
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 

How can such a man be lifted up by God? The same question could be asked of such men as: Moses the murderer (Exodus 2:11-15); David the adulterer and murderer (2 Samuel 2:11) and a polygamist; Solomon the womanizer and idol worshipper (1 King 11:3-4); and Paul who persecuted followers of Yeshua (Acts 7-9). El Shaddai (GOD Almighty) used these men for the same reason he uses anyone: Because they were available AND usable.

1 CHRONICLES 28:9-10 (KJV)
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.  Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. 

I believe God is using Donald J Trump Junior because he is usable. It is clear to me that he has a heart to for people and a hunger for YHWH.

Christians have been taught so many things that do not agree with what is written. It pains me to hear the nasty negative comments regarding our President from people who say they are followers of Yeshua.

Politicians hate Trump because he is not a politician and he does not play political games BUT he does know how to trigger liberals using their own tools.

Lying politicians are standard with many Americans, The question is not who is lying but: Whose lie are you going to believe? Many individuals choose to support the lies of Democrats because it delays the pain.

Who wants to be a responsible adult? Do people on government assistance want to get out and work? Do students graduating college want to pay back their loans by getting a job? Do individuals who get pleasure from perverted sexual behaviors want to get help? Do women want to be held accountable for their sexual behavior and not abort their babies?

LUKE 12:16-21 NKJV
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

One of the things President Trump said when he ran for office is: I want to make things better for my grandchildren. He has never profess to be anything but a believer.

Earlier this year he attended a church, and the Pastor prayed for the President. So called Christians became offended.  When your political ideology has more influence over you than your faith-question your heavenly treasures. If you consider yourself the shepherd of a church and you feel the need to apologize, or make excuses, for praying for a person- reconsider your calling.

I did not like Barack Obama’s political ideology and the more I learn of his personality the less I like him as a person. The difference in my, and other’s I know who don’t like him, response was prayer. I prayed for him and his family. If nothing else I tried to respect the office in which he was positioned.

This intense animosity towards President Trump is unprecedented, it is unnatural. The anger towards him transcends what we see and hear into the spiritual realm. What we are witnessing is not about president Trump.

1 JOHN 3:11-13 (KJV)
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.  Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 

There was absolutely no reason for Cain to kill his brother. Killing Abel did not make his offering to YHWH any better.  Attacking President Trump does not make the behavior of liberals any more acceptable to El Shaddia.  BUT, what is accomplished- the unjust grow in number.

John 7:7 (KJV)
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

Yeshua teaches: It is not about man. Donald J Trump is not the target YHWH is.

EPHESIANS 6:12 (KJV)
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

It is not just the President that the world hates, they hate all believers, all who choose not to live in darkness.

JOHN  1:5-8 (KJV)
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 

No one wants to believe that we are in the ending of time, particularly those who live lives of indulgence. To have a man in office that seemingly has it all: fame, fortune family faith and influence but does not want to keep it for himself is blinding. To have people who would sacrifice personal comforts for the good of others is condemning. Instead of repenting those who choose darkness are increasing their ungodly behavior; they are challenging YHWH.   
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CHRISTIAN PROFANITY

One of the things that bothers me is the hateful words that come out of the mouths of Christians.




I know Christian’s, African-Americans, who love their church and are active participants in them. They are known for talking about their church leader and the people in their church. These individuals tell me about various activities they have for the youth, the elderly and themselves.

One of the many activities they have are “corporate” fast. Three day fast, seven day fast, or a 40 day fast happen in these institutions of faith at least three times a year. In addition to fasting these people pray, they have large prayer teams and prayer chains.  I guess this makes them really holy!

These self-righteous individuals see themselves as true followers of the Bible; of course this is true because their church leader with the glorious title told them so.

These African-American Christians that I know, I am not excluding other people groups, are also the ones who speak such vile remarks against the President of the united states. The talk about his parentage, they speak against his children, they talk negatively about his wife and they have all but sent him to hell because of his past- that they believe God could never forgive.

They, the people I know who attend “Black” churches, also speak negatively against White people and Hispanic people. But, this is done when there are only Black people in the room. Yes, they do talk negatively about other Black people, those who do not agree with them.

It bothers me that such profane hate filled words come out of the “Christian” mouth and they don’t see anything wrong with it.  After all they attend church regularly, they tithe, and they serve as a volunteer in one of the church “outreach ministries”. They consider themselves right with YHWH because they do the necessary religious activities and they fast 2 or 3 times a year to cleanse themselves of whatever.

Christian profanity is not the four letter words that many people use. Christian profanity is the hateful rhetoric that comes out of the mouths of those who say they follow Yeshua.

Proverbs 8:5-8 (KJV)
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. 

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POLITICS AND THE WORD

NETTIE-OLOGY: I firmly believe Scripture has a word for every problem that occurs in todays’ world; Christians should not separate their faith in YHWH and their political ideology.

My political ideology is based on my faith in GOD; not a god by Yahovah Elohim. It is because I believe that I accept what is written in Scripture as the infallible word of YHWH and thus seek my political responses accordingly. I did not support Barak Obama’s political agenda, for example, but I did pray for him and tried very hard not to speak against his personality.

It has been difficult for me to not speak against his personality because there is so much of it placed in the media for me to see. Both he and his wife Michelle have been very vocal in speaking against the country I love and he has done the one thing I cannot get past- working against Israel.

Psalm 122:6-7 (KJV)
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 

Deuteronomy 7:6-7 (KJV)
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 

As a follower of Yeshua an Israeli by Divine calling I am grafted in to the decree of ElShaddai. Therefore, I cannot be in agreement with anyone who goes against His will; but, I can pray for him.

1 Timothy 2:1-8 (KJV)
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.  Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.  I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 

The United States of America does not have a king but we do have a President who is in a position of authority. As believers we are to pray for the leader for our own personal peace and life. We can pray for politicians we disagree with (I remind myself of this truth) even if we do not agree with him or her: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”. YHWH is the ultimate authority.

Those who are loyal to their political ideology and call themselves Christian have forgotten this. We have put aside what Yeshua taught and shouted our own opinions; worst we have voted for people who openly deny the truth of His word.

I am just as guilty as many liberals which is why in the upcoming months I will explore the importance of YHWH’s word in politics, some of it I will share.                         
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TODAY'S DEMOCRAT PARTY

NETTIEOLOGY: They want to take the money out of the hands of Christians. The distribution of wealth ideology which is an aspect of socialism, is not meant to take money away from the wealthy but to stop others from becoming wealthy and therefore influential.
In stopping Believers from giving to their church and missions the gospel message will be slowed down and in some cases stopped. This can be done by creating financial hardships on the individual.

When Democrats talk about free health care and free college tuition they do not reveal how doctors and educators will be paid. Democrats will not explain how buildings to facilitate the services will be maintained: utility bills, repairs, housekeeping and maintenance staff, equipment needed for the trade and so forth; all these things cost. Yes the rich will pay for a much of it but the bulk of the cost will be absorbed by the middle income workers.

Even at a 50% income tax bracket the wealthy will ONLY PAY TAXES on taxable income. Billionaires do not keep all of their money in the bank. This is why looking at Donald Trump’s tax return is foolish. Middle income earners do have a lot of their income placed directly into a bank account and only a small percentage of it placed into a non-taxable investment.

I often tell my tax clients: Pay yourself or pay the government. Rich people know who to give their money away so that the government cannot take it, look at how many of them have established charitable organizations.

Middle income earners give a percentage of what they have to various organizations including the church. If Democrats had their way this money would be redirected into the government treasury.
There would be no need for individuals to use a percentage of their income to pay for health care or college tuition if the government paid it all. If Democrats had their way this money would be redirected into the government treasury.

Liberals, the Democrat party, are not fiscally conservative. Socialist are ideologues that do not evaluate the unintended consequences of their actions. Liberals, Democrats, Socialist or even Communist learn from history or consider how their decisions will actually affect the future.
Non-Conservatives believe they can control the minds of people by passing laws that force them to bathe in a specific idea.  The very influential power of true Judeo-Christian churches is a problem.
Jews and Christians alike are taught to respect the government and give to the needy. Liberals want people to worship their ideology, submit to their regulations and treat Judeo-Christian teachings as optional.

Judaism and Christianity must be destroyed in order to get to the Liberal Utopia! In the United States of America faith is being destroyed by those who want to live a self-centered lifestyle. It is this very attitude, selfishness, that has opened the door to liberalism. Liberals do not believe in “deny ones self” as Scripture teaches.

By any name you want to use: Liberals, Democrats, Socialist or anti-Christ followers this is the wide path the Democrat party has chosen for the USA, the road to hell!             

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NETTIEOLOGY: CHURCH

Matthew 16:18 (KJV)
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 

Yeshua said he would build His church but He was not speaking of a physical building. The rock in this sentence referred to a type of foundation and the church was specific group of people. What Yeshua was telling His disciples: I am the Son of the Living God those who believe this is are my followers and will be recognized as this.  Yeshua continues in verse 19 by revealing: The key, the way, to accessing what is in heaven is through Me and I give it to those who choose to follow me.

Matthew 16:13-20 (KJV)
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?   And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.  He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 

What is the church? Is it what we see today: fancy buildings, a place where people get together and talk about life? Is the church created to meet cultural needs? Is the church based on statements of faith, doctrine or Bible interpretation?  The Orthodox Jewish Bible translates verse 18 of Matthew 16 as follows:

And I also say to you that you are Shimon Kefa [Petros] and upon this TSUR I will build my Kehillah, my Chavurah (the Community of Moshiach) and the shaarei Sheol (gates of Sheol) shall not overpower it.

It is important because Peter a stone and the foundation of faith The Rock are not one and the same. According to Strong’s: Peter is translated from the Greek word petros which means stone. When Yeshua stated that He would build a church upon a rock, which is from the Greek word petra, He was declaring: “Christ, the Son of the living God” is the foundation of the church. Man is not the basis for the church, no one church leader- regardless of his or her title - should be the primary influence for a person’s understanding of YHWH.

John 14:5-7 (KJV)
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 

People are far more hung up on “the assembling” in a formal building, based on Hebrews 10:25, than understanding His will.

Proverbs 4:5-7 (KJV)
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 

James 1:5 teaches: if we lack wisdom we can get it from YHWH. Many people seek wisdom, the ability to appropriately apply knowledge, others depend on someone else to tell them how to think. Today there are people who memorize Bible verses and quote their church leader, this is not wisdom. The method in which YHWH’s word is to be applied to ones’ life is presented to the individual by the Ruach HaKodesh, Spirit of God. So why go to church?

We gather together as one body to hear YHWH’s word not man’s opinion. We assemble together with others to ask questions of other believers to help in our understanding. We get together to discuss what we have learned from our own studies; confirming or correcting our understandings.  It is within the confines of like believers that we are able to learn of our errors and misunderstandings.

2 Timothy 3:14-17 (KJV)
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

Most importantly we gather together to remember that we are one body united by the love of YHWH through His only begotton Son Yeshua Hamashiach. I submit to you, a church can be composed of 3 people.

Matthew 18:20 (KJV)
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

written by Marsha L F Randolph
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THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WALK AWAY!

NETTIE-ISM: It is clear to me, any discussion involving facts is irrelevant to a Democrat.

In the past few weeks I have had conversations with African-American Democrats that were an absolute waste of my time. I have known these individuals long enough that they know I am a Trump supporter and I do my research, particularly when it comes to faith and politics.  These individuals know that I am not a news watcher.

With most of the individuals I have tried to share biblical facts instead of political opinions. I have tried to remind the person that as Christians the Bible teaches that we are supposed to accept the teaching that both abortion and homosexuality are wrong and thus we cannot support politicians that do. These individuals respond by talking about President Trump’s history of adultery and the allegations of sexual misconduct- allegations that have been proved to be false. If I suggest that the Bible instructs us to pray for those in leadership positions, they change the subject.

Facts do not matter with these die-hard, anti-Trump, liberal media watching individuals. Their arguments have been the same for two years now and will continue because the liberal media outlets recycle the same stories, each one speaking as if they all are reading from the same script.

Nothing mattered to any of the individuals I spoke with because they have been programmed, both politically and in their church, to hate President Trump. Because they have rejected hearing the truth I have decided to stop trying to share the truth with them.  Just like those who want to learn more about Yeshua, if they ask I will tell but I will no longer waste my time on someone who will let me speak and hear the opposite.
                                                                                                   written by Marsha L F Randolph


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THEY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH

NETTIE-ISM: How do you warn people who do not want to deal with the reality of what is happening now?

Again I had a dream in which the Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit) planted information in my soul. He speaks to all of us but so many people: do not understand what is happening and allow Satan to pervert their gift, others do not understand how to hear from YHWH and ignore His messages and others reject the information.

In my dream I saw why people were rejecting the truth and by people I mean those who call themselves Christian. My dream was about Black people in particular, well educated individuals who were familiar with the Word. In my dream I understood that some people will walk past the truth not recognizing it but then look back and see who it is but it will be to late, the truth will leave the room. Others will be in the presence of the truth but want to leave to visit with a false teacher because he is famous; they justify this action by saying “I will be back, I just want to shake his hand.” The truth speaker left got rid of what was not needed and entered the light of day.

When I dream a dream such as this one it is because I asked a question. There are so many friends and family that reject the truth not because they doubt my words but because the truth is inconvenient.

Many people cannot love the person but hate the sinner. In this day and age of identity politics you are your sin thus we are told we must love the sin. People are convinced: If we do not love the sin we cannot love the sinner. The world sees the truth as a lie.

Christians don’t know what to do. They have become accustomed to a type of courtesy not found in Scripture but taught by denominations. They are taught to ignore the sin and let God deal with it, the sinner will get a chance to repent shortly before he or she dies and all will be well. They walk past the truth because they don’t recognize it.

Christians like the things of this world. The find men dressed as women funny.  The idea of hiding sexual behavior by aborting the results there of make sense because some day that person will accept Jesus as Lord and be forgiven for their sins. And of course children must sacrifice having a parent available when they need it so that both mothers and fathers can pursue careers in order to buy the things the world says every family should have. They know YHWH does not want them to fellowship with unbelievers they are just going to shake the hand of the world- just a little leaven.

So: How do you warn people who do not want to deal with the reality of what is happening now? How do you tell people who have heard the truth that they are far from the truth? As Believers all we can do is be available when they are ready.

It saddens me to know that there are people who will not listen to me because they just don’t want to.       written by Marsha L F Randolph
YHWH’S WORD: These are the words He has placed on my soul to release to the reader. I do not call myself a prophetess though the words are prophetic. I do not claim these words are for you but I believe they are for some bodies. Respectfully  MARSHA L F RANDOLPH.
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ROMANS 1:20-25 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.21)  For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ) Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23) and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
24)  Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25) They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

TO SIMPLE FOR THE CITY!

NETTIE-OLOGY: Try as I might I just can not appreciate the conveniences of living in a metropolis. 

My fondest childhood memories were those of playing in the dirt with two guys named Chip and Peanut. I couldn’t identify them today if they introduced themselves to me but I know I had fun. Part of my motivation for living is to recapture all that was good back in the day.

They call where I live now city but those who actually live in the city know it is not. The communities lack the organization of what I would call a suburb. It really is to urban thus the appropriate term would be metropolis. Whatever you call it: city, suburb, urban community, or metropolis I am not a fan.

As an adult my husband and I would join friends in their country home for a few weeks in the fall. The hostess apologized because there was nothing to do- I loved doing nothing. It was just me and my laptop most days, except for the trips to Walmart. Of course there was church on Sunday.  I am sure there were things to do but we were able to appreciate the beauty of the land and the silence due to lack of neighbors living to close.

As my community grows I am becoming restless. Many of my friends have already moved to the country. As I approach my 60th birthday I hear the woods calling my name. But first YHWH has to get my city born husband use to the idea of not driving up the street tot he McDonald’s for coffee.

What could convince me to stay here? I cannot think of one thing. Yes there are things for me to do here about as much as I would do if I lived in the country.

Now, I know I cannot go back to the days of dirt roads, and penny candy. What I can do is live in a place where everything doesn’t have to be done yesterday. I would like to live in a place in which faith and family are more important than iPhones and flat screen televisions.

Back in the day they called me Nettie, short for Lynnette. As I tried to grow into a city girl I began insisting everyone call me ‘Marsha’. Sounds metropolitan doesn’t it? Fortunately for me, a few of my elders didn’t not make the transition and as I matured I began to embrace who I was an unsophisticated, untrendy, politically incorrect individual who likes to keep things simple. People who like to keep up with the Joneses have trouble with how I dress, how I comb my hair and even my faith and political ideology.  I like who I am a country girl at heart.       

                              written by Marsha L F Randolph
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