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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever shall believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting

life.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the

Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt

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The Christian message is often re-ferred to as the "Gospel," which means "good news." Specifically, it is the good news about Jesuswho He is, what He has done, and what He offers. Essentially, the message is that Jesus was God in the flesh, that He came into the world to rec-oncile humanity to Himself, and that his salvation is freely offered to each person who will respond in faith. The Gospel message explains that salvation is only possible through the Crucifixion and Resur-rection of Jesus. Through his sacri-fice, Jesus paid the price for our sin-fulness (rebellion against God), thus offering us forgiveness. Then through his Resurrection He con-quered death, removing it as the penalty for our sin and replacing it with the offer of eternal life that is only available from Him to all those that place their faith in Him.

What is the Christian Message With his final words before his as-

cension, Jesus issued to his followers

the task of conveying his message to

the world. Armed with this di-

rective, the total number of Chris-

tians exploded from a mere 120 to

over 3,000 within the span of two

weeks. By the end of the first centu-

ry, an estimated one million people

had responded to the Christian mes-

sage by becoming followers of Jesus.

Today, nearly two thousand years

later, the Christian faith has grown

to become the largest faith in the

world with over two billion adher-

ents. Still, Christians continue to

treat Jesus' mandate seriously and

persist in spreading his message far

and wide.

What is this message, though, and

why is it so important? Why have

countless Christians pledged and

even given their lives in order to

promote it?

The Christian message is often re-

ferred to as the "Gospel," which

means "good news." Specifically, it is

the good news about Jesuswho he is, what he has done, and what he

offers. Essentially, the message is

that Jesus was God in the flesh, that

he came into the world to reconcile

humanity to himself, and that his

salvation is freely offered to each

person who will respond in faith.

Furthermore, the Gospel message

explains that salvation is only possi-

ble through the Crucifixion and Res-

urrection of Jesus. Though thou-

sands of books have been written

about these events, the core idea is

that, through his sacrifice, Jesus paid

the price for our sinfulness (rebellion

against God), thus offering us for-

giveness. Then through his Resur-

rection he conquered death, remov-

ing it as the penalty for our sin and

replacing it with the offer of eternal

life.

Though the Christian Scriptures do

contain a code of conduct as well as

doctrinal and theological state-

ments, the central message is more

about placing faith in the person of

Jesus than it is about conforming to

any code. The primary emphasis of

Christianity, then, is to point people

toward Jesus and the salvation that

is only available from him.

The Christian Church has taken dif-

ferent forms throughout the centu-

ries, but this central message has

remained the same. It binds all of

Christendom together. Despite the

various branches of Christianity in

the world todaymost notably Ro-man Catholicism, Protestantism,

and Eastern Orthodoxythis Gospel message acts as a unifying element.

Though adherents to the faith in-

clude people from every walk of life,

this message binds them all togeth-

er. Throughout the Christian

Church, this message of salvation is

considered to be the hope of the

world.

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Christian Freedom International releas-es a new video docu-menting the plight of Christian refugees from Pakistan BANGKOK, Thailand, -- More than half the 14 mil-lion refugees and asylum-seekers under the mandate of the United Nations refu-gee agency world-wide do not actually live in the camps they are associated with. A growing number live illegally in cities and towns around the world. Across Asia alone, from India to the Pacific islands, there are about half a million such "urban refugees" ac-cording to the UN agency. Christian Freedom Interna-tional has documented the plight of Christian refugees from Pakistan in a newly released video. After receiving numerous death threats and beatings from Muslim militants, Pas-tor Joseph Aswar, his wife, and two children sold their home and everything they owned in Pakistan to flee the country. They paid an "agent" a large sum of money in La-hore, and came to Thailand as "tourists" to apply for asylum with the United Na-tions High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bangkok. In theory and according to international law, the UN-HCR is supposed to protect and provide for the basic needs of asylum seekers while they wait for a hear-ing to decide their fate. If granted asylum by the UNHCR, Pastor Joseph and his family will be able to resettle in a free country, where Christians are not

persecuted for their faith. However, the "reality" for Jo-seph and many other Pakistani Christians seek-ing asylum at the UNHCR in Bang-kok is far differ-ent than what is "supposed" to happen. After arriving in Bangkok and immediately making application for asy-lum as a persecuted Chris-tian, Pastor Joseph re-ceived his "person of con-cern" card from the UN-HCR. His "hearing" for asy-lum is scheduled for years from now. His tourist visa has long since expired. Joseph, an educated, ca-pable man, cannot work because he is now in Thai-land "illegally." He and his family, and many other Christian asy-lum seekers from Pakistan pray each day for their next meal. Their children cannot go to school and they share a room in a Bangkok slum with another Christian fami-ly, all living in the one room flat, sleeping on the floor. Joseph and his family re-ceive no help from the UN-HCR and they must survive in the "shadows" while they await their hearing. He and many other Christian asy-lum seekers from Pakistan live day to day in fear of arrest and deportation be-cause they have no visas, and Thailand never signed the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention that protects refugees' rights.

As bad as his current con-ditions are, Joseph says he is thankful to be in Thai-land. He cannot go back to Pakistan as he and his family face certain death. Pastor Joseph misses his home, church, and friends and family in Pakistan, but he knows he must keep looking forward, not back-ward. An "Uncaring" Bureaucracy Persecuted Christian "urban refugees" scrape by in limbo, even more vulner-able than refugees living in a refugee camp. To make matters worse, the UNHCR in Bangkok is an enormous, uncaring, inefficient bureaucracy that provides little to no help to Christian asylum seekers. According to Christian Freedom International president, Jim Jacobson, "It is a heartbreaking travesty how the UNHCR treats Christian asylum seekers. It is wrong, and this needs to be investigated and cor-rected before donor nations give another penny to the UN." For more info visit: www.christianfreedom.org.

Christian Refugees from Pakistan Cry for Help

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There have been several

good articles, pro and con,

about upcoming events to

watch for in Sept. 2015

(blood moons, Sabbatical

year, Shemitah, etc.). To be

honest, when these good

articles came out I just

skimmed over many of

them. But I now realize that

the list of things to watch for

in Sept. 2015 has surpassed

my ability to keep up with all

of it.

So here is a list I made for

myself. It is not my purpose

to comment on the rele-

vance of any of these things.

But it is my purpose to have

a calendar of events that I

can refer to. Also, under-

stand that because a Jewish

day ends at sundown (not 12

p.m.) and because there are

questions about the accura-

cy of the Jewish calendar

some of what is being re-

ported could be wrong.

Sept. 9: The date the Jewish

Sanhedrin plans to put Pres.

Obama on trial on Mt. Zion

for promoting genocide of

the Jewish people with the

P5 +1 agreement with Iran

over that nations nuclear weapons program. Will this

trial be worthless or will it

accomplish anything?

Sept. 13: The end of the Sab-

batical year (at sundown on

Sept. 13) and the date that a

highly respected ultra-

Orthodox Jewish Rabbi

named Chaim Kanievsky

says Israels Messiah will ar-rive. Is he right or a false

prophet?

Sept. 13: Congress has 60

days to vote on the P5 + 1

agreement with Iran (signed on July 14, 2015). If Congress

takes a full 60 days, this vote

could be on Sept. 13. Con-

troversy surrounds this date

because there are secret

deals between the IAEA and

Iran that Congress has not

seen.

Sept. 13: The Shemitah year

(also called a Sabbath year,

or a Sabbatical year, or the

seventh year of the agricul-

tural cycle) ends at sundown

on Sept. 13. It is associated

with financial issues; debt

forgiveness; economic prob-

lems; recession; declines in

the Stock Market, etc. Jona-than Cahn says the U.S. or

the world could have eco-

nomic problems about this

time.

Sept.13-15: Rosh Hashanah

(also called the Jewish New

Year or the Feast of Trum-

pets) begins at sundown on

Sept. 13 and ends at sun-

down on Sept. 15. Some

(not all) prophecy teachers

believe the Rapture could

occur at the end of Rosh

Hashanah this year or next

year or some year.

Sept.15: The purported mili-

tary drill called Joint Assis-

tance for Development and

Execution (JADE) Homeland

Eradication of Local Mili-

tants (HELM) is supposed to

end. Will it? Will there be a

JADE HELM 2016, 2017,

etc.?

Sept.15: The 70th UN Gen-

eral Assembly will begin

meeting. During this session

(not necessarily on the

15th), France is expected to

present a resolution to the

UN Security Council to di-

vide the Promised Land

(Two-State Solution) and to

force a peace treaty on Isra-

el and the PA. If the UN

does this, their decision will

lead to the beginning of the

Tribulation period and the

battle of Armageddon.

Sept. 20: The Jewish Sanhed-

rin plans to put Pope Francis

on trial on Mt. Zion for offi-

cially recognizing the exist-

ence of a Palestinian State

on land that God gave to

Israel. Will the outcome be

recognized by God?

Sept. 22-23: Yom Kippur

(also called the Day of

Atonement or the Feast of

Atonement) begins at sun-

down on Sept. 22. This will

mark the beginning of the

next year of Jubilee (the

50th year) which involves

focus on God, the cancella-

tion of debts, restoration of

land to the original owners,

etc. Will God focus on eco-

nomic issues, Israels resto-ration to the land, etc.?

Sept. 23: Pope Francis is

scheduled to visit the White

House for discussions with

Pres. Obama about their

shared values on caring for

the poor (wealth redistribu-

tion), religious freedom,

immigration (elimination of

borders), environmental

issues (global warming), etc.

Sept. 24: Pope Francis is

scheduled to address a joint

session of Congress about

world peace, religious values

(probably a need for a world

religion), caring for the

poor, etc.

Sept. 25: Pope Francis is

scheduled to address the

UN. He wants to reduce the

worlds population, regulate global climate change, estab-

lish a global constitution,

establish a global court and

establish a one-world gov-

ernment.

Sept. 25-27: The UN plans to

hold a Sustainable Develop-

ment Summit to expand the

role of global governance

(world government). They plan to discuss global eco-

nomic issues, climate

change, global education and

gender equality. It is really a

plan to control the life of

everyone on earth.

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Sept. 28: The Feast of

Tabernacles and the

fourth blood moon in

the current Tetrad will

take place on this date.

Several major prophetic

events have happened

just before or just after

other blood moon Tet-

rads. The Jewish Tal-

mud (not the Bible)

says blood moons are a

sign of war in Israel.

Several major end-of-

the-age wars are men-

tioned in the Bible and

some are prophecy

teachers believe some

or all of these could

soon occur.

This convergence of

events in Sept. 2015 is

why many people think

something big is about

to happen. We shall

soon know. Prophecy

Plus Ministries

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Social Skills & Etiquettes, Girl Power Event, Educates Oaklands Youth

(Top Left) CEO/Founder of Social Skills & Etiquette, Juanita Walker, pictured with at-tendee of the Girl Power Event held on August 1, 2015 in Oakland, CA.

Social Skills & Etiquette, Girl Power event was held on August 1, 2015 to address real issues that girls are fac-ing today to make them bet-ter leaders tomorrow. Founder Juanita Walker, put together a program to edu-cate, motivate, and teach social and etiquette skills to girls for this event. It includ-ed educational topics such as image, social media, self con-fidence, money matters, hu-man trafficking, health & hygiene, self respect, listen-ing skills, public speaking, self esteem, education, etiquette,

work ethics, dating, introduc-tions, peer pressure, fre-nemies, skincare, goal setting and more. The event held in Oakland, mainly for Oakland youth included teen entertainment, continental breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and event materials. Juanita Walker is the presi-dent and founder of Social Skills And Etiquette. She obtained her certifica-tion from the Etiquette Insti-tute in St. Louis, Missouri

under the training of Maria Everding, world renowned trainer and author. Juanita coaches children, teens, youth, young adults, adults, business professionals and faith based organizations in areas of; business acumen, effective communication, introductions, dining eti-quette, image, socialization and much more. Social Skills And Etiquette is also an ap-proved vendor with Oakland Unified School District and Peralta Colleges. To contact Juanita Walker : socialskill-sandetiquette@gmail.com

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We Overcome Terrorism

By Connie Woods In the past month or so, 5 US Marines have been killed in the United States; once again another terrorist attack on US soil by a person in-fluenced by terrorist ideology. As it stands now, there have been several US Islamist influ-enced attacks over the past few years and increasing. Thousands of our Christian sisters and brothers have also been killed in the Middle East by the same groups. The 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution, (...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be in-fringed) gives Ameri-cans the right to pro-tect themselves, but more importantly, Christians fight in the spiritual realm, and the battles that they face will be won by

the Spirit of God. Je-sus will fight this bat-tle, as all others. God called Chris-tians to pray, stand, fully armored with the word of God, and to continue to be a light in a dark world. (For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the dark-ness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12) Christians know that they win, in the end, and through their trials, encouraged that when they suffer with Jesus they shall also reign with him. As evil is being perpe-trated on Jews, Christians, and Americans all over the Earth by terror-ists, remind your-selves, sin only last for a season. Saints have compassion on those that know not

the truth, because they know what awaits those that are lost. God call us to love our enemies, and to pray for them. When Jesus rights all wrongs, all this terrorism and evil will be done away with for good! Pray for all that are blinded by the devil and for the hearts of the people of this country that they would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and in the midst of every-thing that is going on Christians ask God to protect them like only he can. Chris-tians, stand on his promise No weap-on formed against them shall prosper. Please email all questions or com-ments to in-fo@goodnewspress.us.

National Grandparents Day Celebrated September 13

First cel-

ebrated in 1978,

National Grandpar-

ents Day is ob-

served in the U.S.

on the first Sun-

day after Labor

Day. It honors

both maternal and

paternal grandpar-

ents.

Grandpar-

ents have always

been special. To-

day, they're even

more important. In

very busy fami-

lies, an involved

grandparent is es-

pecially benefi-

cial ... and help-

ful.

The spe-

cial kind of love

children get from

a grandparent is

something they

can't get anywhere

else. It is a gen-

uine kind of love,

a unique and im-

portant kind.

Parents

have to worry

about who children

will become in the

future, and they

have to be provid-

ers and discipli-

narians. Grandpar-

ents can just en-

joy their grand-

children for who

they are in the

moment.

Authority to Declare

by Olive Branch Ministries Faith takes hold of spiritual realities we can not touch with our physical senses and brings them into the natu-ral realm. All physical matter was brought into existence by God. God is a Spirit. All things are held to-gether by His Word. John 1:1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. Even though we can not see it, it is real. God has given us the authority through the Lord Jesus Christ when we are submitted to His Word, to exer-cise the power of God and walk in that authority. As Paul said -- Eph:3:20: Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abun-dantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. This power is in us the Word of God says, yet we must be obedient and submitted to Him if we want that pow-er to flow through us. We have to fol-lows God's directions if we are going to get God's results. Authority is the God given right to use this power.

Jesus said in -- Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came and spoke to them, say-ing, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20. "teaching them to ob-serve all things that I have command-ed you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'' Amen. All authority was been given to Jesus who immediately turned around and gave it to the church in order to bring God's will into fruition in the Earth. Declaration I will rise up in Jesus name and walk in the authority that Jesus has trans-ferred to me. I will rise up and faint not in the day of adversity. I will rise up and walk worthy of a child of God. I will rise up to my place of authority and leadership. I will rise up and boldly declare Gods Word to be true. I will Rise up, I will Rise up! The day is at hand, I will not turn to the right or left, but face straight ahead, and see Gods glory poured forth over the Earth. Glory to God. Amen

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Watch & Pray

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. The Bible contains detailed prophecy about the future. Its amazing, the times that we live

in, as we watch bible prophecy being fulfilled. God so lovingly foretold us of things to come be-fore it happened, because God already knew the end from the beginning. Why do you think Je-sus told us things that would hap-pen before he returned? Could it be that when we saw all the crazy things in this world happen, Christians would not lose hope, and hold fast to what they be-lieve. Could it also be that God wanted Believers to know the season that they were living in. I believe there is a special reward for all those that are looking, watching, and anticipating the Lords catching away of the Saints in an event called the rap-ture, and also rewards for those that share the word of God and this hope to others.

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