R.S. Helms Commentary

By:  R.S. Helms It may be a change to read about something positive, or at least as the Lord viewed the church at Smyrna.   This is a church, which may well reflect in the universal church, your local church, and of course, the church is people, it is a good standard to judge our personal spiritual position. The word Smyrna has as its root, the word myrrh is a substance that has the sweet smell and used in the making of perfume, incense, and medicine.   Smyrna was a beautiful city with rich farmland; and often referred to as the ‘crown of Asia.’   Nonetheless, it was also the center of Caesar-worship in Asia Minor; the infamous ‘golden street’ that ran from the harbor up to Mt. Pagos.   Along the way one passed by an imposing array of pagan temples to Cybele, Apollo, Aesculapius, Aphrodite, and Zeus.   Yet, there was a Christian church, which would only relate to the persecution that the Christians underwent.   It was the martyr Polycarp who was burned at the stake for

The Church at Ephesus The Church at Ephesus   Perhaps, there are those Christians in the church today who have never heard about the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, (Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ to St. John; chapter 2 – 3), there are some so-called Christians that do not read and study the Bible on a regular basis, and some preachers seldom preach from the book of Revelation. Nonetheless, the book is a wonderful book of study for the Christian, and the seven churches may be used very effectively for a measuring gage in three aspects of your spiritual wellness, as an individual, as a church, and as the church universal.   The conditions, which Jesus addresses, cycle through the Christian church experience, as well as the individual relationship of Christians to Christ.   The church at Ephesus, its history of spiritual good works for the kingdom, and its fault.   2  Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seve

By: R.S. Helms W hen was the last time that you stopped to remember?   Funny, the older we get the worse our memory gets. We are like the Apostle Paul, in a way, only we find ourselves remembering the things we are supposed to forget, and forgetting the things we are supposed to remember.   Today is May 25, and the day set aside to “remember” those who died in military service to our country.   As I paused to think about all the men and women who have died making and keeping us free as a people.   Nonetheless, since 2008 and the Obama administration, it takes no rocket scientist to notice the administration and the liberal left has turned against the military and law enforcement, while advancing the cause of liberalism, Marxist socialism, Islam, Liberal and Liberation theology, not to mention the extreme division in nearly every aspect of our lives.   This administration has nearly destroyed the constitutional rights of American citizens by the use of corrupt regulatory a

Thoughts For Today Part two of two   We pick up where we left off, and that is inspecting the fruit of people.   Here at home, people become outraged at the evil carnage committed by the Islamic State in the Middle East, Kenia, and other Muslim regimes, while downplaying radical Islamic terrorist bloodbaths in western nations.   Yet these so-called homegrown terrorist cells enjoy the freedom to move about and organize using Islam Mosques for recruiting and radicalizing Muslims.   Where is the sustained outrage?   The president, demonstrated outrage over evil committed in Paris, and then went back to yuking it up with his friends on the golf course.   He demonstrated his outrage against the Christian Crusades, ether not knowing the facts, or purposely blaming Christian aggression for committing this evil, or indirectly placing blame on the Christians for the problems with Islam.   From the day Adam took a bite of the fruit of the tree, there has been evil in the hea

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