The Jeremiah Project is a response to...
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD" - Amos 8:11
The Jeremiah Project began in 1992 as a "print" ministry of proclaiming God's Word to a lost and dying world. Its mailing list was limited and compiled from names found in newspaper articles, letters to the editor, and recommendations from others. Early in 1996, the Lord moved me to continue publishing the material on the Internet as it greatly expanded the audience at a much lower cost. To date, the Jeremiah Project has logged over 6.6 million page views of material with an average of over 1,000 unique visitors per day (far more than I could have reached by mail).
Like Jeremiah, I feel I am "only a child" (Jer. 1:6) and have little
influence to offer discernment in this hurting and dying world, but also like
Jeremiah, I am willing to obey God and proclaim Him and His Word to those who
are impoverished.
Unlike Jeremiah, I am no prophet; I have no special
revelations from God to share with you. I am a student of God's word and a
seeker of truth. I am also a teacher who wishes to share with you what I am
learning and an encourager to let you know that God loves you and wants you to
enjoy His many blessings.
And I agree with the prophet Isaiah as he
proclaimed the words of God...
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. [Isaiah 55:10-11]
My heart is broken to see the modern
compromised church and the many
errors it is falling prey to. At times it can be so confusing for those not
grounded in God's Word as to what the truth really is. With all the competing
teachings and doctrines put forth by the various denominations, it's little
wonder people can make sense of it all. But I've learned to not rely on those
teachings but rather rely on the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit and to
compare those teachings from denominational Christianity with the teaching
found in Scripture.
I believe far too many people have one foot in the
church and one foot in the world, while others don't even see the need for the
church. All the while, society blurs the distinction between what is good and
evil, true and false, and many people fall prey to its
deceptions. Indeed, society today has
turned upside down the morals and truths we've held in the past. It calls those
good things evil, and the evil things good.
I believe the message of
Jeremiah is as appropriate for us today as it was when he first delivered it.
Maybe even more so as I believe that Jesus will soon return for His remnant
church and those who have rejected His message, like the Israelites of
Jeremiah's time, will face certain judgement.
The message I have to
share with you is:
WAKE
UP!
Find a Bible and read for yourself what the Creator of the
universe says. It's not a message clouded in obscurity for ages gone by.
Rather, it is a clear message for you today.
I regretfully accept the fact that not everyone who reads these pages will agree with what they find here, nor will everyone respond in a loving manner. In Scripture as well as in history we find that the truth of the gospel has generally been hated, reviled, and persecuted. In fact, Jeremiah, because he reproved the scribes for their false doctrine and wickedness, admonished the ignorant, and urged the wicked population to repent... was called by the scribes a heretic and deceiver, and by the princes a seditionist and troublemaker. Nonetheless, he was chosen of God to be a prophet and speak the words of the Lord.
The message I have to share with those who are awake is to
PREPARE!
I
believe there will be difficult times ahead for mankind and Christians need to
be grounded in God's Word, secure in their faith, and prepared to overcome the
difficulties. In fact, the prepared Christian will be in a better position to
become a life-line for those not prepared.
I know that I cannot change others minds about what God says
through His Word. In fact, that's not my responsibility. But, He has called me
to be a "watchman," if you will, and to proclaim His truth through the ministry
of the Jeremiah Project.
Statement of Faith
I Believe the Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and
authoritative Word of God.
I Believe there is one God,
eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I Believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth,
sinless life, miracles, atoning death on the cross, bodily resurrection, bodily
ascension into heaven, and His personal return once again in power and
glory.
I Believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man,
regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. That salvation cannot
be gained by human effort, but only through God's grace in the redemption He
provided in Jesus Christ, a redemption which is responded to by faith and which
leads to a life devoted to obeying God.
I Believe in following
Christ in Baptism. An outward sign of an inward commitment.
I
Believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the
Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
I Believe in the
resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the
resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of
damnation.
