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Contents
Biz Ethics
I
Roll
44 Flipside of Integrity
20 ntegrity
Features
8
Online Dialer
Free Global Long Distance Calls
F
/Vision for Life
11 edex
No one is immuned to Evil
Health
17
Grey stay Grey
19
Health Bites
Keeping grey matter grey
Update on the Hidden Rancidity
in oil
Nutrition
S
E
39 afer nergy
Drink?
State of our world
Moral Quiz
22 Invitation to Eternity
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Editorial
In this issue, we want to thank everyone out there, who has taken the
time to read our magazine. We hope
everyone will get something valuable
out of every issue. Because of that,
we will continue to focus on delivering
meaningful content.
We are aware of the fact that, what
we may deem meaningful may not
satisfy that definition for all readers. As a result, we expect to have
various reactions to everything we
present. When necessary, we will
address readers’ concerns that are
brought to our attention. This will ensure that, others who may not voice
out their opinions or reactions, will get
a chance to know our response.
he claimed he knew well, was not
adequate for the job. He wanted us to
buy some other software, so that, he
could show us he could do the job.
With 3 days left to our deadline, he
said he was leaving for a doctor’s appointment, two hours after showing
up for work. The next day he came to
work claiming he had an appointment
with his doctor. When I reminded him
that he was supposed to have seen
his doctor the previous day, he said
he had waited 2 hours but the doctor
did not see him. He claimed the doctor walked out without talking to him.
I tried to get him to rebook for a later
date but he insisted on leaving.
Our last issue (Nov/Dec) was put out
under some challenging circumstances surrounding employee turnover.
We discovered that a replacement
graphic designer had overstated his
abilities when he was interviewed for
the job. We hired him on a trial basis
for two weeks. This discovery came
close to our deadline for taking the
magazine to press. I was trying to get
this replacement to come clean when
I made the discovery, but, he argued
that our publishing software, which
Fortunately, there was a job applicant
who had not been interviewed. When
I called to interview her, she did
something with our software, which
the other guy said our software could
not do; and she did it within half an
hour. She was hired and has demonstrated her ability. She worked hard
to help get that second issue out to
press in a week and a half. I had tried
to reschedule press time for a couple
of weeks later, but we could only get
a week and a half. So, the second
issue was rushed. Unfortunately,
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because of that, there were quite a bit
of typographical errors (typos) we discovered later. Those have now been
fixed in the version on our website at
www.cosmiceye.info. We apologize
for those typos. We will attempt to
continue to do better.
Outside of that, we have been
pleased with the overall reaction to
the magazine. Our second issue
pulled in approximately 5 times more
on-line subscriptions than our first
one. It also attracted 5 times more
subscriptions to “The Fountain of
Youth Reports” than our first issue.
While this is a positive indication that
there are people who see value in
this magazine, we also have proof
that others want little to do with it.
This is good because, it confirms we
can’t please everyone.
unhappy recipients of our magazine,
I suggested they treat the magazine
as junk mail if, they figured they
would derive no benefit from it. In
every case, I was told, that would
be such a waste. I heard the parties
express concern for saving paper by
not delivering to them. To try and deal
with that concern, I suggested they
pass on the magazine to someone
else that may benefit from the content. That raised other responses that
made me realize that this “removal
from mailing list” issue was more
challenging than I expected.
do so to support some point we are
trying to make. Our choices to mention God are based on our belief
that He is our Creator. Our position
on this issue is well documented in
our first issue, under the heading
“Are we descendants of Apes or
creatures of Intelligent Design.” You
can examine that position at www.
cosmiceye.info (Click on Previous
Issues and go to page 29 of the
Oct/07 issue).
We respect the right of others to
disagree with us. If, we choose
to disrespect that right, we will be
In the first instance, I apologized for
not being able to accommodate their choosing to have others disrespect
request. With the second issue, I got our right to free speech. If, that happens, someone, somewhere may
a little bolder, attempting to make
very well decide that, I can’t talk
the point that, the magazine is free
or write about certain true issues
and does have content that deals
because they don’t like them. We
with things that touch most people
know this actually happens in cerMostly, those that would rather not
in some way. We deal with health,
tain parts of the world. Fortunately,
have the magazine delivered to
nutrition, the wickedness and the
for us here in Canada, this is not the
them are few. I make that statement
good that surround us. I stated how
based on actual responses we have
we are even unafraid to mention God case. So, we will continue to present
received. Thus far, we have received when necessary; knowing how politi- the facts and opinions that we hope
3 phone calls during which, we were cally incorrect that could be. After this will either benefit people or get them
to take a closer look at something
being asked to take them off our mail- sales pitch, I politely asked why they
they might not have experienced.
ing list. The first request came from a would reject such a magazine. Their
doctor’s office as a result of our first
answers did not surprise me. Their
issue. The other two came after the
problem with our magazine was basi- Some of the things we present will
rub certain people the wrong way,
second issue. To all these requests,
cally because of the mention of God
no matter how we present them.
our response was the same.
as alluded to earlier.
We may even sympathize with the
The most economical way for our
To a point, I can understand how the discomfort felt by some, but we
can’t apologize for factually reportmagazine to reach people in hard
mention of God can irritate some
ing murder or theft if, we believe
copy is to go through Canada Post
people. There are many claiming
it will serve the community well to
as un-addressed Admail. Through
to represent God, yet do things that
know. On the other hand, I will not
this method, we do not have spegive God a bad name. Then, there
expect to be allowed to write or say
cific names and addresses that we
are those who just don’t believe in
things that are not true and then
target. Canada Post just delivers to
God, for one reason or another.
present them as truth, if, that action
the postal codes we select to deliver This is rather unfortunate, because,
can potentially hurt someone. Our
to. Because of that, we can’t instruct
no human can eliminate the word
society should not tolerate that and
Canada Post not to deliver to any
“God” from language any more than
neither should you. I also definitely
one or more particular addresses in
they can eliminate the word “life”, or
stand against that. That’s why no
the selected postal codes. Moreover, attempt to eliminate the sun from
because we don’t have access to the the sky. As long as both words exist, one in our society will stand for it, if,
someone were to be going around
mailing list in any particular postal
people are going to use them. Both
advocating that stealing or murcode, we can’t ask for the removal of words can be used to convey joy or
dering someone is good. We will
any particular name and address.
anger; do good or evil. We all have
the choice. Here at Cosmic Eye,
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although, we would like everyone
to read the magazine; it is primarily
Editorial
Continued from page 3
for the business owner or owners
first. This explanation resulted in her
neither tolerate it, if, someone were
response that, she knows the owner
to advocate that smoking will cure
would not read such a magazine.
someone’s lung cancer.
At this, I enquired who the owner
was and got another “Why?” for a
On the other hand, when human na- response. Indicating that there was
ture steps in, I could be going around a possibility that the owner might not
telling people that my particular brand have a problem, I finally realized she
of cigarettes that I manufacture, can
didn’t want me to talk to him. She
cure lung cancer. If, it were true that
refused to tell me who he was and
I manufacture cigarettes and I could
refused to let me talk to him. I tried to
get away with it, I could do it and not
point out that, the position she was
care, as long as my bank account
taking might be presumptuous, but it
gets padded. And if anyone dared
got me nowhere. Finally, when I told
challenge my claim, I would probably her there are ways the owner could
be upset. Now, we all know this is an be found out, she reluctantly said,
extreme scenario I have presented
she would give me his voice mail. I
here. However, the point being made decided she would continue to interis that, there has to be a standard by fere if, she really wanted, so I thanked
which good and bad, right and wrong her and let her go.
are determined. If, you asked me to
come up with a standard, it may be
I never found out how the owner
regarded as flawed by you, because, of Martello Properties would have
what I may deem good may not be
reacted to the magazine, but I have an
good for you. When we flip this coin, idea that may help people struggling
the standard you come up with, may with what to do with the magazine. If,
not be regarded as good by me
someone happens to be the first to
either.
see the magazine, and doesn’t like
it for whatever reason, they should
Having made this point, I still have to pause for a moment and reflect on
acknowledge the fact that, there is
whom the magazine was primarily
always an opportunity for a positive
sent to. If, this someone happens to
outcome, no matter what the comnot be the owner of the business, they
ment. As a result, I’ll go a little further should be prepared to give the owner
with the two instances resulting from an opportunity to exercise his or her
our last issue.
prerogative to reject or embrace it. I
hope this suggestion helps somewhat.
First Instance:
Second Instance:
A lady from Martello Properties here
in Edmonton did not want the maga- This involved a gentleman who had
zine and expressed concern it would left a message requesting the cesbe wasteful to treat it as junk mail.
sation of delivery of this magazine to
She was not prepared to pass it on to him. When I returned the call to exsomeone else either. She expressed plain the situation, we had an opporher position without any rudeness or tunity to talk for a while. He told me
abrasiveness. In my attempt to get a that when he read the first issue, he
positive outcome, I eventually asked
decided to take a trip to our address
if, she was the owner of the busito see or talk to someone. Unfortuness. My question yielded an abrupt nately, he did not talk to me but, it
“Why?” So, I went on to explain that, sounded like he talked to someone
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on the main floor.
During my call to him, he found
out that I could do nothing to stop
delivery to his specific address in
the postal code where it’s located.
He was not too keen about treating the magazine as junk mail. This
was because of his environmental
concerns, starting from the felling
of trees right down the line. This
gentleman was passionate about
these concerns and felt the magazine is a negative contributory factor
to his concerns. He explained that,
he was not taking the position that
everything was wrong with the magazine. He just wanted me to know
that he felt we could do more. He
indicated that our articles on health,
nutrition, and what he described as
religion, seemed to have some positive information, but we provided
no tools to use to turn the info into
something concrete.
At this comment, I asked what more
he thought we could do. He went
on to say that when he came to our
address, he found out that there’s a
clothing manufacturing facility on our
main floor. He expressed how positive that is, compared to harboring
an outfit which imports clothing from
third world countries by exploiting low
labor standards. He added that, our
magazine should be featuring stories
like that of our friends downstairs.
He admitted that he had a problem
with the mention of God, as he felt
he was being preached at. He also
admitted he was not a Christian but,
he was not really an atheist either.
After listening for quite a while,
with an occasional question here
and there, I was relieved to hear
him say that, he appreciated the
time I took to call and to listen. He
said he felt I didn’t have to do it,
but, it’s good that I did. He finally
indicated that, he would look over
our next issue, in the hope that, it
might be more pleasant for him.
What I learned from this encounter
confirms our belief that we could all
do more or better. We haven’t arrived
yet and I don’t believe we will ever
arrive. However, we will continue to
endeavour to do better. When we
write articles on health and nutrition,
we will try and provide tools that can
be used to turn the info into something concrete in life. We will refrain
from doing religion but we will not fail
to quote scripture when we believe
that, it is the only source of true wisdom. There’s a lot of information and
knowledge in the world today, but has
all of that really made a lasting positive impact where it really counts?
We don’t think so. As a result, we
will continue to share whatever good
we know and whatever info we have
about the wickedness that surrounds
us. Our determination of what is
good or wicked will not be based on
just my personal preferences. We
will base them on the only fair and
just standard that we know of; and
that will come out of scripture. This,
I believe, is what life is about. This
is not about religion. That can easily
be done by showing up at church,
doing a good deed here and there,
or calling someone a Christian or
some other chosen descriptive. This
is about love; the love of the only one
who loves every human enough, to
set up the best thing every human
can ever have. It’s about loving Him
enough to have a relationship with
Him to enable us to do and be right.
of the core of these laws. Every bit of
any law that exists to protect you and
I and our loved ones (humans or animals) have been extracted from one
ideal and absolute moral code. That
code was created and given by non
other than the Creator of all creatures,
God the invisible. He is the only one
that could come up with something
that fair and just for everyone.
If you check the code out, there is
no way you wouldn’t want everyone
to obey it. You can read it in Exodus
20 and see for yourself. The code
is built out of love for all humans
by the only one capable of loving
all mankind. God clearly shows
his love, by not only trying to lay a
course for protecting me, but for
everyone else in existence.
This is rich. If it were left to me, I
would just try and protect myself and
my immediate family and friends.
In that respect, I’m not that different from anyone else. So, as far as
I know, there is only one Entity that
cares for everyone. This is sweet. It
doesn’t matter whether I’m short, tall,
fat, bony, tan, cream, crippled, blind
or deaf, someone is looking out for
me. And to make it even sweeter, He
has commanded everybody to look
out for everyone else.
I’m convinced of His claim that,
we are all His creatures. I’m even
more convinced of His authenticity, because, He’s the first entity to
So, how do we end up at this stanhave ever pronounced death. As all
dard that’s fair and just for everyone? mankind knows, death is in our midst
This is where we come face to face
today. But, He is also the only one
with the question: “Who can we count who can cure death, the only deathon to come up with a standard that’s buster. He lives forever and promises
fair and just for all humans; no matthe same for all mankind. All He
ter what colour, race, gender, age,
wants back is for mankind to believe,
ability or religion?” If you look back
love, respect, and obey Him. Unless
into history and look around us today, I believe that I am a descendent of
the only thing close to this ideal and
an Ape, I don’t think He’s asking for
absolute standard is found in our Na- much. If I believe that the breath that
tional and Civil Laws. I’m not exactly
keeps me alive is from Him, that’s
sure how many of these laws there
the least I should do. Here comes his
are. But, I am certain of the source
instructions, (his moral code). See if
you wouldn’t want everyone to obey
it, where it affects you.
Exodus 20: By Mosses the prophet
And God spake all these words,
saying,
1.
I am the LORD thy God,
which have brought thee out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. Thou shalt have no other
gods before me.
2.
Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth: Thou shall not bow down
thyself to them, nor serve them: for
I the LORD thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the father
upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate
me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and
keep my commandments.
3.
Thou shalt not take the
name of the LORD thy God in vain;
for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
4.
Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou
labour, and do all thy work: But the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the
LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: For
in six days the LORD made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that in
them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
5.
Honour thy father and thy
mother: that thy days may be long
upon the land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee.
6.
Thou shalt not kill.
7.
Thou shalt not commit
adultery.
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The Mustard Seed is committed to creating a community where all
people are welcome. Those struggling with substance abuse; ex-inmates trying
to reestablish; the poor and homeless looking for acceptance; and others
disadvantaged due to lack of education, behavioral problems or physical
impairments are all welcome at The Mustard Seed. Everywhere you turn there
are also volunteers from all walks of life who are providing meals, playing cards
and being part of the inner city. The Mustard Seed is a place where people
have the opportunity to understand each other and build relationships. The
focus at The Mustard Seed is on helping people discover their gifts and on
building a true community where people accept, support and care for each
other.
Mission Statement:
Changing the face of poverty together.
Core Values: Inspired by Christian faith, we value:
1. People -- Recognizing the value and potential in everyone.
2. Community -- Drawing people into authentic and fulfilling
relationships.
3. Learning -- Deepening our understanding of God, the world,
each other and ourselves.
4. Justice -- Pursuing social justice and making things right.
Vision Statement:
The Mustard Seed is a vibrant and diverse Christian
community in which all participants are committed to
understanding each other and pursuing social justice in a stable,
trusting environment.
Purpose Statement:
The Mustard Seed is a Christian humanitarian organization that
seeks to address poverty in greater Edmonton through the
building of a healthy community. We are called to bring people
into a relationship with God and each other and we accomplish
this by partnering with the wider community to serve needs and
develop gifts of people affected by poverty.
Objective:
To conduct worship services and religious education affirming
the Statement of Faith, to minister to the needs of the street
people of Edmonton, Alberta to create a community of caring
people among the street people whereby lives are changed and
supported in that community.
The Mustard Seed (Edmonton)
Located at the corner of 96 Street & 106A Ave
Mailing Address: Box 1842 Main Station
Edmonton, AB T5J 2P2
Phone: (780) 426-5600 Fax: (780) 426-5400
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Editorial
Continued from page 5
8.
Thou shalt not steal.
9.
Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbour
10.
Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour’s house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his
manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing
that is thy neighbour’s.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and lightnings, and the noise
of the trumpet, and the mountain
smoking: and when the people saw
it, they removed and stood afar off.
your faces, that ye sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and
Moses drew near unto the thick
darkness where God was.
And the LORD said unto Moses,
Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I
have talked with you from heaven.
Ye shall not make with me gods of
silver, neither shall ye make unto
you gods of gold.
And they said unto Moses, Speak
thou with us, and we will hear: but let
not God speak with us, lest we die.
An alter of earth thou shalt make
unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon
thy burnt offerings, and thy peace
offerings, thy sheep, and thine
oxen: in all places where I record
my name I will come unto thee, and
I will bless thee.
And Moses said unto the people,
Fear not: for God is come to prove
you, and that his fear may be before
And if thou wilt make me an alter of
stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn
stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon
it, thou has polluted it.
Neither shalt thou go up by steps
unto mine alter, that thy nakedness
be not discovered thereon.
I have presented to you, truth which
you can investigate for yourself. If,
someone out there is professing to
represent God, while disrespecting
His instructions, don’t let them turn
you off of God. Investigate Him by
reading about Him. He’s invisible
now, but He did come and live in the
flesh among us once; and He has
promised to come back. I believe in
the promise of His return, because
His first appearance and even his
crucifixion and resurrection was
also foretold and fulfilled exactly as
prophesied. I would not want to miss
out on something this good because
I failed to investigate the truth. I
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Firewalls, on the other hand, filter
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Security features on some computers may caution against the
downloading of the software. The
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This personal information like your
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you all the offers, your information
will never be rented, sold or shared.
You can also unsubscribe at anytime, if you find the system does
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The free dialer works with most NATs
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Is Fedex Being Innocently
Drawn into a Scam?
We live in a crooked world and no one is immuned
to the influence of the evil that surrounds us
I
was working on the computer this
morning, when one of my work
associates walked up to me with a
package. She had just signed for it;
delivered by Fedex. The package
had my name on it; but I had not
ordered it. I looked closely and realized that it came from a company in
Oklahoma City.
I am familiar with this company, (Vision For Life International) because
I had ordered from them before.
I was introduced to them by my
sister, when she brought a nutritional supplement to my attention
for evaluation.
This happens often. I get info on
a product, do some research on it
and investigate it further, if I feel it’s
warranted. When I first made contact with the company, it was via a
three-way call initiated by my sister,
in New York. The plan was to order a
container of this supplement, which
was touted as an immune booster
and a growth hormone precursor.
The lady at the ordering desk was
courteous and assertive. She suggested, that I could save on Fedex
shipping costs if I went on Autoship.
With Autoship, the cost of shipping
is waived, but you also get them
shipping every 2 months. This was
not what I wanted. I just wanted
one container to try out. She asserted that the math behind buying
2 containers was more favorable.
One container was about $60, while
2 containers cost $36 each. One
container had shipping charges
attached, while the 2 containers on
Autoship cost nothing to ship.
Her point was well taken, but I still
did not want a long-term commitment. The theory behind the claims
they were making about their product was supportable by the science
behind the research I had done.
However, I needed to conduct my
investigation satisfactorily before
making any long-term commitment.
Against this position, she suggested
that, if I was not satisfied, I could
return the unused portion of the
product and cancel the Autoship
arrangement. On the surface, this
resolved the issue, so I went for it.
When the product arrived, I faithfully
tried it out according to the letter of
their instructions. Within days, I noticed that my knee joints felt weak.
I also noticed that when I bent my
knees as in squatting; I experienced
some pain in my knees. I remembered this feeling from about 4
years earlier, when a similar growth
hormone precursor product did that
to me. I could not remember the
name of the company that sold me
that first product, but my symptoms
were the same. I will not bore you
with any detailed nutritional science here, but this product “ Youth
Renew” had just failed the test for
me. Its effect on my body, revealed
through my knee joints, is the same
as what happens to me when I eat
any sort of refined sugar.
Here again, I will not make this a
feature on nutrition, because it’s not.
The story is about fraudulent business practices, that are going on
around us. I don’t know how many
out there that have got hit by these
practices, but in this story, I hope
someone will find something that
will help avert a situation that could
expose them to what I have gone
through. I also hope that others
will be alerted to how they could
innocently get entangled in the
shady practices of unscrupulous
business operators.
When the product failed the test
for me, I called “Vision for Life
International” in Oklahoma City, to
inform them of my finding and told
them that, I did not want to use the
product any longer. They said if I
returned the unused portion, they
would give me credit for what was
returned. They also agreed to cancel the Autoship arrangement they
had stored on their computer. I was
also made to understand that my
credit card information was going to
be deleted from their database. Giving them the benefit of the doubt,
and believing they would conduct
themselves with Integrity, I left it at
that, and went about my business.
When I originally started feeling
the aches in my joints, I thought it
may have been just growing pains.
So, I continued through till I had
almost used up one container. I only
stopped, when I realized it was getting worse. I also did not send the
unused container back and therefore, got no credit for it. I thought that
for the time and trouble and the cost
of sending it back, I was just going to
keep it around as a reminder.
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my office today (Jan 8/08) with a package. Fedex had delivered the package
Fedex/Vision for Life Story
Continued from page 11
and asked for her signature. She saw
my name but had no idea what the
story with the company was. So, she
2 months after I called to tell them I
signed for it, and brought it in. When I
did not want to use the product anymore, someone walked into my office recognized the name of the company,
I got the invoice pulled out to confirm
with a package from the same company. I recognized the name immedi- and opened the package to see what
ately, pulled out the invoice which was was in it. There were 2 containers of
“Youth Renew”, the same product I
attached to the top of the package
had rejected earlier last year.
and called them. I asked why they
would send the product when I had
I called my credit card company
called to tell them I did not want it
anymore? The lady I talked to, apolo- and confirmed by voice mail, that
gized and explained that the Autoship these guys had charged my credit
arrangement was not disengaged on card an amount equivalent to what
the invoice specified. This amount
their computer. This was a problem
caused by the negligence of a human included $14.50 US for shipping. This
computer operator. However, she said is the amount, which was supposed
to be waived with Autoship, but it was
that, they would be prepared to give
included on the invoice.
me credit as soon as I sent it back.
She also promised to take care of that
This whole thing left me quite uncomputer problem immediately.
impressed. So, I called Vision For
Now, you can imagine how surprised Life International, to give them a
chance to explain their action. The
I was, when a co-worker walked into
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guy answering the phone was
known to me, by telephone. While
I was trying to deal with my earlier
problems, I experienced him. His
explanation for this misdeed is the
same as I was given last year. “The
Autoship was not disengaged.” He
was not apologetic in anyway in his
approach. When I asked why they
would do this after all these months,
(at least 6-8 months) he gave me
more details that made them appear
even worse. He said the only reason
I did not keep getting packages from
them is because, every attempt to
charge my account prior to this,
had been declined. His attitude was
that, it was not a big deal that, they
did what they did. He said that if I
send back the product, they would
credit back my card. When I asked
him who was to pay for the shipping
back to them, he said I had to.
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Fedex/Vision for Life Story
Continued from page 12
gressively to impress upon him that
his attitude about this whole incident
was very flawed. I asked to talk to a
supervisor but he told me there was
no one else to talk to. I had to deal
with him. He is the manager. Expressing my position that, what they
did was fraudulent, did not seem to
bother him one bit. I’m not sure who
owns the company, and I was not
prepared to find out who does, in
order to express my displeasure with
what they did.
I knew I had to get a resolution
through my credit card company.
So, I called back my credit card
company, and talked to someone in
customer service. I was forwarded to
a supervisor, who listened carefully
and concurred with my position that
this was to be treated as fraud. My
instructions were to cut up my card;
while they proceed to treat this as
fraud. She also advised that, I send
the package back as I planned to,
making sure I have proof of sending
it back.
Finally, I called Fedex, to ask them to
come and pick up the package and
return it to the sender. This is where
it became a little tricky. Fedex said
they would not pick up the package and return it, without me paying
for the shipping. My explanation of
what had transpired did not seem to
matter. The agent on the phone said,
the only way they would pick-up and
return the package “collect”, was for
me to call the shipper and ask them
for a return sticker or a document of
some sort. I knew I was not going to
go along with that; so, I did not pay
particular attention to the description of this procedure. Oscar, the
manager I talked to at Vision for Life,
had told me to pay for shipping the
package back.
I asked to talk to a Fedex Supervisor,
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and heard a repeat of the statement
that, if I did not want the package, I
should not have signed for and accepted it. I made it clear that I never
signed for the package. It was delivered to our retail front counter and a
signature was demanded from the
first person, the Fedex driver saw
there. I tried to explain that, the coworker saw my name on the package,
knew I was busy in my office, and
signed for it when requested to do so,
not knowing what was going on.
at a later date without my permission. So, if the merchant charged
my card again, it would be a clear
case of fraud. Now, if in this attempt
to defraud me, Fedex was called to
deliver and they followed their policy,
they would be helping the criminal
merchant in accomplishing his goal
of illegally charging my credit card
and sending a product I did not order
to an address, in order to complete
his illegal and unauthorized transaction.
If the driver had asked for me specifically to deliver the package to, I
would have rejected it. I had asked
my co-worker to go out and call the
Fedex driver, to take the package
back. But, the driver refused to come
back. He said he was only required
to deliver, so we needed to call Fedex
to send someone else to pick it up.
That statement by the Fedex driver
seemed to contradict what the two
reps on the phone were saying. I was
supposed to reject the package if I
didn’t want it, but the driver was saying, he would not take it back.
They could also deliver to an address the fraud perpetrator has on
the package and pat themselves on
the back, for a job well done. Suppose, the addressee does not live at
that address any longer, but whoever
signed for the package did not realize the name on the package did not
live there until the driver was gone.
The criminal merchant would again
have got Fedex’s cooperation in accomplishing his illegal act of charging and delivering.
The supervisor also said that Fedex
policy was to deliver to the address
on the package, not the addressee.
Based on this policy, they can go to
an address, and not care about who
signs for or accepts the package. So,
theoretically, the valuable shipment
you are expecting, could be delivered
to your address without getting to
you. I was always under the impression that, the intended recipient was
to receive the package. However,
this policy, if it does indeed exist,
allows for the possibility of someone
intercepting delivery to the intended
recipient of the package.
I also made my position clear that
Fedex, in this particular case, was
participating in a fraudulent business
activity. I explained that if I went to
a merchant and bought a product
using my credit card, I would not
expect them to ship more stuff to me
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The supervisor, who was trying her
best to uphold her employer’s policy,
while trying to appease a very dissatisfied consumer, finally got my
point. She understood that I was
not going to let this thing go away
without complaining to someone. It
was clear to her, that my complaint
was going to clearly state my position that, this activity by Vision for
Life was fraudulent and they were involved in it. She knew that the credit
card company was already treating it as fraud. So, she finally told
me there is another approach she
could take. She would have a driver
pick up the package, bring it to their
warehouse, then call the merchant
to ask for instruction as to what to do
with their package. She promised to
call me back with details on how we
were to proceed.
Within 15 minutes, she called to
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Fedex/Vision for Life Story
Continued from page 12
uled to pick up the package the next
day. The driver indeed did as the Supervisor (Augusta) promised, leaving
me with proof that the package was
picked up from us. Admittedly, inspite
of the various hurdles I encountered
in this experience, Fedex came clean
and disconnected from the fraudulent
activity of Vision for Life.
Meanwhile, my credit card company
has charged back Vision for Life and
is proceeding with an investigation.
We will be glad to update you at a
future date on what they determine.
But, no matter what, the wicked will
always have his excuse or reasons
for what he does. He will be sly in his
schemes and slick in his operations.
He may not get caught for a long time
or may never get caught by visible
eyes. But his wickedness will be exposed in the end. However, it will be
good if no one else gets caught up in
the slippery schemes of the wicked.
~*~
Moral Quiz
I’ve been doing business with a company for years. I
buy from them at certain prices that haven’t changed
much over the years. I’m getting ready to receive another shipment from them, and am being quoted an
amount on the phone that I need to send them for
this shipment. This amount is half what it should be.
I reflect on it and do some calculations. It still comes
out lower than they should be charging me. The party
giving me this figure knows what he’s doing. He’s been
doing it for 20 years. Should I assume he’s right and
cut him a cheque for half the amount I know it should
be? Afterall, that’s what they’re asking for. Or, should
I call and question why the amount is lower this time
than I know it should be?
---- Quiz Courtesy of “Anonymous Businessman (AB)”
See page 42 for suggestions
SCHWABE’S AUTOMOTIVE CENTRE INC.
“For Service That Satisfies”
HARRY SCHWABE
Manager
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4912 - 74th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T6B 2H6
(780) 465-3336
(780) 466-8213
Keeping your Grey Matter Grey
T
here were times during my
childhood when I couldn’t wait to
get older. This was usually on those
occasions when I couldn’t or wasn’t
allowed to do certain things because
of my age. Then, I grew up and
realized that, there were times when
I wished I could quit growing older.
This was usually when I reflected on
how growing older, would prevent me
from doing certain things I could do
when I was younger.
At age 37, occasional aches and
pains here and there had me thinking that, I needed to have a strategy
to fight growing older physically. I
knew that, I couldn’t stop the age
counter from registering a higher
number each year. However, I also
knew that there was a lot of scientific knowledge around to help slow
down the degenerative processes
involved in aging.
I remembered some of the things I
learned from my Mom & Dad, and
added what I had read in nutritional
sciences. I used that combo, to devise a plan of action, which worked
very effectively for me. To check
that out in more detail, get your free
subscription to “The Fountain of
Youth Reports”. For the purpose of
this article, I want to focus on graying hair and what most people in
our society like to do about it.
Commercial science has come up
with hair dye, which has successfully relieved some of the pressure people feel in their attempt to
camouflage their true age. Infact,
that whole commercial concept
seems to have been so successful
that; it has crossed the age barrier.
These days, there are tons of young
people, some in their teens, using
hair dye to change their natural hair
colour. The dyes are now being
politically, correctly called hair colour.
All this on the surface seems very
harmless. For the younger folk, what
could possibly hurt by wanting to
change the colour of hair? It seems
no different from wearing my blue
shirt today and the green one, the
next day. It’s good not to wear the
same shirt everyday in our affluent society; and I can demonstrate
easier, that I’m not wearing the same
shirt, if the colour is different. The
mind has the ability to make no big
deal out of this.
Hair, on the other hand, is a completely different ball game. It’s a part
of my being; a component of my
biochemistry. When it’s overgrown
and I cut it, I have a good reason in
the word “grooming”. I can present
the same reason or argument for
cutting my overgrown nails. But, to
colour my hair involves more than
cutting off excess dead cells. The
colour touches my hair, runs down
the shafts into the pores in the skin
and actually penetrates my skin
deep enough, to make contact with
everything in the skin. This means
contact with natural chemicals in my
body as well as cells and tissues. It
can reach the skull and penetrate it,
because the skull bone is porous.
It has little pockets of holes that
connect with each other, enabling
the transmission of the dye through
to the rest of the body. The brain,
which is being protected by the skull,
is going to get reached.
The chemicals in the dye were
tested on hair to ensure penetration to a point where the staining
would be effective for a while till the
next colouring. But, I am uncertain
as to whether any one commercial
producer of hair dyes, has done any
tests to show that the product does
not go beyond the staining of the
hair. I decided not to colour my hair
because, logic and the science of
“diffusion” put together, helps me
to come to the deduction that, if, I
dye my grey hair I will also be dying
my grey matter (my brain). If the
creator of the brain wanted anything to easily reach it, I’m sure He
would not have gone through the
trouble of hiding it in a skull of bone.
I have conducted no experiments
or research to prove my deduction mentioned above. But, I would
invite any scientist out there with
the same concerns as I have, to
come up with conclusive research
to dispel those concerns or confirm
that there’s cause for concern.
I’ve been able to convince at least
one friend who used to colour his
hair. He does that no more. This
friend is definitely under 50, but he
was unfriendly toward his grey hair,
which I thought, actually made him
look distinguished. He’s now very
comfortable without colouring and
actually told me that he heard or read
somewhere that my concerns were
legit. I have a second friend who
confirmed that she also read somewhere that my deductions are true.
This article is not designed to annoy some hair dye merchant or to
tell anyone whether to colour his or
her hair or not. The article is meant
to bring attention to the fact that, a
whole series of harm, known and unknown can come to those who colour
their hair. I would list a whole pile of
negative and harmful effects, but that
will take more space than we have in
this issue. However, I would suggest
that if you read any statement on a
hair dye package, that suggests that
you are not to ingest the product, you
have your proof of support for the
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Keeping your grey matter grey
Continued from page 17
legitimacy of my position.
Besides, when I colour my hair,
most people can tell I have; and
if I don’t do a great job at it, I may
even look ridiculous. I definitely
can’t fool everyone that I’m younger
by colouring my hair. I’ll be wasting money and achieving no permanent and lasting positive effect
on my hair. On the contrary, the
health hazards I expose myself to,
could aggravate the degenerative
processes associated with aging.
I would have failed to accomplish
my goal of combating old age. A far
better and certain way to combat
the superficial signs of aging is to
start from the inside. This can be
accomplished by taking the nutritional and spiritual approach to life.
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Nutritionally, avoiding every food
that contributes to degenerative
processes as well as proper nutritional supplementation, will go a long
way. Inositol, PABA and some other
non-prescriptive supplements have
properties that can put colour back
into hair naturally. Check out more
information on this in “The Fountain
of Youth Reports”.
Spiritually, having the connectivity
to the infinite source of wisdom, so
we can have a life that is filled with
more and more of the good that we
are supposed to do and be, is a key
element in this whole endeavor to
stay youthful. This ultimate source of
wisdom, will also help us avoid the
bad and the evil that we need to get
rid of, in order to dissipate the deadly
stress that comes along with holding
on to what is wrong for us.
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Update on Hidden
Rancidity in Oil
In our last issue we featured the
hidden rancidity of oil exposed to
air. We’re bringing it back in order
to update it.
NOV/DEC 07 ARTICLE
REPRINTED AND UPDATED
About 22 years ago, I had decided
to put more effort into my research
on longevity. I was reaching out
there into the field of science and
nutrition to see what I could find.
What I found and continued to learn
would not fit into this magazine, so I
won’t attempt to pour it all in here.
What I have in this issue is a couple
of bites to put your teeth into.
The Hidden Rancidity
In my study of free radicals and their
dangerous effects on aging, I found
out something about rancidity that
was totally new to me. To make
sure we are on the same page, I will
briefly attempt to undress the phrase
“free radical” as it relates to aging.
There is a theory that, organisms
(plant or animal) age when cells
accumulate “free radicals” with the
passage of time. Generally, a “free
radical” is any molecule that has a
single unpaired electron in an outer
shell. This makes that molecule very
unstable and consequently very
reactive. It seeks to react with anything it can come close to, with the
aim of stabilizing the molecule. This
reaction with the object of its attack
is closely associated with damage to
the object. For most biological structures, free radical damage is closely
related to oxidation damage.
Most people can relate to oxidation
damage, as they are familiar with
rust of iron exposed to air. The most
prominent component of the air, responsible for rust formation is oxygen.
Although, oxidation gets its name
from oxygen, the process of oxidation
does not necessarily involve oxygen.
The process is more adequately describable as the loss of electrons from
the atoms or molecules forming such
biological structures.
Simply stated, when oxidation occurs,
the oxidation agent (oxidant) looses
an electron. This single unpaired
electron is what the oxidation agent
seeks to shed from its outer shell. As
it’s understood now, oxidation never
takes place without the inverse or
opposite reaction (reduction) taking place. In other words, when the
oxidant releases the reactive electron
from its outer shell, the process (of
the reception of the electron) is called
“reduction”. This means, reduction is
the gaining of an electron while oxidation is loosing an electron.
When an object gains an electron,
its structural integrity is compromised, like the iron that rusts.
Similarly, when you slice an apple
into two pieces and expose the open
faces to air, you quickly observe
the coloration, which is the onset of
putrification. That happens when
you use a banana, pear, or any other
fruit. What you observe is the result
of aging caused by oxidation by the
unpaired reactive electrons in the air.
When you open a bottle of oil and allow air into the bottle, the same oxidation process takes place. But oil, (unlike the discolored, putrifying, cut apple
or banana) does not show its age by
discoloration. So, oil will go rancid
and dangerous for consumption long
before you can smell or detect it.
The bottom line is, when you open
a bottle of your favorite oil, you need
to refrigerate it immediately. That
will give its life a little bit of a healthy
extension, and prevent you from
ingesting toxins, that can age you
as quickly as our apple and banana
victims. Without slipping out of the
focus of this article, I want to add
the fact that, vegetable based oils
are far better for the body. Personally, I prefer olive oil & flax seed oil.
The idea of keeping oil in the fridge
may be foreign to you, but it will save
your health from some major stressors and your life eventually. Grab
the bottle when you need it again,
run some hot tap water directly on
the surface of the bottle. This will
melt the oil, so you can pour out and
use whatever amount you need and
then store it back in the fridge. You
should also avoid storing oil too long
in the fridge. Time lines should be
10-14 days, tops.
Anti-oxidants like Vitamins C, E,
and Selenium will protect against
free radical assaults. They are
able to protect because they’re
donors of electrons, and donate
electrons that pair up with unpaired reactive electrons of oxidants to stabilize them and make
them harmless against you and I.
Fruits & vegetables (grown without pesticides or herbicides) also
naturally have lots of phytonutrients (plant protective nutrients)
that are powerful anti-oxidants.
That makes another case for why
Moms’ insistence on eating the
vegetables demonstrates their wisdom rather than their dictatorship.
As you know, most Moms that try
to get us to eat our vegetables are
not nutritionists or scientists. The
question then is: “Where do they
get that wisdom from?” Generally,
this knowledge is passed from their
Moms on down. I would add to that
fact, the truth that, all of this knowledge before science caught on,
was already available in Scripture.
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Update on Hidden
Rancidity in Oil
Continued from page 19
END OF NOV/DEC 07 ARTICLE
REPRINTED AND UPDATED
We revealed that, the way to avoid
the resulting dangers to our health
is to refrigerate right after opening
and using for the first time. In retrospect, I realized that we neglected
to deal adequately with what you do
with the bottle already opened and
sitting on the counter or inside the
cupboard, or elsewhere outside the
fridge.
It may have occurred to everyone that read the article that, the
bottle containing all of those frisky
free radicals had to be discarded.
However, I felt the need to make
sure that we had that clearly stated.
When I first discovered the facts
about the hidden rancidity, I had a
half-used bottle sitting out on my
counter. I poured the oil down the
drain and recycled the empty bottle.
I also want to use this second opportunity, to briefly deal with a relative
subject. Butter, margarine, and lard
all belong to the same class of food
group: Fats. As a result, they are all
affected the same way when exposed to air, and should be refrigerated after first use. This will take the
fun out of the easy-spreading when
they are not refrigerated. But, as you
know, refrigerated butter or margarine spreads almost as easy, on a
piece of toast. This piece was added
specifically to deal with the hidden
rancidity issue. However, the mention
of butter, margarine, lard and toast
raises another health issue.
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his or her integrity.
INTEGRITY
ROLL
The concept of integrity is directly
linked to one’s sense of responsibility and accountability. When an
action fails to achieve a desired
effect, a person must be accountable and identify what action needs
to be taken to correct the problem
in order to achieve satisfaction.
Delivering Integrity Through
Customer Service
Common behaviors within the
concept of integrity include: being
honest, sincere, truthful, keeping
one’s word and agreements, being
punctual, ethical, fair and just.
Integrity is defined as basing one’s
actions on an internally consistent
framework of principles. One is
said to have integrity to the extent
that everything he or she does and
believes, is based on the same
core set of values. While values
may change, it is their consistency
with each other and with the
person’s actions that determines
Integrity ought to play an important
role in every day life but, it is even
more important for a business that
offers a service in a competitive market. Often, businesses shadow each
other in prices, so customer loyalty
comes down to the integrity of the
company and the customer service
they offer. Even if we do not think of
it, to people we deal with, we represent our company’s integrity. That is
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hardly ever do bread because of
a variety of unfriendly ingredients
(including lard) that are generally
used. However, research supports
the position most people are aware
of that, bread made from whole
grain or unrefined flour is superior
(health wise) to white bread.
I also personally do not do butter or
margarine because of trans fats and
other additives that render them too
toxic for my constitution. A detailed
outline of all the toxic ingredients
and their degenerative effects,
stretching from diabetes all the way
to cancer, would take more space
than we have available here. But,
please investigate further on your
own if you feel reluctant to follow the
alternatives mentioned here. You
may also want to subscribe to “The
Fountain of Youth Reports”, as these
subjects will be dealt with there.
~*~
why, as an employer, it is important
to seek out employees that can hold
up a company’s high standards.
This past November 29th, we
were faced with a situation that
could only have been handled
with integrity by a dedicated
employee of this courier company
we were dealing with.
As a company in this job booming
province of Alberta, we, like many
local businesses, often feel the
pinch of being occasionally understaffed. This above-mentioned
November afternoon was no different. We were expecting a delivery
we needed that day, from Power
Express. Apparently like us, they
too were busy with the holiday season on their heels, and were hard
pressed to get a driver to deliver the
needed boxes on time. Making sure
to make their deadline, they sent
the only driver they had available at
the time. Unfortunately, unlike we
had arranged, the driver claimed he
was unable to carry the boxes up
to our address on the second floor.
The driver frustrated and agitated
with the fact that he was asked to
bring the boxes upstairs, gave off a
negative attitude that reflected so
poorly on this company.
We had only three people on at
the time, and all of them were very
busy. Being rather surprised with
this gentleman’s attitude, and the
fact that we had to take time to go
out and bring in the boxes ourselves, we decided to call “Power
Express’s” main office. We told
them about the problem we had
and our dissatisfaction.
On the phone, there was a pleasant response. After dealing with
the delivery driver’s attitude, the
gentleman, Steve, at the office,
answered the phone and listened
to our concerns with compassion
and understanding. He knew that to
uphold the integrity of the company
he was a part of; he had to take
steps to correct this problem and
offer a reasonable solution; and he
did. After apologizing for this mistake, he told us that the bill for the
delivery was on the house, since
the expected service was not delivered satisfactorily. Now, the amount
on the bill was only $8 but the
action itself spoke volumes in richness of service. Not the richness
that comes from a wallet lined with
dollar bills, but that, which comes
from human integrity manifested in
true business integrity. Our hats off
to Steve at Power Express.
In contrast to the conduct of Steve,
presented above, we have an experience to share under the heading
“Flipside of Integrity”. (On page 44)
You may want to read that. It may
help you avoid the headaches and
wasted man-hours we’ve suffered
from the conduct of the proprietor
of O.J. Computing Services.
Government of Alberta’s
Bold Move- On Smoking
This year the Alberta Government
made a move to restrict smokers from sharing their smoke with
those that choose not to smoke. As
a non-smoker, I am happy about
this move; which can’t possibly be
popular with some smokers. From
my perspective, this is a bold move
on the part of the Government. But,
it demonstrates its ability to do what
is humanely correct even if it may
not be politically popular. Our hats
off to the Government.
The toxic effects of smoking on
the body are well documented;
yet partly because of the addictive
nature of some of the ingredients,
a good number of smokers who
may want to quit are still smoking.
The economics of smoking can be
pretty tricky. The tobacco companies make a bundle and pay taxes,
so government coffers derive a
monetary benefit. On the other, the
impact on health care costs, deplete
monetary value out the coffers. I
don’t know the net effect so, I won’t
comment on that but, the financial
losses sustained by smokers over
the long term could be substantial.
But of course, most lifestyle choices
have their price tags, so we won’t
get into that either.
What I would like to get into, is the
issue of, how effective the prescribed distance away from windows and doors, is in preventing
the non-smokers from getting the
unsolicited sniffs of poisons. I’ve
noticed that I can be 80, 90, 100 ft.
away from a smoker and still get a
whiff from the smoke, depending
on what the wind decides to do with
it. It kind of reminds me of the initial
attempts years ago by Airliners, to
separate smokers from non-smokers on planes. They had small stickers they stuck to the backs of the
seats which they chose to mark the
separation point. On the surface,
this initial response to the concerns
of the non-smokers on Airlines was
positive. However, if I happened to
be sitting right behind or in front of
the smoker, it made no difference. I
still suffered my discomfort.
The airline companies must have
known that, without an airtight barrier across the plane, separating
the smoking compartment from the
non-smoking one, this effort was
futile in protecting the health of the
non-smokers. Maybe they really
didn’t know. None-the-less, you
can now tell that they know the little
stickers behind the seats were not
going to stop the smoke from crossing those invisible barriers they created. They have come a long way.
I am hoping that the move in Alberta will eventually evolve into a more
thorough and enforceable effort to
protect the health of non-smokers
while protecting the smokers’ right
to do their thing.
~*~
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An Invitation to Eternity
With pure, selfless LOVE, we’ve all been invited to ETERNITY in bliss, in spite of the wickedness of mankind. To
escape the fiery destruction reserved for this wicked world, everybody needs to accept this invitation. Yet, not
everyone will. Please, make sure you DON’T MISS OUT.
Take a good look around the Globe:
Increased Natural Disasters
Poverty, Starvation and Disease,
Human Indignity, Mass Murders, War among Nations,
False Prophets and Teachers, Self-Exaltation,
Irreverence and Idolatry in Churches,
Spiritism and Demonic Activities:
All signs of the End of a Doomed World.
BUT THERE IS HOPE, ‘Twas All Foretold
Matt 24; Dan 2:44-45; Dan 7:13-14, 23-27; Rev 1:7-8
‘Twas FORETOLD THAT:
*Adam and Eve would die, if they ate the fruit from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. In spite of the
seriousness of the warning, they disobeyed God, by falling for Satan’s deception of IMMORTALITY. As a result
they died, and brought the curse of death to all mankind.--- Genesis 1,2,3 (fulfilled)
‘Twas FORETOLD THAT:
*The Son of God would come take our place, and die once for all mankind and for all time, to save us from the
curse. Death would be disempowered, and the saved-dead will be resurrected and given eternal life.--- John 1:1-35
Isaiah 7:13-14; 9:6-7;11:1-5;53; Matthew 26:57-68; Mark 8:27-31; John 3:14-16; John 12:23-28,44-50; Romans 5:12-19;
1 Corinthians 1:18-21;2;2 Peter 1:16-21 (some fulfilled{sf }, some to be{stb})
John 1
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. 2 He was in the beginning
with God. 3 All things were made
through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In
Him was life, and the life was the light
of men. 5 And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not
comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John. 7 This man
came for a witness, to bear witness
of the Light, that all through him might
believe. 8 He was not that Light, but
was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light which gives
light to every man coming into the
world.10 He was in the world, and the
world was made through Him, and the
world did not know Him. 11 He came to
His own, and His own did not receive
Him. 12 But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to become
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children of God, to those who believe
in His name: 13 who were born, not of
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15
John bore witness of Him and cried out,
saying, “This was He of whom I said,
‘He who comes after me is preferred
before me, for He was before me.’” 16
And of His fullness we have all received,
and grace for grace. 17 For the law was
given through Moses, but grace and
truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No
one has seen God at any time. The only
begotten Son, who is in the bosom of
the Father, He has declared Him.
A Voice in the Wilderness
19 Now this is the testimony of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who
are you?” 20 He confessed, and did
not deny, but confessed, “I am not the
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Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What
then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am
not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he
answered, “No.” 22 Then they said to
him, “Who are you, that we may give an
answer to those who sent us? What do
you say about yourself?” 23 He said: “I
am ‘ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “ Make straight the way of the
LORD,”’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”24
Now those who were sent were from the
Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are
not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, saying, “I
baptize with water, but there stands One
among you whom you do not know. 27 It
is He who, coming after me, is preferred
before me, whose sandal strap I am not
worthy to loose.” 28 These things were
done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God
29 The next day John saw Jesus
coming toward him, and said, “Behold!
The Lamb of God who takes away the
sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom
I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is
preferred before me, for He was before
me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He
should be revealed to Israel, therefore
I came baptizing with water.” 32 And
John bore witness, saying, “I saw the
Spirit descending from heaven like a
dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I
did not know Him, but He who sent me
to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon
whom you see the Spirit descending,
and remaining on Him, this is He who
baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I
have seen and testified that this is the
Son of God.”
Years before Jesus was born, the
prophet Isaiah prophesied the virgin
birth of the Son of God, who was to
be called Immanuel (meaning God
with us). As God with us, He did all
kinds of incredible things to prove
He was not just human but that, He
was also fully God, the Savior. As
the Creator of the world, He had the
power to walk over the sea and resurrect the dead. Yet, He was hated
by the wicked. He was only admired
and revered by the penitent few, who
were mostly poor and at the lower
end of the social ladder.
The leaders and elders of the
religious sects, the teachers, the
Pharisees and most of the rich did
not receive him well. They were
among those that hated him. They
did because, the truth about Him
threatened them and their material
and social statuses. They eventually
planned his death to get rid of Him
by crucifixion.
Isaiah 7
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give
you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall
conceive and bear a Son, and shall call
His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9
The Government of the Promised Son
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a
Son is given; And the government will
be upon His shoulder. And His name
will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no
end, Upon the throne of David and over
His kingdom, To order it and establish
it with judgment and justice From that
time forward, even forever. The zeal of
the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 11
The Reign of Jesse’s Offspring
1 There shall come forth a Rod from
the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall
grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the
LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit
of wisdom and understanding, The
Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
3 His delight is in the fear of the LORD,
And He shall not judge by the sight of
His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of
His ears; 4 But with righteousness He
shall judge the poor, And decide with
equity for the meek of the earth; He
shall strike the earth with the rod of His
mouth, And with the breath of His lips
He shall slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And
faithfulness the belt of His waist.
Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our report? And to
whom has the arm of the LORD been
revealed? 2 For He shall grow up before
Him as a tender plant, And as a root out
of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is
no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces
from Him; He was despised, and we
did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has
borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He
was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities; The
chastisement for our peace was upon
Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own
way; And the LORD has laid on Him the
iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed
and He was afflicted, Yet He opened
not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to
the slaughter, And as a sheep before its
shearers is silent, So He opened not His
mouth.8 He was taken from prison and
from judgment, And who will declare
His generation? For He was cut off from
the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the
wicked— But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence, Nor
was any deceit in His mouth.
Mark 8
Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ
27 Now Jesus and His disciples went
out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi;
and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say
that I am?” 28 So they answered, “John
the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and
others, one of the prophets.” 29 He said
to them, “But who do you say that I
am?” Peter answered and said to Him,
“You are the Christ.” 30 Then He strictly
warned them that they should tell no
one about Him.
All the evil plans of men, were
subject to the divine master plan of
God, the Father. This was the plan of
salvation, put in place even before
Creation. Jesus was to come and die
for mankind’s wickedness; the very
nature that was being demonstrated
toward Him during His life on earth.
Isaiah 53
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise
Him; He has put Him to grief. When
You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong
His days, And the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in His hand. 11 He
shall see the labor of His soul, and be
satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For
He shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the
great, And He shall divide the spoil
with the strong, Because He poured
out His soul unto death, And He was
numbered with the transgressors, And
He bore the sin of many, And made
intercession for the transgressors.
The enmity between the seed of the
Evil one (The deceiver, the snake)
and the seed of Adam and Eve was
long foretold by God, the Father,
before Jesus showed up according
to prophecy.
Genesis 3
15 And I will put enmity
Between you
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Continued from page 23
and the woman, And between your seed
and her Seed; He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
Early in his ministry, Jesus confirmed
the prophesy about his death for our
sins, by predicting his own death, resurrection, and ascension.
Mark 8
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection
31 And He began to teach them that the
Son of Man must suffer many things, and
be rejected by the elders and chief priests
and scribes, and be killed, and after three
days rise again.
John 3
The New Birth
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have eternal
life. 16 For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but
have everlasting life. 17 For God did not
send His Son into the world to condemn
the world, but that the world through Him
might be saved. 18 “He who believes in
Him is not condemned; but he who does
not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name
of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And
this is the condemnation, that the light has
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil
hates the light and does not come to the
light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21
But he who does the truth comes to the
light, that his deeds may be clearly seen,
that they have been done in God.”
John 12
The Fruitful Grain of Wheat
20 Now there were certain Greeks among
those who came up to worship at the
feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who
was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked
him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in
turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 23 But
Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour
has come that the Son of Man should be
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glorified. 24 Most assuredly, I say to
you, unless a grain of wheat falls into
the ground and dies, it remains alone;
but if it dies, it produces much grain.
25 He who loves his life will lose it, and
he who hates his life will lose it, and he
who hates his life in this world will keep
it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves
Me, let him follow Me; and where I am,
there My servant will be also. If anyone
serves Me, him My Father will honor.
Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross
27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what
shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this
hour’? But for this purpose I came to
this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name.”
Then a voice came from heaven,
saying, “I have both glorified it and
will glorify it again.” 29 Therefore the
people who stood by and heard it said
that it had thundered. Others said, “An
angel has spoken to Him.” 30 Jesus
answered and said, “This voice did not
come because of Me, but for your sake.
31 Now is the judgment of this world;
now the ruler of this world will be cast
out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the
earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” 33
This He said, signifying by what death
He would die. 34 The people answered
Him, “We have heard from the law that
the Christ remains forever; and how
can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be
lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little
while longer the light is with you. Walk
while you have the light, lest darkness
overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
36 While you have the light, believe in
the light, that you may become sons of
light.” These things Jesus spoke, and
departed, and was hidden from them.
Who Has Believed Our Report?
37 But although He had done so many
signs before them, they did not believe
in Him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the
prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spoke: “ Lord, who has believed our
report? And to whom has the arm of the
LORD been revealed?” 39 Therefore
they could not believe, because Isaiah
said again: 40 “ He has blinded their
eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest
they should see with their eyes, Lest
they should understand with their hearts
and turn, So that I should heal them.” 41
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These things Isaiah said when he saw
His glory and spoke of Him.
Walk in the Light
42 Nevertheless even among the rulers
many believed in Him, but because
of the Pharisees they did not confess
Him, lest they should be put out of
the synagogue; 43 for they loved the
praise of men more than the praise
of God. 44 Then Jesus cried out and
said, “He who believes in Me, believes
not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45
And he who sees Me sees Him who
sent Me. 46 I have come as a light into
the world, that whoever believes in Me
should not abide in darkness. 47 And if
anyone hears My words and does not
believe, I do not judge him; for I did not
come to judge the world but to save the
world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does
not receive My words, has that which
judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For
I have not spoken on My own authority;
but the Father who sent Me gave Me a
command, what I should say and what
I should speak. 50 And I know that His
command is everlasting life. Therefore,
whatever I speak, just as the Father has
told Me, so I speak.”
Matthew 26
Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin
57 And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders
were assembled. 58 But Peter followed
Him at a distance to the high priest’s
courtyard. And he went in and sat with
the servants to see the end. 59 Now
the chief priests, the elders, and all the
council sought false testimony against
Jesus to put Him to death, 60 but
found none. Even though many false
witnesses came forward, they found
none. But at last two false witnesses
came forward 61 and said, “This fellow
said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple
of God and to build it in three days.’” 62
And the high priest arose and said to
Him, “Do You answer nothing? What
is it these men testify against You?”
63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high
priest answered and said to Him, “I put
You under oath by the living God: Tell us
if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
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64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said.
Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter
you will see the Son of Man sitting at
the right hand of the Power, and coming
on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the
high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He
has spoken blasphemy! What further
need do we have of witnesses? Look,
now you have heard His blasphemy!
66 What do you think?” They answered
and said, “He is deserving of death.”
67 Then they spat in His face and beat
Him; and others struck Him with the
palms of their hands, 68 saying, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who
struck You?”
The savior was indeed crucified
according to God’s divine plan of
Salvation. Knowing the nature of
His creatures and the depth of their
fall into Sin, He used and controlled
their wicked plans in order to accomplish His plan for our redemption from sin. After His resurrection,
it was easier for those who believed,
to see in retrospect what God had
foretold and done. It strengthened
their faith and relationship with God.
John 19
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
1 So then Pilate took Jesus and
scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers
twisted a crown of thorns and put it on
His head, and they put on Him a purple
robe. 3 Then they said, “Hail, King of the
Jews!” And they struck Him with their
hands. 4 Pilate then went out again, and
said to them, “Behold, I am bringing
Him out to you, that you may know that I
find no fault in Him.”
Pilate’s Decision
5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the
crown of thorns and the purple robe.
And Pilate said to them, “Behold the
Man!” 6 Therefore, when the chief
priests and officers saw Him, they cried
out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them, “You take Him and
crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”
7 The Jews answered him, “We have
a law, and according to our law He
ought to die, because He made Himself
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the Son of God.” 8 Therefore, when
Pilate heard that saying, he was the
more afraid, 9 and went again into the
Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where
are You from?” But Jesus gave him no
answer. 10 Then Pilate said to Him, “Are
You not speaking to me? Do You not
know that I have power to crucify You,
and power to release You?” 11 Jesus
answered, “You could have no power at
all against Me unless it had been given
you from above. Therefore the one who
delivered Me to you has the greater
sin.” 12 From then on Pilate sought to
release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not
Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself
a king speaks against Caesar.” 13 When
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he
brought Jesus out and sat down in the
judgment seat in a place that is called
The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the Preparation
Day of the Passover, and about the sixth
hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold
your King!” 15 But they cried out, “Away
with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your
King?” The chief priests answered, “We
have no king but Caesar!” 16 Then he
delivered Him to them to be crucified.
Then they took Jesus and led Him away.
The King on a Cross
17 And He, bearing His cross, went out
to a place called the Place of a Skull,
which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18 where they crucified Him, and two
others with Him, one on either side, and
Jesus in the center. 19 Now Pilate wrote
a title and put it on the cross. And the
writing was:
JESUS OF NAZARETH,
THE KING OF THE JEWS
20 Then many of the Jews read this title,
for the place where Jesus was crucified
was near the city; and it was written in
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.21 Therefore
the chief priests of the Jews said to
Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the
Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of
the Jews.”’” 22 Pilate answered, “What I
have written, I have written.” 23 Then the
soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus,
took His garments and made four parts,
to each soldier a part, and also the
tunic. Now the tunic was without seam,
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They said therefore among themselves,
“Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it,
whose it shall be,” that the Scripture
might be fulfilled which says: “ They
divided My garments among them, And
for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore
the soldiers did these things.
Behold Your Mother
25 Now there stood by the cross of
Jesus His mother, and His mother’s
sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore
saw His mother, and the disciple whom
He loved standing by, He said to His
mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27
Then He said to the disciple, “Behold
your mother!” And from that hour that
disciple took her to his own home.
It Is Finished
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all
things were now accomplished, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”
29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was
sitting there; and they filled a sponge
with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and
put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus
had received the sour wine, He said, “It
is finished!” And bowing His head, He
gave up His spirit.
Jesus’ Side Is Pierced
31 Therefore, because it was the
Preparation Day, that the bodies should
not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day),
the Jews asked Pilate that their legs
might be broken, and that they might be
taken away. 32 Then the soldiers came
and broke the legs of the first and of
the other who was crucified with Him.
33 But when they came to Jesus and
saw that He was already dead, they did
not break His legs. 34 But one of the
soldiers pierced His side with a spear,
and immediately blood and water came
out. 35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he
knows that he is telling the truth, so that
you may believe. 36 For these things
were done that the Scripture should be
fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be
broken.” 37 And again another Scripture
says, “They shall look on Him whom
they pierced.”
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being
a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear
of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might
take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate
gave him permission. So he came and
took the body of Jesus. 39 And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by
night, also came, bringing a mixture
of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred
pounds. 40 Then they took the body of
Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with
the spices, as the custom of the Jews is
to bury. 41 Now in the place where He
was crucified there was a garden, and
in the garden a new tomb in which no
one had yet been laid. 42 So there they
laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.
John 20
The Empty Tomb
1 Now the first day of the week Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb early, while
it was still dark, and saw that the stone
had been taken away from the tomb. 2
Then she ran and came to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple, whom Jesus
loved, and said to them, “They have
taken away the Lord out of the tomb,
and we do not know where they have
laid Him.”3 Peter therefore went out, and
the other disciple, and were going to
the tomb. 4 So they both ran together,
and the other disciple outran Peter and
came to the tomb first. 5 And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen
cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. 6
Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and went into the tomb; and he saw the
linen cloths lying there, 7 and the handkerchief that had been around His head,
not lying with the linen cloths, but folded
together in a place by itself. 8 Then the
other disciple, who came to the tomb
first, went in also; and he saw and believed. 9 For as yet they did not know the
Scripture, that He must rise again from
the dead. 10 Then the disciples went
away again to their own homes.
Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord
11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb
weeping, and as she wept she stooped
down and looked into the tomb. 12 And
she saw two angels in white sitting, one
at the head and the other at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain. 13
Then they said to her, “Woman, why
are you weeping?” She said to them,
“Because they have taken away my
Lord, and I do not know where they
have laid Him.” 14 Now when she had
said this, she turned around and saw
Jesus standing there, and did not know
that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping? Whom
are you seeking?” She, supposing Him
to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir,
if You have carried Him away, tell me
where You have laid Him, and I will take
Him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!”
(which is to say, Teacher). 17 Jesus said
to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not
yet ascended to My Father; but go to
My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father,
and to My God and your God.’” 18 Mary
Magdalene came and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord, and that He
had spoken these things to her.
The Apostles Commissioned
19 Then, the same day at evening, be-
ing the first day of the week, when the
doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled, for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in the midst,
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
20 When He had said this, He showed
them His hands and His side. Then the
disciples were glad when they saw the
Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again,
“Peace to you! As the Father has sent
Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He
had said this, He breathed on them, and
said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are
forgiven them; if you retain the sins of
any, they are retained.”
Seeing and Believing
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one
of the twelve, was not with them when
Jesus came. 25 The other disciples
therefore said to him, “We have seen
the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless
I see in His hands the print of the nails,
and put my finger into the print of the
nails, and put my hand into His side,
I will not believe.” 26 And after eight
days His disciples were again inside,
and Thomas with them. Jesus came,
the doors being shut, and stood in the
midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your
finger here, and look at My hands; and
reach your hand here, and put it into My
side. Do not be unbelieving, but believ-
ing.” 28 And Thomas answered and
said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29
Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because
you have seen Me, you have believed.
Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet have believed.”
That You May Believe
30 And truly Jesus did many other
signs in the presence of His disciples,
which are not written in this book; 31
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that believing you may have
life in His name.
John 21
Breakfast by the Sea
1 After these things Jesus showed
Himself again to the disciples at the Sea
of Tiberias, and in this way He showed
Himself: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called
the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,
the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going
fishing.”They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and
immediately got into the boat, and that
night they caught nothing. 4 But when
the morning had now come, Jesus
stood on the shore; yet the disciples
did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Then
Jesus said to them, “Children, have you
any food?” They answered Him, “No.”
6 And He said to them, “Cast the net
on the right side of the boat, and you
will find some.” So they cast, and now
they were not able to draw it in because
of the multitude of fish. 7 Therefore
that disciple whom Jesus loved said to
Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon
Peter heard that it was the Lord, he
put on his outer garment (for he had
removed it), and plunged into the sea.
8 But the other disciples came in the
little boat (for they were not far from
land, but about two hundred cubits),
dragging the net with fish. 9 Then, as
soon as they had come to land, they
saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid
on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them,
“Bring some of the fish which you have
just caught.” 11 Simon Peter went up
and dragged the net to land, full of large
fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and
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An Invitation to Eternity
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although there were so many, the net
was not broken. 12 Jesus said to them,
“Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of
the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are
You?”—knowing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus then came and took the bread
and gave it to them, and likewise the
fish. 14 This is now the third time Jesus
showed Himself to His disciples after
He was raised from the dead.
Jesus Restores Peter
15 So when they had eaten breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son
of Jonah, do you love Me more than
these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord;
You know that I love You.” He said to
him, “Feed My lambs.” 16 He said to
him again a second time, “Simon, son
of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to
Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love
You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon,
son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter
was grieved because He said to him the
third time, “Do you love Me?” And he
said to Him, “Lord, You know all things;
You know that I love You.” Jesus said to
him, “Feed My sheep. 18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger,
you girded yourself and walked where
you wished; but when you are old, you
will stretch out your hands, and another
will gird you and carry you where you
do not wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God.
And when He had spoken this, He said
to him, “Follow Me.”
The Beloved Disciple and His Book
20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the
disciple whom Jesus loved following,
who also had leaned on His breast at
the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the
one who betrays You?” 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what
about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him,
“If I will that he remain till I come, what
is that to you? You follow Me.” 23 Then
this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet
Jesus did not say to him that he would
not die, but, “If I will that he remain till
I come, what is that to you?” 24 This is
the disciple who testifies of these things,
and wrote these things; and we know
that his testimony is true. 25 And there
are also many other things that Jesus
did, which if they were written one by
one, I suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books that would
be written. Amen.
Acts 1
Prologue
1 The former account I made, O
Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both
to do and teach, 2 until the day in which
He was taken up, after He through the
Holy Spirit had given commandments to
the apostles whom He had chosen, 3 to
whom He also presented Himself alive
after His suffering by many infallible
proofs, being seen by them during forty
days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit Promised
4 And being assembled together with
them, He commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for
the Promise of the Father, “which,” He
said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for
John truly baptized with water, but you
shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit
not many days from now.” 6 Therefore,
when they had come together, they
asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at
this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you
to know times or seasons which the
Father has put in His own authority. 8
But you shall receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth.”
Jesus Ascends to Heaven
9 Now when He had spoken these things,
while they watched, He was taken up,
and a cloud received Him out of their
sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly
toward heaven as He went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel,
11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do
you stand gazing up into heaven? This
same Jesus, who was taken up from you
into heaven, will so come in like manner
as you saw Him go into heaven.”
Acts 2
Coming of the Holy Spirit
3 Then there appeared to them divided
tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon
each of them.
Acts 4
Peter and John Arrested
1 Now as they spoke to the people, the
priests, the captain of the temple, and
the Sadducees came upon them, 2
being greatly disturbed that they taught
the people and preached in Jesus the
resurrection from the dead. 3 And they
laid hands on them, and put them in
custody until the next day, for it was
already evening. 4 However, many of
those who heard the word believed;
and the number of the men came to be
about five thousand.
Addressing the Sanhedrin
5 And it came to pass, on the next day,
that their rulers, elders, and scribes,
6 as well as Annas the high priest,
Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as
many as were of the family of the high
priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in
the midst, they asked, “By what power
or by what name have you done this?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them, “Rulers of the people
and elders of Israel: 9 If we this day are
judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been
made well, 10 let it be known to you
all, and to all the people of Israel, that
by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God
raised from the dead, by Him this man
stands here before you whole. 11 This
is the ‘stone which was rejected by you
builders, which has become the chief
cornerstone.’12 Nor is there salvation in
any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which
we must be saved.”
The Name of Jesus Forbidden
13 Now when they saw the boldness
of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were uneducated and untrained
men, they marveled. And they realized
that they had been with Jesus. 14 And
seeing the man who had been healed
standing with them, they could say
nothing against it. 15 But when they had
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selves, 16 saying, “What shall we do to
these men? For, indeed, that a notable
miracle has been done through them is
evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem,
and we cannot deny it. 17 But so that it
spreads no further among the people,
let us severely threaten them, that from
now on they speak to no man in this
name.” 18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor
teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter
and John answered and said to them,
“Whether it is right in the sight of God
to listen to you more than to God, you
judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the
things which we have seen and heard.”
21 So when they had further threatened
them, they let them go, finding no way
of punishing them, because of the
people, since they all glorified God for
what had been done. 22 For the man
was over forty years old on whom this
miracle of healing had been performed.
Acts 5
Continuing Power in the Church
12 And through the hands of the
apostles many signs and wonders were
done among the people. And they were
all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch.
13 Yet none of the rest dared join them,
but the people esteemed them highly. 14
And believers were increasingly added
to the Lord, multitudes of both men and
women, 15 so that they brought the
sick out into the streets and laid them
on beds and couches, that at least the
shadow of Peter passing by might fall
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on some of them. 16 Also a multitude
gathered from the surrounding cities
to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and
those who were tormented by unclean
spirits, and they were all healed.
Imprisoned Apostles Freed
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all
those who were with him (which is the
sect of the Sadducees), and they were
filled with indignation, 18 and laid their
hands on the apostles and put them in
the common prison. 19 But at night an
angel of the Lord opened the prison
doors and brought them out, and said,
20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak
to the people all the words of this life.” 21
And when they heard that, they entered
the temple early in the morning and
taught. But the high priest and those
with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children
of Israel, and sent to the prison to have
them brought.
Apostles on Trial Again
22 But when the officers came and did
not find them in the prison, they returned and reported, 23 saying, “Indeed
we found the prison shut securely, and
the guards standing outside before the
doors; but when we opened them, we
found no one inside!” 24 Now when the
high priest, the captain of the temple,
and the chief priests heard these things,
they wondered what the outcome would
be. 25 So one came and told them,
saying, “Look, the men whom you put
in prison are standing in the temple and
teaching the people!” 26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought
them without violence, for they feared
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the people, lest they should be stoned.
27 And when they had brought them,
they set them before the council. And
the high priest asked them, 28 saying,
“Did we not strictly command you not
to teach in this name? And look, you
have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,
and intend to bring this Man’s blood on
us!” 29 But Peter and the other apostles
answered and said: “We ought to obey
God rather than men. 30 The God of
our fathers raised up Jesus whom you
murdered by hanging on a tree. 31 Him
God has exalted to His right hand to be
Prince and Savior, to give repentance
to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And
we are His witnesses to these things,
and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God
has given to those who obey Him.”
Gamaliel’s Advice
33 When they heard this, they were
furious and plotted to kill them. 34 Then
one in the council stood up, a Pharisee
named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law
held in respect by all the people, and
commanded them to put the apostles
outside for a little while. 35 And he
said to them: “Men of Israel, take heed
to yourselves what you intend to do
regarding these men. 36 For some time
ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be
somebody. A number of men, about
four hundred, joined him. He was slain,
and all who obeyed him were scattered
and came to nothing. 37 After this man,
Judas of Galilee rose up in the days
of the census, and drew away many
people after him. He also perished, and
all who obeyed him were dispersed. 38
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And now I say to you, keep away from
these men and let them alone; for if this
plan or this work is of men, it will come to
nothing; 39 but if it is of God, you cannot
overthrow it—lest you even be found to
fight against God.” 40 And they agreed
with him, and when they had called for
the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the
name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 So
they departed from the presence of the
council, rejoicing that they were counted
worthy to suffer shame for His name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in every
house, they did not cease teaching and
preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Acts 6
Stephen Accused of Blasphemy
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power,
did great wonders and signs among the
people. 9 Then there arose some from
what is called the Synagogue of the
Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians,
and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not
able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit
by which he spoke. 11 Then they secretly
induced men to say, “We have heard
him speak blasphemous words against
Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up
the people, the elders, and the scribes;
and they came upon him, seized him,
and brought him to the council. 13 They
also set up false witnesses who said,
“This man does not cease to speak
blasphemous words against this holy
place and the law; 14 for we have heard
him say that this Jesus of Nazareth
will destroy this place and change the
customs which Moses delivered to us.”
15 And all who sat in the council, looking
steadfastly at him, saw his face as the
face of an angel.
Acts 7
Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham
1 Then the high priest said, “Are these
things so?” 2 And he said, “Brethren and
fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he
was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt
in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Get out of
your country and from your relatives,
and come to a land that I will show you.’
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4 Then he came out of the land of the
Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And
from there, when his father was dead,
He moved him to this land in which
you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no
inheritance in it, not even enough to set
his foot on. But even when Abraham
had no child, He promised to give it to
him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this
way: that his descendants would dwell
in a foreign land, and that they would
bring them into bondage and oppress
them four hundred years. 7 ‘And the
nation to whom they will be in bondage
I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that
they shall come out and serve Me in this
place.’ 8 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham
begot Isaac and circumcised him on the
eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and
Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 “And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God
was with him 10 and delivered him out of
all his troubles, and gave him favor and
wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh,
king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11
Now a famine and great trouble came
over all the land of Egypt and Canaan,
and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was
grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers
first. 13 And the second time Joseph
was made known to his brothers, and
Joseph’s family became known to the
Pharaoh. 14 Then Joseph sent and
called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. 15 So
Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died,
he and our fathers. 16 And they were
carried back to Shechem and laid in the
tomb that Abraham bought for a sum
of money from the sons of Hamor, the
father of Shechem.
God Delivers Israel by Moses
17 “But when the time of the promise
drew near which God had sworn to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king arose
who did not know Joseph. 19 This man
dealt treacherously with our people, and
oppressed our forefathers, making them
expose their babies, so that they might
not live. 20 At this time Moses was born,
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and was well pleasing to God; and he
was brought up in his father’s house for
three months. 21 But when he was set
out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away
and brought him up as her own son. 22
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty
in words and deeds. 23 “Now when he
was forty years old, it came into his
heart to visit his brethren, the children of
Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer
wrong, he defended and avenged him
who was oppressed, and struck down
the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that
his brethren would have understood that
God would deliver them by his hand,
but they did not understand. 26 And the
next day he appeared to two of them as
they were fighting, and tried to reconcile
them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren;
why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But
he who did his neighbor wrong pushed
him away, saying, ‘Who made you a
ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you
want to kill me as you did the Egyptian
yesterday?’ 29 Then, at this saying,
Moses fled and became a dweller in the
land of Midian, where he had two sons.
30 “And when forty years had passed,
an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in
a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses
saw it, he marveled at the sight; and
as he drew near to observe, the voice
of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, ‘I
am the God of your fathers—the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled
and dared not look. 33 ‘Then the LORD
said to him, “Take your sandals off your
feet, for the place where you stand is
holy ground. 34 I have surely seen the
oppression of My people who are in
Egypt; I have heard their groaning and
have come down to deliver them. And
now come, I will send you to Egypt.”35
“This Moses whom they rejected,
saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a
judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler
and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel
who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He
brought them out, after he had shown
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt,
and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the
children of Israel, ‘The LORD your
God will raise up for you a Prophet
like me from your brethren. Him you
shall hear.’38 “This is he who was in
the congregation in the wilderness with
the Angel who spoke to him on Mount
Sinai, and with our fathers, the one
who received the living oracles to give
to us, 39 whom our fathers would not
obey, but rejected. And in their hearts
they turned back to Egypt, 40 saying to
Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us;
as for this Moses who brought us out of
the land of Egypt, we do not know what
has become of him.’41 And they made
a calf in those days, offered sacrifices
to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of
their own hands. 42 Then God turned
and gave them up to worship the host
of heaven, as it is written in the book of
the Prophets:‘ Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty
years in the wilderness, O house of
Israel? 43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your
god Remphan, Images which you made
to worship; And I will carry you away
beyond Babylon.’
God’s True Tabernacle
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle
of witness in the wilderness, as He
appointed, instructing Moses to make
it according to the pattern that he had
seen, 45 which our fathers, having
received it in turn, also brought with
Joshua into the land possessed by the
Gentiles, whom God drove out before
the face of our fathers until the days
of David, 46 who found favor before
God and asked to find a dwelling for
the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built
Him a house. 48 “However, the Most
High does not dwell in temples made
with hands, as the prophet says: 49 ‘
Heaven is My throne, And earth is My
footstool. What house will you build for
Me? says the LORD, Or what is the
place of My rest? 50 Has My hand not
made all these things?’
Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised
in heart and ears! You always resist
the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so
do you. 52 Which of the prophets did
your fathers not persecute? And they
killed those who foretold the coming of
the Just One, of whom you now have
become the betrayers and murderers,
53 who have received the law by the
direction of angels and have not kept it.”
Stephen the Martyr
54 When they heard these things they
were cut to the heart, and they gnashed
at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being
full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing at the right hand of God, 56
and said, “Look! I see the heavens
opened and the Son of Man standing
at the right hand of God!” 57 Then they
cried out with a loud voice, stopped their
ears, and ran at him with one accord;
58 and they cast him out of the city and
stoned him. And the witnesses laid
down their clothes at the feet of a young
man named Saul. 59 And they stoned
Stephen as he was calling on God and
saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 Then he knelt down and cried out
with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge
them with this sin.” And when he had
said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 12
Herod’s Violence to the Church
1 Now about that time Herod the king
stretched out his hand to harass some
from the church. 2 Then he killed James
the brother of John with the sword. 3
And because he saw that it pleased the
Jews, he proceeded further to seize
Peter also. Now it was during the Days
of Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he
had arrested him, he put him in prison,
and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him
before the people after Passover.
Peter Freed from Prison
5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but
constant prayer was offered to God for
him by the church. 6 And when Herod
was about to bring him out, that night
Peter was sleeping, bound with two
chains between two soldiers; and the
guards before the door were keeping
the prison. 7 Now behold, an angel of
the Lord stood by him, and a light shone
in the prison; and he struck Peter on
the side and raised him up, saying,
“Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off
his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him,
“Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”;
and so he did. And he said to him, “Put
on your garment and follow me.” 9 So he
went out and followed him, and did not
know that what was done by the angel
was real, but thought he was seeing a
vision. 10 When they were past the first
and the second guard posts, they came
to the iron gate that leads to the city,
which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down
one street, and immediately the angel
departed from him. 11 And when Peter
had come to himself, he said, “Now I
know for certain that the Lord has sent
His angel, and has delivered me from
the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.” 12 So,
when he had considered this, he came
to the house of Mary, the mother of
John whose surname was Mark, where
many were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door
of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came
to answer. 14 When she recognized
Peter’s voice, because of her gladness
she did not open the gate, but ran in and
announced that Peter stood before the
gate. 15 But they said to her, “You are
beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting
that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.” 16 Now Peter continued knocking;
and when they opened the door and
saw him, they were astonished. 17 But
motioning to them with his hand to keep
silent, he declared to them how the
Lord had brought him out of the prison.
And he said, “Go, tell these things to
James and to the brethren.” And he
departed and went to another place. 18
Then, as soon as it was day, there was
no small stir among the soldiers about
what had become of Peter. 19 But when
Herod had searched for him and not
found him, he examined the guards and
commanded that they should be put to
death. And he went down from Judea to
Caesarea, and stayed there.
2 Peter 1
The Trustworthy Prophetic Word
16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to
you the power and coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of
His majesty. 17 For He received from
God the Father honor and glory when
such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son,
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in whom I am well pleased.” 18 And
we heard this voice which came from
heaven when we were with Him on the
holy mountain. 19 And so we have the
prophetic word confirmed. which you
do well to heed as a light that shines in
a dark place, until the day dawns and
the morning star rises in your hearts;
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy
of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the
will of man, but holy men of God spoke
as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Some of those who did not believe
also came on board. The religious
zealot Saul, who persecuted faithful
followers of Jesus, ended up in a
blinding meeting with the resurrected Jesus and became converted
to Paul the Apostle of Jesus. After
this meeting, Paul gave up his high
religious and social status and went
to tell the world about the Savior.
The following are various passages
from Scripture, dealing with Paul’s
efforts (in person and through letters) at reaching various targets of
people. He eventually died, following Jesus and telling the truth about
Him and the plan of Salvation.
Acts 9
The Damascus Road: Saul Converted
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and
murder against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest 2 and asked letters
from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were
of the Way, whether men or women, he
might bring them bound to Jerusalem.3
As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around
him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the
ground, and heard a voice saying to
him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5 And he said, “Who are You,
Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus,
whom you are persecuting. It is hard for
you to kick against the goads.” 6 So he,
trembling and astonished, said, “Lord,
what do You want me to do?” Then the
Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the
city, and you will be told what you must
do.” 7 And the men who journeyed with
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him stood speechless, hearing a voice
but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose
from the ground, and when his eyes were
opened he saw no one. But they led him
by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without
sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Now after many days were past,
the Jews plotted to kill him. 24 But
their plot became known to Saul.
And they watched the gates day and
night, to kill him. 25 Then the disciples
took him by night and let him down
through the wall in a large basket.
Ananias Baptizes Saul
10 Now there was a certain disciple at
Damascus named Ananias; and to him
the Lord said in a vision, “Ananias.” And
he said, “Here I am, Lord.” 11 So the Lord
said to him, “Arise and go to the street
called Straight, and inquire at the house
of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for
behold, he is praying. 12 And in a vision
he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that
he might receive his sight.” 13 Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from
many about this man, how much harm
he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
14 And here he has authority from the
chief priests to bind all who call on Your
name.” 15 But the Lord said to him, “Go,
for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear
My name before Gentiles, kings, and the
children of Israel. 16 For I will show him
how many things he must suffer for My
name’s sake.” 17 And Ananias went his
way and entered the house; and laying
his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul,
the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on
the road as you came, has sent me that
you may receive your sight and be filled
with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Immediately there
fell from his eyes something like scales,
and he received his sight at once; and he
arose and was baptized. 19 So when he
had received food, he was strengthened.
Then Saul spent some days with the
disciples at Damascus.
Saul at Jerusalem
26 And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but
they were all afraid of him, and did not
believe that he was a disciple. 27 But
Barnabas took him and brought him to
the apostles. And he declared to them
how he had seen the Lord on the road,
and that He had spoken to him, and
how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 28 So he was
with them at Jerusalem, coming in and
going out. 29 And he spoke boldly in the
name of the Lord Jesus and disputed
against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him. 30 When the brethren
found out, they brought him down to
Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.
Saul Preaches Christ
Immediately he preached the Christ
in the synagogues, that He is the Son
of God. 21 Then all who heard were
amazed, and said, “Is this not he who
destroyed those who called on this
name in Jerusalem, and has come
here for that purpose, so that he might
bring them bound to the chief priests?”
22 But Saul increased all the more in
strength, and confounded the Jews
who dwelt in Damascus, proving that
this Jesus is the Christ.
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The Church Prospers
31 Then the churches throughout all
Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace
and were edified. And walking in the fear
of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy
Spirit, they were multiplied.
Acts 14
At Iconium
1 Now it happened in Iconium that
they went together to the synagogue
of the Jews, and so spoke that a great
multitude both of the Jews and of the
Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving
Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
3 Therefore they stayed there a long
time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who
was bearing witness to the word of His
grace, granting signs and wonders to be
done by their hands.4 But the multitude
of the city was divided: part sided with
the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5
And when a violent attempt was made
by both the Gentiles and Jews, with
their rulers, to abuse and stone them,
6 they became aware of it and fled to
Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,
and to the surrounding region. 7 And
they were preaching the gospel there.
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24 the commander ordered him to be
brought into the barracks, and said that
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he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they
Idolatry at Lystra
shouted so against him. 25 And as they
8 And in Lystra a certain man without
bound him with thongs, Paul said to the
strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple
centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you
from his mother’s womb, who had never to scourge a man who is a Roman, and
walked. 9 This man heard Paul speaking. uncondemned?” 26 When the centurion
Paul, observing him intently and seeing
heard that, he went and told the comthat he had faith to be healed, 10 said
mander, saying, “Take care what you do,
with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on
for this man is a Roman.” 27 Then the
your feet!” And he leaped and walked.
commander came and said to him, “Tell
11 Now when the people saw what Paul
me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.” 28
had done, they raised their voices, sayThe commander answered, “With a large
ing in the Lycaonian language, “The gods sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Paul
have come down to us in the likeness of
said, “But I was born a citizen.” 29 Then
men!” 12 And Barnabas they called Zeus, immediately those who were about to
and Paul, Hermes, because he was the
examine him withdrew from him; and the
chief speaker. 13 Then the priest of Zeus, commander was also afraid after he found
whose temple was in front of their city,
out that he was a Roman, and because
brought oxen and garlands to the gates,
he had bound him.
intending to sacrifice with the multitudes.
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and
Acts 23
Paul heard this, they tore their clothes
1 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the
and ran in among the multitude, crying
council, said, “Men and brethren, I have
out 15 and saying, “Men, why are you do- lived in all good conscience before God
ing these things? We also are men with
until this day.” 2 And the high priest
the same nature as you, and preach to
Ananias commanded those who stood
you that you should turn from these use- by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then
less things to the living God, who made
Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you
the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all
whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge
things that are in them, 16 who in bygone me according to the law, and do you
generations allowed all nations to walk
command me to be struck contrary to
in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless He
the law?”4 And those who stood by said,
did not leave Himself without witness,
“Do you revile God’s high priest?” 5 Then
in that He did good, gave us rain from
Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that
heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our
he was the high priest; for it is written,
hearts with food and gladness.” 18 And
‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your
with these sayings they could scarcely
people.’” 6 But when Paul perceived that
restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to one part were Sadducees and the other
them. Stoning, Escape to Derbe 19 Then Pharisees, he cried out in the council,
Jews from Antioch and Iconium came
“Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the
there; and having persuaded the multison of a Pharisee; concerning the hope
tudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him and resurrection of the dead I am being
out of the city, supposing him to be dead. judged!”7 And when he had said this, a
20 However, when the disciples gathered dissension arose between the Pharisees
around him, he rose up and went into the and the Sadducees; and the assembly
city. And the next day he departed with
was divided. 8 For Sadducees say that
Barnabas to Derbe.
there is no resurrection—and no angel
or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
Acts 22
9 Then there arose a loud outcry. And
Paul’s Roman Citizenship
the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose
22 And they listened to him until this
and protested, saying, “We find no evil
word, and then they raised their voices
in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has
and said, “Away with such a fellow
spoken to him, let us not fight against
from the earth, for he is not fit to live!”
God.” 10 Now when there arose a great
23 Then, as they cried out and tore off
dissension, the commander, fearing lest
their clothes and threw dust into the air,
Paul might be pulled to pieces by them,
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commanded the soldiers to go down and
take him by force from among them, and
bring him into the barracks.
The Plot Against Paul
11 But the following night the Lord stood
by him and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul;
for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness
at Rome.”12 And when it was day, some
of the Jews banded together and bound
themselves under an oath, saying that
they would neither eat nor drink till they
had killed Paul. 13 Now there were more
than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and
elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat
nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now
you, therefore, together with the council,
suggest to the commander that he be
brought down to you tomorrow, as though
you were going to make further inquiries
concerning him; but we are ready to kill
him before he comes near.”16 So when
Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush,
he went and entered the barracks and
told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the
centurions to him and said, “Take this
young man to the commander, for he has
something to tell him.” 18 So he took him
and brought him to the commander and
said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him
and asked me to bring this young man to
you. He has something to say to you.”19
Then the commander took him by the
hand, went aside, and asked privately,
“What is it that you have to tell me?”20
And he said, “The Jews have agreed
to ask that you bring Paul down to the
council tomorrow, as though they were
going to inquire more fully about him. 21
But do not yield to them, for more than
forty of them lie in wait for him, men who
have bound themselves by an oath that
they will neither eat nor drink till they have
killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”22 So the
commander let the young man depart,
and commanded him , “Tell no one that
you have revealed these things to me.”
Sent to Felix
23 And he called for two centurions,
saying, “Prepare two hundred soldiers,
seventy horsemen, and two hundred
spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third
hour of the night; 24 and provide mounts
to set Paul on, and bring him safely to
Felix the governor.” 25 He wrote a letter
in the following manner:26 Claudius
Lysias,To the most excellent governor
Felix: Greetings. 27 This man was
seized by the Jews and was about to be
killed by them. Coming with the troops
I rescued him, having learned that he
was a Roman. 28 And when I wanted
to know the reason they accused him,
I brought him before their council. 29 I
found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had
nothing charged against him deserving
of death or chains. 30 And when it was
told me that the Jews lay in wait for the
man, I sent him immediately to you,
and also commanded his accusers to
state before you the charges against
him.Farewell.31 Then the soldiers, as
they were commanded, took Paul and
brought him by night to Antipatris. 32
The next day they left the horsemen to
go on with him, and returned to the barracks. 33 When they came to Caesarea
and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. 34
And when the governor had read it, he
asked what province he was from. And
when he understood that he was from
Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will hear you when
your accusers also have come.” And he
commanded him to be kept in Herod’s
Praetorium.
Romans 5
Christ in Our Place
8 But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more
then, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through Him. 10 For if when we were
enemies we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, much
more, having been reconciled, we shall
be saved by His life. 11 And not only
that, but we also rejoice in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom
we have now received the reconciliation.
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
12 Therefore, just as through one
man sin entered the world, and death
through sin, and thus death spread to
all men, because all sinned— 13 (For
until the law sin was in the world, but sin
is not imputed when there is no law. 14
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
to Moses, even over those who had not
sinned according to the likeness of the
transgression of Adam, who is a type of
Him who was to come. 15 But the free
gift is not like the offense. For if by the
one man’s offense many died, much
more the grace of God and the gift by
the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ,
abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not
like that which came through the one
who sinned. For the judgment which
came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came
from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense
death reigned through the one, much
more those who receive abundance of
grace and of the gift of righteousness
will reign in life through the One, Jesus
Christ.) 18 Therefore, as through one
man’s offense judgment came to all
men, resulting in condemnation, even
so through one Man’s righteous act the
free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s
disobedience many were made sinners,
so also by one Man’s obedience many
will be made righteous. 20 Moreover
the law entered that the offense might
abound. But where sin abounded, grace
abounded much more, 21 so that as sin
reigned in death, even so grace might
reign through righteousness to eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18 For the message of the cross is
foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is
the power of God. 19 For it is written: “
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding
of the prudent.”20 Where is the wise?
Where is the scribe? Where is the
disputer of this age? Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For
since, in the wisdom of God, the world
through wisdom did not know God, it
pleased God through the foolishness of
the message preached to save those
who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign,
and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but
we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews
a stumbling block and to the Greeks
foolishness, 24 but to those who are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God and the wisdom of
God. 25 Because the foolishness of God
is wiser than men, and the weakness of
God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 2
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1 And I, brethren, when I came to you,
did not come with excellence of speech
or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to
know anything among you except Jesus
Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with
you in weakness, in fear, and in much
trembling. 4 And my speech and my
preaching were not with persuasive
words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that
your faith should not be in the wisdom
of men but in the power of God.
Spiritual Wisdom
6 However, we speak wisdom among
those who are mature, yet not the
wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of
this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in
a mystery, the hidden wisdom which
God ordained before the ages for our
glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this
age knew; for had they known, they
would not have crucified the Lord of
glory. 9 But as it is written: “ Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered
into the heart of man the things which
God has prepared for those who love
Him.” 10 But God has revealed them
to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit
searches all things, yes, the deep things
of God. 11 For what man knows the
things of a man except the spirit of the
man which is in him? Even so no one
knows the things of God except the
Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit
who is from God, that we might know
the things that have been freely given
to us by God. 13 These things we also
speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit
teaches, comparing spiritual things with
spiritual. 14 But the natural man does
not receive the things of the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him; nor
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is
spiritual judges all things, yet he himself
is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who
has known the mind of the LORD that
he may instruct Him?” But we have the
mind of Christ.
The enemies of Jesus had a problem
with his identity and were not prepared to accept Him even after the
proof was before them. They went
out of their way to concoct a strategy to attempt to wipe out the truth.
It happened after the resurrection
and is still happening in our society
today. But, the truth cannot be wiped
out by pretending it’s not there or
by ignoring it. It is more astute to
accept it and use it to our advantage.
In this particular case, no human on
this planet has anything they could
use to buy their way out of the curse
of death. But, God in His tender mercies has provided the solution free
of charge. The plan of Salvation can
be installed free in any human by
faith in Jesus. No one can earn it any
other way. It is by the grace of God
that this has been made possible.
To reject it will mean total disaster.
I wouldn’t want to get caught there.
Hope you wouldn’t either. Check it
out. Investigate the Truth. Your
Eternal Life depends on in.
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The Mystery of Creation, Sin and Redemption
The mystery of the Creator becoming a procreated being, stands squarely against the theory of
evolution; which has also been challenged by the theory of Intelligent design.
This latter theory supported by several hundred of a new breed of scientists, argues that, life is too
complex to have happened without an intelligent designer behind it. These bright minded scientists
support their argument with scientific methodology. However, because they cannot see and
consequently prove who this designer is, they are reluctant to say that it is or isn’t God.
More than 400 scientists have signed onto a growing list from all disciplines who are “skeptical of
claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life.”
“Darwin’s theory of evolution is the great white elephant of contemporary thought,” said Dr. David
Berlinski, a mathematician and philosopher of science with Discovery Institute’s Centre for Science
and Culture (CSC). “It is large, almost completely useless, and the object of superstitious awe.”
Discovery Institute first published its Statement of Dissent from Darwin in 2001 and a direct challenge
to statements made in PBS’ “Evolution” series that no scientists disagreed with Darwin’s evolution.
“The fact is that a significant number of scientists are extremely skeptical that Darwinian evolution
can explain the origins of life,” said Dr. John G. West, associate director of CSC. “We expect that as
scientists engage in the wider debate over materialist evolutionary theories, this list will continue to
grow, and grow at an even more rapid pace than we’ve seen this past year. In the last 90 days, 29
scientists, including eight biologists, have signed the ‘Scientific Dissent From Darwinism’. The list
includes over 70 biologists.”
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Looking for an Energy Drink? Get a Safe One!
ing the danger signals on energy
drinks are the high levels of sugar,
caffeine and ephedra and various
artificial ingredients.
The HOTTEST product on the market these days is Energy Drinks,
with name-brands in splashy,
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are an energy drink consumer, or
“considering and curious”, the time
has come to ask yourself some
questions about your safety, your
health, your choices…
The health effect of these drinks
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Health-conscious people are discovering new alternatives for their
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The rising star in this category
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the researchers said their findings
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can cause the pancreas to become
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that beyond the initial fifteen minute
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Next, the high amounts of caffeine in these drinks, or the amount
people are consuming, cause
people to feel “the jittters” and
promote addiction, all part of the
tradeoff for using common energy
drinks. Scientifically, Caffeine interferes with the body’s energy cycles
and blocks brain chemicals that
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extreme consequences. Two high
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out after drinking energy drinks containing Ephedra. It can cause heart
and blood pressure problems, up to
and including strokes, seizures, and
even death at high doses. The prestigious Mayo Clinic calls energy drinks
“not a natural source of energy”.
Are you asking yourself the main
question yet? “Does my energy
drink put my health at risk?” According to researchers findings, that
is a legitimate and advisable question regarding the products now on
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A.C.T. uses the safe sweetening
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Natural buzz from Guarana
Guarana is an herb that contains
many healthful substances, including a natural stimulatory ingredient
known as Guaranine. Guaranine
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fact, it is molecularly similar to the
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Solution to Moral Quiz
Anonymous Businessman (AB) decided that an error may have occurred in the
calculation of his bill. A few tons of product was involved and pricing is usually per 2200 lbs
(1 ton). Using this established protocol and comparing the amounts, the figure presented
for cost was almost half what it should have been. Was there something AB was missing?
Well, he needed to know before cutting a cheque for less than what he knew should be
paid. So, he called and talked to the gentleman who quoted the figure. He insisted that
there could be an error and asked for a recalculation. Well the gentleman obliged and took
a few minutes to look over the paperwork.
Within minutes, the gentleman noticed that instead of the weight being represented in lbs
it had been represented in kilograms. So instead of cost per pound he had figured cost
per kilo. That quickly explained why AB’s bill was about half what it should have been. The
gentleman thanked AB for his effort and AB was happy it all ended well. Had he not insisted he would have ripped off the supplier seemingly, unknowingly. If he had ripped off the
supplier unknowingly, would he still have been guilty? Chew on it.
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK & FEEL 20-30 YEARS
YOUNGER AFTER YOUR 40’s & 50’s?
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¤ Foods that age you and may even kill you before your
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¤ How a relationship with your Creator can make you live
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¤ How understanding true love and practicing it, can
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¤ How your job can rapidly age you and may even kill you
and, what you can do about it.
¤ Relationships that age you and how to avoid them.
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This Man is a Walking
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He is on to something really amazing. Most people
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his age at early thirties. This is not only because of
his facial looks, his whole body is as trim and fit as
a well conditioned man in his twenties.
At age 15, his Dad (a chemist optician) told him
not to wash his face with warm water. Since then,
he’s been intrigued by the simplicity of a lifestyle
that can take 20-30 years off your looks. His
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He will share his secrets with you through his free
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You can immediately use these secrets in your
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¤ How those you hate can shorten your life, even if, they
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Flipside of
Integrity
Do I earn a living by just
showing up for work or by
actually working?
Story: Courtesy of Cosmic Eye
Communications
W
e live in a society where
people have to get paid for
their time. Without this, most people
without a financial nest egg or an
inheritance could not pay their bills.
So, in principle, the concept of getting paid for my time is a good one.
However, we run into problems,
when the concept gets interpreted
without any emphasis placed on the
time being productive.
If someone asked me to go do
some work for them at 10, 100, or
1000 dollars an hour, they would
be expecting productivity from that
agreement. If I show up and do what
I’m supposed to do, that someone
should be pleased with me. So, if
they refuse to pay me they would be
on the wrong side of integrity.
However, if I show up for this job
and put in the time, but do not do the
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work required of me, would I deserve
the wages agreed on? This question
could deliver a “yes” or a “no” answer, depending on who’s talking.
Here in Canada, we are fortunate
to have labour standards, which
protect employees from employers who refuse to meet their wage
obligations to their employees. But,
if you have an employee going to
work and not doing what they are
being paid for, the standards may
be wrongfully used.
However, these standards are
not applicable when the worker
is not an employee. In a case like
that, where the one to provide the
service and the one who needs the
service come together, a dispute
over productivity could be tricky
enough to end up in court.
On Dec 12/07, I called a gentleman
I have known for at least nine years
to come solve a computer problem
in my office. He was to upgrade the
Ram in one computer to 2GB and
swipe documents from this computer
to a second computer. The upgraded
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computer was to be used to download certain software to be used for
publishing; and the second computer
was then to be used by me.
When I first met this gentleman 9
years ago, he quoted me his rate per
hour and did the job within a reasonable length of time. I was content
with the result, even though I noticed
he was not completely familiar with
what he was doing. Someone I had
met, told me that he fixed computers. Prior to this, I had actually met
him playing bass guitar in church.
So, I knew who he was and figured,
“Why Not”. It was not a major job. He
was to connect a fax machine to a
computer, so I could use the computer and the fax machine in sending and receiving faxes.
Now, over the years, I’ve called him
at various points to help me with
computer issues. Over that period,
he informed me he took some
courses to get Microsoft Certification. He got some business cards
made and started operating under
the name O.J. Computing Services. He also raised his hourly rate
from $25 to $60. In the past, I have
thrown suggestions his way in the
hope of helping him improve his
service. In that effort, we even ran
a free Ad for him in our last issue of
the magazine.
Prior to that, I had noticed that
whenever he came over to deal with
some problem, he left us with new
problems. He would do some fixing
and we would end up not being able
to find files any longer. Icons on
desktops went missing, and on and
on. We would then call him back to
correct the newly created problems.
On one occasion, while I watched
him put a new laptop on our network, I realized there was a lot of trial
and error going on. He spent about
an hour trying several approaches
that were not working, all the while
complaining that the VISTA operat-
ing System was the problem. He
eventually chose an option, which
accomplished what he was trying to
do. I figured that if he knew what he
was doing, he would have chosen
that option in the first place, and
done it in the 3 minutes it took, rather
than the hour. He charged us $60 an
hour. The whole set up took about 6
hours and I couldn’t help but feel that
it was not productive for us and that
he had overcharged us.
In the end, I was tired and just
wanted to go home so, I paid him
and ended the day. I didn’t use the
laptop on the network and so, I did
not know if the set up was done
properly or not. But, as it turns out,
yesterday (Jan 15/08) we were trying to use the laptop on the network
and it wasn’t working.
Well, I didn’t want to call him.
Instead, I called Future Shop,
where I bought the laptop. I figured
it might be a computer problem.
John, the salesman walked us
through the process and helped
us set it up within 5-10 minutes.
During this process, we found out
that, one critical option that needed
to be turned on, was turned off in
that prior set up. This added to my
disappointment over Julian of O.J.
Computing Services.
However, this is minor compared
with why we initially wanted
to share this experience. Last
month, when he came here to
upgrade and swipe the files for us
he did something that has caused
us a lot of problems.
When I initially called him, I told him
what we were trying to accomplish,
in order to establish if he felt he
could do it. He told me he would do
it and quoted $45 plus the cost of
the Ram, which he quoted as $180.
When he got here, I made it clear
that we didn’t want to end up not
finding files that were there before
or end up with an altered desktop.
We wanted what we needed, not
at the expense of other things that
were already working.
As it turns out, he did the upgrading of the Ram and file transfer we
needed. However, he totally wiped
out all folders containing files that
were needed for this issue of the
magazine. We have spent the last
5 weeks rebuilding all these files.
When I was first told of what he had
done, I called Julian and asked him
what happened. He had no excuse
for me, but he told me he was not
going to talk to me about anything
until he was paid what he wanted.
He then hung up.
I knew he was not pleased when
he left here (Dec 12/07), but I
did not think he would conduct
himself that way on that date.He
wanted to charge us $180 instead
of the $45 he had quoted us for
his labour. He wanted this in addition to the $180 cost of the 2GB of
Ram. I argued that he should not
do that. His position was, he had
spent 3 hours to do it so, the $45
he quoted was not applicable.
This did not please him, but I
sighted some of the other times that
he charged us amounts I thought
were not fair. I told him particularly
about the network set up and how I
figured that if he knew what he was
doing, it would not have cost what
he charged us. His response was
that, if we had got someone from
Future Shop, it would have cost us
more to do what he did. I disagreed,
and as it turns out, John proved
yesterday that Julian did not know
what he was doing. We just happened to have paid him for showing
up and setting up something that
did not work. John fixed his major
error on the phone within 10 minutes at no cost to us.
On Dec 12/07, I refused to pay him
$180 for his labour. I wanted him to
stick to his quote of $45. I had allowed him to get away with this kind
of conduct way too long. I told him
I was only prepared to pay what he
had quoted. He verbally expressed
his anger and asked to cut him a
cheque for what he had quoted
earlier. This cheque was for $45
plus $180 and he took it and walked
away, saying I was crazy.
When I called him the next day and
got him hanging up on me, I was
not impressed. The fallout of his appearance here included our inability
to send and receive faxes until I
got someone else to come fix that
problem. You’ve already read about
the folders that were wiped out.
This has caused us a lot of grief. If I
could have figured this would happen I would not have called this guy.
To a point, I have myself to blame. If
I had looked at his conduct with my
eyes open, I could have seen this
coming. He almost always left us
with new and more problems when
he came around. I just overlooked
it and justified my action with the
thought that I’m trying to help a
small businessman. That was
wrong and I have proof. This guy
has cost us money, time, and has
caused us a lot of grief. I wouldn’t
want any family member, friend, or
anyone else for that matter to experience what we have.
To make it worse, if he would have
acted with dignity and offered to
fix the problem, he would probably
have created new ones. However,
his attitude on the phone by hanging up places him right on the Flipside of Integrity. We are sorry we
ran a free Ad for him and hope no
one else has had to go through
anything like this as a result of the
Ad. We sincerely hope, no one
else will.
~*~
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UPDATE ON:
GIVING AWAY FREE
PHONE TECHNOLOGY
To Help Build Your Customer or Client Base
In our last issue, we featured the private label phone dialer opportunity for businesses introduced by Inkh-Ztar. In
that article people were directed to Inkh-Ztar’s website for further information. Between the time the article was
written and the time the magazine was distributed there were technical issues that were supposed to have been
resolved by Adcalls Headquarters in the States. Unfortunately, this did not happen. As a result, anyone who attempted to follow up on that business opportunity would have been left without a logical series of steps to take.
Attempts on our part to fix that situation did not produce immediate results. We have had a couple of long discussions with the US Reps of Adcalls who have apologized and promised to fix all problems that have been of
concern to us. As of the writing of this article one major problem has been solved. There is now a new presentation that leads to a page for a follow up contact. You will notice that at our site now.
We sincerely apologize for all of this. When every concern of ours is addressed, we will inform you. In
the meantime, you can download the free dialer at www.inkh-ztar.com and check it out.
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