They have taken away my Lord...
Jesus had died on the cross, been buried and now had risen triumphantly from the Dead. The disciples should have known that Jesus was to be resurrected from the dead, but they were ignorant of the Scriptures as we are told in John 20:9. Psalm 16:10 says, “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell (the grave); neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” This was a prophecy concerning the Savior to come! The disciples understood later, what the Scriptures had prophesied as we find Peter in Acts 2:26-28 quoting Psalm 10;9-11 in reference to Jesus Christ. Paul also quoted Psalm 16:10 in Acts 13:35, referring to Jesus. It’s extremely important that we, as Believers, be knowledgeable concerning the Scriptures and not ignorant. This means study! We must read the Bible and go the extra mile to study the meaning of what we are reading. Many people read the Bible and just skip over the things that don’t make sense. This is not good! Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth. Ask questions to those people who do know much about the Bible. Get a Bible dictionary. Let the Holy Spirit and Your existing knowledge about the Bible direct your mind in deciding what the truth is. Never believe something just because someone says it! Get your Bible out and check! Many people were saved as a result of Paul’s preaching at Berea because they “searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11). There are multitudes of false doctrines and heresies floating around in our churches and amongst religious people. Beware!
“Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord and I know not where they have laid Him.”
(John 20:13)
Mary Magdalene stood outside of the sepulcher at Jesus’ Grave. As she wept, she stooped down to look inside and saw two angels in white. The two angels asked her why she was weeping and her reply is the topic of this tract, “They have taken away my Lord...” Mary believed that someone had stolen Jesus. She did not realize that Jesus had risen from the grave yet. It’s sad, but true, that many today have taken away our Lord in this country. They have taken away my Lord out of the multitudes of perverted Bibles which have flooded our churches. The New International Version (NIV) removes “JESUS”, the name which is above every other name, in at least 35 places in the New Testament. Jesus is no longer the “ONLY BEGOTTEN” son of God in John 3:16. Look for yourself! The words GODHEAD, MERCYSEAT, PROPITIATION and JEHOVAH are gone. The NIV removes 64,576 words in one way or another from God’s Word! The NIV is not God’s Holy Bible, no way! Jesus is no longer WORSHIPPED in all these new versions, now He’s only knelt down too. I can kneel before a king without worshipping him. I Timothy 3:16 used to say “GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH”, now it says “he was revealed in a body." What blasphemy! The word “Theo” (God) is in the Greek. Why did they corrupt this Scripture? They have taken away my Lord! Do you see the subtlety of Satan? The King James Bible of 1611 is the ONLY Bible I would ever trust and read! Every other version on the market today has been messed with by the devil! It is a shame that so many Believers are ignorant on this matter. Satan is a master of deceit and counterfeit, beware!
They have taken away my Lord out of the public school system. In the early 1970’s, God’s Word was legally banned from being in the classroom anymore. The curse continues today! They said to God, “take your Book and get out!” Children who were once taught about God and creation are now being taught about self and evolution. It’s acceptable with unbelievers to teach little Johnny that he evolved from some low-life species, but they won’t allow him to learn THE TRUTH--The truth that little Johnny was created in the very image of his God and Creator! They have taken away my Lord! Oh, such wickedness that God tolerates.
They have taken away my Lord on TV and on the radio. Nothing is sacred anymore to these heathen producers, actors, writers, singers, etc. The home is weakened, manhood is diminished, women are exploited, God is mocked, the Bible is no where to be found, hell is a joke, sin is glorified, nothing is to be taken serious and now there’s even shows centering around homosexuality. Everything is a big joke to them! It won’t be at judgment day! God have mercy on this nation!
They have taken away my Lord in the Supreme Court. They’ve legalized the murder of tens of millions of innocent children through cruel abortion since the early 1970’s. It is no coincidence that this country went down the tubes in the early 1970’s following the pot-smoking hippie rebellion of the 1960’s. Today , our society has been shaped by the rock music culture. I never thought I'd see the day where Ozzy Osbourne would be a hero across the country. He is renowned for his blasphemies against Christ and his Satanism. He's so popular that he has been given his own show and a $20 million contract with MTV. They have taken away my Lord! Sin is running rampant today, come Lord Jesus!
They have taken away my Lord in Godless state universities and Godless secular colleges across this nation. Everywhere, young people are being influenced by the heathen philosophies of humanism (man is his own God), evolution (there is no God), free-thinking (if it feels good do it) and Modernism (taking the Bible lightly). Humanism is an insane form of thinking that invades the human mind, convincing it of it’s superiority over God and His truth. Humanism is taught everywhere today! Humanism teaches, "man can govern himself and doesn’t need God.” Humanism teaches, “man can solve his own problems by uniting one with another." McDonalds says, “you deserve a break today." No, you deserve to go straight to hell-fire and damnation right now! Burger King says, “have it your way." No, you had better do it God’s way or else! Do you see the humanism in our society? Man is not good, but corrupt and inherently evil from birth. “...there is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10). We are also warned about doing things our own way. Frank Sinatra sang “I did it my way." I wonder if he’s singing that in hell right now? “There is a way which SEEMETH right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12).
Frank Sinatra mocked the preacher, Billy Sunday, in his song “Chicago, Chicago." He says in there, the town Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down." Billy Sunday was a professional baseball player who had become a born-again Christian in Chicago at the Pacific Garden Mission. He became a mighty man of God and was known for his tough stand against alcohol, dancing and gambling. Though the prohibition years were a great victory for sin-separated Christians, evil always seems to prevail in this wicked world we live in (I John 5:19). Today, alcohol flows in our nation like water down the house gutters during a thunderstorm. Wicked! Frank Sinatra mocked Billy Sunday’s preaching and had to answer to God for it. Sinatra is dead today and I have no doubt, tormented in hell fire. So very sad! He chased wine, women and song and did it “MY WAY." How tragic and unnecessary is it for anyone to go to hell. Frank Sinatra allowed fame and fortune to take away Jesus from his own life. He chose rather to live foolishly, “for a season in the pleasures of sin." He didn’t go to hell because of his sins, Sinatra went to hell because he rejected Jesus Christ as his personal Savior! Sin keeps men from getting saved! “...lest his deeds should be reproved” (John 3:20). Please don’t make the same foolish mistake. Admit to God now in prayer that you’re a hell-deserving sinner. Confess your sins as wicked and wrong to God alone. Ask Jesus (God) to forgive you of all your sins & to save your soul from hell. Trust upon the blood which Christ shed for your sins. Rely upon Jesus 100% as Savoir.
