“Empty Tomb”

waterbased oil on canvas

I just heard a preacher say the empty tomb is the only miracle that proves Jesus was God. Prophets and disciples did the miracles he did. But no one else ever rose from the dead like Jesus did.

“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.” John 10:17-18

The question now to ask your self is why did Jesus rise from the dead? The Bible teaches that he died, and rose again for us for all people and for their sins. He did this so that “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13 If you have not asked the Lord to forgive and save you yet time is running out. That is something you need to do for your self so you can go to heaven.

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“Empty Tomb”

waterbased oil on canvas

This painting is about realizing that the God of the Bible is always there. The rainbow pattern on the ground leading from the foreground to the background is demonstrating this reality to us in the form of color. Jesus “Yeshua” himself tells us in the Bible that he is always there “he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5. Being a visual person I like to see something physical that reminds me of this fact.

After watching vidoes about creation science that were carefully put together by scientific men, there was no doubt that the Bible is true. The over a decade I had spent learning and studying evolution and belief I had in the theory all crumbled, under true scientific facts. Soon after that  I accepted Jesus “Yeshua” as my savior. I began to dig into the Bible realizing each verse contained more information about a loving creator who died on a cross to save us. As I was reading Genesis these verses stuck out to me “I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:..the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant  Genesis 9:14-16.” As I began to ponder these verses the thought occurred to me that God was demonstrating his love by showing this rainbow in the cloud to remind us he will not destroy the whole earth with water again. Even though he is able to, and rightly should because of our sin. He does not because he loves us.

Now I realize how many things have a rainbow pattern in them and each just reminds me of Gods constraining love towards us. The next place I came to a rainbow in the Bible is when Jesus “Yeshua” is sitting of the throne in heaven “he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.”Revelation 4:3. How amazing is this that the son of God who died for our sins sits on a throne that has a rainbow round about it? God of the Bible is always there and if you just look at his creation he in constantly reminding us of this and his constraining love towards us!

” God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ” Romans 5:8

If you have not accepted Jesus “Yeshua” as your savior be sure you do today to enter into the everlasting covenant that will save your soul from hell. To do this you may simply pray something like:

Lord I know I have done wrong and deserve to burn in hell. Please forgive me and take me to heaven because Yeshua- Jesus died on the cross for my sins.  I ask this is Yeshua-Jesus name Amen.

I just heard about one of the men running for president referring the mad man Fidel Castro’s death, saying “I think he is going to the other place”.

What is the other place? Hell. Hell certainly is nothing to joke about. Millions of people are going to Hell every year. at an average of one or more per minute. It is a serious topic. How do I know if I am “going to the other place?”

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us,” Titus 3:5.

We can not just look at someone and say they are going to Hell. Because being good does not send someone to Heaven and being bad does not send someone to Hell. The Bible tells us that “all have sinned”Romans 3:23 and that “there is none that doeth good.”Psalm 14:1. We know our selves that we have done things that are wrong. The Bible describes hell as being a place of everlasting torment-”And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.” Then the Bible puts it this way “whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:14-15. Because of our sin “our wages” or what we have earned our self is death-the second death which we just read was the lake of fire.

But the Bible also tells us that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. It also tells us that ” with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10. Then the Bible says that “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”Romans 10:13.

From these verses we understand that if you believe and will pray to God something like this you can be saved from “The other place” Hell:

“I know I have sinned and deserve hell. But I want you Jesus to save me and take me to heaven. Because I know you died to save me and rose again to live forever. In Jesus name I pray amen.”

You can know that God has pardoned your sin and saved your soul.

There is nothing better than knowing you are on your way to heaven!

Why Isn’t Ron Paul Getting The Same Amount Of Attention as Newt and Romney? That is my big question. Ron Paul has much more support from the average person than these two.Ron Paul has been at the top of the polls seen in more balanced news media sites. He seems much more qualified for the job, yet main stream news media seems to avoid him. This is sad knowing the state of our country and the impact a man who truly wants to follow the constitution could have.

Ron Paul’s popularity is still rising as people are beginning to see the true character of these other candidates. Paul voters are reaching incredible lengths to help his campaign. One even had his name on a hot air balloon!Ron Paul is one of the only two candidates on the Virginia ballot! Who would not  vote for him? So far it looks like he is the best candidate we have.

Ron Paul is second in New Hampshire primary! He still getting up there in the polls. He is filling the gap quickly and still has a lot of potential. Although there is never going to be a perfect candidate until Jesus returns “ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.” Matthew 26:64. We appreciate many of the stances Ron Paul has taken for our country.

We believe Ron Paul would do a good job preserving freedom in our country!

I happened to find Marc Chagall a famous Jewish artist who painted this of Jesus.

His style of painting is fascinating to me…although some of his paintings are not appropriate. This one certainly is very important since it features Jesus presenting himself to the Jewish people in their time of need. Something I have been reading a lot about lately,biographies of Jewish people coming to know Jesus as their Messiah after the holocaust.

To find out if you will go to heaven click below:

http://www.creationartist.com/2011/06/will-i-go-to-heaven/

Paintings and color schemes

-oil on canvas   Cool color scheme VS Warm color scheme

The painting on the left was a cool color scheme. I have since gone back and tried to warm it up some but still it looks much cooler by comparison to this warm color scheme on the right. The warm color scheme looks much more inviting than the cool color scheme. When you think about it most people do not enjoy  being cold, so a warm color scheme is usually much more attractive.

“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15-16

God even explains this in a spiritual sense to the believer. He would rather we be on fire for God or cold to him. If we are cold maybe later we will get on fire for him again. But if we stay lukewarm and indifferent, instead of hot or cold the chances of us turning around and getting on fire for God are slim.

SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY COLOR SCHEME

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This is the first Gujarati gospel tract I have made and am hoping it will translate correctly. If you know Gujarati let me know if there are any errors that would need to be corrected! I have found a few Gujarati tracts but none have actually explained that a person needs to pray to receive salvation. This one explains that, the English version is below, feel free to print and share.

This is the English text below click for the full version: There is a Hebrew and Arabic version as well!

“God’s gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our God.” Romans 6:23

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I run into people every once in a while who say that there are only going to be 144,000 people in heaven. To this I often reply something about how that does not jive with the scriptures. What is the real answer? How many will be in heaven?

“I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”Revelation 7:9

Here we can see we are talking about a number no man knows of people at the throne of God and these people are from every nation. the even sadder thing is that sometimes i run into people who say because of their skin color God will not allow them into heaven. They say “they are not chosen”, God makes this clear too. Every nation is chosen by God!The scripture says “whosoever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved.”Romans 10:13 God wants every one in heaven! However any one who rejects Jesus as the only sacrifice for their sins and tries to get to heaven by any other means will not go. “He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1 and “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. ” John 10:7 We just need to believe in our hearts and ask Jesus to save us from hell,because he died for our sins and heaven will be our home forever.

This was a commission work someone requested so that they could give it away as a birthday present.

Refurbishing this old rocking horse reminds me of the work God does in the life of a believer after salvation. Some things from our old life with out Christ will always be there, but now God uses them for his new purpose, the salvation of souls.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”2 Corinthians 5:17

Our trip to the creation museum was fantastic. There was more to look at than I could have imagined. Every thing was bearing testimony to the Lord Jesus ‘Yeshua” Christ being God and our Savior. I had never dreamed about such a place as a child being dragged through these old sad museums that bore a godless meaningless testimony of evolution. This was a completely different scene. It put together all the pieces of the puzzle and answered many of the questions evolution had left me with.

“In the beginning God created…”Genesis 1:1 It showed a small scale example of the garden of Eden the Bible speaks of where God placed the first man and woman. A perfect place where God could have perfect fellowship with them.

Painting by creationartist

Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which God told them not to eat of ” she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. ” Genesis 3:6. This is what brought death and suffering into the world. At this time God also gave a promise of one who would come and restore all things, Jesus “Yeshua” the Messiah…

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I never watch sports any more, since I have been saved there are better things to do. There is a lost world that needs to be won. The harvest truly is plenteous, seven billion people who with out Christ will go to hell. How can we reach them all? I was surprised to hear about a man named Tim Tebow. He the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos NFL and apparently God has used him in a mighty way. He wears Bible verses on a wrist band now, at one time he wore them in his eye paint and that was banned after a while. After one of the games he played with John 3:16 in his eye paint aparently 90 million people Googled John 3:16…

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For Christmas presents my children each got a hand painted box that contained something more precious than gold, the word of God! They wanted their favorite Bible verses on the boxes. When I think of the large groups of people who do not even have the Bible in there language I feel incredibly rich to have a full Bible I can study every day. It should break our hearts and give us a desire to reach those who do not even have the word of God and do not know how to be saved. Just as Jesus put it“The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;” Matthew 9:37. We are certainly not lacking in people to reach with the gospel! Instead we have a shortage of workers. What a joy to have children who know the Word of God and write it on their hearts…

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“in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” Psalm 69:21

I found this verse quite interesting today as it seemed to pop out at me during my Bible reading. It is another prophecy about Jesus “Yeshua” in the Psalms of David. It even describes what they gave him to drink. I wondered what the point of them giving Jesus “Yeshua” Vinegar and gull when he was dieing on the cross was about, now I know.“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. “Psalm 69:21

Reading the Bible old covenant and new will show you that the messiah prophesied about in the old is the one from the new Jesus “Yeshua”. “They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. ” Matthew 27:34. Sound familiar? It sounds exactly like he was described in the old covenant. “Since sacrifices have stopped long ago and with good reason, you must look to the messiah for the “one sacrifice for sins for ever”…

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“Tenboom Adventures”

water color

This painting was done based on the events in the  book called “The Hiding Place” by Corrie Tenboom. Corrie lived with her father who helped the Jews during the holocaust. Eventually her family got caught and imprisoned. Corrie and her family members went through brutal beatings and starvation, along with sickness and pestilence, but continued their faith in Jesus even grew stronger. They saw men murdered by the hundreds in the Nazi camps. Corries sister Betsy became so sick because of the Nazi treatment in the camp that on her death bed she told Corrie three things she believed God was going to for her. The first was set her free, which He did through a clerical error she was freed from the camp! The second was provide her with a huge house for her and others survivors to rest and plant flowers to help them re-coop. This also God did-A wealthy lady offered Corrie her house to help other survivors after she was released. And the last one was a total miracle- Betsy told her they would paint the concentration camp walls bright yellow-green. The government released the camp to corrie to fix up and help house thee families that were left after the war!We have an amazing God! I could not even number the things he has done in my life-the answered prayers I have received is so numerous it is exciting! Our God is faithful.

“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”  Ezekiel 3:17

These are convicting verses when we apply it to soul-winning. Truly born again Christians who do not share the gospel have blood on their hands “as [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you. “John 20:21. Jesus commanded that we go and tell the gospel to others. Since we have been told and saved it is our reasonable service. The Bible says we also are not wise if we do not win souls “He that winneth souls is wise” Proverbs 11:30. We are showing a fear of man more than a fear of the true living God. The Bible tells us “The fear of man bringeth a snare” Proverbs 29:25. If we do not win souls we are also not following Jesus “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Mark 4:19. There are many other things we are missing if we do not win souls. We will not have the joy of knowing others are in heaven because we allowed God to use us, we may be missing our own relatives and friends in heaven because we never told them, also many rewards and blessings from God. ” woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward:” 1 Corinthians 9:16-17. I can say honestly it was intimidating at first, but since I have been a soul-winner God has done amazing things in my life! Because of allowing God to work through me, many have been saved and He has done much more than I could have imagined. To think of the agony Jesus went through to save souls and he commanded us to go and tell so others could go to heaven. It is nothing less than wicked not to, God has made us watchmen of souls once we are saved.

“as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”John 1:12

This video is a great video about soulwinning:

Part two and three are on my soul winning page:

http://www.creationartist.com/soul-winning/

I do not normally get into politics but in this case people are asking who should I vote for? When I am thinking about who to vote for I start asking “who does God want me to vote for?” I am responsible to God for the vote I cast and decisions I make with my life. This is a big decision to make for the future of our country and the gospel is at stake. As an “ambassador for Christ”  I look at which candidate is going to allow Christians freedom to “occupy till Jesus comes”? Which one is the least offensive to the Lord? We can break it down by looking at each candidates stances on practical issues like abortion, adultery, homosexual marriage, gun laws, freedom of speech… for a few examples and that will help us decide…

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2012

Happy New Year! This year has held many things. Some came as a surprise to us but never to God. We have heard of shootings, car accidents, disaster storms, economic difficulties and much more turmoil. It seems like there is no end to the turmoil at times.“men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; …evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3.Men turning their hearts away from the truth. Many have turned away from moral excellence and accept harlotry, and wickedness with out a second thought. Because of this we are seeing the decline of the American nation due to the enemy of selfishness, greed and wickedness from with in.

These things can all just point us to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. No man knows the day nor the hour, but we should expect his return at any time. “.. in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” Matthew 24:40-4.

There has never been a better time to share the gospel! People know they need to be saved. Many are depressed bearing sin scarred lives with out the hope of heaven. Average people in America do not read their Bible any more and need to hear to wonderful forgiveness and salvation message God wants to give them. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ” John 3:16. Unfortunately many in the church will spend another year making up excuses to not go and share the message of salvation with their friends, family, neighbors and their community. The Bible tells us “he that winneth souls is wise. “Proverbs 11:30. This year I hope you will decide in your heart to go and share the gospel with someone every day!“woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward..” 1 Corinthians 9:16-17

This kind of living changes America and the future of our children. Leaving a godly legacy behind is the most important thing you can ever do. Leave your legacy knowing that you never gave up a chance to share the gospel with others, you read your Bible daily, you prayed daily, you did not allow filth to come into your home via the TV or internet…“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside..”Psalm 101:3. Then you truly can have a happy new year living in peace with God, no matter what this new year may hold.

“the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23

“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ” John 3:16. God purchased heaven for us when he came down as Jesus and died on a cross for our sins. ” a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”Matthew 1:23. He wants us to have heaven as a free gift. Heaven was bought with a tremendous price the blood of Jesus! “by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us…Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.” Hebrews 9.

God does not want us to do “good works” and hope we get to heaven. He wants us to depend on what he did for us. We “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23″.The Bible also tell us we all deserve hell for our sins “all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:” Revelation 21:8. But Jesus was perfect and able to purchase us our home in heaven. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.Ephesians 2:8-9

How do we receive the free gift of heaven?“whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. ” Romans 10:13. The Bible tells us God wants us to Believe in our heart ” confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9.” and confess  with our mouth.  You need to ask Jesus to save you believing in your heart that he lived, died, and rose from the dead for your sins. You should put your faith in Christ today before it is too late, you can pray something like this to be saved:

“Lord, I know I am a sinner, I deserve hell for my sins. Please save me because you died on the cross for my sins and take me to heaven someday. I trust in you alone to save me. In Jesus name I ask this, Amen.”

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..Acts 16:31″

“as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12.

*If you have received the gift of heaven as your home today please let me know on the contact page!

Psalm 22″My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?…6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him…

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We get excited about snow at our house!…

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