Card Shark

Sunday, or Lord's Day as some folks like to call it, saw many of us in church.  One of the songs we sung haled me back to reminiscing childhood and one particular lady who was a friend of my Mother's.  This lady became a follower of Jesus Christ as an adult after honing a life of being a  card shark who was card sharp.  She was so full of gratitude to the Lord for her rescue from that life.  When my Mom would visit her in her home, hauling her brood of children with her, this lady, whom I'll call Mrs. Zellars, would turn on her electric organ and commence to play the song we sung that morning with God's people.


She would play, and we would sing and swing with gusto to a lively tempo of...

"Just a closer walk with Thee  Grant it Jesus is my plea; Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be."

               ~author unknown~ 

It really made an impression on me and I've loved this song ever since.  The above version of the song if you'll go to the YouTube link given above, you'll see it's a slowly sung version.  We used to sing it far faster as we did this past Lord's Day.  It was full of joy.

Electric Organ Similar to Mrs. Zellars'

Mrs. Zellars also told my Mom, who told us, that playing cards had deeper evil meanings from what appears to be just 'innocent' cards with which to play and have fun; to play and do other things.  Some of the things she told my Mom are in the following article...

NO DEMONS ALLOWED

CARDS - THE DEVIL'S BIBLE

"Playing cards, like reading your horoscope, has become a joke or just a game. However, the Lord does not look at it as a joke or game. There are serious consequences for reading your horoscope as well as using cards or just having them in your home. It has been said that nicknames for a deck of cards is "The Devil's Bible" and "The Devil's Picture Book". At one time the church took a strong stand against the card game. Until recently preachers and churches warned about the dangers of cards.

Some of the most common places you will find a deck of cards (besides our homes) will be with prostitutes, gamblers, thieves, murderers, in taverns, brothels, prisons, insane asylums, gambling dens, etc., but never at a prayer meeting.

The king represents Satan, Prince of Darkness, usurper and foe of our Lord Jesus Christ. The ten card is for the Spirit of lawlessness, in opposition to the moral law in the Word of God. In 1300, clubs were the chief weapons used by murderers, therefore this suit represents the Spirit of Murder and death by violence. The jack represents the lustful libertine, from pimp to adulterer and whoremonger, a moral leper whose chief ambition is to gratify sensual fleshly lusts. The queen represents Mary, Mother of Jesus, but in the card language she is called Mother of Harlots. The joker represents Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Joker means fool and therefore Jesus is held up to ridicule. The joker is said to be the offspring of licentious jack and the queen, Mother of Harlots.

All other cards also have hidden obscene and blasphemous meanings. Nine-tenths of all gambling today is done with these cards. Witches, psychics, and Satan worshiper use playing cards for divination and to cast spells and curses. Born-again believers should not want to be in contact with such a tool of Satan. In Deuteronomy 7:26 we are told not to have abominable things in our homes. It will bring a curse on you and your household. It is time that Christians clean house and destroy the hidden works of darkness.

I John 2:15-17 "Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. 16) For all that is in the world - the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things] - these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself]. 17) And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever."

Romans 12:1,2 "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. 2) Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]."

II Corinthians 6:17,18 "So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor, [Isaiah 52:11] 18) And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. [Isaiah 43:6; Hosea 1:10]."

I Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses."

Confess, repent and break all curses off of you and your bloodline and cast out the demons.

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Have you ever thought of what you are playing with when you play with a deck of cards? History records that the Puritans called a deck of cards “The Devils Picture Book”. The first deck of cards

(not the Chinese dominos cards) was made for an insane King Charles of France in 1392. They were designed by sorcerers to enable communication between people without talking. Cards all have a secret meaning. The “King” card, for example, represents the enemy of YHVH and all his unrighteousness, the devil. The “tens” stand for the spirit of lawlessness, and is in direct opposition to the ten commandments of the Bible. In those days there were no guns, the club and the knife were the weapons of choice for murderers. The club cards actually stand for murder. The “Jack” represents a lustful libertine who lives on the gains of the prostitutes, more recently known as pimps. It represents the moral leper. The “Queen” cards represent the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the secrets of the cards she is called the mother of harlots.

The “Joker” in card language represents our Rabbi Yeshua. Joker, of course means a fool. Yeshua is held up as a fool by card players. In the secret language of the deck of cards, it declares that Yeshua (the Joker card) is the offspring of a lustful Jack and the Queen (the mother of harlots). There is in fact a card game called “the brothel game” in which the players use the secret, obscene language of the cards and converse with one another by merely dropping cards amidst no verbal conversation. These are some of the true meanings behind a deck of playing cards.

DEMONS TO CAST OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS:

Prince of Darkness, lawlessness, murder, prostitution, harlotry, sexual perverseness, insanity, stealing (break the curse of the thief), fool, adultery, death by violence, moral leper, mockery, whoremonger, witchcraft, divination, mother of harlots, blasphemy, cursing, deception, delusion, etc."

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JESUS IS THE DELIVERER

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 So this is serious business and the next time you wish to use those cards to play with, keep the above in mind.  Better yet, chuck those cards out and find a different game to play.  Of course, with just about any game, if we do not exercise self control and other needed restraints, a game can turn into gambling and the like, so this too, needs to be guarded against.  When we have that closer walk with Jesus we will be more sensitive to what would displease Him and thus His wisdom will guide us into honoring Him with our time and associations. 

We lost touch with Mrs. Zellars, she's more than likely with her Jesus now in the realms of the blest, walking very close to Him. We do well to yearn for such a relationship with Jesus whose arms are ever opened to us.  He is the One to share your life with and He'll never let you down.  

                                                                ~ERC 2017~