What I believe
I believe in an almighty, all powerful, all knowing, and all loving God. I believe He created energy and matter, including humans and all life on earth, and that we have sinned against His nature. I believe in Jesus, that He is God, He died for our atonement, and He is the only way to eternal salvation. I believe in the Holy Spirit, as the third part of the Trinity. I believe the Bible is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for and training in righteousness.
My Bible StudiesThe Gospel in Four Minutes
Almighty, All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Loving God:
Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
Psalm 147:5: "Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure."
1 John 4:8: "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Creation of Energy, Matter, Humans, and Life:
Colossians 1:16: "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him."
Psalm 139:13-14: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
Sin Against God's Nature:
Romans 3:23: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
1 John 1:8-10: "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
Jesus as God, His Death for Atonement, and the Only Way to Salvation:
John 1:1,14: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us."
John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
Acts 4:12: "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."
The Holy Spirit and the Trinity:
Matthew 28:19: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
John 14:26: "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."
The Bible as Inspired by God:
2 Timothy 3:16-17: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Family Tree
Where I was raised
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
~Constitution of the United States, 17 September 1787
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
~Abraham Lincoln, 19 November 1863
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
~Martin Luther King, Jr., 28 August 1963
Work
Joe Tate own's Tates PC in Henderson, NV located just outside of Las Vegas, NV. In a desire to create a better life for his family he moved from employed to self employed. He is also the creator of the Two Minute Fix, which is now embeded into the Ai PC Fix, automatically remediating many computer issues and offering state-of-the-art endpoint protection.