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COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a popular television program called The Blacklist<\/em>. The premise is that the star of the show (shown in the photo above) supplies the US Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/em> a name and details about some criminal (or group of criminals) on his list, known as the blacklist. Those on that particular blacklist are generally considered to be quite heinous criminals.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/em> defines blacklisting as follows:<\/p>\n

Blacklisting<\/b> is the action of a group or authority, compiling a blacklist<\/b> (or black list<\/b>) of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list. If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong. As a verb<\/a>, blacklist can mean to put an individual or entity on such a list. … In computing, a blacklist is an access control system that denies entry to a specific list (or a defined range) of users, programs, or network addresses. (Blacklisting. Wikipedia, accessed 01\/31\/22)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being on a computerized “blacklist” can eliminate access to information, including biblical truth. Opposers of Jesus used the Satanic tactic of ‘guilt by association,’ which Jesus denounced and added something:<\/p>\n

34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 But wisdom is justified by all her children. (Luke 7:34-35)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being put on a real ‘blacklist’ or even being lumped in with those who are disreputable highly impacts those who do not possess godly wisdom.<\/p>\n

Why mention that here?<\/p>\n

Because of an incident this week.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin with some background.<\/p>\n

In July 2020, the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> announced that we had another URL and website: https:\/\/cg7.org<\/a><\/p>\n

The purpose of the site was to have free information that keepers of the seventh-day Sabbath might be interested in.<\/p>\n

Until a couple of days ago, all seemed fine.<\/p>\n

Yet, on Sunday, January 30, 2022, we received an urgent email from the legal department from our web hosting company that a web monitoring site placed that URL on its “blacklist” and we had to agree to make various ‘corrections.’ We were told that if those were not made to the web monitoring site’s satisfaction, the cg7.org site would be removed from our hosting company. But, the hosting company stated that instead of immediately removing the cg7.org website, since we had been reliable long-term customers they could give us 72 hours to try to get off the blacklist.<\/p>\n

So, I prayed about it and then contacted the web monitoring site to try to find out what was happening and to ask for details.<\/p>\n

The web monitoring site responded by stating there was an allegation about something to do with spamming. Yet, it was a false allegation as that was not anything that we ever did.<\/p>\n

There were about a dozen communications to try to resolve this.<\/p>\n

After I informed the web monitoring site that we had nothing to do with the allegation and hence should not be placed on the “blacklist,” they finally reviewed the details of the complaint.<\/p>\n

The web monitoring site representative then reported that he was “mystified” that we had the problem in the first place. They then took us off the blacklist.<\/p>\n

When I rechecked, the site had the following up:<\/p>\n

cg7.org has no issues<\/h2>\n

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So, that was good news.<\/p>\n

I then informed the hosting company’s legal department yesterday, which responded with:<\/p>\n

Hello,<\/p>\n

As per our check, the domain name in question has been successfully removed from the blacklist. Therefore, the case is considered to be closed.<\/p>\n

Thank you for looking into the matter. We will let you know in case of any further issues.<\/p>\n

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Legal & Abuse Department<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In my view, the whole matter had Satanic overtones.<\/p>\n

We had done nothing wrong, but were facing removal because of falsehoods. The fact that the web monitoring company representative stated he was “mystified” this matter got this far suggested Satanic involvement.<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul wrote:<\/p>\n

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.\u00a0 (Ephesians 6:12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When facing the powers of darkness, the Apostle Paul wrote for Christians to do the following:<\/p>\n

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.<\/p>\n

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.\u00a0 (Ephesians 6:13-17)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I strove to do the above and we won– this time.<\/p>\n

The timing of all of this was very interesting as we had began to embark on a potentially large expansion for the https:\/\/cg7.org <\/a>\u00a0URL, which is our Church of God 7th Day Sabbath Observing Christians<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Even this past Friday, I had someone else working with me on that project. Then, Sunday, the cg7.org site was facing elimination–a limited type of “famine of the word’ (cf. Amos 8:11-12).<\/p>\n

Now that immediate threat has past.<\/p>\n

This was another censatorial type of persecution we have faced.\u00a0 To learn more about others we have dealt with in the past few years, check out the article: Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Remember that the Bible points to the devil as “the accuser of” the “brethren” (Revelation 12:10) and that Satan will also enlist those that some think look good in order to accomplish his goals (2 Corinthians 11:15). Satan will probably enlist some to criticize this post.<\/p>\n

That being said, as far as our Church of God 7th Day Sabbath Observing Christians<\/a> website goes, it starts out as follows:<\/p>\n

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Church of God 7th Day Sabbath Observing Christians<\/a><\/h2>\n

\u201c\u2026 contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.\u201d Jude 3<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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