My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Hosea 4:6
Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal men, who cannot save.
When their spirit departs, they
return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
Blessed is he whose help is the God
of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them -- the LORD, who remains
faithful forever.
Psalm 146:3-6
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WHEN THEY CAME FOR THE
DRUGGIES,
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DRUGGIES.
WHEN THEY CAME FOR THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS,
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BRANCH DAVIDIANS.
WHEN THEY CAME FOR THE TERROR SUSPECTS,
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T TERROR SUSPECTS.
WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING?
THIS IS WHY, IF
YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR FREEDOM,
YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK UP NOW!
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WHEN GOVERNMENTS LET PEOPLE
DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, YOU GET WOODSTOCK.
WHEN PEOPLE LET GOVERNMENTS DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT, YOU GET AUSCHWITZ.
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ASK NOT WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT CAN DO FOR
YOU.
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Lots of cool stuff.
On
my "hiatus"
of sorts, I am refocusing my efforts.
However, I am not going to bury
my old stuff.
FEAR
OBAMA? FEAR GOD!
by
Todd
King
While I am aware that not all who will be reading this are Bible believers, I am planning to answer this from the lens of scripture as it seems that the vast majority of those with whom I am having this conversation claim to be Christian. While I believe there is a plethora of scripture refuting this line of thought, my first examination will be of a passage of scripture which many people, especially Christians, are familiar with.
2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.
Now I know that we all have heard this verse at leart once, and
we all love this verse. But have you ever really thought about this verse and
what it really means? Well, I’m going to break it down piece by piece so that we
can all see the fullness of this beautiful and blessed text.
“If…” An if,
then statement always indicates a contractual agreement, a covenant. Pay close
attention, because this is obviously a covenant between God, who is speaking,
and someone else. You may be the someone, so you had better be paying close
attention.
“…my people, who are called by my name…” This is the other party
to the covenant. God’s people- who are called by His name. Could this possibly
have current relevance to CHRISTians? Those who are the called and the chosen of
God who are called by His name?
“…will humble themselves…” Does anyone today
know what humility is? It is the opposite of pride. And what is pride? Pride is
the original sin. The original sin of Lucifer, the original sin of Adam, the
original sin of thinking that we are God, or at least as good as God. When we
say that Obama will win, are we not saying that we can see and know the future?
Then, when we say that we must vote for McCain, are we not saying that the
future is in our control? So now, are we not attributing to ourselves the power
to see and to control the future? And aren’t those attributes that God alone
has? So, ask yourself, who is God? God, or you? If we are to humble ourselves,
does this not mean that we should get rid of such flawed thinking, allow God to
work, maybe to perform miracles, and repent of the sin of the pride of thinking
that we know and control everything that is happening in the political
realm?
“…and pray…” What does it mean to pray? Sure, we all have been taught
that prayer is talking to God. But, really, do you think that this is all that
is involved in prayer? Doesn’t relationship always involve both talking and
listening? What does God’s Word have to say on the subject? What is His Spirit
communicating with your spirit? I can assure you that choosing the lesser of two
evils is not what He is communicating to you. Doesn’t scripture say, “Choose
good, not evil that you may live!” (This may not be an exact quote, but is found
in the book of Amos.) Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing
evil.
"...and seek my face..." If we are seeking God's face, will be that
focused on McCain's or Obama's? In fact, is there anything at all in either one
of these men that would point one to Christ? Other than the fact that they are
bipedal humanoids created by God, I have not been able to see even one thing in
either one of them that would make me think of my Lord.
“…and turn from their
wicked ways…” Is there anyone who believes that this does not and cannot be
referring directly to the pride that we are being told in the beginning to
humble ourselves of? To turn from our wicked ways would require repentance from
our sin of thinking that we know all of the answers and that God is incapable of
providing for our best interests. Doesn’t our Savior, in Matthew, tell us that
God cares more for us than the flowers of the field and the birds of the air.
And yet, does he allow them to be ruled by despots? Being ruled by tyrants has
always been God’s way of judging His people for pride, disobedience, and
unfaithfulness. If we repent now and turn from our wicked ways at this point in
time, might God just remove from us this judgment? Well, let’s continue reading
to see what the rest of the covenant contains.
“…then will I hear from
heaven…” Does God suggest here that He will not hear our prayers as long as we
are not humble, repentant, and prayerful? It sure sounds like it to me. But, in
accordance with contractual law, He promises to begin listening to our prayers
and to restore relationship with us as soon as we repent, humble ourselves, and
pray. And unlike you or I, God never violates a covenant.
“…and will forgive
their sins…” Forgiveness only comes afteer humility and repentance. This is a
central theme of scripture. If we repent, then God will forgive. There are
terms. Salvation is a free gift thatt cannot be achieved through works, but we
still do have some minimal requirements. Be humble, pray, turn from your wicked
ways. Failing these things, God will not listen to us, will not forgive our
sins.
“…and will heal their land.” Besides the judgment of tyranny upon God’s
people who are unrepentant and proud, other judgments which are common themes
throughout scripture include: drought, famine, pestilence, earthquakes,
tornadoes, hurricanes, plague, etc. Does anyone other than me notice that there
is a high level of these scourges occurring across the nation today? Not only
has there been a lot of drought and other ‘acts of God’ occurring, but we are,
as are many other nations, facing famine because of over-exportation of food
supplies, the government paying people not to farm, and the devaluation of our
fiat money so that a loaf of bread that a few years ago cost one dollar now
costs upwards of four dollars and climbing.
So, my Christian friend, I pray that you would study on this, dwell on this, and act on this before you go to the polls to vote. Remember that God performed miracles throughout the Old Testament, and continued this throughout the New Testament. God can do the same even today, but will not do so if we do not want or allow him to do so. Don’t get me wrong, God is not limited by us, but is willing to allow himself to be limited when giving us what we think we want as a way of getting our attention. Are you paying attention yet?
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me how brilliant I am for writing this.
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Todd telling him how brilliant
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