Today's GodThoughts will be the last of my comments on our new President...for now.* Let me go ahead and give you the practical application of today's final message (for now) here at the very beginning lest anyone be misled. The Conclusion is this: #1. Please join with me in praying daily for our new President, his Cabinet, and our Senate and House of Representatives... "I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions... be made...for kings and all who are in authority..." -see 1 Timothy 2:1-8 #2. Understand that we are called to "obey our leaders and submit to them" (see Hebrews 13:17) only insofar as they are obedient to The Word of God... "We must obey God rather than men." -see Acts 5:17-32 And now...TODAY'S GODTHOUGHTSWIRED! "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an a Obamanation." Leviticus 18:22 (mispelling mine) abomination: "a vile, shameful, or detestable action." Hopefully you are thinking, "Why in the world is pastor Brad bringing up the issue of homosexuality at such a time as this?" Is that what you're thinking? :) Well, I sincerely wish to God that I didn't have to talk about it. Unfortunately, however, I just got done reading from our government website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights/. Three-fourths of the entire page is dedicated to the promotion of the LGBT agenda. Or, let me re-phrase that in a more politically correct manner, "Support of the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgendered Community." I sure do encourage you to read for yourself: "President Obama has also been willing
to confront the stigma -- too often tied to homophobia --
that continues to surround HIV/AIDS." Christians!!!!!! ARE YOU OUT THERE??? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING? The most powerful man on earth... the President of the United States of America blatantly declares on the White House web-site that he supports what God calls an "abomination." Our President blatantly, and openly supports what God opposes. " Even if we expelled every Christian in America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools... which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with, uhh, Leviticus, which uhh, suggests slavery is ok? Or we could go with Deuteronomy which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith. Or should we just stick to the sermon on the mount, a passage that is so radical that it's doubtful that our own defense department would survive its application...Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice I can't simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths including those with no faith at all. Now this is going to be difficult for some who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible as many evangelicals do, but in a pluralistic society we have no choice." -President Barack Obama (bold and underline mine) In answer to your question, President Obama, "Whose Christianity would we teach in the schools?" We would teach the Christianity that we originally taught in our public schools...biblical Christianity. I personally own a copy of the original public school book, "The New England Primer" which many of our Founding Father's grew up learning from...a book that takes much of its foundation from...THE BIBLE! And then, in response to President Obama's justification, "If I seek to pass a law banning the practice I can't simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will." WHY NOT, President Obama? George Washington did. Franklin D. Roosevelt did. John Adams did. Thomas Jefferson did. Calvin Coolidge did. Abraham Lincoln did. "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God and to obey His will." -President George Washington "O Lord, give us faith, Give us faith in Thee... Thy will be done, Almighty God." -President Franklin D. Roosevelt "The highest story of the American revolution is this; it connects in one indissoluble bond the principles of civic government with the principles of Christianity." -President John Adams "The foundation of our society and our governmentrest so much on the teachings of the Bible
that it would be difficult to support them
if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country." -President Calvin Coolidge The original premise of a "Republic" is to elect leaders who have the courage to lead based on conviction...NOT COMPROMISE! *To my African-American brothers and sisters out there let me reveal to you how difficult it is to write a message like this one in light of how profoundly meaningful it is to have our first African-American President of These United States.
I truly rejoice with you over this.
Some of my dearest, and closest friends are African-American, and while I cannot relate to having ancestors who have had such heinous and dispicable evils promulgated against them because of the color of their skin,I can rejoice with the entire African-American community over such a victory as having a Black man as President.
As those of you who know me are aware...my comments never have to do with the color of a man's skin, rather the condition of a man's heart.
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