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As I was sitting at the computer, I was pondering all the hoopla that has surrounded this Presidential race. Unlike any other that I have seen, in my short time on this Earth this one looms as being one of extreme importance. Rather you vote for Obama or Mccain, there are holes that need to be filled from the standpoint of the believer. Both present issues that are incongruit with the faith but make proclamation of being part of that very same faith. But this is not a soapbox issue with me anymore.
For most the November 5th will be the time to reflect that their candidate has won and ready to see things change. And rightly so, they may change rather good or bad. For them there work is completed and it is back to things as normal. But for those who claim the name of Jesus that is when the work begins. This the time when we bomb the Earth with prayer. This will be a four years of constant prayer that must be influxed upon our government. Their is a lot at stake within this election that could bring mass tension to this country. Never have I had the willing capacity to pray for our leaders but I have been awakened to this fact. Regardless who wins God’s plan is in action to fulfill his will.
just my thoughts
(This is a letter that has been circulating from Huntley Brown)
Dear Friends,
A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it’s worth repeating…
First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.
Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads, I follow. I can’t dictate the terms, He does because He is the leader.
I can’t vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that’s who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won’t be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.
In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning – to name a few, then wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.
We need to follow Martin Luther King’s words, “don’t judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” I don’t know Obama, so all I can go on is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.
<http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/ > NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)
To beat Ted Kennedy and Hilary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.
There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted “No” on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.
There is a reason he voted “No” on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted “No” on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.
Let’s take a look at the practice he wanted to continue. The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:
A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby’s leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby’s leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby’s entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby’s skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child’s brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.
God help him.
There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.
Think about this: You can not give a child an aspirin without parental notification but that same child can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.
There is a reason Obama went to Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years.
Obama tells us he has good judgment, but he sat under Jeremiah Wright’s teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright’s sermons. I wonder why now?
Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Go and make disciples of all nations.” This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc.
The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?
Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a
1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Al locate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.
Would you support a President who went to a church like that?
Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama’s former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.
This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discover he’d been going to a racist church. The TRUE church can’t be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.
A church can’t have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandates. It does not matter if it’s a white church or a black church based on racial values, it’s still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.
Obama’s former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book “the goals of the black community”. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.
Cone is the man Obama’s mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?
So what does all this mean for the nation?
In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing – judgment.
Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 “Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.”
Then God says
1 Samuel 1:18 ” When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”
Here is what we know for sure.
God is not schizophrenic
He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God. Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.
For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father, based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this. I know I can look the other way because of the economy.
I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama’s positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.
Since we know someone’s value system has to be placed on the nation,
1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation?
2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?
Blessings,
Huntley Brown
http://www.huntleybrown.com/
It has been about a month, since we started our new church plant and it has been an eye opener as well as a challenge. I have wrestled with the being traditional (in a sense) but also with the organic, simple & house church feel. I see different aspects in both that are appealing. How to perform a collaboration of the two has been a problem.
I have had major issues with the traditional church mainly due to its focus of growing for size instead of building people. The messages are inspirational in nature with really dealing with the nutrients of the faith. The never really deal with sin but always want to encourage as if helping me identify my sin is not encouragement. Pastors who are more concerned about their pockets than that are about people hearts. These became problems with me about the traditional church.
I began looking at the organic churches or house churches and saw an importance placed on the people and not on religious liturgy. How I dressed was not the issue but how I lived my life was of the main concern. The fellowship aspect were of great importance. When we had the fellowship was not as important because we constantly lived in community not just on Sunday.
As you walked amongst the two circles, I was seeing that both types of churches were throwing rocks at each other. One group was saying this is the way you do and the other group was saying this is the way you do it. But this Sunday I got a little clarity on the situation. I had an opportunity to go to what I believe is called a Multi church site or something to that nature to fellowship. This is where the sermon is linked in from the central location to the sister churches and watch like a movie vie a big screen. Interesting concept to say the least but it was strange.
The place was like a movie theater (lights are off) and no one had their bibles. I was a little amissed at this fact. Though the message was more inspirational in nature than challenging I left thinking about what I just saw. I was thrown for a lost because part of the service I really like before the message. They made you feel welcome, you could rock your gear as you say fit and drink coffee while the message was going through. But there did not seem to be a large emphasis on the word.
What I concluded is that I say organic church demeanor with traditional overtones. The moral of the story simply plays out in the fact that I am started to see my error in that my apologetic and theology was based on the win lose theory. I win the debate you lose the debate and not on the life change theory. Which means that when I conversation or debate was done did you life change.
Bottom line is that I am finding that my pride is a beast and I need to hit my knees more…………….
“Because of its symmetry the circle is considered as the perfect shape. It is the symbol for the total symmetry of the divine . The Greek scholar Proclus (500 AC) wrote: “the circle is the first, the simplest and most perfect form”.
As I think about the reason why salvation would come to my door, I can’t find one reason in my initial make up that would make God choose me. I was not that nice of a person, I drank all of the time, and saw no problems with causing havoc on the regular. I was just a heartless dude. So for God to take the time out to look past all that disgust and then bring to the forefront a person that wants to submit to him totally is an awesome sight.
I was a flawed individual with a lot of baggage. And truth be told I had a lot of flaws in may different areas. As stated before, God saw my flaws and still wanted to invite me into his camp. This proliferation of love targeted at me was a stampede of the salvific nature of Christ. Through his salvation, he sprung forth the justification that illuminated his perfection and covered my flaws. Thus presented me as a perfectly flawed believer to the world but perfect before the Father.
But interestingly through the justification of Christ, my flaws will not even show up as I stand before the Bema seat of God. I am presented as perfection through the perfect propitiation of Christ. The work of Christ has now made me to take on the resemblance of Jesus before God. So my sin nature has been “vicked” (stolen) when Christ went on the cross, gave his life for me and I was elected into the family.
“undeserved so we rock grace hard”
just my thoughts
Though I am no fan of Obama, I will defend him on this issue. This is blatant racism at it highest form. In the right place this would not be tolerated but in the confines of home who knows what you can get away with.
What would you do as a Christian if you saw this on this dude’s back? Now that is a question, I am not sure of how I would answer, honestly.
