Posted on 11/23/2015 8:07:32 AM PST by SJackson
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AKA Political Correctness
AKA Denial of faith in the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, trusting instead in man, and hatred of the truth
The current Obama-facilitated coalescing of the elements of the End which I think will retreat somewhat in the next few decades. The End is coming but, as the guy in Gladiator says, "Not yet".
Excellent essay.
The answer is a return to freedom spiritually, politically, and economically.
Spiritual freedom is in the gospel of the grace of the LORD JESUS CHRIST through whom we receive complete justification and forgiveness of sins.
Political freedom is the Rule of Law which in America is the reinstatement of the CONSTITUTION as the Supreme Law of the Land and Ruler over the federal government, thereby repealing the 80% which is unconstitutional and removal of government interference individuals’ daily lives.
Economic freedom is the unleashing of the voluntary cooperation in the openly competitive FREE MARKET ECONOMY with government interference.
A free America will hate “political correctness” and interference with individual freedom at home, and will resolve to utterly destroy foreigners who actively and imminently seek to destroy her.
God has sent the moslems against us for the same reason he sent the Assyrians and Babylonians against Israel.
Radical Muslims want to kill you.
Moderate Muslims want radical Muslims to kill you.
I don't believe that.
Israel was under the curse of the old covenant of the law. The cross of Jesus Christ changed all of that and we are now under the new covenant of grace whereby we are no longer under the curse of the law but under grace (Romans 6:14, Galatians 3:13).
I believe we are going to see a resurgence of faith and freedom in America and a waning of these satanic forces for a relatively short while - I think a few decades. I believe after that, and after Jesus comes and takes us up to the Marriage Supper, it will all come crashing down on those on earth. But I believe God's grace and mercy will be poured out this one last time to bring in as many as possible before the End (Luke 15:21-23).
That’s probably true - well stated.
By "we" you can only mean Christians. The US is no longer a Christian country. The country has left God for idols and God is visiting his wrath. God used the Babylonians to visit his wrath against countries not under the covenant of the law, such as Egypt. So it's no surprise he would use an unsaved civilization such as Islam to visit his wrath against the US as a consequence of abandoning his.
There are MANY praying Christians in America and God is not mad at America or anyone else because the Bible says Jesus has ALREADY died for the sins of THE WHOLE WORLD (1 John 2:2). God would be unjust to have judged all the sins of the whole world on the body of Jesus Christ and turn around and judge the same sin now again now. That would be patently unjust and God is not unjust but righteous.
There were many praying Jews in Judah at the time of the Babylonian invasion. Daniel, Ezekiel and Jeremiah are just a few examples.
Bible says Jesus has ALREADY died for the sins of THE WHOLE WORLD (1 John 2:2).
Yet the WHOLE WORLD isn't save or are you a universalist? There will be much tribulation in the world and God sends it. It's been going on for awhile.
"God would be unjust to have judged all the sins of the whole world on the body of Jesus Christ and turn around and judge the same sin now again now. That would be patently unjust and God is not unjust but righteous."
Again, the whole world isn't saved. Many will suffer the "second death" and suffer eternal damnation. And that is righteous.
I cut GWB a little slack at least in the early days for claiming that Islam is a Religion Of Peace mostly because I believe that he was afraid of a wholesale massacre of Muslims in the United States in revenge for 9/11. Unfortunately Dubya didn't learn better along with the rest of us, or if he did, he certainly didn't say so. But the themes of Americans Are Violent People and the Wholesale Massacre are also a part of the narrative that simply will not allow modification in the face of contrary evidence, of which there has been plenty.
Whether Islam is inherently violent I shall leave to theologians (with a reasonable suspicion that the answer is ineluctably Yes). But Muslims certainly are, a very large number in an organized way and with a bestial passion. "All Muslims are violent" doesn't work, of course, if you can find even one that is not, but if enough of them are it really devolves to a logical technicality. There may still be Amazonian or Borneo headhunters who wish to decapitate an ordinary citizen but there certainly and demonstrably are quite a few Muslims who do. The former have the excuse of utter lack of civilization. So do the latter.
We may not be under the curse of the old covenant, but we do have a good and just Father who loves and disciplines us. Sometimes a loving parent teaches a rebellious child by letting them feel the consequences of their destructive behavior.
So God is doing what now? Judging the world? NO!
God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:19).
Our job is the message of reconciliation - that is, influence as many as possible to receive Jesus. God isn't mad at anyone, He's pleading with people to come to Jesus.
Well, it is the GOODNESS of God that leads us to repentance.
Just look at Jesus Christ, who is God in the flesh and the revelation of the Father. How many people did he “discipline” for what they did wrong? He forgave and healed everyone who came to him.
Sin can have consequences like injury if I jump off a building. But God is not in the business of injuring me. He is in the business of healing, strengthening, and helping me.
JUDGEMENT! I believe we are under it here in the US.
Jim, did you catch what you wrote here?
I caught it and I receive it!
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