Posted on 08/26/2010 5:00:01 AM PDT by scottfactor
THIS TITLE IS VERY MISLEADING FOR THE ARTICLE.
Agreed.
For those of us who’ve read the end of The Book, we know what’s coming.
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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Good article but no need to apologize for the truth. I wrote the same yesterday you may be interested:
http://www.brayincandy.com
Pray for America
But at least I didn’t change it this time. :-0
Perhaps, but I could tell where it was going just from the title.
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Uh oh...you have revealed the TRUTH. It’s going to be ridiculed &/or ignored. No one really wants to believe I John 5:19. Acknowledging the fact that the spiritual world is where the real action is would require coming face-to-face with God Himself. The vast majority don’t want to do that...especially now that the strong delusion has been sent.
The subtitle could read: Any Stick To Beat A Dog
I’m glad that more and more people are seeing the connection between radical crazy left and jihadism. The same people who yell and scream about a “Christmas” tree openly welcome symbols of jihadism.
I thought the title captured it perfectly.
Yet, when Mao said he was going to eliminate all Christianity in China during the Cultural Revolution, 20 years later when westerners were allowed in, there were an estimated 60 million Christians there, and today, it's the largest Christian nation (by population) in the world. So how's that workin' out for ya, lefties?
Ping!!!
Thanks for the write.
See post #9.
Why Islam is Fine and Christianity in Not—TO THE WORLD. Would that be better for you?
I stand by my choice of title, and if you truly feel misled, I wonder...
Your completely correct. They hate the Jews because Israel is a visable reminder of the One True G-d in a world completely given over to the ‘god of this world’.
The ‘other god’ identified in Scripture is “the god of this world” that Scripture says “hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.” (2nd Corinthians 4:4)
Scripture says that, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
Scripture says that the ‘god of this world’ is “the prince of the power of the air” further identifying him as “the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
You can talk about any other religion and people yawn.....BUT just mention the name of Jesus!
There is something about Jesus.
All the rest of the gods promise there are many ways to salvation, or no salvation to be had, or no need for salvation, or endless reincarnation, or they make ridiculous promises like 72 virgins with transparent legs and all the dope you can smoke.
They are unworthy of attention. They represent no threat to the god of this world. They are all on the same side.
When it comes to Allah, Vishnu, Buddha, Mohammed, Homer Simpson, it is pretty much the same. The world can take them or leave them. But Jesus claims that there is only one way to salvation, and that is through faith in Him. NOBODY can ‘take or leave’ Jesus.
The mere fact that the Name of Jesus can evoke the fury that it does among His enemies proves His reality.
The mere fact that someone supposedly dead for two thousand years can HAVE enemies is pretty powerful evidence. Especially when one takes a close look at who His enemies are.
Even though we are at war with Islam, nobody freaks out at the mention of Mohammed. No emergency ACLU filings follow the president’s promotion of Islam as a ‘great religion’ or of the Koran as ‘holy’ — even though the Koran is the inspiration for the war we are now fighting!
Because instinctively, the world knows that Allah isn’t real. That the Koran isn’t Divinely inspired. But they recoil at the Name of Jesus because, just as instinctively, they know that He IS real. Whether they admit it to themselves or not, they betray themselves by their reaction.
What is in the name of Jesus? Everything. Conviction of sin. A reminder of eternal accountability. A call to repentance. And another unwanted choice. Another hated spiritual confrontation. All that in the utterance of a single Name.
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other Name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
At some level, all of us know instinctively, deep in our consciousness, somewhere, that Jesus is real, He is alive and He is God. Even the lost. Just listen to how much they hate Him.
Pulling it all together, a picture begins to emerge of the spiritual battlefield. On one side are those who follow the god of this world, and on the other, those who follow the God of Creation.
There are no borders in the asymmetrical, spiritual war of the last days. And not all of our enemies follow Islam, but they follow the same god.
Proverbs 8:36 says that “all they that hate Me love death.”
Following the same theme, Jesus told us how to identify the enemy.
“Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:20)
Why?
Excellent post, Texas Girl! You’ve nailed it.
I was discussing my article with my Mom, and we talked about the struggle going back to Isaac and Ishmael. The children of Ishmael are the Muslims, and the angel of the Lord’s words to Hagar concerning her son still live today. I told her I started to include the Isaac and Ishmael points in this article, but decided to leave them out. The Muslims are a direct result of Abraham’s sin in not believing God’s promise to him and getting Hagar pregnant instead of Sarah.
Excellent article thanks! (I needed that reminder this morning).
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