Posted on 01/20/2016 6:31:51 PM PST by DaveyB
I hear friends say Ted Cruz sounds like a preacher. They say he is using the gospel to round up voters. They don't like it and they are not sure if Ted is authentic. The Ted Cruz I know is the Ted Cruz who watched his sister consumed by a heroine addiction. She died of an overdose. The Ted Cruz I know is the Ted Cruz who maxed out his credit cards to rescue his sister’s son from that situation. The Ted Cruz I know is the Ted Cruz who, as a boy, was abandoned by his father and watched his mother struggle. And the Ted Cruz I know is the Ted Cruz who came to know Jesus as his Lord and Savior and credits the Lord with bringing back his father.
Ted Cruz is a not an academic evangelical. He's a country music evangelical. He lost his father, found Jesus, got back his father, lost his sister, and did what it took to keep his family above water. When he gets on a stage and connects with Christian audiences, yes he is trying to woo Christians to his side, but he also believes in the power of scripture. This is not a stunt for Ted Cruz. His father walked out on the family, lost himself in a bottle, and was finally rescued by a Bible Study and a preacher willing to debate and answer questions. That preacher's time saved Rafael Cruz and the family was restored.
Cruz supporters want to tell you the story of Rafael and Ted and how they came to have a very personal relationship with Jesus with this terrific video. They want to tell you why it matters and what it means to the way Cruz would govern. CruzFaithInAction.com is a new website set up to share that story. The website has been put together by Keep the Promise PAC. My good friend Ben Howe edited the video.
I have seen the video. Just watch the first five minutes. Go do it.
Tancredo at first and then Alan Keyes for awhile. And finally McCain. I was not on the Fred Thompson train for sure. Not sure why I always go for the smaller candidates like Santorum and Walker and now Trump (same situation where I supported McCain at the end).
Bottom line no matter what I say, my track record is not great. lol.
He did not ask for forgiveness...., but Scriptures tell us that any who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
The key word there is CALL... Jesus KNEW the mans heart and said this day you shall be with ME in paradise.....
The thief did not pretend something, he was pleading with the FAITH even he did not understand, and that is what Jesus wants from all of us.
Communion...you bet I fully understand what it means and partake every Sunday. I do focus on JESUS when I do. Trump speaks of it as just some ritual he must be seen doing. Those Holy Sacraments are not to make me FEEL good, it's not about me.
Trump says he loves GOD....God be the Judge, I'm not into HIS business...
Defending Christianity.....well that is a good thing and easy to do by anyone, many non believers do also. Christianity is the only thing that brings sanity, charity and love. Who doesn't want that?
But, goodness and works will not save one. Trump just needs to acknowledge he is a SINNER as I confess I am, every day I sin, but I also accept that I am SAVED by the Grace of GOD, not by works lest I boast. It wasn't me that died on that cross, it was MY SIN.
GOD did call many sinners for HIS work, but then they acknowledged themselves as sinners who HE was, then they did GREAT in their service to HIM....., some of them were very stubborn about it, but they came around.
The Thief had a feeling and he went with it, he did not have the scriptures to tell him what it took, he blindly did it.....TRUMP has the scriptures and should know better.
The disciples had Jesus to tell them, how more blessed are we by simply accepting by Faith through Grace that the Scriptures are correct?
I too am not looking for a Spiritual leader, but neither am I looking for a pretender of whatever I want puffed up. The character of Trump now shows only deceit for his purpose.
..nah, you’ve always been solid—I was all in for Duncan Hunter. After McCain I swore I would never give in again.
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