Limbaugh and Hannity can no longer be trusted.

ChristianPatriot.com ^ | Feb 13, 08 | Rev Bob Celeste

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John 15:18-25 Wednesday, February 13th, in the year of our Lord 2008 First let me say that I am not happy that I have been put in a position where I have to interrupt the series on the Gospel of John. But, what Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other talking head pundits have done this year is not only beneath contempt and disgust but requires a Scriptural response as well. They have, in my humble opinion, proven who it is that they serve, and it is not the God of truth, but the father of all liars.

There was a time when one could turn the dial to Rush Limbaugh and/or Sean Hannity and expect to hear the truth. There was a time when listening to either got you an honest evaluation of individuals and especially candidates. That has changed, as both have proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that they can and will lie to prevent a true servant of Christ from occupying the oval office.

While I am disappointed in both of these legends in their own minds, I am especially upset at and disappointed in Rush Limbaugh. I would not have believed that he would sink to the level of vicious lies coming out of his mouth, making Romney (one of the most liberal governors in the history of the most liberal state of Massachusetts) a conservative, while at the same time doing everything in his power to paint Conservative Christian Pastor Mike Huckabee as a liberal. From Sean Hannity and others, I am disappointed, but not all that surprised. But in Rush, it goes past just disappointment. It goes to having to re-evaluate my thinking about his honesty over the years. With Rush it is more than simple disappointment, it borders on disgust. I always expected more of him, and I have been proven, by him, to be wrong in my high estimation of him and his honesty.

If I were talking to Pastor Mike Huckabee this morning, I would remind him of what Jesus warned us about in John 15:

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, ‘The servant is not greater than his Lord.’ Since they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they had kept My saying, they would keep yours also.

But all these things will they do unto you for My name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no covering for their sin. He that hates Me hates My Father also.

If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE. (John 15:18-25 ACP/KJV)

Those who serve satan hate Pastor Huckabee because they hate Christ. Had they never read or even claimed to read the word of God, they would be blameless, but since they claim to be pro-life Christian conservatives who have read the word of God, their sin lies at their door and within their hearts.

But, I would continue and remind Pastor Huckabee of this passage as well:

And He (God) said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.

And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham (age 99) and Sarah (age 89) were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?’

Is any thing too hard for the LORD?

At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son! (Genesis 18:10-14 ACP/KJV)

Then I would ask Pastor Mike; “Reverend Mike, which do you think it would be harder for God to do, make you President or cause an 89 year old woman to not only give birth to a perfectly happy, healthy baby boy, but breast feed him and cause her to live till he was 37 years old?”

To all of you who are getting a bit disappointed and down at the mouth, let me remind you of how God likes to fight political wars.

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying, “Mine own hand hath saved me.” Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, “Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.”

And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

So he(Gideon) brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

And he(Gideon) divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. And he said unto them, “Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.”

So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, “The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.”

And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. (Judges 7:1-7 and 16-22 ACP/KJV)

Mike, If I’m right, you still have too many working for you and not enough against you for God to deliver the presidency into your hands. You still have to many Bob Celestes and not enough Rush Limbaughs and Sean Hannitys. For I do still believe that God is going to cause this election in November to be between you, a servant of the most High God and whichever of the two servants of satan that the democrats choose to run against you. I believe that this fight between you and McCain is nothing more than a warm up for the big fight of good against pure evil in November.

The Lord be with you my brother and may He give courage and strength to the men around you, let they, you, and I obey the command of the Lord in Job 40:7a. “Gird up thy loins now like a man”

And now, God willing I can get back to the Gospel of John.

And Lord, please let it be with those who attack our brother Mike as they try to make it be to our brother Mike. In the name of the Lord Christ Jesus I pray. Amen.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Thanks for speaking for me, too. Huck is a huckster and not to be trusted. I don’t have the slightest idea of how he would govern. He’s been all over the map. First he says one thing and then another. I see more consistency in Rush and Hannity than Huck.

[kenmcg]

Wasn’t one of the main reasons Jesus Christ was crucified was that he opposed the powers to be with free speech??

[OriginalIntent]

I really don’t understand why most people think Bible thumpers are nutjobs. /s

Most liberals hate the Bible and also look for any opportunity to attack those who believe the Bible.

By the way, welcome to Free Republic, I see you joined three days ago.

[kindred]

[The effort to discredit them is part of the effort to spread discord among conservatives in general.]

The effort to discredit them is an effort of liberals and moderate rinos who agree on McCain and hate conservatism in general. We should not lie to ourselves, conservatives must leave the republican party as they are leaving conservatism for liberalism and the effort of so many to make the liberal rinos conservatives will fail.

[Sybeck1]

We demand truth in advertising. No need to gloss over a man that have history with pampering with the Constitution and loves with working with liberals over conservative principles.

It’s the truth about McCain’s record that has many doubting he deserves the job.

[j_k_l]

"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you..."

I hate it when people take things out of context or only quote part of what was said. The second part to this is:

"...or it couldeth be that thou art an @sshole!"

[kindred]

[What church is Hucakabee a Pastor of?]

He is part of the Southern Baptists, a denomination that is departing from the word of God as truth to the new age religious Christianity, you know, love is the answer, why cant we all get along, government is the new way to bring in their utopian ideology, etc. And Huckabee, like Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, is one of the liberal members of the southern baptists who fought to liberize the denomination into the new age good works save movement, without the blood of Jesus.

[humblegunner]

God looks upon our hearts. What if it turns out that God is pleased with the courage and devotion to truth in both Rush and Sean and displeased with some of the dirty tricks that the Huckster engaged himself in?

God would never listen to crappy AM radio.

[Arthur McGowan]

If the Bible says that Huck is good, and Limbaugh and Sean are evil, who am I to argue?

[ChessExpert]

Well said.

I think Mike latches on to the policy or quip that gets a good response today. But he doesn’t really care about policy. Policy is just one way to get people to come together and rally around him.

Some politicians play to people’s resentments and perceived slights. Ethnic politicians often do that. I think Huckabee does that with evangelical Christians. Their desire to elect one of their own to the presidency reminds me of a quarterback throwing a long ball, “Hail Mary,” pass. Let’s get a big score in one play!

The atheist left have succeeded in marginalizing religion in their own circles and beyond. I liked Romney’s speech on religion which was for ALL Americans, even those in an intellectual left/liberal/atheist bubble. He communicated that religion and liberty are inseparable, over the long term. He was very presidential, and it was easy to see this message as coming from the President of the United States. I think his approach to elevating religion is better than Huckabee’s approach which merely speaks to his flock through identity politics.

[Dead Corpse]

Sounds like something Landover Baptist would write.

We don't like the Huckster because he's a liberal at heart, so we must hate Jesus too...

Nothing about that strikes you as off just a bit?

[spectre]

The Huckster should get his own talk radio show, or become a Tele-evangelist.

At 23, Huckabee was a staffer for James Robison, a television evangelist. Robison commented, "His convictions shape his character and his character will shape his policies. His whole life has been shaped by moral absolutes."

Huckabee has stated, "Politics are totally directed by worldview. That's why when people say, 'We ought to separate politics from religion,' I say to separate the two is absolutely impossible".

Huckabee believes in Biblical inerrancy. Prior to his political career, Huckabee was pastor at in Beech Street Baptist Church Texarkana from 1980-1986 and then Immanuel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas from 1986-1992. In both Texarkana and Pine Bluff Huckabee started 24-hour television stations "where he produced documentaries and hosted a program called Positive Alternatives."

This guy should go back to preaching to the sheeple.

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[steadfastconservative]

Rev. Celeste is confusing religion with politics. Huckabee is a moderate and no conservative is morally obligated to vote for him just because he is a good Christian. Limbaugh and Hannity’s opposition to Huckabee is based on his ideology not on his religious identity. Huckabee,of course, is campaigning on his religious identity in order to get the evangelical vote. However, that is not reason enough for those of us who are conservative but who are not evangelical to vote for him.

[Broker]

After listening to Rush Limbaugh for 15 or more years, what have I to show for it? Amazing insights and political humor, sure. Yet, here we are with candidate McCain versus the Obama/Clintoons.

Over the past two weeks, I have flushed Rush. During early primary season, he defaulted his leadership responsibility with his cagey half-as$ed support of nobody and everybody.

Now we are stuck with McCain unless he dies of natural causes first. We no longer need political insight and all of this is no longer funny. Rush, your blinding brilliance needs a holiday.

[Tanniker Smith]

Those who serve satan hate Pastor Huckabee because they hate Christ.

And those who serve the Lord hate you because you're an ass.
Those who serve the Lord shouldn't hate, but we're not perfect, so when such an ass as this pastor comes along, when there is that temptation to hate that we'd rather not be led into.

[Turbo Pig]

he is a politician promising what is NOT his to take and give to those who have not earned

And there it is. That is a distinctly unbiblical stance that Huckabee has. No where in the gospel does it say that forcibly taking something away from one person, and giving it to another is ok. If Christians are going to use Huckabee's evangelical credentials as a reason to back him, then they need to be honest about his policies.

[rrrod]

Time for the huckster to set up HUCKSTERVILLE in Guyana and take his mindless followers with him.

[Cuttnhorse]

Pastor Bob is a nut job

[Yaelle]

I am glad I don’t choose my Presidents by what religion they profess. Key word: PROFESS. There is very little evidence that Huckleberry is the wonderfully moral man he claims to be. And preaching is not the most important qualification for a President anyway.

[Liberty Valance]

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Turn your lights down low
And listen to the Master’s radio
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Turn your radio on
And listen to the music in the air
Turn your radio on and glory share
Turn your lights down low
And listen to the Master’s radio
Get in touch with God, turn your radio on.

Turn your lights down low
And listen to the Master’s radio
Get in touch with God, turn your radio on...

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