Posted on 05/16/2018 7:22:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress has denounced former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's accusation that he's a "religious bigot."
"Robert Jeffress says 'you can't be saved by being a Jew,' and 'Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell.' He's said the same about Islam. Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem," Romney tweeted on Sunday.
In an interview with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs Monday night, Jeffress said he took issue with Romney's claims and asserted, "I am not a bigot."
"Many of those comments [in Romney's tweet] are either manufactured or ripped out of context. I hold to historic Christianity that believes that Jesus Christ offers the way to Heaven," explained Jeffress.
"The fact that people don't agree with that is fine, but it's wrong to call tens of millions of evangelical Christians like me bigoted because we follow the words and teachings of Jesus who said: 'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me.'"
When Dobbs asked if Jeffress expected an apology from Romney for his comments, the megachurch pastor laughed and responded, "I'm not waiting by my Twitter."
In 2012, when Romney became the first Mormon to secure the presidential nomination of the Republican Party, Jeffress garnered controversy for labeling Mormonism a "cult."
That September, Jeffress explained that he was still planning to support Romney, calling him "the lesser of two evils," though he maintained that he did not consider Mormons to be Christian.
"The fear among evangelicals is that this would legitimize a religion that we believe doesn't lead people to God," Jeffress said at the time.
"And so those of us who have said yes (to Romney), we're going to support him as the lesser of two evils. But at the same time, we're making very clear that we're doing so realizing Mormonism is not Christianity."
Romney's comments came in response to Jeffress being one of the clergy selected to give a prayer at the ceremony marking the official opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.
Jeffress gave a short prayer at the new embassy site, thanking God for, among other things, President Donald Trump's "tremendous leadership" when deciding to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
"Without President Trump's determination, resolve, courage, we would not be here today," said Jeffress, who shared the stage with Rabbi Zalman Wolowik of Long Island, New York.
The back-and-forth over Romney's criticism of Jeffress comes as Romney is running a campaign to fill the Senate seat being vacated by longtime Utah Senator Orrin Hatch.
Please Utah, please do not elect Romney as Senator Windsock.
Sorry,Mitt, the pastor is correct on all counts.
He is not worth your time, Pastor.
In my book, 1-2 on the list of loathsome creatures to crawl out of the RINO slime pit are 1) Mitt and 2) McCain. McCain has been trying hard to claim the top spot but some of the good things he did years ago as a fresh Reagan foot soldier are dragging him down. Mitt has nothing in his political record to drag him down. Mitt was on the leading edge of RINOism before RINOism even came into common language.
Milquetoast Romney
Romney is just pointing his finger at Jeffress to point away from the Mormons’ questionable record on certain issues.
Politicians are always quick to charge someone with racism and bigotry on the assumption that voters will automatically assume that, since they condemn it, they must be too pure minded to be that way themselves.
Mitt Romney says Joseph Smith molests children,
it is rumored.
Romney made the accusation as if it were something bad.
Every schoolboy knows “bigot” means British Invasion of German Occupied Territory.
I can't help but wonder why Romney didn't use the occasion to praise Trump for keeping a campaign promise that President's Clinton, Bush, and Obama failed to keep.
And I can't help but wonder if Romney's intended target was Trump and not Jeffress.
Of course he’s not a bigot. The libtards will embrace anyone—like Mormon Mitt—to piss all over you. Then they’ll hate on Mittens after they’re done with him.
What you’ve said is Biblically correct.
RE: Mitt Romney says Joseph Smith molests children,
It is of course, undeniable that Joseph Smith was a polygamist — 40 according to what I read. two of them, Helen Mar Kimball and Nancy Mariah Winchester he married when they were only 14.
Brigham Young married even more wives — 55 of them. Clarissa Caroline Decker married him when she was only 15.
“The fact that people don't agree with that is fine, but it's wrong to call tens of millions of evangelical Christians like me bigoted because we follow the words and teachings of Jesus who said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me.’”
Jeffress garnered controversy for labeling Mormonism a “cult.”
He is not the first by a long shot. This has been known for 180 years.
I’m afraid UT people think “the law” requires them to vote for Romney.
I am glad Pastor Jeffress responded with clarity, truth and a smile. I laughed yesterday when thinking about this.
It is totally illogical and irrational what Romney said. Of COURSE every single religion distinguishes itself from the others. That’s like saying the Buddhist is a bigot because he states that his way of enlightenment or fulfillment or self-justification or whatever is different from Islam or Hinduism or whatever. By definition the distinctions are just that - differences.
They just don’t like that we hold true what Jesus said - that He is the only way to Life Eternal and Redemption and that we won’t water it down with some Oprah or Pope Francis garbage that all ways lead to Heaven.
Butt Hurt Romney again.
Jeffress needs to refresh his memoryshalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
on the subject of Romans 9, 10 & 11.He might want to review the subject of
Yah'shua's Lovingkindness ( Chesed )
Truth is exclusive by nature, and if Romney is correct then he is excluding someone else from being right. Meanwhile Romney is a Mormon, which began with his leader being told by a demon angel that all the other faiths were wrong, and Smith was to restore the true faith. The one true cult.
Mitt is a leader in a cult.... and a RINO.
Good on Jeffress for his stand!....and I think we’re going to see ‘truth’ standing up as things continue...
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