Posted by
ProudAmericanJesusFreak on Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:17:06 PM
As a member of
several conservative sites, I have seen a deluge of articles and blogs
by political experts and analysts blaming the failure of the Republican
party and George W. Bush for Barack Obama's victory or stating America
is heading for doom under a Democratic liberal President and Democratic
dominated Congress and Senate. Well, I'm here to tell you that all
those conservative political "experts" and "analysts" have it wrong!
The
majority
of so-called "Christians" have turned away from the Bible and
the God of Israel and followed after or been lead by one, or several
of, these things: (1) the lusts of their own flesh (2) the strange
gods of this world (3) their own fears (4) lack of trust in GOD'S
provision.
I
have heard so many reasons from both African-American and White
"Christians" as to why they voted for Obama, ranging from "It's about
time a black man is President", to his plans for the economy are better
and he will bring the little folks like us more income, to we needed
change, to his health care plan is great because I don't have any
health insurance, to he will lower taxes, and more. Not ONE of the
reasons I heard had anything to do with his sense of Biblical morality
(maybe because he lacks it either because he is ignorant of it or
outright rejects it?!) or the God they claim they serve.
God's Word is so clear about the consequences of choosing
unrighteousness over morality, our own ways over His ways, and serving
strange gods instead of Him.
Jeremiah 5:19 "And when your people ask, 'Why has ADONAI our God done
all these things to us?' you are to give them this answer: 'Just as you
abandoned Me and served strange gods in your own land, so likewise you
will serve strangers in a land that is not your own."
Job 34:10-11 "(10) So listen to me, you men with sense! Far be it from
God to do anything wicked! (11) For he pays people back for what they do and sees that each gets what his conduct deserves."
Proverbs 1:24-33 "(24) Because you refused when I called, and no one
paid attention when I put out My hand, (25) but instead you neglected
My counsel and would not accept My reproof; (26) I, in turn, will laugh
at your distress, and mock when terror comes over you (27) yes, when
terror overtakes you like a storm and your disaster approaches like a
whirlwind, when distress and trouble assail you. (28) Then they will
call Me, but I won't answer; they will seek Me earnestly, but they
won't find Me. (29) Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the
fear of ADONAI, (30) they refused My counsel and despised My reproof.
(31) So they will bear the consequences of their own way and be
overfilled with their own schemes. (32) For the aimless wandering of
the thoughtless will kill them, and the smug overconfidence of fools
will destroy them; (33) but those who pay attention to ME will live
securely, untroubled by fear of misfortune."
Isaiah 9:16-20 "(16) For those leading this people lead them astray,
and those led by them are destroyed. (17) Therefore Adonai takes no joy
in their young men and has no compassion on their orphans and widows;
for everyone is ungodly and does evil, every mouth speaks foolishly.
Even after all this, his anger remains, his upraised hand still
threatens. (18) For wickedness burns like fire, it devours briars and
thorns; it sets the forest underbrush ablaze, with clouds of smoke
whirling upward. (19) The anger of ADONAI-Tzva'ot is burning up the
land; the people, too, are fuel for the fire - no one spares even his
brother. (20) The one on the right grabs but stays hungry, the one on
the left eats but is unfilled. Everyone devours his own arm's flesh."
2
Peter 2:5-14 "(5) And he did not spare the ancient world; on the
contrary, he preserved Noach, a herald of righteousness, with seven
others, and brought the Flood upon a world of ungodly people. (6) And
he condemned the cities of S'dom and 'Amora, reducing them to ashes and
ruin, as a warning to those in the future who would live ungodly lives;
(7) but he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was distressed by the
debauchery of those unprincipled people; (8) for the wicked deeds which
that righteous man saw and heard, as he lived among them, tormented his
righteous heart day after day. (9) So the Lord knows how to rescue the
godly from trials and how to hold the wicked until the Day of Judgment
while continuing to punish them, (10) especially those who follow their
old natures in lust for filth and who despise authority. Presumptuous
and self-willed, these false teachers do not tremble at insulting
angelic beings; (11) whereas angels, though stronger and more powerful,
do not bring before the Lord an insulting charge against them. (12) But
these people, acting without thinking, like animals without reason,
born to be captured and destroyed, insult things about which they have
no knowledge. When they are destroyed, their destruction will be total
- (13) they will be paid back harm as wages for the harm they are
doing. Their idea of pleasure is carousing in broad daylight; they are
spots and defects reveling in their deceptions as they share meals with
you - (14) for they have eyes always on the lookout for a woman who
will commit adultery, eyes that never stop sinning; and they have a
heart that has exercised itself in greed; so that they seduce unstable
people. What a cursed brood!"
Jude 1:4-13 "(4) For certain individuals, the ones written about long
ago as being meant for this condemnation, have wormed their way in -
ungodly people who pervert God's grace into a license for debauchery
and disown our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah. (5) Since you
already know all this, my purpose is only to remind you that ADONAI,
who once delivered the people from Egypt, later destroyed those who did
not trust. (6) And the angels that did not keep within their original
authority, but abandoned their proper sphere, he has kept in darkness,
bound with everlasting chains for the Judgment of the Great Day. (7)
And S'dom, 'Amora and the surrounding cities, following a pattern like
theirs, committing sexual sins and perversions, lie exposed as a
warning of the everlasting fire awaiting those who must undergo
punishment. (8) Likewise, these people, with their visions, defile
their own flesh, despise godly authority and insult angelic beings. (9)
When Mikha'el, one of the ruling angels, took issue with the Adversary,
arguing over the body of Moshe, he did not dare bring against him an
insulting charge, but said, "May ADONAI rebuke you." (10) However,
these people insult anything they don't understand; and what they do
understand naturally, without thinking, like animals - by these things
they are destroyed! (11) Woe to them, in that they have walked the road
of Kayin, they have given themselves over for money to the error of
Bil'am, they have been destroyed in the rebellion of Korach. (12) These
men are filthy spots at your festive gatherings meant to foster love;
they share your meals without a qualm, while caring only for
themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; trees
without fruit even in autumn, and doubly dead because they have been
uprooted; (13) savage sea-waves heaving forth their shameful deeds like
foam; wandering stars for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved
forever."
There are so many verses that talk of consequences of following our own ways that I cannot possibly list them all.
It
isn't about the color of your skin nor is it about any particular Christian denomination having it "right".
It is about
those who, irregardless of their skin color or denominational affiliation, take a
stand for what is actually written in THE BIBLE in black and white.
Homosexuality is called an abomination - don't think that needs further
explanation. Murder of the innocent (which is what abortion is!),
theft, adultery, lying, greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy,
slander, arrogance, and foolishness are all listed as wickedness.
God's
Word is CLEAR when it comes to morality and there is NO WAY any man can
repackage this stuff, adding the pretty ribbons and bows of
"tolerance", "unity", and "love" and make them acceptable in God's
eyes.
And it
also isn't
a matter of whether a Republican or Democratic President and Party runs
this country.
It's a matter of Biblical morality verses self-immorality.
It's a matter of laying our fears at God's feet and placing our hope
and trust in Him alone for our needs instead of placing them in a mere
mortal man.
America doesn't have a big political problem, it has an enormous moral and spiritual
one.