Obama - Save Yourself

The following is a video response to Alan Keyes' video: Stop Obama or the U.S. will cease to exist. I thought it was quite compelling...


Link to Video

nobama2008forever (video creator) (2 weeks ago) Umm... Yes it is against the law to say that. He's the President and that can be construed as a threat. Regardless, I don't wish him death. I wish him true salvation through Jesus Christ, rather than professing his faith when it's politically convenient and then advocating the murder of unborn children.

[Note of clarification: FYI - The first three sentences of the quote above were in reply to a person who foolishly wrote a comment that threatened Obama with death at the Youtube site.]

I am reminded of 2 Timothy 3:1-9 (NASB version)

2Ti 3:1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.


2Ti 3:2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,


2Ti 3:3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,


2Ti 3:4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,


2Ti 3:5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.


2Ti 3:6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,


2Ti 3:7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.


2Ti 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these {men} also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.


2Ti 3:9 But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also.

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Update:

If you go to the video bar (click on far right icon at bottom of screen), select the video entitled, "Barack Obama: Behold the great messiah." I'm sure that the title is meant to be sarcastic.

First, I want to make it clear that I do not believe Obama to be a messiah.

Second, I want to make it clear that I do not believe Obama to be THE final, ultimate Antichrist described in the book of Revelation. He IS however, a form of antichrist, as is described in detail in Scripture:

1Jo 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

1Jo 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1Jo 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2Jo 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

With that said, one of the reasons why I wanted to point out this second video is because of the Muslim symbolism found and represented in the Obama campaign avatar that we have all seen on every bumper sticker, sign, and website.

1Jo 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.


1Jo 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:


1Jo 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.


1Jo 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.


1Jo 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.


1Jo 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Inaugural Malignant Narcissism

Anyone who has been paying attention to the proposed inaugural "festivities," already knows what perversity is in store for the viewers. How sad it is for a Christian organization to have to warn parents to keep their young children away from the T.V.! [Note: scroll down at site to read article].

In my last blog post, I mentioned an article in the comment section from WorldNetDaily that describes what will occur in certain hotel conference rooms before, during, and after inauguration day. I don't even want to link to it. But if you want to be even further disgusted, go to WorldNetDaily and find the article entitled, "pig sex." Apparently, the WND article contains a warning, but the links there contain even further warnings about the content. I just couldn't bring myself to visit the site and read the details of perversion that most likely are written about there.

Ever since the madness of the "no on Prop. 8" protests, homosexual activists - who came out in droves to punish, verbally abuse, physically abuse, and target those who they could find helped Prop. 8 pass - I have stayed away from this issue here at this blog. Some even went so far as to burn down houses and churches!!

Call my absence from the debacle "gay malignant-narcissism-mania fatigue!" However, I have shared additional news over at my Protect Biblical Marriage blog.

The rage that has been expressed by these rabid groups is reminiscent of the homosexual men in Sodom who pounded on Lot's door, attempting to break it down to get at the men (angels) whom Lot was attempting to protect - in order to have sex with them. They didn't care who they would trample over in order to get what they wanted.

Both homosexual "protests" have one thing in common. Malignant narcissism.




Back in July of 2007, I was invited to a conference in Texas that was designed to help people out of homosexual sin.

Integrity and The Cross Conference:
How Jesus Purifies Our Passions

Broken commitments, addictions, narcissism, homosexuality: rarely have Christians faced such enticement unto moral compromise. And been ensnared. Our witness as the body of Christ on earth is at stake. We can fight. We can know our vulnerabilities, and most importantly, the power of Jesus and His community to set (and keep) us free from compromise. Join us as we explore the power of the cross and resulting integrity. He is returning for a pure bride, without spot or blemish. "...give us an undivided heart, that we may fear your name" Psalm 86:11b

When I started this blog back in 2004, I was quite busy writing essays [scroll down - there are 32 essays listed!] regarding the huge push of radical, homosexual activists for the public to accept their behavior as a "good" thing, their overhaul of the public education system to "teach" about homosexuality, and how "hate crimes" legislation would lead to silencing Christians who follow Jesus Christ and His Word, the Bible. At first, they just wanted "equal rights." Then, through "hate crimes" laws, they would advance their agenda to "special rights." The combination of achieving "hate crimes" laws (more accurately - punishment for the wrong "thoughts" about homosexual perversion) and same-sex "marriage" would do away with the ability for Christians to proclaim the full Gospel of Jesus Christ. Why? Because the verses in the Bible that condemn homosexual behavior would be labeled as "hate thought" crimes and be banished from the public arena.

The good news is that not all people who happen to identify as homosexuals feel this way. There are conservative homosexuals/lesbians who do not push for this radical agenda. One of these people is Tammy Bruce. I give her the credit for coining the phrase, "malignant narcissism" regarding the perversity that is inherent in the radical homosexual communities and their repulsive agenda.

Essay from 2004:

At a prophecy conference this weekend at my church, Dr. Gary Frazier shared the fact that the gay marriage issue is a definite "sign of the times" that The Rapture of the church could very well be near. He was cautious not to predict any dates because 'no one knows the day or hour except the Father in heaven,' however, Jesus did warn us that it 'would be as in the days of Noah and the days of Lot.' The paganism that is rampant in the world right now is very reminiscent of the days of Noah and the days of Lot.


Although Dr. Frazier did not spend a lot of time on the issue of homosexual marriage, he did mention how the four judges in Mass. illegitimately decided this issue by anarchical decisions rather than allowing the question to be presented to the majority of people through the Legislature for a vote.

During his presentation, he shared a simple and quite humorous story about a group of kindergartners who were sitting in a circle and given a bunch of nuts and bolts. Each one had the common sense to see that a nut fits into a bolt! Not one tried to fit "two bolts" or "two nuts" together. The point? Even 5-yr. olds have more common sense than the rogue judges in Massachusetts!!

Recently, I heard some interesting comments from well-known lesbian commentator, Tammy Bruce. Bruce, who is against gay marriage, stated that homosexual pride extremism is a result of "malignant narcissism".

I looked up the definitions of those words:

malignant - 1. inclined to cause harm, suffering, or distress. 2. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect. 3. a. tending to produce death, as bubonic plague. b. (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.

narcissism - 1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. 2. Psycho anal. erotic gratification derived from admiration of one's own physical or mental attributes.

Then I thought about Romans 1:28 -

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
New King James Version © 1982 Thomas Nelson

And, a more modern translation of the same verse:


When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.
New Living Translation © 1996 Tyndale Charitable Trust



I have often contemplated what "God gave them up" and "God gave them over" truly means in the context of these verses.

Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:


Rom 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.


Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:


Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.


Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;


Rom 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,


Rom 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,


Rom 1:31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:


Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.


There are a multitude of sins listed above. They could be applied to many of the excesses and obsessions concerning sexuality....pornography, adultery, fornication, prostitution, bigamy, incest, pedophilia etc., as well as the non-sexual sins listed. But I think that Tammy Bruce's idea of "malignant narcissism" explains many of them, if not all, quite well. /end of 2004 article

The homosexual assault upon our culture has increased to such a magnitude over the past four years it is just absolutely astounding. If you have not already read the two links above ("The Days of Noah" and "The Days of Lot") then you need to read them! The Lord Jesus Christ referred to such days and what was occurring then as a "sign of the times" in the future which will indicate that his return is getting closer.

Our need for discernment in such a time as this could not be more urgent! As followers of Jesus Christ, we are called to be active in pointing the lost towards Christ for the salvation of their souls. We need to "redeem the time because the days are evil."

Eph 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;


Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.


Eph 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;


Eph 5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.


Eph 5:5 For this ye know, that no whore monger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.


Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.


Eph 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.


Eph 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:


Eph 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)


Eph 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.


Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].


Eph 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.


Eph 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.


Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.


Eph 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,


Eph 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.


Hat Tip:

My friend Dran who sent me an email alerting me to this article:

Christian Anti-Defamation Commission

We Are The Church

Last evening, I watched Greta Van Susteren's phone interview with Governor Sarah Palin. They discussed the firebombing done at her church in Wasilla, Alaska.

I took the title of this post today from the seventh paragraph in the article. I am reminded of what Jesus stated in following Bible verse:


Mat 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Once again, what man has meant for evil - is being turned towards good.

I will be back later today for more commentary about this incident, but the following article - A Tale of Two Churches caught my eye and I wanted to share it with readers here.

[Note: Perhaps the author of the article was using hyperbole, but the fact is that the church was not "burned to the ground." Apparently, some rooms at the front of the church were badly damaged and need to be repaired (estimated to be one million dollars worth of damage).]

Excerpt:

A Tale Of Two Churches
By Doug Patton
December 16, 2008

This is a tale of two American churches. One is in a major city. The other is in a small town. One preaches hatred of America and its institutions. The other preaches love and patriotism. One is infected with a toxic dogma known as Black Liberation Theology. The other espouses the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One was just firebombed. Guess which one.

Barack Obama spent twenty years sitting in the pews of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, listening to some of the foulest teaching ever to come from the mouth of a "preacher." That preacher was a poison-tongued demagogue named Jeremiah Wright, who has spewed racist lies and hateful conspiracies from his pulpit during his entire career.

Meanwhile, in Wasilla, Alaska, an evangelical church, attended by Gov. Sarah Palin and her family, teaches the true meaning of Christ's message to His church and to a fallen world.

On Friday, Dec. 12, the Wasilla Bible Church was firebombed. Authorities said the fire started at the main entrance of the church and that they are investigating the blaze as arson. They estimated the damage at $1 million. No one was injured, although a small group, which included children, was inside at the time.

The Wasilla congregation gathered for their services at a local middle school the Sunday following the fire. The statements of the members and their pastors, as reported by the Associated Press, are telling:

Patsy Inks said the news initially shocked and frustrated her. But by Sunday, she was feeling blessed, she said at the school, where worshippers lingered over a potluck dinner for a church family leaving Alaska. "This tragedy has brought us all together," Inks said, her eyes tearing up.

The congregation realizes the church is more than the building, said John Doak, associate pastor at Wasilla Bible Church. "The definition of the church is the body of Christ, made up of God's people," Doak said. "The church is still there. We are the church."

Continue reading.

HT: GOP USA

Lack Of Real Wisdom?

Received a comment this morning from someone who took me to task for my labeling of GLBT people as "confused." Apparently, this commenter believes that the post showed a "lack of real wisdom" on my part. I have already responded, but please feel free to share any thoughts and comments (whether you agree or disagree) you may have on this issue.

Here is the original post.

Here is a copy of the comment:

neverlosethatfeeling said...
I know this thread is a month old, but for a site that proposes to talk wisdom, I'm surely not seeing much evidence of introspection in this article.

Your idea that gay people are 'confused' is unrefined and hyperbolic; calling all gay people everywhere (regardless of the obvious dissimilarities between gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals) confused is a pretty ungracious move, and by trying to obliterate the differences between them, you reduce your ability to make sense of individual gays and lesbians. The word 'confused' shouldn't be a rhetorical weapon with which you discredit people.

The cruelty of the word 'confused' is like applying the word 'retarded' to a non-retarded person: it's slander, and it's demeaning. Do you really mean to say that you are more informed about a gay person's sexuality than they are? Or a transgendered person?

Lots of gays and lesbians seem 'confused' about their sexual preference: when they are in denial about who they are attracted to and trying to fit in and 'become' heterosexual, "confused" is a word you hear a lot.

But it diminishes your ability to listen to people if you merely label them (or your past self!) 'confused' and pretend that, by stringing together ad-hominem criticisms and some half-digested pop science you've conquered with Reason. It shows you lack patience. It's a bully tactic that hints at a lack of real wisdom, and an inability to address oneself to the person in front of you.

And finally, it's not constructive. It comes off as pedantic, crude, and lacking in charity. And if you really do possess the Truth, with all your riches you think you'd be able to afford some good charity. Yes, even to people you think are committing an abominable evil. Please, please don't talk this way anymore.

August 30, 2008 5:02:00 AM PDT

My reply:


neverlosethatfeeling,

Thank you for stopping by and expressing your opinion. Though we most likely will never agree on this subject, I appreciate that you took the time to comment.

I will begin with one area of agreement regarding your comment.

I agree that all of the adjectives described through the acronym GLBT have definite dissimilarities about them. However, I think that my choice of the term "confused" is applicable and does not necessarily have to be seen as terribly derogatory.

If you look at the various meanings of the word "confused" you will note that it does contain several different points.

If I were to choose which definitions more accurately describe what I am attempting to convey here, I would select the following:

5. to combine without order; jumble; disorder: Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
6. Archaic. to bring to ruin or naught.

To disconcert is to disturb one's mind by irritation, perplexities, etc

To make opaque; blur

To mistake (for another): confused effusiveness with affection.
To make opaque; blur: "The old labels ... confuse debate instead of clarifying it" (Christopher Lasch).
To assemble without order or sense; jumble.
Archaic To bring to ruination.

intr.
To make something unclear or incomprehensible: a new tax code that only further confuses.


Lacking logical order or sense: a confused set of instructions.
Chaotic; jumbled: a confused mass of papers on the floor.

If you will notice, I did not select the meaning(s) of the word which would suggest "lack of intelligence or understanding." Therefore, this eliminates the idea that I am using such a term as some people would use the term "retarded."

I realize that many glbt people are highly intelligent and successful in their lives. That's not the kind of confusion that I mean here.

What I am saying is what the portions of the definition I have chosen from the list indicate.

The reason that I have done this is precisely because our God of the Bible is not a God of confusion. He is a God of order.

Human beings confuse things.

I won't go into great detail here because you can read more about this elsewhere on this blog. Just type in "homosexuality" and/or "radical homosexual agenda" into the blog search box.

Briefly, I will say that there are people who have different purposes in mind when expressing their sexual orientation and proclivities. Some want approval. Some are actively trying to sway children away from what their parents (and thus, the Bible) teaches them regarding God's plan for proper sexuality. I will also say that many unsaved heterosexuals have their own brand of sexual confusion in this area. Adultery, fornication, pedophilia, rape, bestiality and porn are just a few.

[Update on 8/31/08 - Just as Susan Smith mentioned in her comment here, Christians can backslide and struggle with sin. Here is a link to an awful situation regarding a "pastor" who lied about having cancer to hide his p()rn addiction. One has to wonder whether or not this person was truly born-again. If he is genuinely saved, then he obviously did not take the next step towards sanctification through making Christ Lord over his life. When you read that article, you will find that the man had a vomiting problem. P()rn can certainly be so disgusting - that the symptom is real. Guilt, shame, secretiveness, lying, sexual immorality, and gross sexual sin will do that to a person. Perhaps this is why God created us to react in such a way towards sin. The only way out from suffering its penalty (including the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual harm) is repentance (which is not only asking for forgiveness - but turning away from former sins). This heterosexual man's terrible addiction was not freedom - it was bondage. Sin is bondage. That is why Jesus told us that "the truth will set you free."]

However, the difference is that not many heterosexuals get to go into the public schools and "teach" such sexual deviancy to the students. Homosexual activists are busy polluting young minds with sexual confusion and deviation that can (and often does) lead to ruination - which is another description of the term "confused."

I could not help but noticed that you capitalized the term "reason." Was this intentional? If so, is reason your god?

Christian author and apologist, R.C. Sproul once said, "Love of wisdom is to discover ultimate reality."

Truth is reality, whereas philosophy (while utilizing reason) is trying to discover reality.

We each start somewhere. What is your worldview?

God gave us a conscience. However, He also warned us that we can be captivated by the world's lies. (See Romans 12:2) We are told in Scripture that we need to be born again through Christ and thus have the renewing of the mind.

The Bible informs us that we need to seek to be "meta morphed" - a.k.a. "transformed" by the "renewing of our minds." (See 2 Corinthians 3:18)

Christian believers are highly concerned with the anti-God, anti-Biblical teachings that are going on in our nation. Destruction of the consciences of our children is at work. We are actively working to prevent such an onslaught.

Sin has blinded many to God's Truth. Do you believe there is such a thing as absolute truth? If so, where would you look for it? Where would you find it?

The downside of not knowing Jesus Christ or His Word, the Bible and all that it instructs is that we will be conformed, instead, to the world. (See Colossians 2:8)

My goal at this blog is to carry out Jesus' command of The Great Commission. This includes sharing the Gospel. Part of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ is to inform people of the bad news - that we are all sinners desperately in need of the Savior. The Cross of Christ is an offense to those who are perishing. Look at how offended you were when I only used the word "confused."

My vision in this effort is to help others see and realize the joy that can be theirs when they learn and apply God's Word to their lives.

My mission is to fellowship with people who are seeking answers, share the gospel message and help lead them to Christ. I want to encourage new believers towards the study of God's Word in order for them to be able to discern truth from error.

I truly believe that once a person is born again in Christ, he/she will be led by the Holy Spirit to discern and apply God's Word - which, by the way, ultimately fulfills every need.

I am committed to applying God's Word in every area of my life and help show others the way towards reconciliation with God - even if it means that people may be offended by what I share.

Jesus said, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"

My ultimate goal is to evangelize in this confused and hurting world. I can only point in the direction of Jesus Christ. He does the saving.

Think about this.

If evangelizing is all about making people feel comfortable in their particular sinful proclivities, then the gay-behavior-affirming churches are right.

However, If evangelizing is all about pointing out that we are all sinners in need of the Savior, Jesus Christ; and the only way into His Kingdom is through repentance of sin at the foot of the cross for our redemption - then the born again, Bible believing, Christ loving, saved followers are right.

Bottom line? God is right! And we discover Him and His Truth through the Person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life - no one comes to the Father except by Him (see John 14:6)! The Bible is special revelation about Jesus Christ. It is God's Love Book to this sinful world. Nothing else compares!