The Devil’s Wicked Schemes and His Spokesman, Barack Obama

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On January 22, 2011, thousands, if not millions, all over the nation, gathered together to remember all of the babies that have been murdered in the thirty eight-years since seven supreme court justices decided it was a constitutional right for a woman to murder her child.  The estimated number of children that have fallen victim to this heinous crime is now over 60 million.  God help us.

If that’s not bad enough….on this same day, our Commander in Chief, Barack Hussein Obama, decided to do a little reminiscing of his own.  Here is a statement he released to pay homage to the blood of those innocent children.

“Today marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, and affirms a fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters.

I am committed to protecting this constitutional right. I also remain committed to policies, initiatives, and programs that help prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant women and mothers, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption.

And on this anniversary, I hope that we will recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights, the same freedoms, and the same opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.”

How foolish!  How wicked!  Those who would disagree with me would probably call me a judgmental bigot for saying such a thing.  No.  The judgments I am making come from the Standard of Almighty God; His Word.  Proverbs 10:23 says, “A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.” Could a scheme be more wicked than that of the devil to destroy innocent children in their mother’s womb?  And it is a scheme.

I think it would be important to let you know that just three days before releasing this statement, it went public that Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist in Philadelphia, was charged with killing seven children after they were born.  It’s sad that the only reason he is being charged is for his methods.  Had he killed these children the “legal” way, within the womb, there’d be no charges.  How sad.  Remember this: murder is murder; whether via Gosnell’s method or the morning after pill.  It’s still a baby.  Gosnell’s method was to birth the children and then use scissors to cut their spinal cords.  These charges went public just six days after President Obama delivered the eulogy for the six people slain in Tucson by Jared Loughner.  Now, obviously, Obama found what the Tucson shooter did to be a vicious crime, or else he would not have given the eulogy.  But, how much more vicious does it get than to murder innocent babies?  But guess what.  You won’t hear a peep out of Obama on this one.  Why?  Because, for him to condemn this act, he would be condemning abortion.  And that would not fit into his scheme to destroy the seed of the woman.

Since the fall of man, there has been a war going on between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent.  Both of them want to destroy the other.  The Bible gives us very clear pictures of this battle.  If you read the accounts of Cain(Genesis 4), Pharaoh (Exodus 1:15-16), Haman (Esther 3:5-11), Athalia (2 Kings 11), and Herod (Matthew 2:16) you will see the devil’s scheme to destroy innocent life.  Of course, you also see this at the cross of Christ, when Satan thought he had finally won; little knowing that this was his very own death blow.  In modern history, we saw this battle manifest itself through the legal practice of enslaving an innocent person against his or her will.  And just as our black brothers and sisters were oppressed and dehumanized by the wicked schemes of the devil, so now precious little babies have had their personhood stolen, and are being slaughtered by the thousands every day.  This, our president says, is to “protect women’s health and reproductive freedom.”

Isn’t that interesting?  A moral wrong is now a civil right.  What a wicked scheme.  And what fools they are who believe this lie.

The president also went on to say that “government should not intrude on private family matters.” Oh, really?  Well, Mr. President, where is that opinion of yours when it comes to forcing families to buy health care?  Not to be vitriolic or anything, but I would have to say that you are being quite the hypocrite.

This is nothing new, but Obama also called abortion a constitutional right.  Only a flat-out fool could say such a thing!  Our founding fathers said in the Declaration of Independence that, “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The right to life, as our founders said, is “self-evident.” Yet our president is foolish enough to say that it is a constitutional right to take the lives of innocent children in order to ensure “that our daughters have the same rights, the same freedoms, and the same opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.” To Obama, it must be self-evident, that a woman cannot fulfill her dreams with the “burden” of a child.  How wicked a statement.  But, unfortunately, he is only echoing the sentiment of so many in this nation.  We have become our own gods, and our chief end is to “fulfill our dreams” rather than fulfilling the will of God.

In his statement, Obama also devoted himself to “remain committed to policies, initiatives, and programs that help prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant women and mothers, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption.” Okay.  That’s sounds good.  But, if you want to prevent unintended pregnancies, Mr. Obama, push for our public schools to teach that sex is designed only for marriage, instead of teaching them how to “sin safely.”  If you want to support pregnant women and mothers, tell them the truth; that God hates the hands that shed innocent blood (Pro. 6:17).  If you want to encourage healthy relationships, stop promoting the practice of killing children, which destroys lives and relationships.  And, Mr. Obama, you can mention adoption all you want, but we know your schemes.  We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices.  Your agenda, straight from the devil himself, is to thwart the will of God and kill the seed of the woman.

In closing, I want to again address Obama’s opening sentence.  He said, “Today marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, and affirms a fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters.” Isn’t it ironic that, in so many cases, abortion is declared to be a great source of freedom for women?  In actuality, having an abortion will always place a woman in bondage.  The Bible is very clear.  Proverbs 28:17 says, “A man tormented by the guilt of murder will be a fugitive till death; let no one support him.”

If I could have a sit-down with the president today, I would admonish him with the Word of God.  I would tell him that God hates the hands that shed innocent blood and he has commanded us to never support anyone who chooses to do such a wicked thing.  I would tell him to repent before God; to humbly fall at the foot of the cross and confess that he is wrong and that God is right.  “Mr. President,” I would say, “do not go down with the blood of over 60 million children dripping from your hands.  Repent today, Sir, and have all your sins washed away by the blood of Jesus Christ.”

To remember the 60 million innocent children, let us all repent.  The President is guilty for promoting this heinous sin.  But we are all guilty if we do nothing to stop the shedding of innocent blood.  Our responsibility is to love our neighbors; to rescue those being led away to death.

Here are all of the pictures of Gosnell’s murder victims.  The only reason I show these is to expose the truth.  It’s no different than the pictures of stacked Jews you find in some textbooks, or black men hanging from trees.  Abortion is a crime against humanity and must be exposed.  Keep in mind, as you look at these pictures, that many doctors do this everyday in America, and it’s completely legal because they do it by the prescribed methods.  These pictures shouldn’t bother you if you believe that abortion is a good thing.

The Homosexual Agenda: Victimizing the Lawless and Demonizing the Truth

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On January 3, 2011 The Charlotte Observer published an editorial cartoon by Kevin Siers, which was tainted with his typical foolishness, coming straight from the seed of the serpent.  In it, he depicts Charlotte City Councilman, Bill James, standing next to a man in a Ku Klux Klan uniform.  (In case you’re not familiar, Bill James is being demonized by the city of Charlotte for saying that homosexuals are predators.)  Of course, to really grasp everything Mr. Siers is trying to do here, you too would need to be of the seed of the serpent.  I don’t even think even he quite knows what he’s trying to say.  But, despite the underlying message, the glaring message is this: Homosexuality is not a moral wrong, but a civil right; and if you speak against it, you are just as wicked as the Ku Klux Klan member that lynched and hung black men and women.  This is nothing new, of course.  It’s just the same old agenda of the homosexual community to victimize those who engross themselves in this heinous sin, and demonize those who would dare call it what it is.

The purpose of this article is to bring your attention to the deliberate agenda of the homosexual community.  If you pay close attention to their tactics, you will find that they definitely have a purposeful plan.  They want to convince the public that homosexuals are victims.

This can be witnessed in four main areas.  First, they use AIDS to make you feel sorry for “AIDS victims,” who are not really victims at all.  Secondly, they love it when homosexuals are beaten up or murdered.  I say they love it, and in truth, many of the leading homosexual advocates really do love it.  For they can take advantage of this vicious crime and use the actual victim of murder as a poster-child for “gay rights.”  Their third card is that they absolutely love to use the race to promote their agenda.  They love to compare homosexuals to blacks who were under the bondage of slavery.  And, in the same token, they also love labeling any who speak out against the sin of homosexuality as bigots and hate-mongers, on the same level with pro-slavery advocates.  Their fourth card, which has caught much steam of late, is suicide.  They whine about the “bullying” they receive from the church, causing them to take their own lives.  What baloney!  That’s a lie from the pit of Hell!  Truthfully, their anger needs to be directed at the sin of homosexuality and the leaders of the homosexual community who promote these lies.  The sin of homosexuality is what leads them to suicide.  James 1:14-15 says, “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” Beloved, it is sin that leads to suicide; not truth.

(Side note: the average age of death for a homosexual male is 43 years.  Again, see James 1:14-15)

Though I could pick apart each of these tactics, I want to focus primarily on the race card.  As I have recently been studying the movement to abolish slavery, I have seen many parallels to our nation today.  In the past, the parallels I saw were mostly related to abortion.  But, today, I saw something I had never seen before.  When the abolitionists were fighting so desperately to end slavery in America, the pro-slavery advocates realized that a great tool in fighting back was to demonize the abolitionists; calling them “dissenters.”  John C. Calhoun condemned the abolitionist movement as “a war of religious and political fanaticism, mingled, on the part of the leaders, with ambition and love of notoriety.” The object of the anti-slavery movement, he said, was “to humiliate and debase us in our own estimation, and that of the world in general; to blast our reputation while they overthrow our domestic institutions.”  So when Calhoun declared that slavery was a good thing, and that those who opposed it had an evil agenda, the media picked it up and ran with it; exactly what has happened today with homosexuality.

I wonder….can you see this as clearly as I see it?  The homosexual community has blinded us.  They’ve flipped everything upside down, and we’ve bought the lie.  Just think about it.  They use the AIDS card to establish themselves as a “victimized minority legitimately deserving of America’s special protection and care.” That quote comes from the pro-homosexual book written in 1989, ‘After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the ‘90s.’ This book laid a blueprint of how the homosexual community could come to the status they have today.  I’d say it worked quite well for them.  The point I am trying to make by exposing their use of the AIDS card, is to stress that their agenda is to victimize homosexuals.  But the truth is, they aren’t victims at all.  AIDS is a judgment from Almighty God on those who practice homosexuality, as well as a nation that approves of it.  Unfortunately, sin always extensifies.  It gets all over everyone.  The true victims are the babies born with AIDS and the doctors who get it through contaminated blood.  (Homosexuality is not the only sexual sin that could lead to contracting AIDS.  God hates all sexual immorality.  But, keep in mind, it is especially prevalent in the homosexual community.)

So, as they flipped the truth about AIDS, they have done the same by comparing the treatment of homosexuals today, to the treatment of blacks in the time of slavery.  Here’s the deal though.  I’ll admit that there really is a legitimate parallel between slavery and homosexuality.  But let’s flip it back, right-side-up.  We shouldn’t feel sorry for homosexuals and liberate them from the oppression of those who would call their lifestyles sinful.  No.  We should show them that the lifestyles in which they are living is similar to being beaten by an overseer of a cotton plantation.  In truth, homosexual advocates, should be the ones portrayed in white sheets.  They are the oppressors.

When they play the slavery card, it is often brought up that we can’t use the Bible to argue that homosexuality is evil, because that same Bible also legitimizes slavery.  Oh really….I wonder if these jokers, like Kevin Siers, have ever read 1 Timothy 1:8-10, which says, “But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;” (KJV)  Hmmm….isn’t that interesting?  Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament listed the sin of defiling oneself with mankind with the sin of “menstealing.”  In case you were wondering, he is talking about the sin of homosexuality and slave trading.  That smashes that argument.

My purpose of writing this article is not to club homosexuals, but to open your eyes to the wicked agenda of their leaders.  We need to see the lies so we can smash them with the Word of Almighty God.  Though it would be said by many that I am spewing hatred, I am actually displaying my love for homosexuals.  It is only through repentance and faith in Christ that they can be set free from their wicked lifestyles.  And that will only come when they humble themselves and confess that their lifestyles are wicked.  That’s what it takes to be set free from homosexuality.  That’s what it takes to be set free from any sin.

“Did you say homosexuals can be set free?” you might ask.  Absolutely!  But Paul said it much better in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, which says, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.  And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” Again, you see “abusers of themselves with mankind” and again, he is talking about homosexuals.  And how beautiful it is that Paul says, “And such were some of you.” That’s right, homosexuals can be set free!

Though the world demonizes any who dare call homosexuality a sin, we must still speak the truth.  Unfortunately, I believe that the cost for speaking the truth will only go up in the coming days.  I’m not going to back down.  And I want to encourage you to do the same.  Study what God has to say about the issue so you too can smash the wicked lies of the devil.  But, above all, reach out to those caught in the chains of this sin.  Show them the love of Christ.  Show them their sin and the judgment to come.  And show them the cross.  The question is, “Are you going to love them to the cross?  Or are you going to luv them straight into Hell?”

For His Glory,

Adam Tennant

DISPUTABLE MATTERS: REALLY JUST AN ISSUE OF WHO YOU WANT TO PLEASE

Have you ever wondered about things that aren’t so clear in the Bible?  We often call them “gray issues”, and the Bible refers to them as “disputable matters.”  Some examples would be alcohol, tobacco, tattoos, etc.  We’ve all thought about these things, and if you’re honest, you’ll admit that you’ve, at some point, struggled with what to do with them.

Well, there are some things that are not clearly spelled out in the Bible.  And, even though the Bible doesn’t make them black and white, Romans 14 gives us clear criteria that we must face when dealing with these issues.  I’ll give you the Scriptures (NIV) and let you see it for yourself.

There are four criteria found in Romans 14.  I’m posting all of this chapter for you, and will make the four criteria bold.  The third criteria is found in verses thirteen and twenty.  Don’t let it confuse you that five things have been made bold.

1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. 2 One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written: ” ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’ ” 12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. 14 As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. 15 If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died. 16 Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.

22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23 But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin. (Romans 14:1-23)

So, there are the four criteria.  Paul, in this chapter, mentions eating food sacrificed to idols more than anything else, but this applies to all matters that are disputable.  If he were to write a similar letter, specifically to us, today, he would probably talk about alcohol more than anything else.  For, just as food sacrificed to idols was a highly debated topic in his day, so is the “freedom” to drink a hot issue today.

If you would study these for yourselves, and let the Holy Spirit ingrain these four criteria into your brain, you will not only be helping yourselves, but will be a source of help for many others.  When you question whether or not you should do something, you will immediately ask yourselves four questions.  First, am I fully convinced that there is nothing wrong with doing this (Rom. 14:14, 23; 1 Cor. 8:7-8)?  Secondly, knowing that I will have to stand before the judgment seat of Christ, having to give an account for my actions, can I still take part in this thing (Rom. 14:12)?  Thirdly, am I going to cause my weaker brother to stumble by doing this (Rom. 14:13, 20; 1 Cor. 8:9-13; 10:32)?  And last of all, is what I am doing being done in faith (Rom. 14:23)?

We have two more places we should visit when studying disputable matters.  First, let’s go to 1 Corinthians 8.  Again, I will make bold, the verses that will be of the most help.  I would suggest you underline them in your Bible.

1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. 3 But the man who loves God is known by God.

4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

7 But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, won’t he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? 11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall. (1 Corinthians 8:1-13)

Is there a theme that sticks out to you?  Be careful that when you are exercising your freedom, you aren’t causing your weaker brother to stumble.  Your actions could cause him to fall into sin.  This “gray issue” might not be evil in itself.  But, in this case, it would clearly be a grievous sin for you to do it.

The last Scripture we should visit is 1 Corinthians 10:23-31.  Again, Paul is talking about food sacrificed to idols, but what he is saying applies to any matter that is disputable.

23 “Everything is permissible”–but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”–but not everything is constructive. 24 Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”

27 If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. 28 But if anyone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience’ sake– 29 the other man’s conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God– 33 even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. (1 Corinthians 10:23-31)

“Everything is permissible” does not mean “everything.”  Some things are moral absolutes.  When it comes to those issues, we need not take part, and we need to call out those that do.  But, with disputable matters, everything is permissible…but not everything is beneficial or constructive.  And after reading through all of the Scriptures we read through, you should be able to figure out whether or not something is beneficial or constructive.  You’ll see, here, that God takes it very seriously when we cause others to stumble.  That’s one you need to hold on to.  If God’s gonna go through the trouble of repeating something this many times, it’s a good indication that He means business. (Not that He has to repeat Himself for us to know that.)

Let’s go ahead and read the first verse of 1 Corinthians 11.  I think this was a bad chapter break.

1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1)

There are two principles in this verse.  First, you should find a godly role model, and follow him as he is following Christ.  Secondly, you should become that godly role model, and set an example for those who are following you as you follow Christ.  And that’s where we come back to the issue of holiness.

If we are truly seeking to follow Christ, and to become holy as He is holy, these four criteria will become a natural decision making process for us.  The question will no longer be, “Am I free to do this?”  But the question will now be, “Am I truly free, in Christ, that I no longer have to do this?”  Ultimately, you have to answer the question of whether your desire is to please Christ or to please your flesh.

I hope this study helps you.  I know it will.  But don’t keep it to yourselves.  This is something that needs to get out.

 

For His Glory,

Adam Tennant