Time to Stand Up

1        We need to teach our children to not be pansies! Some may need to start with themselves first! If someone hurts your feelings rely on God, He is the only one who should be able to truly hurt you. Do not fear man but fear Him who can send your soul to Hell! We need to grow thicker skin and trust Him who loves us. Pain and hurt is inevitable, stop looking to counseling, therapy, and medications for your peace and comfort. God provides peace and comfort beyond whatever man can dish out but we MUST seek Him for it. This does not mean to build up walls of defense but just the opposite, it means become transparent, do not have any secrets, become vulnerable to man, and allow God to protect you. Place all of your cares in Him.

2        Black, white, green, red, or orange, it does not matter what your skin color or ethnicity may be, you are a creation of Jesus, and held to the same account as every other human on this planet. I am white because He made me white, I am “middle class” because He gave me the job and possessions that I now have. That being said I still had to do my part and work hard to get where I am at now, and am going to continue to do so. It is NOT the responsibility of the government or the tax payer to provide your living without your ability to provide a product or service to benefit our nation or our family of believers. As a Christian I am willing to help, but do not appreciate my help being expected or abused, and hate the thought of those who abuse the system taking from those who may really need the help.

3        It is not the job of any sector of government to protect us from ourselves! It is the responsibility of the Federal government to protect us from foreign nations who may not like who we are and what we stand for. It is the responsibility of the state and local government to protect us from each other and from a federal government that wants to lord over us. Just like any slightly dysfunctional family we have our differences and there will always be those willing to make poor decisions. If those decisions are going to increase potential harm to the decision maker then so be it. A free man has that right and will have to pay the potential price for his actions. If the decision is putting others in harm’s way then there is a place for those that we as citizens have hired and elected to step in and provide protection. The job of a Public Safety Officer (Now called Police Officers) is to help prevent the outcome of poor decision making, such as driving while intoxicated. It is also the nature of a true Christian to protect those who cannot protect themselves. If we allow the government to provide more than this we have given them permission to own us. We have sold our souls!  Say hello to a future of communism! FYI, those who cannot protect themselves include the baby in the womb!

4        The news media is a great tool of Satan used to sway attitudes and emotions with the desire of turning people towards a political agenda, and away from Jesus. A true story pitched with the right bias creates a lie. The selective processes of which stories are to be blown out of proportion create a frenzy of passion to sway the masses. An example is the recent Treyvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. Most of us only know what we have seen on the news about this case. The news, in my opinion, did what it does best and preyed on the emotions of an uninformed public. Uninformed because many do not understand gun laws and rights, and they were shown misleading information with the intent to place an object, the “gun”, into a negative light. It was considered a racist event and yet race really seemed to have nothing to do with it. Our court system is in place to bring justice and yet any outcome other than guilty was going to be wrong due to the preloading of the media. Compare this to the recent story of the elderly WWII vet in Spokane, Washington that was beaten and killed by two young men in the parking lot of the building where he was going to play pool. This did not gather much national attention, and was once again not a racist act in my opinion, even though the two thugs who robbed and killed the man were black, they were just thugs that deserve to die for the murder they committed. However the racist side comes from the media’s unwillingness to make a giant issue of this cut and dry case because it didn’t fit their larger agendas. This brutal act was kept silent and there was no national uprising. A war veteran with a purple heart killed for a few bucks. It should be known by everybody that a man who risked life and limb voluntarily, was killed by some of those who are speaking English instead of the Japanese or German we could have been speaking if not for the protection of our God and the service of those men who went to war. KEEP SKIN COLOR OUT OF IT!!! Right is right and wrong is wrong no matter what color your skin is!

5        Without a doubt I know that Jesus is God and He is the creator of all things. This statement does not mean that I have to be dumb or weak. It does not mean that I hate homosexuals or that I think I am “more good” than one who does not believe the statement the same as I do. When the Israelites were given the “promised land” it was given to them not because they were so righteous, but because the current inhabitants were so evil, and Moses made that very clear to them. No where do I see a place where God tells us that we are so good that He chose us to be Christians. It says that He loves us all and is willing that none shall perish. He reveals Himself to those whom He wishes and as the creator of all things, I guess He has that right. The next statement is going to be more difficult for some to bear because many will not understand how to deal with it. I will refer them back to thought number 1 above for their peace. There is One God and His name is Jesus. He is God to everything on the planet and in the universe. He spoke and created what we see from nothingness (thus the term Uni- meaning one, and verse- meaning to speak) and this is beyond our current comprehension. Catholics, Mormons, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, and many regular church going “Christians” are not saved, are not in line with Jesus, and will burn in Hell. They may be very nice and moral people, but there is only one way to God period! Oh, and those of you who call yourself Atheists or Agnostics, you will spend eternity in Hell right next to the aforementioned when you die. The Bible is clear, the path to God is narrow and few will find it while the path to destruction is wide and many will find it. There is only one name by which man can be saved, that name is Jesus. Jesus is the ONLY WAY, the ONLY TRUTH, and the ONLY LIFE! Period!!! What does this mean? It means no matter how many “good” deeds that you do, or how nice you are to those you meet, or how generous you are with what you have, you are no closer to God than the man sitting on death row for killing his wife and kids. Faith in Jesus alone is the ONLY answer to life and salvation, and is the key discovery that makes or breaks all that matters. We have the choice of which master we would like to rule over us, we can choose Jesus, or we can choose anything that is NOT Jesus (which is from Satan).  I don’t make the rules nor am I the author of the Book that spells them out to us…  If you know Jesus, but He does not KNOW you, welcome to Hell! This word “know” is the same word used biblically when a man “knows” his wife at the consummation of a marriage. Very intimate, and reserved for only One!

6         As a culture we have moved far from God. As a group of American Christians we have allowed our lives to mix with the world so much, that when the truth of God is presented to us we find it ridiculous. I am guilty and ask for repentance. Should we be allowed to date, should we allow our children to date? If you think yes, you are not in line with the teaching of our God Jesus. Should a Christian University have a “Jazz Band” that does not honor Christ with what it does? When that band has the opportunity to minister Christ to a group of elderly and decides to sing of dancing, romance and other worldly excitements instead it is sin! We must study the Word of God and change our lives accordingly. We have opened ourselves up to temptation and failure by allowing antichrist morality to be taught and lived in our lives. Our public schools clearly teach our children that there is no Jesus. We have settled in the world with the mindset that we are to avoid offense so we don’t minister to our neighbors. Their blood is on our hands! According to Jesus we are to avoid unnecessary offense, that means when Kelly wants to be a jerk, he needs to back off. Jesus told us ahead of time that His gospel would be offensive, and yet He commands us to keep preaching it. Let their offense be dealt with between them and God for it is His message that they do not like.