Christian Leaders- Read Carefully, same for the rest of us.
The most pressing question for the Christian
'leadership' is...why have you refused to accept Alan Keyes and Howard
Phillips when they clearly articulated the message, you yourselves embrace? Howard
Phillips' #1 issue was (in 1996, and likely remains first) to end legalized
abortion.
Please don't answer - 'they didn't have a chance'. Anyone who says
this contributes to it coming true. This self-fulfilling prophecy that we have
fallen victims to, proves our lack of insight and faith. We heard that they could
not win. Therefore, instead of voting for them or giving them the same attention
given to the 'front-runners' or supporting them, we chose to support someone who is less
worthy from God's values standpoint, who guarantees some compromise in God's values,
despite his openly Christian beliefs.
Our overriding goal in life is to please God. We can't under this
scenario. We show that our faith is weak, that He cannot work out the details
without our own smart reasoning, despite Biblical instructions to the contrary.
Please don't say 'we just could not afford an Al Gore'. He who is
with us is greater than he who is in the world. This is further discussed elsewhere. Who should we fear?
What about the rest of the believers in America? The above also
holds true. It is up to you to make the right stand. Please don't barter your
relationship with God away for some possible, temporary, borderline, gain. Great
movements begin at the grass-roots. As Howard Phillips says, 'History is made, not
by a lackluster majority but by a dedicated minority'. Make your own decisions.
We are each responsible.
The following is telling!!! There is a Biblical precedence.
Genesis 47:20 So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The
Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The
land became Pharaoh's, 21 and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of
Egypt to the other. 22 However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they
received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh
gave them. That is why they did not sell their land. 23 Joseph said
to the people, "Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is
seed for you so you can plant the ground. 24 But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of
it to Pharaoh. The other four - fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as
food for yourselves and your households and your children." 25 "You have saved
our lives," they said. "May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will
be in bondage to Pharaoh." 26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in
Egypt--still in force today--that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only
the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh's. 27 Now the Israelites settled in
Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and
increased greatly in number.
The people willingly sold themselves into slavery for 20%! What
we would do if all we owed our govt was merely 20%. Even though later the Pharaoh died and
he was replaced by another who wasn't as kind, this gives us some perspective on our
current level of bondage.
We find ourselves with combined taxation of state, federal, sales, gasoline, and others
closer to 50%. As Alan Keyes says, we are in bondage to the oppressive slavery of
taxation by the government. Why have we allowed this to happen to a country that 'we the
people' control? Why is there little interest in Alan Keyes and his stand to abolish the
income tax? Although this issue clearly is less important to God's will than that of
abortion and persecution of Christians around the world, this is also silencing our
churches who are in bondage to the IRS under fear of losing their 'tax exempt status' with
its' attached unconstitutional rules. Let us look to the Bible for the answer.
God went to Moses and told him to lead His people out of Egypt (also
discussed in "Moses" page). Moses had
been living away in Midian at the time. He came back to obediently do what God had
instructed but he found that no one else knew that he was told to do this. Pharaoh became
angry at them and made life worse for the Israelites.
Exodus 5:13 The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the
work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw." 14 The Israelite foremen appointed by Pharaoh's slave drivers were beaten
and were asked, "Why didn't you meet your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as
before?" 15 Then the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why have
you treated your servants this way? 16 Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told,
`Make bricks!' Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own
people." 17 Pharaoh said, "Lazy, that's what you are--lazy! That is why you keep
saying, `Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.' 18 Now get to work. You will not be given
any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks." 19 The Israelite foremen
realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number
of bricks required of you for each day." 20 When they left
Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, 21 and they said, "May the
LORD look upon you and judge you! You have made us a stench to Pharaoh and his officials
and have put a sword in their hand to kill us." 22 Moses returned to the LORD
and said, "O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you
sent me? 23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble
upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all." 6:1 Then the LORD
said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand
he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his
country." 2 God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to
Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to
them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where
they lived as aliens. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom
the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 "Therefore, say to
the Israelites: `I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the
Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and
I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out
from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with
uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a
possession. I am the LORD.'" 9 Moses reported this to the
Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage. 10 Then the LORD
said to Moses, 11 "Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his
country." 12 But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to
me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?"
This is where Americans are today. We have
become discouraged as we elect Republican congresses and presidents who fail to
perform and largely are responsible for the continuing decline of our nation (after all,
haven't they been in the majority?).
Some of us keep trying to get the right folks in office and they continue to fail. We
are discouraged. As may be readily apparent, we are in cruel bondage. This has a
blinding effect on the way we see our situation. We don't realize how bad our predicament
is until we are in a major crisis. We don't see the oppressive rules by our government
applied to our backs, unless we really begin to think about it.
So, why doesn't Alan Keyes win the nomination when he wins the debates? G.W. Bush will
continue the Republican tradition, lacks a 'litmus test' for Supreme Court Justices (7 of
the current 9 were nominated by Republican presidents). He refused a 'litmus test'
for a running mate.
We believed the 'foremen',
(= the Christian 'leaders' today) who said Alan Keyes could not win and we
could not afford to get an Al Gore. We have lost our faith in God.
Proverbs 29:25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in
the LORD is kept safe.
We are slaves. We quit thinking and we settle for less. We have no faith.
2Timothy 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to
do with them.
Should the leaders be labeled as John the Baptist called the Jewish leaders in his day
"brood of vipers". Is this Christ's church in America today? Do we
disappoint Him? yes
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