I am planning on writing a book on some very basic Christian principles. The below are some ideas taken from two of the chapters one called Incursions: Cults and Counterfeits and the other under the working title Education and Indoctrination.

1. You know I heard one person commenting on the more educated generally being more liberal or humanistic in thought as if this proves that such views of the elite are correct. What they failed to take into account is the vast amount of indoctrination as opposed to education that goes on in academia. Just like most journalist are liberal so are most teachers and professors. This is by design as they say they want to influence the younger generation.

2. Many so called Christians can say they believe in your Jesus and make fine sounding arguments. If you keep to some of the central points of the gospel and know what their own holy men say it is easy to show that they truly teach a different Jesus. below are a few comparisons of one of the major cults with many strange teachings teaches at its core.

Cult teaching- The Father was once aman like us who progressed to become a God and has a body of flesh and bone(Doctrine and Covenants 130:22).

Scripture teaches as shown in John 1:1 that God was at the beginning already there. This particular verse refers to Jesus as part of the Trinity existing for eternity. Scripture also specifies that God is Spirit as Jesus Talk with the woman at the well points out

Cult Teaching 2 -Jesus Christ,humans, angels, and fallen spirits including Satan are all eternal beings thatwere never created and that are all spirit brothers and sisters.In particular, Christ and Lucifer  were two spirit brothers;(Doctrine andCovenants 93:21-33; Gospel Principles [2009], 9-10;

This Goes Directly against creation in Genesis and the as well as the description of angels in Hebrews 1.

There are as stated above many more heresies and weird teachings but even these two should suffice to show this group at its core is far from servants of the living God.

Silence

It thunders its anger

It taunts with its pride

It hits the chest

With a hammer inside

 

Used as a weapon

Curled up in defense

Like the Sword of wisdom

It pierces every defense

 

The power of doubt

When exquisitely used

The psychology of man

And logic confused

God has always dealt with nations in the way that he deals with people. That is he sets them up and tears them down if they do not acknowledge Him. Before Israel was formed there were obviouslyboth Godly kings and priests as the examples of Jethro, Melchizedek and in a twisted way Balaam shows.

 

God did not punish the people of Canaan until the full measure of their sin was accomplished. When Ballaak zonof summoned the prophet to curse Israel we see further evidence of God’sspecific covenant with a nation. In modern times he has blessed the Unitedstates for two reasons the first is that we were for many years a true bastion of the gospel sending forth missionaries all over the world and the second of course was our support for His nation of Israel after it was formed.

 

God has been merciful to those in darkness and has always revealed himself to those who truly seek him this isfound in Paul’s address to a people and their altar to an unknown god Acts17:23. It is also shown in Jesus conversation with the woman at the well(John4:19-24).

 

In spite of God’s long suffering heis a just God and that means yes he does send people to hell. Proverbs 16:4 says that the The LORD works outeverything for his own ends— even the wicked for a day of disaster. Furthermoreas this verse shows once men have passed the point of His tolerance He will usethem as examples to future or in the case of Antichrist past generations.

 

When any society or  person turns their back on the knowledge oftruth one of the first things that it seems God hands them over to is perversion and sexual immorality. Just one of many verses for this is Proverbs22:13-15.Once pagans, apostates, or even rebellioussons cross the line God’s judgment goes even to the area of our free will as hehands over men to the power of satan. God does not tempt and this is true but Hesets us up for failure. David counting his fighting men is a perfect example ofthis. It is also why in the Lord’s prayer we ask Him not to lead us intotemptation.

 

Destruction is not always a cursebut can be a blessing, a chastisement, or mercy as well this is illustrated inthe life of one of Israels tragic figures the figure of King Ahab;.in hiswickedness Ahab had stirred up false witness committed murder and desecratedGod’s inheritance. Yet because he repented he did not see the destruction ofhis family because he was killed at Ramoth Gilead.

 

AntiChrist set aside for destructionwith his end already foretold. This is also true of the great serpent known asthe devil. Yhese beings have already crossed the line of volition and trampledon the grace given to them. We know this is true about the devil and as for theformer chance of the Antichrist we know that he once was now is not and yetwill com.

 

 Finally God has not given us aspirit of Fear but of power love and a sound mind(2 Timothy 1:7). It is also true we are to approach the throne boldly. We do approach boldly and we dotrust absolutely. Fear like the law guides the lawbreakers and those tempted.Even or perhaps especially Christians must remember who they serve and has thepower to destroy body and soul.  May wecontinue in love so that fear has no place in us.

Traffic

Glazed windows pass-
Or I pass them by.
Expressions flash,
Subtle and wise

Faces happy and smiling,
Or preoccupied;
Beautiful and ugly-
Surly and snide

Reflections of hearts
Buried inside;
Dark and mysterious
And they pass me by.

 

I heard that this weekend Kim Kardashian wrote a tweet saying she was praying for Israel and got all kinds of grief. Never mind the fact that Israel is threatened by terrorist every day and are one of  our strongest allies. I guess the comment was not bipartisan enough, any way she then tried to take it down. It just goes to show that even within liberal society you are not safe if you go against the pervading spirit.

Dictionary Definition-the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial

To Christians it means God given ability to overcome our sinful nature, having personal responsibility in  pursuit of our dreams, succeeding and failing with little to no intereference from human or government intervention. To liberals it is the throwing off of moral restraint.

 

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Angels of light

The eerie cadence ofmidnight’s glow

Pulsed out the house of MinisterJoe

To the masses pious was he-

His persuasive power; it wasthe enemies

He was no angel of light

 

In a culture ready fordeception

Men are destined formisdirection

The drunken feeling andsingle thought

It comes from the serpentwho begot

Who once was an angel oflight

 

In the gate of Haley’s comet

Men seek out the sweetsonnet

The siren’s song ispreferred;

Gentle warnings sound unheard

From an angel of Light

 

Their original purpose was toserve

To glorify and spread theWord

Some have fallen into night

These have ceased to be:

Angels of light

Looks like godless ideology and the cult of government continues its advance in this nation. What I have trouble with is how any true evangelical could vote for the democrats and their none traditional agenda. This is what we get it in an age of personalities where people may feel someone cares. This election also shows the power of the media.

For the first term Rush said he hoped Obama would fail. In the second we must see that his radical agenda does.  This is more of a spiritual battle than a political one in that the moral corruption of our sinful nature is exploited by government.

Indeed the type of leaders we have reflects our own lack of resolve in defending our God given liberties and the special call God placed on this as one of the greatest nations in earth’s history.

 Playing to your base

Apparently a bunch of Republicans stayed home. Whereas Obama recently went after his radical base. It would seem that the base isthe key not moderates. Moderates can be won by persuasion but dispiritedloyalists can not be replaced.

 

We did not lose because of any of the variousdivisions the democrates have successfully created in our culture. Many peopleof principle  could not support someonethey did not believe in. As a result of this the evil agenda of the very groupsthey oppose won.  The Republicans need tostop nominating moderates and put forth true conservatism.

 

To those who believe as scripture states that Godsets up and tears down rulers we need to remember that when a land is wickedGod will allow men with Godless agendas to come to power. This is not a part ofHis perfect will but His permissive mercy. May God protect the USA.

Side note

Conservatism has never replaced Christianity and is certainly not the same thing. One of the reasons this ideology appeals to me as a follower of Jesus is because Liberalism glorifies and worships the state. This is my fundamental gripe with pseudo charity of many government programs which some appeal to as helping the poor.

Anything is possible like the disastrous passege of Obamacare  and we must continue to do all we can for Tuesday’s election; it feels like Romney will win.Whether he does or not the new congress and President will haver a great battle to face. Against the policies of over reaching beuracrats and the culture of Washington.

Now is the time to pray for Constitutional and Christian Supreme court Justices who will see the law as intended. Now is the time to pray for bold men not to lose courage. True change in Washington requires repentant hearts and this goes against culture and against human nature.