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1
Tim 4:1-2
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart
from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of
demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared
with a hot iron,
Jude
16-19
These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts;
and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the
apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there
would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own
ungodly lusts.
19These
are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. NKJV
19 It
is these who are (agitators) setting up distinctions and causing divisions;
merely sensual [creatures] -- carnal, worldly-minded people -- devoid of
the (Holy) Spirit and destitute of any higher spiritual life.
The
Amplified Bible
I must admit that I agreed with the vast majority of those who
say they follow Christ, and anticipated that the Civil Forum would be
bad for John McCain.
Au contraire my Brothers and Sisters. My wife and I set
our alarm for 3 a.m. Israeli time so we could get up and watch the debate
between Obama and McCain. I will have to admit that I was surprised
with the forum direction and questions posed. So I repent of
that. Me of little faith.
The LORD told me yesterday that HE had people praying for John
McCain and HE honored that. Please do not quit now. And the format of the
program was structured perfectly. One on one, with the opposing
candidate not hearing the answers of the other. I was totally amazed at the
clear victory of John McCain. Not one bit of doubt in any manner.
John McCain ate Obama's lunch right there on stage!
Obama's answers were a constant pandering to the
audience. Consistly trying to avoid the hard answers that might cost
him a vote. Dodging and feinting to the left and the right and then back
again to the left. He dodged so long, Rick Warren admitted he was not able
to ask as many questions of Obama as of John McCain. Warren
threw Obama at least one slow pitch with Warren himself giving Obama
excuse for his flip-flops when Warren said:" When a man
changes a stance on an issue which he held from 10 years ago, that does not
constitute a flip-flop." Obama immediately agreed to this, and
this agreement was accepted by many to be the end of the subject.
As I heard Warren say that, I knew what he was doing. Let me
say this, Obama has flip-flopped so much in these last six months on major
issues alone, that he was flipping faster than a large mouth
bass [yes, large mouth] thrown down on the hot deck of a fishing boat,
flipping from one side to the other to prevent burning from the heat of
exposure.
Obama was continuously vague, evasive, pandering to the
audience, but uttering nothing of substance, all being done with that
air of elitist intellectual contemplation.
Now, John McCain is and was not my first choice for candidate
in the GOP. But I can say this one thing now, his answers at the Forum were
alert, decisive, passionate, concise, straitforward and left you with no
doubt where he stood. Warren did McCain the biggest service possible, by
giving him the opportunity to appear in that venue, for we were permitted
an "up close and personal" view into just who is John McCain.
Money can not buy what McCain achieved that night.
Obama is pro-life in his own home and life, but 100%
pro-abortion for anyone who deems it necessary. Even for the black
community, which is 12% of the population and receives 33% of the abortions
per year. McCain did not hesitate when he stated, "life starts at
conception." That means no abortions or gruesome murders
through Partial Birth Abortions of a child that could most often
survive birth and life on McCain's watch. McCain said he was going to do
everything in his power to protect the life of the unborn. Obama supports
the procedure 100% -- it is in his voting record from the beginning in
the Illinois State Senate.
Obama is also supportive of the definition that marriage is
the union between a man and woman, but the signature Obama cavaeat
again. He can afford in comfort with his opinion of rights
to support homosexual unions and adoptions without being threatened.
Think about it. Obama has repeatedly been in touch with
the homosexual advocacy group, Alice B. Toklas, to assure
them that he was going to make legalization of homosexual
marriage a priority when elected, to pander to the homosexual block of
voters.
McCain defined marriage as union between man and
woman. He added that homosexuals should have civil rights as a
person, financial rights to pass on wealth, may also enter into
various contracts, but not marriage.
Obama agonized about "would Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurd be
able to get along?" which decided him to vote against the Iraq War. He
openly justified Clinton's Bosnia War, no agonizing. Like the folks in
the former Yugoslavia have shown any indication that they can get along?
McCain stood up front on the War and the Surge, staying the
course -- citing "...we are in the throes of victory...".
Obama apoligized for the selfishness of America, naming
it as our failing.
McCain said that though we are not perfect, we are the best
country in the world. We have a 125 year track record for sacrificing
our blood for the Freedom of others who are not. Not perfect
for sure, but the most selfless men and women in uniform in the history of
the world. Gave me a surge of patriotism as I watched the passion
with which he spoke those words.
Obama sounded true to his Chicago Hyde Park
community roots, with friends like Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn
and Jeremiah Wright Jr., while John McCain reminded us of the proud patriotic
days of Ronald Reagan.
I was so amused to see the total drivel, even on Fox, as to
how well Obama had done, only commiting one gaffe and how McCain had
commited one gaffe so both came out pretty even in their view. That is
totally bogus.
Obama was totally exposed as an elitist, pandering,
inexperienced, unaware, left-wing immature man whose first reaction to the
Russian invasion of Georgia was: "Both Russia and Georgia need to use
a little restraint!"
This was in stark contrast to the man of maturity when
McCain said, "Russia is going to face severe consequences over
this."
When asked how he would deal with evil, Obama again
equivocated all over the board.
McCain without hesitation declared, "defeat it"!
Jude 20-23
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others
save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment
defiled by the flesh.
Who do you
want facing down Putin, Nazrallah, Hamas, Ahmadynijad or Chavez or
perhaps several of them at the same time?
An
inexperienced silver tongue or a man who has been where the rubber
meets the road.
"Mr
President, missiles were just launched, should we take defensive action, or
call them and ask them to use restraint?"
It is the
most important vote of your life, because it is one that could place
us in clear and present danger if you ignore it!
Michael
Payne
Take A Stand
Media Ministries
P.O.1721
Winchester,
Virginia 22604
www.takeastandministries.org
mpayne@takeastandministries.org
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