LOVE WITHOUT
COMPROMISE
By Gregory J Nashif
Love is patient, Love is kind, love is
not egotistical, love seeks not its own way and is not easily
provoked....."1 Cor 13:1
As I Sit and watch the nightly news, protesters line the streets of the funeral of a fallen
soldier, carrying signs that read "GOD HATES....." I ask myself what purpose does this have in the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? The answer is simply none.
It is what I call a dispicable display of judgment and condemnation by so-called Christians who take the Gospel and pervert it to heap coals of condemnation on the world.
"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved..." John 3:17
With that said what right do we as Christians have to condemn those who do not follow the Word of God? And if Jesus himself said that "He came not to condemn the world", then how can we as mere mortals do that which Christ refuses to do? How quickly we forget the Jesus who said"He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone...?" John 8:2-11)
When I see those protesters carrying those signs that say "God Hates...", I really believe what God truthfully hates are those who represent Him in a heartless and degrading manner.
"Put down those ugly signs you carry and take up the cross of Jesus Christ; represent Him as he would represent Himself, with unfailing love, without judgment.
As a believer in Jesus Christ I know the truth of His word, without compromise. The Bible says that homosexuality and abortion are wrong, and I understand the truth behind those belief's.
As a Christian I can love and be chartible without compromising my faith in what I know to be true,but it still does not give me the right to hurt another human being, just because I believe that what they are doing is outside of God's will.
And finally think about this for a moment, if Jesus were to walk among us today, where would He be?
We would not certainly find him in our churches, now would we? He would be among the people, the poor, the homeless, he would be dining with those who do not know Him. Touching them with the truth of his Word and loving them into His Kingdom.
And that is exactly what we should do as Christ centered people.
In the eyes of God we are no better than anyone else; He loves us all unconditionally. The only difference between the sinner and the saint, is that the saint has simply chosen to accept Jesus Christ and his Word in love without compromise.
America & The Anti-Christ
Will America submit to the world's last dictator?
by Rev. Michael Bresciani
Americans spend more time going over the prophecies of the bible than
any other people in the world. They know full well of the coming of the
person called the Anti-Christ, or do they?
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Liberty OUR Precious Gift From God
by Gregory J Nashif
LIBERTY IS BORN from the natural desires of man. An inner part of the soul and heart, holding all of our hopes, desires, fears and dreams.
When one is oppressed, and downtrodden, under the fear of reprisal. Without freedom to speak, to write, or to worship God. That natural desire of the human spirit is put to sleep, and what remains is an unfulfilled human being, with no passion, or ambition.
Many men throughout history laid oppression at the feet of the masses. Hitler, the most notable in our age, an evildoer who for a moment in time found success. Forcing his will, and beliefs on the masses, ruling by fear and hate. But in the end defeated by freedom fighters, whose spirit of liberty was greater then the soul of hate and oppression.
Freedom does not come without a price.
Freedom comes through strife, trials, tribulations, and war. Speak with our Patriots who died on the battlefield of Valley Forge; Martin Luther King Jr. who suffered the pain of death for Liberty; and to the Iragi people who risked life and limb in order to have a free election.
Sadly, there are some Americans who believe that our freedom and liberty is an idea given to us by the Constitution of the United States. But, it is not! This Freedom and Liberty is a precious gift from God, and the framers and builders of this Nation understood this; we need to understand this too. For in the declaration of independence it is written:
"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..."
Freedom and Liberty then, are an endowment by God to us.
So when some of you try to get rid of every hint of God out of our government, banning the Ten Commandments that grace the walls of our republic, eliminating under God out of the pledge, In God we trust off of our money, and prayer out of lives of our nation.
Remember always the source of your freedom to speak, to dissent, to love and to hate.
For when you stand before God, and he asks, "Did you enjoy the Freedom I gave you?" What will your answer be?
THE RISE OF AMERICA
John D Diamond
From theriseofamerica.com
"History shows that great nations rise and great nations fall, but the autopsy of history is that all great nations commit suicide. "I believe that America is headed in that direction." --British Historian Arnold Toynbee
AS A MILITARY VETERAN, I took an oath to: "Support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, So help me, God." But this begs the question: Who are these enemies of the Constitution? Are there foreign enemies who would destroy our Constitution? Does Al-Qaeda have the power to seize our civil and constitutional rights? No. Our overseas enemies cannot take our freedoms and civil liberties away from us. Only America's "domestic" enemies could pull off such a feat. So many times we focus only on America's foreign enemies, while forgetting that America also has "domestic" enemies.
Most of America’s past leaders have understood that America was far too powerful ever to be destroyed by our foreign enemies. If we ever lost our freedoms, it would be because we brought it upon ourselves. Listen carefully to the words of Abraham Lincoln:
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves... Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!-All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a Thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
We must understand that America is at war! However, this war is not being fought on some foreign soil, with tanks and planes. It is being fought here at home. It is being fought in our courts, it is being fought in our schools and it is being fought in our churches. I am not referring to a war against terror, but a war for the very soul of America. It is a war of ideology and it is a war for the political, spiritual and moral direction of this nation.
For over 80 years there has been a silent war raging in America, between those who believe in the type of America that our founding fathers created and those whose single goal is to destroy it. And the battleground for this war is our society, our schools, our churches and our government.
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WILL CHRISTIANS SLEEP THROUGH THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? by Rev Michael Bresciani
For the first time in American history two sitting U.S. Senators will battle
for the presidency on November 4, 2008. Barack Obama, Jr. Senator from
Illinois and John McCain the GOP's Senior Senator from Arizona are the top
contenders in a race unlike any other in history.
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Death of a Messenger
by Paul A. Ibbetson
Don't kill the messenger! You've heard that saying before and it has as much relevance today as in the past.
Ages ago before the wondrous technologies for long distance communication were available; the means of sending messages between individuals over great distances fell to the responsibility of the humble messenger.
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