America has just come through a
very difficult period of electing our next president. The Progressive groups in our country were
overly confident that their candidate had it all wrapped up and settled. All along, they laughed at, ridiculed, and
tried to intimidate and manipulate not only the Republican Candidate, but also
all who might have the audacity to disagree with their point of view, and
choose to vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Due to the volatile political atmosphere, many
would not voice their decision, but chose to remain silent. Others gave the impression that they were in
agreement with the Democrat nominee, not wanting to be the brunt of a barrage
of insults, accusations, and even violence in some cases. Some of the Progressives tried to assert that
they were the “mature” thinkers, and those who disagreed were immature, low
information voters, whose consciousness had not yet been raised to their higher
level of intellectualism and ability to reason.
After all, being elitists, they thought themselves to have the greater
wisdom; therefore, they alone should be in charge to direct the masses as to
what and how to think, and what to do.
To be honest, I believe that there was
enough blame from both sides for the unusually ugly political atmosphere, and
the poison seemed to spill over to affect many personal relationships, even
among family members. In full
disclosure, I must admit that I write from the perspective of being a Christian
first, and a conservative republican, secondly.
So my views are not unbiased. I
openly confess also that I strive to comply with a biblical world view;
therefore, if the reader is one who is of the secular world view, there may be
very little common ground for us to communicate with one another. In most cases, that is the bases for the great
divide that seems to be getting greater and greater within our society, not
just in America,
but in the world at large. I don’t mean
to infer that all Christians are of one mind.
Sad to say, even within the church there is a divide, for in many cases
even the church is being more affected by the world, becoming that lukewarm church of the latter
days which has an appearance of godliness, but lacking in the power of God.
In general, those of the secular
humanistic, or man centered world view, believed that evangelicals were an
ineffective force which no longer needed to be reckoned with. The democrat political machine did all of
their polling just as they had done in the past, thinking that the decision of
this election was going to be just as it had in the past, having the same old
idea of “politics as usual”. Once again,
being so “wise in their own eyes”, they either forgot, or never even considered
the existence of the power of the God factor to lead the direction of our
country.
I don’t intend to give the idea that
the Democrat Party is evil, or that the Republican Party is righteous. Far from it!
Our governing body is made up of faulty humans and, until Jesus returns
to set up His Kingdom, we are stuck with the present system with all of its
imperfections. In reality, it would be
more valid to do away with the practice of looking at our problems as being
based upon right or left issues.
Instead, we need to realize the basic problem is far more vertical, with
God at the top being constantly opposed by the spirit of anti Christ at the
bottom, with all of us spread out in the middle either striving to draw closer
to God or trying to ignore and forget God, choosing to do our own thing,
beginning in the Garden of Eden when Satan put forth the idea to man that he
could be his own god.
Living in a post Christian era in America, as we
now do, the fact is that we are involved in spiritual warfare, and not
political party warfare. The truth of
God’s word reminds us that we fight not against flesh and blood, but against
the powers and principalities of the darkness of this world. Oh how evident it is that we are at war
within ourselves, as we try to learn to discern between good and evil. Our struggle is made all the more difficult
as we become more intent on forgetting God as individuals and as a nation.
Like bratty children, we want all the
benefits of being a part of a family, but we don’t want the responsibility of
being obedient and accountable to those in authority, our parents. God is always asking us: How long are you
going to remain double minded? God is so
loving and patient with us. Yet, we seem
to think we can continually disobey Him, ignore His warnings, refuse to repent
and turn from our wicked ways, but still receive all of His blessings. Time and again we seem to think we can ignore
Him without having to suffer the consequences of our own choices. God knows the point when we have become so
rebellious, stiff necked and hard hearted that we will never turn our hearts
back to Him. He is a loving God, but He
is also a just God, and because of that there will be a point in time when the
grace of God will give way to the judgment of God, and we have no one to blame
but ourselves. David Wilkerson, in his
book “The Vision”, expressed it rather well as he used a combination of
scripture and the blunt statement that follows: “‘If the Lord be God, follow
Him; but if Baal be god, follow him’____ and go to Hell!”
Early in the first primary debates, we
saw a number of prominent evangelical preachers, of all denominations, come out
openly in support of Donald Trump, one of the seventeen who was running to become
the Republican nominee. As the primary
campaign continued, I could only wonder, what did these evangelical leaders see
in this man, Donald Trump that I did not? If one was only listening to the news, one
would not be able to discern the force that was developing behind the
scenes. This candidate, as depicted by
most news persons, was characterized as a clown, immoral, unequipped and unfit
to be president. The progressive biased
media overwhelmingly tried to focus entirely upon the personal flaws of Trump,
as if the front runner for the Democrat Party, Hillary Clinton, was far more
moral, equipped, and fit to be president.
In truth, both candidates were greatly
flawed. This only proves the fact that
God can use whoever He chooses to fulfill His purposes. Remember, He once chose to use a donkey. From the outset, Trump was not known for his
political correctness or for a honed talent of smooth public speaking. In fact, I would often characterize him as
being unpolished and, at times, more like a bull in a china shop. He often speaks his mind without considering
the wisdom of his words, and often exercises little or no discipline over his
own tongue. Neither could one say that
he had lived a morally and exemplary life.
So what in the world did the many evangelicals perceive to be
possibilities of potential within him?
Through listening and research, I believe it all may have come down to
this basic principle: “Who would be less likely to be influenced by the
established world system of political correctness, the system of “politics as
usual”, and have a greater potential to at least listen to, and be influenced
by godly principles and counsel? Many
pastors that took the risk to back him, and believe me it was and is a risk to
support this many flawed human being. Yet,
they have steadfastly continued in their open effort to support and stand by
him as advisors.
Before taking their stand, did they
ever try to reach out to gain an audience with the opposing candidate, Hillary
Clinton, to test the waters and see if she too might also “have an ear to hear
and be swayed towards godly principles?”
Many of them had attempted to do so several times, not just this year,
but also in previous years before, but with little or no success. They were, for the most part, not even been
granted a chance to come before her. By
her own choice, she had closed that door to them. On top of that, Hillary Clinton sealed her
own fate by her own spoken words when she said that religious people will have
to change their religious beliefs, and that abortion on demand (in the third
trimester and even partial birth abortion) should be protected as a woman’s
right over her reproductive health (a choice that could be based on simple
inconvenience and not restricted to the a proven threat to the life of the
mother.) (Google both of these to hear it for yourself in her own words.)
Based upon those grounds alone, one
can understand why Evangelicals would take the risk to stand by Trump, in hopes
that they may be used as instruments of God, to advise and be a source of godly
counsel unto him. It was their insight
and courage that rallied many Christians to come alongside them to pray that
God may work in and through this man, as flawed as he is, to work out God’s
purposes to stand against the wiles of the antichrist system that is ever
present in this increasingly secularized world system. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers, against the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Eph. 6: 12)
Several months ago, I received a
message that was spreading across the country which encouraged all Christians
to set the clock for a specific time to pray in unity for the safety and
security of our nation, and that God’s will be done in the upcoming
elections. Does that mean that I thought
of Trump as a strong man, able to leap over mountains, and change the
world? Far be it! I am reminded of this scripture: “But God
chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak
things of the world to shame the strong.” (I Cor. 1: 27) The scriptures also tell us that all leaders
are raised and granted power by God.
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers
that be are ordained of God.” (Roman 13: 1)
After all was said and done, after the polls were all proven to be
wrong, after the boasting that the one with the world system and big political
machine behind her could not be defeated, this “clown and outsider,” as he was
often called, had won and became the President Elect.
The Progressives could not believe the
outcome. They thought they had surely
won, for they had put their trust in the works of their own hands and their
“undefeatable political machine.” They
had discounted all together the will of the people. Even more importantly, they had discounted
the power of prayer and the will of God, for it is God who is in control, no
matter what conditions or circumstances exist in the world.
It’s now two weeks after the
elections, and the leadership of the Democrats still doesn’t get it. They are still insisting that Trump won
because he ran the most xenophobic campaign ever. They still refuse to
understand that the main reason for the win was actually at least three
fold. For many Christians, and others, their vote was a vote FOR the
party platform which believed reflected the more biblical/traditional American
policies: sanctity of life, traditional marriage views, freedom of religion,
and a belief in our constitution as it is written, not modifying and changing
it at the drop of a hat. Secondly, it
was a vote FOR the hope of a more economically rewarding agenda for the middle
class, a simplification of the tax laws, and the possibility of turning the
tide against a progressively socialistic nation through the nomination of more
conservative Supreme Court judges, and lower level judges throughout the
country. Thirdly, it was often a back
lash AGAINST the divisive and mind control (witchcraft) tactics of the
politically correct stance, which was greatly influenced, at least in part, by
the Lucifer loving prognostications of Saul Alenski. His main "fighting tactic" is:
"when you can't win on the issues," resort to marginalizing your
opponent through assaulting them verbally with insults; control the agenda by
redefining words to create a "transforming rhetoric"; and use this
“transforming rhetoric” to set up politically correct standards which all must
comply with and adhere to in order to be acceptable in the eyes of the secularized
society which has created it to suit their own desires.
Being an “outsider,” not under the
control of the politically correct elitists who are found within both political
parties, Trump turned the tables and used their own weapons against them. He used their tactics of ridicule and insults
to marginalize them personally and push back against their politically correct
indoctrination. Somehow, Trump had
picked up on the fact that the majority of the non coastal population (the fly
over states, or zones, as they are sometimes called), and many conservative and
independent voters within the coastal areas, had grown sick and tired of the
religion of identity politics that were being shoved down their throats.
However, more often than not, being taught to have “good manners” and not be
rude, when confronted with such intentionally godless rhetoric they would just
“be nice”, rather than get embroiled with their bullying tactics. Only a comparatively few, such as Ann Coulter
and Doreen Barelli, were willing to stand up, take the heat, and speak up to
confront the faces and loud dominant voices of the PC activists and their many
followers found within in the general population who consistently claimed to speak for ALL of America.. They, the progressives, never even realized
that they had not yet deceived all of the people through their godless
“transforming rhetoric.”
For many decades now, bullish politically
correct rhetoric and identity politics have been used to silence the voices of
all who would dissent from the PC desires, values, and agendas, which are meant
to be instrumental in turning America
into an increasingly godless society. Finally,
unafraid of them, Trump pushed back and the people found one solitary man who
was willing to take the heat for them.
He became their messenger, providing a voice that was no longer afraid
of taking a stand against the politically correct agenda of identity politics. Since he came on the scene, the progressive
globalists have tried their usual Alinski tactics against him. They are continually frustrated by the fact
that he will not back down in fear of them, but has continued to beat them at
their own game by throwing it right back in their own face.
As you have probably surmised by now,
I have been working on this story line for over a year. Amazingly, many Democrats still can’t
believe that they lost the election fair and square. Neither do they understand the fact that
Trump is not afraid of them, their agenda, or their PC agenda of identity
politics. Nor will he let them shove him
back into the box of “be nice and silent like the other good politically incorrect
little boys and girls.” When they say
he’s behaving unfit and not presidential, they are really
showing their frustration because he refuses to conform and bow down in submission
at the altar of political correctness and their group-think agenda. I don’t know for sure if God is sitting back
and laughing at their globalist “Tower
of Babel” antics, but
admittedly, I find it gloriously delicious.
Okay Lord, I’m sorry for reacting “in the flesh”, for I know gloating is
not acceptable in your sight. Thank you
Lord for not giving up on us! We are now
and always will be in need of striving to know what it really means to “have
the mind of Christ”, that we would trust in you Lord and not “lean unto our own
understanding.”
Perhaps you are still wondering what in the
world does The God Factor have to do with all of this. Truthfully, Trump being Trump, does not make
him greater than any other flawed and imperfect mortal. But perhaps this
imperfect man was chosen to be used of God for such a time as this. From all outward appearances in the eyes of
the world, it did seem that Hillary Clinton was destined to become our next
president, wasn’t she? After all,
consider all that she had going for her: didn’t she fit the mold as a
politically correct elitist; didn’t she have the full force and financial
backing of the Clinton/DNC political machine against which it was assumed
nothing could prevail; didn’t she represent the “enlightened views and values”
of the secular humanist One Worlders who look forward to a utopia that is free
of all restrictions of that pesky old God of the Bible, where any ole god or no
god at all is far more preferable; and of course, didn’t she also believe that
the constitution did not really mean what it said, but was a living and ever evolving
document which was subject to change, in order to fit the changing times
whenever the governing body (not the people) saw fit to do so. Oh yes, she had the winning ticket, and
shouldn’t she finally attain the status of President which she most certainly
deserved? Or so they thought, right?
Unfortunately for her, all her plans,
and the plans of those who sought to exalt her and their PC world, there was
something and someone that was being ignored and overlooked. As usual, in their self created PC bubble of
the world, they did not consider either the God Factor, or that His
people would awake from their long slumber to actually act in compliance with
His word to truly apply the power of intercessory prayer to seek the Lord for His
forgiveness and help for our nation. Pastors, other leaders, and believers were
called to unite to do what we were supposed to be doing all along. “If my people, who are called by my name,
will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
ways, then will I hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal
their land,” (II Chron. 7: 14 NIV)
Only God, not Trump or any other
mortal, can save us or our country.
However, God can use anything and anyone He chooses to accomplish His
plans and fulfill His will. When reading
the Bible, it is often stated that either the King of Israel did that which was
good in the sight of God, or chose not to do that which was good in the sight
of good. That choice was reflected in
that, if the King did that which was good in the sight of God, the country
itself was granted a time of relative peace.
There are many believers today, who
are continuing to be diligent to pray and seek the Lord’s face daily for the
safety and security of our nation, and for a revival of turning back to God. As the body of Christ on earth, it is up to
us to become transformed more into the image of God, that we might be the salt
to preserve and reflect the light of the Lord to be the ones to draw others to
believe and receive Jesus as Lord and Savior, one day at a time, one heart at a
time. It is believed that if we had
continued to follow the same direction of forgetting God, and being disobedient
as signified by our willful noncompliance with His word, we were on the very
brink of no return, and sure to call down His judgment upon us and our nation. Revival depends upon us, those who claim to
be born again Christians, to be doers of His word, and not just hearers. If we
are silent, or fail to live out His word in our lives, we will have failed in
our mission to spread the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ into the
world around us. All too often, we are
acting more like the world.
There is a pretty good question that requires
self examination and a truthful answer from each of us: “If you went before a judge
and jury, would there be enough evidence to convict you of being a Christian,
that is, a believer in the Lord Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?” Unfortunately, the church, which is supposed
to be transformed into the image of God by the power of the indwelling Holy
Spirit, has more often become conformed to the ways of the world, not living
out the word in our lives, but living more like nonbelievers, doing what
pleases our selves, guided not by God, but by our own selfish desires. Be not deceived, the devil still roams too
and fro, seeking whom he may destroy.
Satan is still the god of this fallen world. He and his followers are intent on rampantly
changing America,
and the world, into a godless and lawless humanistic secularized culture.
Therefore Christians, this is not the time to stop praying because we won the
election, but rather to be even more diligent prayer warriors that America would
have a revival, turn our hearts back to The Lord, and become the light and salt
of the earth! Repentance for our
wickedness and turning back to God is the only hope that America will be
great again. Put on the full armor of God, be a spiritual warrior in the
army of the Lord, and fight against the wiles of the powers and principalities
of the darkness of this world. Continue to stand, without compromise, in the
name of The Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, “Greater is He who is in us than he
who is in the world.”
We live in a fallen world where Satan
still roams to and fro seeking whom he may devour. But we, as Christians, must remember that
greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. It’s imperative that we, who profess Jesus
Christ as our Lord and Savior, love, obey, and serve the Lord with all our
heart, soul, and strength. We are to put
on the full armor of God, humble ourselves before the Lord, and turn from our
wicked ways. He’s talking to us, His
people, not the people of the world who don’t claim to know or care about Him
or His ways. When we start thinking that
we have the right to disagree with or ignore what He has told us, we have begun
a descent down that dangerous path of turning away from Him. There is no neutrality with God; either we
are for Him or we are against Him. We
can’t pickers and choosers, deciding for ourselves what part(s) of His word we
will or will not obey. Unfortunately, it
is the church itself that has been rushing away from Him, seeking to satisfy
our own desires, and thinking ourselves as wiser than He. We are repeating the same sinfulness as the
people of Israel,
who knew God but turned their hearts to every false god that exists, that all
gods are equal. We are forgetting our
promise to acknowledge Him in all our ways, and to worship no other. Even as they moved away from Him and no
longer feared the Lord, they still expected Him to protect them. Even in the natural, that is an unreasonable
expectation. Would it be reasonable even
in an earthly relationship of marriage to expect one partner in the marriage to
be unfaithful and yet still expect his covenant partner to stay faithful in all
ways? If not, then why do we think we
can be unfaithful to God, but still expect Him to be faithful to us and keep
His protective hand upon us?
Do I claim that this man, Donald
Trump, is equipped thoroughly and readily as our president? No, he is a flawed man, elected to preside
over a flawed people in a fallen world. I do believe that God has often chosen
the seemingly weakest and most unqualified persons, and then equips and
qualifies them to enable them to serve Him.
He is the one who gives us His strength that we may understand not to
depend upon ourselves, but rather upon Him as He works in and through us by the
power of His Holy Spirit. Remember, He
once used a jackass to speak for Him. If
He wanted to, He could cause the rocks to cry out for Him.
Let us never put our trust in any man,
but trust only in the Lord. Let us pray
that the Lord will grant godly counsel and wisdom to Pres. Trump that he may
yield to the voice of the Lord and obey Him.
I regret that this story line may seem give the inference it is about
struggle between two political parties when that is far from the truth. The truth is that, though I may have not
completely successful, it was my desire to open our eyes that we are involved
in a spiritual warfare that is increasingly blinding and robbing us of the truth of the Lord, and
is increasingly closing the door of the blessings of the Lord upon our
country. I believe it is all a part of
the Great Deception which is leading so many away from the truth of the
Lord. If we have our eyes opened to the
truth of the Lord, we will look around and perceive how evil is increasingly
being redefined as good, and good is being redefined as evil. The awful pity is that the church itself is
receiving the lies of the devil and there is a great falling away from the
truth as the Bible has prophesied. As a
body, we are being robbed of the truth, preferring the “feel good message”
instead of sound doctrine for we have become a people who have the name of the
Lord on our lips, “but our heart is far from Him.”
I do believe that Pres. Trump may
offer an opened window and a possible reprieve for a period of time that we
might have the opportunity to repent and push back against the onslaught of unbelief,
the greatest wickedness of all. As for
identity politics, political correctness, globalism, and a one world order, I
believe it is all a part of Satan’s tools, even a part of that religion of the
latter days that will deceive many by its “appearance of godliness, but lacking
in the power thereof.” [The power of God]
I truly feel sorry for those who
will choose even with their dying breath to reject the one true God of the
Bible. Those who do so will have believed the greatest lie of all which is that
you are your own god, greater and wiser than God Himself is the great I AM.
REMEMBER:
The Holy Spirit promises us that “righteousness
leads to freedom, but sin will always lead to bondage.” We must forever check our ideas, opinions,
and beliefs to make sure that they are in line with God’s truth, and resist
trying to make the word of God agree with our opinions and ideas. We can’t
blame the worldly people for the downfall of America or the church.. As Christians, we are supposed to be God’s
people, and yet we often act more like the world than some unbelievers do. We are supposed to live out our lives in
obedience to the one true living God of the Bible. Yet we find excuses for ignoring God’s
standards of right and wrong simply because we don’t want to appear “different”
in the eyes of man, or we don’t want to give up our sinful ways, thinking that
we can ignore the guilt and the consequences of knowingly and willfully practicing
sin. We are often more comfortable in
being a bigot in the eyes of God, than we are in being a bigot in the eyes of
man. We don’t strive to be rooted and
grounded in the word of God; therefore, why are we surprised when we fall for
every lie of Satan and man that comes straight from the pit of Hell?
Taking up the cross of Jesus is
costly; it can mean that you may even have to sacrifice the love of family
members for His name’s sake. However,
can giving up anything on this earth be worth losing the gift of salvation
offered by Jesus, who paid the ultimate sacrifice when He gave His very life
for us?
Let us not fall into the pit of
replacing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the gospel of Social Justice (believing
in our own works as the way to earn our own salvation). Good works are a result of faith in Jesus,
and the fruit of the Holy Spirit which are meant to glorify God, not ourselves. Someone wisely said; Christianity is not do’s
and don’ts, but DONE , just as Jesus proclaimed from the Cross IT IS
FINISHED, meaning He had paid our sin debt and marked the receipt PAID
IN FULL, for those who trust and believe in Him as Lord and Savior. Focus and remain secure in the belief of
salvation through the work done by Jesus on the cross as He willingly gave up
His life to save us, and the promise of our resurrection one day, as He was
resurrected and now sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. We must remind ourselves, there is nothing in
this world more valuable than the Lord God.
He gave His life for us that we may have eternal life through faith in
Him. There is no greater love than that. Out of love for Him we should not count it
too great a cost to fear (respect) the Lord and serve and obey Him in thought,
word and deed that things may go well for us as His word has promised. Yes, let us never forget THE GOD FACTOR,
for He reigns forever and is the GREAT I AM!
