CAN GOD ?

October 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Can God send a plague on His people?

Can God send a plague on America?

Can that include me?

 

Is the question saying, “Is He able to . . .?”

or, “Is He allowed to . . . ?”

 

Seems like a rerun of the issue in  “WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE?” (10-18-12)

Once again, if His Word is the final Word, and it is indeed, then we do well to search and heed it.

 

“So I will restore to you the years that the

Swarming locust has eaten,

The crawling locust,

The consuming locust,

And the chewing locust,

My great army which I sent among you.”

 

And the often quoted passage that begins, “If My people . . . will . . . pray and . . . ”  has a profound preface.  Here is that verse in the context where God said it.

Israel had just finished eight days of worship and feasting and praising God for the dedication of Solomon’s wonderful temple, and God was pleased. That night God appeared to Solomon and said,

“I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,

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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

 

Yes, God Can.  He did.  He will again send plagues on His people to turn us back to Him.

Are Christians supposed to be involved and make a difference in the culture?  You better believe it.  The survival and restoration of America depends on us.

Do we have what it takes to turn our backs on the comforts of Sodom?

Do we have faith to “suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season”?

Are we ready to voluntarily sacrifice our financial security, to help others and follow Jesus unhindered.

American Christians, we’ve got a way to go.  We better get serious, and get started now.

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”     —–Corrie Ten Boom

 

Please read, or re-read “WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE?” (10-18-12)

Filed Under: Faith Based, Financial, Political---Cultural

“SOLID SPECULATION”

October 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Several hours after the attacks on 9-11-01, news reporters were in an awkward position.  Because of the magnitude of the events, they had to stay on the air continuously, even if there was nothing new to offer.  I heard one reporter inadvertently say, “We’re looking for some solid speculation.”

 

Let me paraphrase the dictionary definition of “speculation” for The Department of Media* in today’s Administration:

 

speculation (noun)  (verb?)  (preposition? or proposition?)  (direct object? or indirect object? [are we the target?])  (the object of the proposition [that’s it])

1.  Coverup based on serious thinking or conjecture, hoping for a faulty conclusion by the people, based on such conjecture;  at least enough confusion and repeated verbal masking [lying] to delay the truth, making the focus on the endless reported spin—to overshadow and hide the truth.

2.  The act of engaging in risky business transactions that offer a possibility of large profit.  [Would you believe, I copied definition 2 word-for-word from my dictionary]

 

Try looking through the above lens at everything coming from the White House, and The Department of Media affiliates—particularly events of the last month—AND, most notably, events of the next month.

 

*Related Post—“DOWNSTREAM MEDIA”  (4-17-12)  Please read.

Filed Under: Political---Cultural