As we see the Horror and Pain caused by the Senseless and Heartbreaking Beating to Death of 16 Derrion Albert in Chicago and the Sickening Rape of a 7 year old in Trenton , Nj we have to ask our selves going back to the simple cause and Effect rationale. What caused such monsters . So young but operating from the deepest pits of Hell . In both cases it was not just one or two doing such unheard of evil but several !
It is time to stop blaming George Bush and mean Republicans for such Poverty and Death in the Inner Cities. Many Urban Hell Holes are controlled Mostly by Democrats and they have alot of Representation thru out the years in Washington also. Please see Chicago and Illinois Politics , New Orleans , New Jersey , Detroit and Southern California . Some of the Worst places in our Nation are Heavy Democrat Strongholds . Are not the Democrats the ones who care about the poor and downtrodden so much . Why were the Literacy rates in New Orleans and the schools across the nation so poor . Opening the Door for people to live in dead end neighborhoods , have low wage jobs or join the best employer in town the Local Gang .
Corruption in Chicago our Test City for the Saving or America is known as the Worst or at least in the Conversation for sure. Look at this quote from an article entitled " Cook County a Dark Pool of Political Corruption " on Nbcchicago.com
" In the last 36 years, 31 sitting or former Chicago alderman have been convicted of corruption or other crimes. The last was Ike Carothers (29th), who earlier this month plead guilty to charges he accepted gifts in exchange for his votes on zoning issues. "
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/illinois-corruption-84736672.html#ixzz0mEq0yNLW
They could not say a just a pool of corruption but a " Dark Pool " . That article is just the Tip of the Iceberg for Chicago . But lets go back to Cause and Effect.
- Cause - People are Morally Corrupt with No since of Moral Compass
- Effect - Citizens get worst and worst creating Ghastly crimes against each other .
2. People who are Morally Corrupt with No since of Moral Compass elect people who are Morally Corrupt with No Sense of Moral Compass
3.People get elected to office who are Morally Corrupt with No since of Moral Compass and Institutionalize the things that cause Poverty , Violence , Government dependence , while kicking God out of the the city
4. People remain Poor , Ignorant , Die , Join Gangs etc .
Is this not the Place where Hope and Change Originated . These people in Chicago and New Jersey have obviously not gotten the Memo that a Black man Barack Obama was now President . That he was there to save them ! That they could be anything the wanted to be . They did not learn it from the great Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King so why would they learn it from a intellectual Empty Suit like Barack Obama . The Only thing that will Save these Children and their parents is Jesus .
We need to Send Barack Obama back to Chicago to fix what he and Acorn help create . Perpetual Poverty , Crime , Despair caused by Government Dependence an intensified by the Economic Crisis . What was Barack Obama doing as a Community Organizer. Well Acorn is on video telling a Actors posing as Pimps and Prostitutes they could get a Government sponsored house with their help so that the pimp could run an Under aged South American girls prostitution ring from it . And told him how to cheat his taxes too if the underage prostitution ring was not bad enough. And you wonder why Chicago is in such mess. Liberal groups are all in the Nicks and Crannies of the the City .
Listen to this excerpt from CNS news online article -
" Former ACORN employee-turned-whistleblower Anita Moncrief told the House panel of eight Republicans and no Democrats that the organization continually got federal block grants but did not use the grants for helping the poor as promised. Rather, ACORN “used the money to fund the political machine,” Moncrief said.
“ACORN makes money off the poor,” Moncrief said. “Poverty is big business for ACORN "
Have you ever heard of the terms " Chicago style Politics " or " That's the Chicago Way " Politics and the Ruling over the Poor is Big Business for people in Chicago . Even the First Family got their hands dirty . See Barack Obama dealings in Chicago .
Indeed with Friends like this the Poor and Minority do not need Enemies . So I ask. Where is Jesse Jackson and Rainbow Push when you need them. Where is Al Sharpton . Where is Jeremiah Wright and Father Flager . Where is Lois Farrakhan . They should be marching thru the Streets of Chicago laying down their lives if need be to save the lives of the people they say the Represent .
And were are the White Liberals who care about the little ole Colored Folk so much . Where is Moveon.org , Seiu , Hollywood , Michael Moore , Oprah , Michael Jordan . Oprah and Jordan have positioned themselves as post racial is why I put them here in this category . Nothing wrong with that except when you divorce yourself from the issues of the Inner City who have help to enrich you . Good enough to have your show their and to play Basketball their and sell shoes but I will leave all Else behind.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Call in the National Guard or Call in Jesus ? Part 1
I was just watching the News and I saw a disturbing story . 113 Dead by gunfire in Chicago since January . SHOCKING to say the least . Horrible and Reprehensible to say more. Among the dead recently was a baby . I am not sure if you remember last year the death of Derrion Albert . How could I write this story without including this story . Maybe Derrion was a Hero . I believe so . He is a Hero not just because he was an Innocent 16 year old walking home from school and was mercifully beaten to death . But he was an Honor Student 16 year old walking home from school beaten to death . He is a Hero because his death caught on tape allowed us to see the Wicked underbelly of Chicago and many of our cities and even rural areas. That bad part is that I am off mark in calling it the underbelly . It is more like the norm too much and too often . We have just accepted what we see on this video. Please watch if this is your first time and even if it is not watch again. This video is my inspiration to make the world a better place
Video: Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee - Chicago Breaking News
As I watched I tried to hold back tears but really how can you ? I did not expect the level of anger that felt but how could you not ? Completely Barbaric. Uncalled for . Reprehensible and Disgusting . If the video is not enough listen to those who are looking on . One says " Put that Nigga to sleep " One is laughing . There are a few trying to help the young man . But at this point I am not sure what could of been done .
That was in September of 2009 . Now some 7 months later the crime and killing spree in Chicago is still burning like a Wildfire in dry season with no relief in site . And just like a Wildfire lawmakers in Illinois want to call in the National Guard to put it out . But the question that Chicago and America has to ask itself is the National Guard the ones we need to be calling into or Drug , Ganged , Prostitute , Poor and Decrepit Neighborhoods ? Or should it be Jesus Christ ?
Everyone or at least most I am sure would agree that if you want to solve a problem then you have to get to the Cause of the problem . Then you can come up with a Remedy . And then work to implementing that remedy . For instance . If you fall and scrape your arm as a child what would you do . At first I did not know but when my mom found out I had a boo boo she cleaned it up and put a band-aid on it . As little boys often do I had many after that. The scrape and the pain that it caused combined with the risk of infection was the problem. But now I knew what actions to take to make it all better ! Just like mom showed me !
With that Simple Wisdom of Describe the Problem - Find the Cause - Prescribe a Remedy we are able to Solve the Wildfire of Death , Hurt , Pain , Hopelessness , Poverty , Evil , and Destruction in Chicago our Nation and all over the World for that matter. Lets start in Chicago as our Test Case . Lets Describe the Problem . Drugs , Gangs , Prostitution , Poverty , Despair , Violence , Disease , and Death . We know thru studies , mental and psychological study , and good ole Life experience that people do drugs , join gangs , prostitute themselves and others , kill , and live in poverty for various reason . But right on top of them are Low Self esteem and self image , not knowing the value of their life and purpose , No Role Models / Broken Homes , Bad Role Models/Broken Homes , wanting to have a since of family , and Bad Moral Decisions like early teen parenthood , sex out of Wedlock .
I have some Good News and some Bad News for Chicago on how to fix this Evil . The Good News translated is the Gospel of Jesus Christ . The Bad News is getting the Government more involved in your life means your Neighborhood looking even more like a War zone , less freedoms and a slippery slope , and more tax dollars thrown a problem that will only at the very best put a piece of gum on a Levy to hold back Flood Waters that only the Prince of Peace can Hold Back . So Chicago and America do you want the Good News or the Bad News . The Good News is Jesus Christ and the the Bad News is more Government , Less Freedom , and more taxes . They all go hand and hand more often than not .
Years ago while thinking about the problem of Inner City crime and the destruction that it brings to cities and neighborhoods I thought of the same thing. Why not bring in the military and smacks some heads of bad guys to control the situation . Because the truth of the matter is the neighborhoods are indeed like Occupied territories . The Gangs control and claim certain areas . You do not want your children playing outside for they might get stuck by heroin needle or caught in a crossfire as I almost did as a young man coming home from football practice. The only thing that saved me ironically is a kid who I had fought a couple years earlier warning me to go a different way home. About two seconds after I turned around I heard Gunshots and the rest was a Blur cause I ran like Carl Lewis to a near by house well a stranger gave me ride home. I was about 12 or so at the time . And relative to Chicago I lived in Beverly Hills .
But Although I have brainstormed as the Chicago Democratic Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford and Willie Williams whose son was killed in 2006 that the Guard should be brought in I sternly disagree now that this is the Remedy . It is true that you cannot Legislate Morality . You only end up taking away peoples Civil Rights and throwing money into a Black Hole with very little return . The citizens of Chicago do not need more Government Programs and Political groups to help them . They need Jesus Christ .
The Citizens of Chicago need to have a reason to Live ! A reason to have Joy ! A reason to get an Education . They need to have a Moral Compass that only God can give . That Compass says No I cannot pick up a 2 by 4 and kill a innocent person . I will not join a gang. Gangs are stupid and dangerous. A Moral Compass that says I want to help my mom with the bills. I do not want to be a single parent . I want to get married first . Or at least I will use a condom and or birth control . I want to contribute to society not take away . I will not use of deal drugs. Are these things not what Chicago is missing. People are killing each other over money , drugs , territory . The National Guard is not going to stop the Depravity of Morality that only God can Fill thru a relationship with His Son Jesus Christ .
Video: Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee - Chicago Breaking News
As I watched I tried to hold back tears but really how can you ? I did not expect the level of anger that felt but how could you not ? Completely Barbaric. Uncalled for . Reprehensible and Disgusting . If the video is not enough listen to those who are looking on . One says " Put that Nigga to sleep " One is laughing . There are a few trying to help the young man . But at this point I am not sure what could of been done .
That was in September of 2009 . Now some 7 months later the crime and killing spree in Chicago is still burning like a Wildfire in dry season with no relief in site . And just like a Wildfire lawmakers in Illinois want to call in the National Guard to put it out . But the question that Chicago and America has to ask itself is the National Guard the ones we need to be calling into or Drug , Ganged , Prostitute , Poor and Decrepit Neighborhoods ? Or should it be Jesus Christ ?
Everyone or at least most I am sure would agree that if you want to solve a problem then you have to get to the Cause of the problem . Then you can come up with a Remedy . And then work to implementing that remedy . For instance . If you fall and scrape your arm as a child what would you do . At first I did not know but when my mom found out I had a boo boo she cleaned it up and put a band-aid on it . As little boys often do I had many after that. The scrape and the pain that it caused combined with the risk of infection was the problem. But now I knew what actions to take to make it all better ! Just like mom showed me !
With that Simple Wisdom of Describe the Problem - Find the Cause - Prescribe a Remedy we are able to Solve the Wildfire of Death , Hurt , Pain , Hopelessness , Poverty , Evil , and Destruction in Chicago our Nation and all over the World for that matter. Lets start in Chicago as our Test Case . Lets Describe the Problem . Drugs , Gangs , Prostitution , Poverty , Despair , Violence , Disease , and Death . We know thru studies , mental and psychological study , and good ole Life experience that people do drugs , join gangs , prostitute themselves and others , kill , and live in poverty for various reason . But right on top of them are Low Self esteem and self image , not knowing the value of their life and purpose , No Role Models / Broken Homes , Bad Role Models/Broken Homes , wanting to have a since of family , and Bad Moral Decisions like early teen parenthood , sex out of Wedlock .
I have some Good News and some Bad News for Chicago on how to fix this Evil . The Good News translated is the Gospel of Jesus Christ . The Bad News is getting the Government more involved in your life means your Neighborhood looking even more like a War zone , less freedoms and a slippery slope , and more tax dollars thrown a problem that will only at the very best put a piece of gum on a Levy to hold back Flood Waters that only the Prince of Peace can Hold Back . So Chicago and America do you want the Good News or the Bad News . The Good News is Jesus Christ and the the Bad News is more Government , Less Freedom , and more taxes . They all go hand and hand more often than not .
Years ago while thinking about the problem of Inner City crime and the destruction that it brings to cities and neighborhoods I thought of the same thing. Why not bring in the military and smacks some heads of bad guys to control the situation . Because the truth of the matter is the neighborhoods are indeed like Occupied territories . The Gangs control and claim certain areas . You do not want your children playing outside for they might get stuck by heroin needle or caught in a crossfire as I almost did as a young man coming home from football practice. The only thing that saved me ironically is a kid who I had fought a couple years earlier warning me to go a different way home. About two seconds after I turned around I heard Gunshots and the rest was a Blur cause I ran like Carl Lewis to a near by house well a stranger gave me ride home. I was about 12 or so at the time . And relative to Chicago I lived in Beverly Hills .
But Although I have brainstormed as the Chicago Democratic Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford and Willie Williams whose son was killed in 2006 that the Guard should be brought in I sternly disagree now that this is the Remedy . It is true that you cannot Legislate Morality . You only end up taking away peoples Civil Rights and throwing money into a Black Hole with very little return . The citizens of Chicago do not need more Government Programs and Political groups to help them . They need Jesus Christ .
The Citizens of Chicago need to have a reason to Live ! A reason to have Joy ! A reason to get an Education . They need to have a Moral Compass that only God can give . That Compass says No I cannot pick up a 2 by 4 and kill a innocent person . I will not join a gang. Gangs are stupid and dangerous. A Moral Compass that says I want to help my mom with the bills. I do not want to be a single parent . I want to get married first . Or at least I will use a condom and or birth control . I want to contribute to society not take away . I will not use of deal drugs. Are these things not what Chicago is missing. People are killing each other over money , drugs , territory . The National Guard is not going to stop the Depravity of Morality that only God can Fill thru a relationship with His Son Jesus Christ .
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
American Christmas Without Jesus
Here we are again The Middle of December 2009 . Where did the year go. Its amazing. The Inaugaration of our President was just yesterday seems like and we just had Thanksgiving and now Christmas is less than 10 days away . Oh My ! But what is Christmas in America in Mid December 2009. Do many people know what it is about now a days. Even Christians and their children . Even Churches. I don t know .
Well let me get Fundemental . That is a bad word now days. Everybody wants to be so-called " Cool " and New Age. Well Let me go back to the Basics. This is pretty deep subject but here it is in its simpllest Form . The Greatest Story Every Told ! I have added a few Scriptures to aid you in your access to the Knowledge of Our Wonderful God please read them if nothing else !
Christmas is the Celebration of Gods Gift to the World in the Form of the Baby Jesus who was born in a Manger in a Miraculous Birth from a Virgin - Luke 1: 26-80 . Fathered by God Himself by means of the both Sweet and Mighty Holy Spirit He ( Jesus ) is the Only Begotten Son Of God ! Since a man who descended from Adam ( the Physical Father of all mankind ) was not the father of Jesus and His mother was a Pure God Fearing and Loving Women Jesus was Born without a Sin Nature . Since He was Born of the Holy Spirit which is God Himself Jesus is also God thus His Name is Emmanuel interpreted " God With Us " -Matt 1 : 23. In the Book of Isaiah 45 : 15 ( Note Caps for the S in Saviour ) for one example of many God says that He is the Only Saviour and thru out the Old Testament God says He would send a Messiah to Wash Away our Sins - Matt 1: 23 . So Christmas is the Celebration of God leaving His Throne and Safety of Heaven to Humble Himself and become a part of His own Creation and coming to Earth in the Form of Man a GodMan in order to Die for our Sins.
John 3 : 16-17 " For God so Loved the World , He gave his Only Begotten Son , That whosover believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son in the World to Condemn the World but that the World thru Him might be Saved "
It is our time to remember what God told us thru the Holy Scriptures about the many babies that were murdered by Satan thru Herod the King trying to stop the Coming of our Lord and King to the Earth . It is our time to See Gods Hand upon us and Jesus as Joseph Jesus Father and Mary His mother fleed to Egypt unitl it was safe to come back to Bethlehem to have the Baby. It is our time to remember how when Joseph and Mary got to the Inn ( Motel back in the day ) there was no room . Jesus was born in a lowly Manger with farm animals likely. A fitting place for a Humble Servant to be born after all Jesus would say Himself I Am the Seed of Abraham and the Offspring of David. I Am the Lamb of God. I Am a the Son of Man. I Am a Servant of all Servants. I Am the Good Sheperd . And we cannot forget the Three Kings who came from a far away place to give Baby Jesus Expensive and Rare presents that were fit for a King . For they were told of the Babys coming by an Angel . They knew He was the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords !
Don 't get me wrong like most people I love the Santa story . I enjoy Frost The Snowman , Scrooge , and other Christmas Classics. But at the end of the day they were even less than the Icing on the Cake. As a child the first thing I did when I woke up was to say Happy Birthday Jesus. I still do that till this day. I knew the Real Reason for the Season. And we all slip back some. But bring You and Your Family back Closer the Rememberance of Christ. Bring this nation back to the Focus of Christ.
The first thing God told us about Satan is that he is very subtle or crafty . He is a Diabolical genius we must admit and see. Satan does not want the spotlight on God. He does not want us to fellowship with God. Depend on God and Worship God. So Satan teaches us trains us to look to ourselves and praise ourselves and enrich ourselves. But he does not come right out and say Don t think about Jesus on Christmas and know and Teach the Reason for the Season he slowly feeds Materialism and False Joy until we don t notice that our Family and Society very seldom if ever mentions Jesus name during this season. Its all about Toys for the kids and nice things for the adults. A new Tv , the latest gadget , nice clothes . Lets go watch the New Movie that just came out there is plenty of those during this season. Economist are focused on how the Retailers will profit or won t profit off the Commercialization of Christmas. So lets open up the Big tent and not call it Christmas so people who come to our stores or watch our tv shows are not offended by the Name of God in Christ Jesus. I am 32 when I was a kid 20 years ago I notice stores saying Merry X-mas and at school I learned that some people Celebrate Kwansa . Lets not offend anyone.
But we Offend Jesus . He never asked for us to have a Holiday for His Birth. But we gave Him one and every year we take back more and more. Liberal Politicans, Judges and the School Boards aligned with the Aclu have taken down Manger seens in Public places and you cant sing Holy Night in schools. Here is a video of the Horrendous things done in the name of Offended God and Christians not to offend a few of Atheist and others . Christians as individuals and too many Churches have sat by silently and even worse elected those Liberal Politicians who put Liberal Judges and statues in our Cities and Towns all Across the Nation . As we Praise Christ in our Churches and Teach the nice stories in the Pews we bow to the Fallacy of the Separation of Church and State hampering our efforts to Preach the Gospel to the Unsaved. Even a Hardcore Fundemental Soldier of Christ like myself have given into much. But I God I repent of this evil. I stand FlatFooted and say that You are wrong President Obama when you say that this is not a Christian Nation. We would not be the Most Blessed save Acient Israel if we were not . That argument is for another day bring it on. But for today We as Christians I pray will No Longer stand Idly aside while whatching Christ being Shoved out of the Manger that we gave Him in the Holiday of Christmas.
So knowing that we are a Christian Nation why would we bow to other reliogious concerns including Atheist. Try going over to Iran or China and not follow their customs and ways of doing things. Ask them to be Tolerant of our wishes even the sensible ones and see what you get. Ask them to have a " Big Tent " . Not saying that being unflexible and unreasonable even is right but the Point I am making is this. We will not change our Beliefs and Customs as a Christian Nation to make you comfortable. That means that we are putting your beliefs before ours. We live in a time when Political Correctness and the Media want to make it a Even Playing Field where all things are Equal and they are not. We are afraid to Stand up and Say as Christians that we are Right and everybody else is wrong. We fell to offend others with this but we Offend Jesus. We please others but not Jesus. Are we God Pleasers or Men Pleasers ? So lets just keep things like they have always been and Thank God for His Blessing upon this Nation. Lets not be like the Israelites who forgot the Very God who brought them to a Land Flowing with Milk and Honey. A Promise Land indeed. They lost it all because of Compromise and Spirtual Adultery. If God did it to them He will do it to us. Be not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ !
Because of the Joy of Jesus Christmas is a Special time even for the NonBeliever. His Joy is Contagious and It flows like a Stream down a Mountain even to the Low Places . So the high that many feel from Christmas time is not the Fresh taste of the water from of the Mountain. It is more like Bottled water from the Spring. Not the same. Our Job is to make it Availble to them but yes all will not drink of this water. So Cheifly we should not go to Bottled water in order to make them feel more Comfortable. God Forbid .
Lastly , Merry Christmas to All . Let me leave you with this story. When I was a child maybe 8 or 9. My family was in Captain Ds. A local Seafood Resteraunt. We were in a booth waiting for our food. It had to be Early December. My Mom and Dad told us that we would not be having Christmas this year because Christmas was about Jesus Birth. As you could imagine for a young Child that was hard to hear and I immediately slumbered in spirit. I knew Jesus was Lord and Loved Him for I learned of Him earlier when I went to Sunday School but Toys were on my heart and mind too of course :) . Then my Mom said , " You will have a Christmas : I just wanted you all to know that Christmas was really all about " . As I look back at it I say thanks Mom and Dad ! But it sure was a tough way for me to learn that lesson for few minutes Lol. But it was True Love and Training a child in the Way he should Go. For Here I am now some 20 years later saying with Joy JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON !
Summary : We can tell somebody and ourselves I might add . You might have alot of money or any for that matter to buy a bunch of gifts and get in debt to start the new year out but You can have Jesus for Free ! You might be away from your family , don t have family , or don t get along with your family during the Holidays but Jesus is always There to Love , Befriend , and be your Comfort and More than Enough ! All you have to do is ask Jesus into your Heart and He will do what He came to Earth to do more than 2000 Years ago now. He will Wash Away All of your Sins and Give you Joy Everlasting and Everlasting Life ! We might not all have these great Gifts to give or recieve but we can all Have Jesus !
So Like George Bailey in the Movie " Its a Wonderful Life " I believe at the End he runs thru the Streets Yelling MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ! Lol. With the Love of God and with Thanks to Jesus I say MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !
Watch and Listen to Tamela Mann and the Crabb Family Bless The Name of Jesus. Bring the Children around to Praise and Worship our Lord and Saviour ! It is Your Time Jesus to be Celebrated and Adored !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udeazpPtyo
Well let me get Fundemental . That is a bad word now days. Everybody wants to be so-called " Cool " and New Age. Well Let me go back to the Basics. This is pretty deep subject but here it is in its simpllest Form . The Greatest Story Every Told ! I have added a few Scriptures to aid you in your access to the Knowledge of Our Wonderful God please read them if nothing else !
Christmas is the Celebration of Gods Gift to the World in the Form of the Baby Jesus who was born in a Manger in a Miraculous Birth from a Virgin - Luke 1: 26-80 . Fathered by God Himself by means of the both Sweet and Mighty Holy Spirit He ( Jesus ) is the Only Begotten Son Of God ! Since a man who descended from Adam ( the Physical Father of all mankind ) was not the father of Jesus and His mother was a Pure God Fearing and Loving Women Jesus was Born without a Sin Nature . Since He was Born of the Holy Spirit which is God Himself Jesus is also God thus His Name is Emmanuel interpreted " God With Us " -Matt 1 : 23. In the Book of Isaiah 45 : 15 ( Note Caps for the S in Saviour ) for one example of many God says that He is the Only Saviour and thru out the Old Testament God says He would send a Messiah to Wash Away our Sins - Matt 1: 23 . So Christmas is the Celebration of God leaving His Throne and Safety of Heaven to Humble Himself and become a part of His own Creation and coming to Earth in the Form of Man a GodMan in order to Die for our Sins.
John 3 : 16-17 " For God so Loved the World , He gave his Only Begotten Son , That whosover believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son in the World to Condemn the World but that the World thru Him might be Saved "
It is our time to remember what God told us thru the Holy Scriptures about the many babies that were murdered by Satan thru Herod the King trying to stop the Coming of our Lord and King to the Earth . It is our time to See Gods Hand upon us and Jesus as Joseph Jesus Father and Mary His mother fleed to Egypt unitl it was safe to come back to Bethlehem to have the Baby. It is our time to remember how when Joseph and Mary got to the Inn ( Motel back in the day ) there was no room . Jesus was born in a lowly Manger with farm animals likely. A fitting place for a Humble Servant to be born after all Jesus would say Himself I Am the Seed of Abraham and the Offspring of David. I Am the Lamb of God. I Am a the Son of Man. I Am a Servant of all Servants. I Am the Good Sheperd . And we cannot forget the Three Kings who came from a far away place to give Baby Jesus Expensive and Rare presents that were fit for a King . For they were told of the Babys coming by an Angel . They knew He was the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords !
Don 't get me wrong like most people I love the Santa story . I enjoy Frost The Snowman , Scrooge , and other Christmas Classics. But at the end of the day they were even less than the Icing on the Cake. As a child the first thing I did when I woke up was to say Happy Birthday Jesus. I still do that till this day. I knew the Real Reason for the Season. And we all slip back some. But bring You and Your Family back Closer the Rememberance of Christ. Bring this nation back to the Focus of Christ.
The first thing God told us about Satan is that he is very subtle or crafty . He is a Diabolical genius we must admit and see. Satan does not want the spotlight on God. He does not want us to fellowship with God. Depend on God and Worship God. So Satan teaches us trains us to look to ourselves and praise ourselves and enrich ourselves. But he does not come right out and say Don t think about Jesus on Christmas and know and Teach the Reason for the Season he slowly feeds Materialism and False Joy until we don t notice that our Family and Society very seldom if ever mentions Jesus name during this season. Its all about Toys for the kids and nice things for the adults. A new Tv , the latest gadget , nice clothes . Lets go watch the New Movie that just came out there is plenty of those during this season. Economist are focused on how the Retailers will profit or won t profit off the Commercialization of Christmas. So lets open up the Big tent and not call it Christmas so people who come to our stores or watch our tv shows are not offended by the Name of God in Christ Jesus. I am 32 when I was a kid 20 years ago I notice stores saying Merry X-mas and at school I learned that some people Celebrate Kwansa . Lets not offend anyone.
But we Offend Jesus . He never asked for us to have a Holiday for His Birth. But we gave Him one and every year we take back more and more. Liberal Politicans, Judges and the School Boards aligned with the Aclu have taken down Manger seens in Public places and you cant sing Holy Night in schools. Here is a video of the Horrendous things done in the name of Offended God and Christians not to offend a few of Atheist and others . Christians as individuals and too many Churches have sat by silently and even worse elected those Liberal Politicians who put Liberal Judges and statues in our Cities and Towns all Across the Nation . As we Praise Christ in our Churches and Teach the nice stories in the Pews we bow to the Fallacy of the Separation of Church and State hampering our efforts to Preach the Gospel to the Unsaved. Even a Hardcore Fundemental Soldier of Christ like myself have given into much. But I God I repent of this evil. I stand FlatFooted and say that You are wrong President Obama when you say that this is not a Christian Nation. We would not be the Most Blessed save Acient Israel if we were not . That argument is for another day bring it on. But for today We as Christians I pray will No Longer stand Idly aside while whatching Christ being Shoved out of the Manger that we gave Him in the Holiday of Christmas.
So knowing that we are a Christian Nation why would we bow to other reliogious concerns including Atheist. Try going over to Iran or China and not follow their customs and ways of doing things. Ask them to be Tolerant of our wishes even the sensible ones and see what you get. Ask them to have a " Big Tent " . Not saying that being unflexible and unreasonable even is right but the Point I am making is this. We will not change our Beliefs and Customs as a Christian Nation to make you comfortable. That means that we are putting your beliefs before ours. We live in a time when Political Correctness and the Media want to make it a Even Playing Field where all things are Equal and they are not. We are afraid to Stand up and Say as Christians that we are Right and everybody else is wrong. We fell to offend others with this but we Offend Jesus. We please others but not Jesus. Are we God Pleasers or Men Pleasers ? So lets just keep things like they have always been and Thank God for His Blessing upon this Nation. Lets not be like the Israelites who forgot the Very God who brought them to a Land Flowing with Milk and Honey. A Promise Land indeed. They lost it all because of Compromise and Spirtual Adultery. If God did it to them He will do it to us. Be not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ !
Because of the Joy of Jesus Christmas is a Special time even for the NonBeliever. His Joy is Contagious and It flows like a Stream down a Mountain even to the Low Places . So the high that many feel from Christmas time is not the Fresh taste of the water from of the Mountain. It is more like Bottled water from the Spring. Not the same. Our Job is to make it Availble to them but yes all will not drink of this water. So Cheifly we should not go to Bottled water in order to make them feel more Comfortable. God Forbid .
Lastly , Merry Christmas to All . Let me leave you with this story. When I was a child maybe 8 or 9. My family was in Captain Ds. A local Seafood Resteraunt. We were in a booth waiting for our food. It had to be Early December. My Mom and Dad told us that we would not be having Christmas this year because Christmas was about Jesus Birth. As you could imagine for a young Child that was hard to hear and I immediately slumbered in spirit. I knew Jesus was Lord and Loved Him for I learned of Him earlier when I went to Sunday School but Toys were on my heart and mind too of course :) . Then my Mom said , " You will have a Christmas : I just wanted you all to know that Christmas was really all about " . As I look back at it I say thanks Mom and Dad ! But it sure was a tough way for me to learn that lesson for few minutes Lol. But it was True Love and Training a child in the Way he should Go. For Here I am now some 20 years later saying with Joy JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON !
Summary : We can tell somebody and ourselves I might add . You might have alot of money or any for that matter to buy a bunch of gifts and get in debt to start the new year out but You can have Jesus for Free ! You might be away from your family , don t have family , or don t get along with your family during the Holidays but Jesus is always There to Love , Befriend , and be your Comfort and More than Enough ! All you have to do is ask Jesus into your Heart and He will do what He came to Earth to do more than 2000 Years ago now. He will Wash Away All of your Sins and Give you Joy Everlasting and Everlasting Life ! We might not all have these great Gifts to give or recieve but we can all Have Jesus !
So Like George Bailey in the Movie " Its a Wonderful Life " I believe at the End he runs thru the Streets Yelling MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ! Lol. With the Love of God and with Thanks to Jesus I say MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !
Watch and Listen to Tamela Mann and the Crabb Family Bless The Name of Jesus. Bring the Children around to Praise and Worship our Lord and Saviour ! It is Your Time Jesus to be Celebrated and Adored !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udeazpPtyo
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