Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Islamic Terrorism - The Antidote
This presentation is based upon the preceeding 2-part series, Islamic Terrorism - A Christian Perspective. If you carefully read them, and the alarming referenced web site www.thereligionofpeace.com, you will understandably be asking the ultimate question: Can they be stopped, and if so, how? Is our hope in the sudden emergence of a great political leader?
The answer lies in these direct, to the point words of Jesus Christ from John 15:5:
...without me ye can do nothing.
We established that the essence of the battle with the Islamic fundamentalists is spiritual. Therefore man by himself, without the intervening aid of our Creator, the Author of our liberties, cannot prevail against the intensly focused attacks of the evil Islamic merchants of death.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph: 6:12).
Surely the Islamic merchants of death are the arch enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Author of life and liberty, the true Founder, through the Fathers, of our American Constitutional Republic. Reference extensive discourse and proof in the book AMERICA - A CALL TO GREATNESS.
What must we do if we are to pass to our children an inheritance of life, liberty and (the right to) the pursuit of happiness?
We must stop mocking the Lord through travesties and abominations such as abortion, homosexuality, pornography, a debased anti-Christian/anti-God educational system ruinous to the minds of our sacred trust- our children; and we must stop the attacks upon, and breakdown of, our God-given U.S. Constitution and Republic.
The list of direct mockeries of God and against Christ Himself is extensive and growing. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Gal. 6:7)
The essence of every freedom-related issue today is addressed in the Bible. Contrary to propaganda, the Bible's truths do NOT change: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but his truth (the word of the Lord) endureth to all generations (Mat. 24:35 & Ps 100:5) . That is, times change. Circumstances change. But our Creator's laws of liberty and righteousness never change.
A brief review of a few biblical fundamentals central to a Christian's faith: What is truth? Jesus proclaimed: I am the way, the truth, and the life:...(John 14:6). Thy law is truth...(Psalm 119:142). Who originated the Law? The Lord is our lawgiver (Isaiah 33:22). Thy commandments are truth (Ps 119:151) . Thy Word is truth...(John 17:17); What, or who, is the Word? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word (Christ) was God (John 1:1). And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Thy Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6). How does the Spirit relate to God the Father, and to Christ, His Son? For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one (1 John 5:7). I and my Father are one (John 10:30). How much power does Christ have? All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth (Mat. 28:18).
Could God even at this late hour save America?
Yes, but there are conditions: Inasmuch as 85% of the American people claim to be Christians, the answer to the relentless, increasing Islamic fundamentalist terrorist assaults is in our recognition and acknowledgement that Jesus Christ is the Author of our liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (II Cor. 3:17), and in our commitment to obedience to God: I command thee this day to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land (Deut. 30:16).
God's greatest gift to us is volition, that is, the right to choose blessings or consequences. For example, in Deuteronomy 30:19 the Lord declares: I set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: choose life, that you and your children may live. Here God expresses His will for us, but there is a price: As the Author of the laws of liberty, He commands us to live diligently by them, which means that we must Put on the whole armour of God...(Eph.6:11), define the evil death-dealing destroyers of our freedoms and do what is necessary to prevail against them. The Lord again describes their nature: "...your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:...(1 Peter 5:8).
From Genesis through Revelation the Lord exhorts us to be ever vigilant in the defense of our priceless God-given freedoms...whatever the cost...and be ever mindful of our responsibilities to our children and future generations: Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine (II Tim. 4:1,2). As the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust...(1 Tim 6:20).
In the two-parts series, Islamic Terrorism - A Christian perspective, we noted that America was born in the pulpits. America - A Call To Greatness contains a treasury of quotes by the Founding Fathers who not only diligently sought the guidance and aid of Christ against seemingly impossible odds as they, with no organized, equipped army and no navy confronted the mightiest military force in the world. God honored their faith and commitment which resulted in their forming our American Constitutional Republic, which is our Christ-based bedrock of freedom. In fact, the Preamble to the 1783 Peace Treaty between the Continental Congress and Great Britain, signed by Founders John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay recites: In the name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity, it having pleased Divine Providence to...
Perhaps founder John Quincy Adams, on July 4, 1821 (as 6th President of the United States), summed it up most succinctly: "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
French historian/philosopher Alexis deTocqueville wrote of the American spirit: Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with rightousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power... Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
What a priceless heritage every American has been given! But it was, and is, not free. The Founders and later generations paid unspeakable sacrifices with their lives, their fortunes, and their scared honor in the "holy cause of freedom" that we may enjoy the blessings of liberty. It is our sacred duty to carry on that torch by restoring our nation to the god-fearing, God-obeying country it once was.
If we choose to continue in our degeneracy and disobedience, here is what we can expect: The words of Christ Himself: If the salt (ie, you and I) has lost its savour (ie our willingness to stand and fight for the personal and civil freedoms made possible by Christ on the cross) ...it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under the foot of men [tyranny] (Mat. 5:3).
God means business: The axe is laid unto the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (Luke3:9)
IS there hope for America? Yes - IF we act quickly in the ways God commands. Once again, the battle must trumpet from the pulpits. Is God still in control?: At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation...to pluck up, and to pull down, and destroy it;...(Jer. 18:7,8).
In Deut. 4:30-31 God again sets forth His promise to the faithful;
Again in II Chron. 7:14... If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
From Genesis through Revelation God offers the way out of bondage into the light of His liberty. He affirms to us in II Cor. 3:17: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, as He does throughout the Bible, but always His condition is obedience to Him, without which we will decend only into confusion, despair and bondage.
IN SUMMARY: Clearly and incontestably, the antidote to the Islamic fundamentalist terrorist threat against America is that we must turn from our wicked ways (IIChron. 7:14) and return to our Judeo/Christian roots. Christians must repent, ask God's forgiveness, and recommit their loyalty and obedience to Jesus Christ, the Author of America's freedoms and the hope of the world.
...without me ye can do nothing (John 15:5)
NOTE: All of the above, and much more, is contained in the book AMERICA - A CALL TO GREATNESS.
The answer lies in these direct, to the point words of Jesus Christ from John 15:5:
...without me ye can do nothing.
We established that the essence of the battle with the Islamic fundamentalists is spiritual. Therefore man by himself, without the intervening aid of our Creator, the Author of our liberties, cannot prevail against the intensly focused attacks of the evil Islamic merchants of death.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph: 6:12).
Surely the Islamic merchants of death are the arch enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Author of life and liberty, the true Founder, through the Fathers, of our American Constitutional Republic. Reference extensive discourse and proof in the book AMERICA - A CALL TO GREATNESS.
What must we do if we are to pass to our children an inheritance of life, liberty and (the right to) the pursuit of happiness?
We must stop mocking the Lord through travesties and abominations such as abortion, homosexuality, pornography, a debased anti-Christian/anti-God educational system ruinous to the minds of our sacred trust- our children; and we must stop the attacks upon, and breakdown of, our God-given U.S. Constitution and Republic.
The list of direct mockeries of God and against Christ Himself is extensive and growing. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Gal. 6:7)
The essence of every freedom-related issue today is addressed in the Bible. Contrary to propaganda, the Bible's truths do NOT change: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but his truth (the word of the Lord) endureth to all generations (Mat. 24:35 & Ps 100:5) . That is, times change. Circumstances change. But our Creator's laws of liberty and righteousness never change.
A brief review of a few biblical fundamentals central to a Christian's faith: What is truth? Jesus proclaimed: I am the way, the truth, and the life:...(John 14:6). Thy law is truth...(Psalm 119:142). Who originated the Law? The Lord is our lawgiver (Isaiah 33:22). Thy commandments are truth (Ps 119:151) . Thy Word is truth...(John 17:17); What, or who, is the Word? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word (Christ) was God (John 1:1). And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Thy Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6). How does the Spirit relate to God the Father, and to Christ, His Son? For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one (1 John 5:7). I and my Father are one (John 10:30). How much power does Christ have? All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth (Mat. 28:18).
Could God even at this late hour save America?
Yes, but there are conditions: Inasmuch as 85% of the American people claim to be Christians, the answer to the relentless, increasing Islamic fundamentalist terrorist assaults is in our recognition and acknowledgement that Jesus Christ is the Author of our liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (II Cor. 3:17), and in our commitment to obedience to God: I command thee this day to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land (Deut. 30:16).
God's greatest gift to us is volition, that is, the right to choose blessings or consequences. For example, in Deuteronomy 30:19 the Lord declares: I set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: choose life, that you and your children may live. Here God expresses His will for us, but there is a price: As the Author of the laws of liberty, He commands us to live diligently by them, which means that we must Put on the whole armour of God...(Eph.6:11), define the evil death-dealing destroyers of our freedoms and do what is necessary to prevail against them. The Lord again describes their nature: "...your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:...(1 Peter 5:8).
From Genesis through Revelation the Lord exhorts us to be ever vigilant in the defense of our priceless God-given freedoms...whatever the cost...and be ever mindful of our responsibilities to our children and future generations: Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine (II Tim. 4:1,2). As the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust...(1 Tim 6:20).
In the two-parts series, Islamic Terrorism - A Christian perspective, we noted that America was born in the pulpits. America - A Call To Greatness contains a treasury of quotes by the Founding Fathers who not only diligently sought the guidance and aid of Christ against seemingly impossible odds as they, with no organized, equipped army and no navy confronted the mightiest military force in the world. God honored their faith and commitment which resulted in their forming our American Constitutional Republic, which is our Christ-based bedrock of freedom. In fact, the Preamble to the 1783 Peace Treaty between the Continental Congress and Great Britain, signed by Founders John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay recites: In the name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity, it having pleased Divine Providence to...
Perhaps founder John Quincy Adams, on July 4, 1821 (as 6th President of the United States), summed it up most succinctly: "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
French historian/philosopher Alexis deTocqueville wrote of the American spirit: Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with rightousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power... Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
What a priceless heritage every American has been given! But it was, and is, not free. The Founders and later generations paid unspeakable sacrifices with their lives, their fortunes, and their scared honor in the "holy cause of freedom" that we may enjoy the blessings of liberty. It is our sacred duty to carry on that torch by restoring our nation to the god-fearing, God-obeying country it once was.
If we choose to continue in our degeneracy and disobedience, here is what we can expect: The words of Christ Himself: If the salt (ie, you and I) has lost its savour (ie our willingness to stand and fight for the personal and civil freedoms made possible by Christ on the cross) ...it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under the foot of men [tyranny] (Mat. 5:3).
God means business: The axe is laid unto the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (Luke3:9)
IS there hope for America? Yes - IF we act quickly in the ways God commands. Once again, the battle must trumpet from the pulpits. Is God still in control?: At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation...to pluck up, and to pull down, and destroy it;...(Jer. 18:7,8).
In Deut. 4:30-31 God again sets forth His promise to the faithful;
Again in II Chron. 7:14... If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
From Genesis through Revelation God offers the way out of bondage into the light of His liberty. He affirms to us in II Cor. 3:17: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, as He does throughout the Bible, but always His condition is obedience to Him, without which we will decend only into confusion, despair and bondage.
IN SUMMARY: Clearly and incontestably, the antidote to the Islamic fundamentalist terrorist threat against America is that we must turn from our wicked ways (IIChron. 7:14) and return to our Judeo/Christian roots. Christians must repent, ask God's forgiveness, and recommit their loyalty and obedience to Jesus Christ, the Author of America's freedoms and the hope of the world.
...without me ye can do nothing (John 15:5)
NOTE: All of the above, and much more, is contained in the book AMERICA - A CALL TO GREATNESS.
