Sunday, July 05, 2009
WILL "GIMMIE" PRAYERS SAVE OUR NATION?
re "gimmie prayers" actually a deceptive, disarming Satan-serving affliction to America's freedoms?
Our God-given nation teeters on the brink of oblivion and a new dark age brought on by moral collapse and possible attack by ICBMs armed with nuclear, chemical, biological or EMP warheads. I witness American Christians, Bible in hand, unconcerned, declaring that prophesy is simply being fulfilled as set forth in the book of Revelation. They reason that "God is in control". Under the leadership of their abandoning clergy they stand idle and impotent as the tidal wave of evil crashes down upon them and their children. Not to worry, though. We "believers" will be raptured out (the great escape) to meet the Lord.
I hear clergymen on TV and on the radio and in church endlessly praising God for Who He is, for His sovereignty and might. They praise His ability to intercede and save our country and freedoms from their plunge into darkness, tyranny and oblivion - as if Christians are meant to be impotent observers. So stripped of vigilance and militancy has our faith become under the batons of America's abandonment clergy!
Typically, the clergy ask God to forgive our sins and transgressions, thank Him for sending His Son to die on the cross that we "believers" might be saved, and ask Him to continue His blessings upon America..."to save us from ourselves". In short, "thanks for the blessings. Gimmie some more."
Is that all God requires of us? For the clergy to honestly preach the reality of our (and our children's) current condition and probable future is not easy. It does not make a preacher popular. Being politically correct under federal threat of committing hate crimes by teaching the truth, becomes exceedingly intimidating and threatening to the clergy, resulting in their church treasury being severely impacted. The gospel of "peace" (when there is no peace) supplants the call to duty and action in the deadly spiritual, ideological and political wars, takes precedence. Every conceivable church social program instigated under the banner of "victorious personal living" dominates the church agenda. The preacher (shepherd) is popular, but in fact he is Pied Pipering his sheep to their destruction.
Classic call-to-duty hymns such as "Onward Christian soldiers...forward into battle"; and, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", are replaced by songs of praise, which we are commanded to sing - but not to the neglect of songs calling forth Godly vigilance.
Even more unpopular and less politically correct is the preacher who risks spelling out the specific battle directives of our Lord which are an integral part of a Christian's obedience to Him.
Teaching the imperative for obedience to God's action mandates in both Testaments - that the faithful engage in the battles for freedom on every front, including government, has been mostly abdicated by the contemporary clergy who, as in pre-Nazi Germany, fall back on a convenient but deadly interpretation of Romans 13.
Today, only America's Christians, through their obedience to Christ, can save America and her scared freedoms from the inferno into which she is plunging. For readers who think of Christ as a sweet, loving, turn-the-other-cheek Savior, bear in mind the mission statement of Christ: The Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil (1 John3:8). Christians are mandated to follow their leader, Christ.
American Christian duty in our crisis world is alien to most people because their clergy have abandoned their sacred duty to teach Christ's mandates for our time.
Following are some of the action-mandate topics with which I will deal in upcoming blog essays; that is, crucial survival topics mostly omitted from your preacher's sermons and "gimmie" prayers:
Christ's action mandates: Stand fast in the liberty...; Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?; Occupy till I come; Call upon me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty...;
Power of one Spirit-filled Christian: One shall chase 1,000
Surrender by default
LOVE is obedience to the Commandments
Romans 13: church and state: parallels with pre-nazi Germany by which the German clergy surrendered Germany's Christians by default;
Deadly prophesy
The Rapture
A Time For Everything - for peace and for war
All nations that forget God shall be cast into hell.
Call Upon Me...
Psalm 1: Two ways - the foundational Psalm;
The book of Psalms - praise psalms
Onward Christian soldiers - classic hymn
Battle Hymn of the Republic
More battle mandates in coming blog essays.
John W. Chalfant
(407) 629-5700
Note: The above discourse is derived from the author's books ABANDONMENT THEOLOGY, and AMERICA - A CALL TO GREATNESS
The views expressed are the writer's. If the reader's views differ, you are welcome to express them. e-mail johnc@greatness.com
Our God-given nation teeters on the brink of oblivion and a new dark age brought on by moral collapse and possible attack by ICBMs armed with nuclear, chemical, biological or EMP warheads. I witness American Christians, Bible in hand, unconcerned, declaring that prophesy is simply being fulfilled as set forth in the book of Revelation. They reason that "God is in control". Under the leadership of their abandoning clergy they stand idle and impotent as the tidal wave of evil crashes down upon them and their children. Not to worry, though. We "believers" will be raptured out (the great escape) to meet the Lord.
Is There a Limit To Praise, Praise - ONLY?
I hear clergymen on TV and on the radio and in church endlessly praising God for Who He is, for His sovereignty and might. They praise His ability to intercede and save our country and freedoms from their plunge into darkness, tyranny and oblivion - as if Christians are meant to be impotent observers. So stripped of vigilance and militancy has our faith become under the batons of America's abandonment clergy!
More Blessings, Please
Typically, the clergy ask God to forgive our sins and transgressions, thank Him for sending His Son to die on the cross that we "believers" might be saved, and ask Him to continue His blessings upon America..."to save us from ourselves". In short, "thanks for the blessings. Gimmie some more."
There's More?
Is that all God requires of us? For the clergy to honestly preach the reality of our (and our children's) current condition and probable future is not easy. It does not make a preacher popular. Being politically correct under federal threat of committing hate crimes by teaching the truth, becomes exceedingly intimidating and threatening to the clergy, resulting in their church treasury being severely impacted. The gospel of "peace" (when there is no peace) supplants the call to duty and action in the deadly spiritual, ideological and political wars, takes precedence. Every conceivable church social program instigated under the banner of "victorious personal living" dominates the church agenda. The preacher (shepherd) is popular, but in fact he is Pied Pipering his sheep to their destruction.
Hymns of Action
Classic call-to-duty hymns such as "Onward Christian soldiers...forward into battle"; and, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", are replaced by songs of praise, which we are commanded to sing - but not to the neglect of songs calling forth Godly vigilance.
Even more unpopular and less politically correct is the preacher who risks spelling out the specific battle directives of our Lord which are an integral part of a Christian's obedience to Him.
Mandates For The Faithful To Engage
Teaching the imperative for obedience to God's action mandates in both Testaments - that the faithful engage in the battles for freedom on every front, including government, has been mostly abdicated by the contemporary clergy who, as in pre-Nazi Germany, fall back on a convenient but deadly interpretation of Romans 13.
Only America's Christians Can Save America
Today, only America's Christians, through their obedience to Christ, can save America and her scared freedoms from the inferno into which she is plunging. For readers who think of Christ as a sweet, loving, turn-the-other-cheek Savior, bear in mind the mission statement of Christ: The Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil (1 John3:8). Christians are mandated to follow their leader, Christ.
American Christian duty in our crisis world is alien to most people because their clergy have abandoned their sacred duty to teach Christ's mandates for our time.
Upcoming Blogs
Following are some of the action-mandate topics with which I will deal in upcoming blog essays; that is, crucial survival topics mostly omitted from your preacher's sermons and "gimmie" prayers:
Christ's action mandates: Stand fast in the liberty...; Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?; Occupy till I come; Call upon me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty...;
Power of one Spirit-filled Christian: One shall chase 1,000
Surrender by default
LOVE is obedience to the Commandments
Romans 13: church and state: parallels with pre-nazi Germany by which the German clergy surrendered Germany's Christians by default;
Deadly prophesy
The Rapture
A Time For Everything - for peace and for war
All nations that forget God shall be cast into hell.
Call Upon Me...
Psalm 1: Two ways - the foundational Psalm;
The book of Psalms - praise psalms
Onward Christian soldiers - classic hymn
Battle Hymn of the Republic
More battle mandates in coming blog essays.
John W. Chalfant
(407) 629-5700
Note: The above discourse is derived from the author's books ABANDONMENT THEOLOGY, and AMERICA - A CALL TO GREATNESS
The views expressed are the writer's. If the reader's views differ, you are welcome to express them. e-mail johnc@greatness.com
