Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, [fn] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; [they are] whisperers,
Rom 1:30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 1:31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, [fn] unmerciful;
Rom 1:32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
That describes many people living today in the United States of America. Particularly, it highly describes those who self-identify as liberal leftists, progressives, socialists (including Marxists, Maoists, Communists etc.) and social justice advocates. I don't even need to list examples. Examples can be found everywhere in the news because they are quite evident all around us. Just read the blogs in my sidebar. Watch the Lamestream Media of Mass Deception. Listen to those who, unbelievably and unconscionably, would have the crazy mindset to show sympathy for the terrorist who wanted to blow up Times Square with a truck filled with explosives.
Have you noticed that the words Islamic terrorist, or Islamic jihadist, or radical Islamic extremist are not included in the descriptions of the perpetrator when shared by the nightly news pundits? They bend over backwards not to us the term "Islam" so as to be politically correct - to a fault! Yet, these same goons would unfairly label the TEA Party Patriots as "astro-turf," "right-wing extremists," "racists," "Nazis," "anti-(fill in the blank for the latest social justice term they are using)______ extremists."
What is wrong with this picture?
Plenty. But I don't need to tell anyone reading here what is wrong. You instinctively ALREADY KNOW what is wrong! They are not only the "hate America first" crowd, they are also very disparaging against Jesus Christ and His followers.
Allah, Mohammed, and Muslim followers of the Koran are not insulted by the media. Yet, the same courtesy is never given to God, Jesus Christ, and Christian followers of the Bible. Why??
Christ told us that they would hate us because they first hated Him.
In the Obama: The Chessboard Pawn comment thread, I included a link to an article written by Barbara Ehrenreich (one of the members whose name I recognized and was included in the group described in New Zeal Blog's report: Obama File 102: America's Little Lenin? Joel Rogers and the Obama Movement..) I specifically worked to refute her claims, using Bible verses as evidence of the obvious bankruptcy of her negative tirade and ignorant positions that she took against God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible.
She wrote that despicable article back in 2005, blaming God for the tsunami. I just couldn't let her anti-God, anti-Christian, ignorant blathering go without challenge, so I wrote a response to each of her crazy and stupid incendiary remarks.
If anyone is interested in reading it, go to: Talk Wisdom message board: Rationalizing God's latest 'felony'??
It really peeves me when those who don't know much, if anything, about God, Jesus or the Bible, spew their hate-drenched rhetoric like Ehrenreich did. However, when weighed against the truth, it does expose how ignorant she is about the subject.
Since Ehrenreich is the kind of person who would belong to these fake green groups who illegally funnel money from taxpayers and get away with it, then we can see why our nation is in such dire straits with the Resident ObaMARXIST pawn in "power."
If you take the time to read just the first page of comments (which include four sections of what I wrote to refute Ms. Ehrenreich's claims), you might easily recognize the difference between one who knows the God of the Bible and our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ; vs. one who tries to create "god" in her own image and opinion(s). That is precisely what the left (especially the radical leftists) attempt to do on all issues where the God of the Bible doesn't fit their own secular, humanistic desires, wants, opinions, ideas, politics, and notions of what a Righteous God would (and should) be like.
If you really think about it, it is as if they are creating their own idol in their minds, and then putting their own mind-created idol ideals and actions upon the God of the universe.
Why do they do this?
Because their deeds are evil. (Jesus' words - not mine!)
What better way to camouflage their sins then to create the idea that what they believe about abortion, homosexual behavior, euthansia, lying, cheating, stealing etc. is not really sinful?
You see, it is because they are not "separated to the gospel of God" as Paul states in Romans 1:1. They are not bond servants of Jesus Christ - they serve themselves and their own fleshly desires.
Without being born again in Christ Jesus, a sinner (which we all are - including me until the moment of genuine salvation) CANNOT receive "grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith" as it is described in Romans 1:5.
When you read all of Romans 1, you discover the characteristics of those in the faith, which are completely opposite to the characteristics of those who reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The contrast could not be more clear!
We see the evidence of those who willingly reject Christ in their lives. They live up to (more like - live down to) all of the descriptions that Paul makes in Romans 1:21 - 1:32.
The truly sad thing to realize is that many of these kinds of people are running (and ruining) our country today. The lying, deceitfulness, cheating, thug-like behavior, misinformation, rejection of decency, willingness to ignore the law and what is right in this life is so painfully obvious in Washington D.C. that we almost cannot even recognize our country anymore.
But don't just take my word for it. Read Daily Thought Pad: Cornucopia of Corruption and Treason
It is only the hand of God that can truly save us. This is why we must continue to pray!
Just as George Washington knelt down and prayed at Valley Forge - when it looked like all was lost against the power of the British army in that day, WE THE PEOPLE must get down on our knees, confess our own sin and shortcomings, and fervently pray to God for deliverance from this evil, corrupt, and deceitful gangster government.
Here is Romans 1:1 - 1:32:
Rom 1:1 Paul, a bond servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God
Rom 1:2 which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
Rom 1:3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
Rom 1:4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
Rom 1:5 Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,
Rom 1:6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
Rom 1:7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Rom 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Rom 1:10 making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.
Rom 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established--
Rom 1:12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Rom 1:13 Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles.
Rom 1:14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.
Rom 1:15 So, as much as is in me, [I am] ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, [fn] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." [fn]
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Rom 1:19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown [it] to them.
Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible [attributes] are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
Rom 1:21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify [Him] as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man--and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
Rom 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
Rom 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Rom 1:26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
Rom 1:27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, [fn] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; [they are] whisperers,
Rom 1:30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 1:31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, [fn] unmerciful;
Rom 1:32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
NKJV Footnotes:
(1:16) NU-Text omits of Christ.
(1:17) Habakkuk 2:4
(1:29) NU-Text omits sexual immorality.
(1:31) NU-Text omits unforgiving.
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The "Unrestrained Depravity of Man: Totalitarianism in a Nutshell," ( http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kimball/100416 ) provides a snapshot of the out-workings of the barbarianism which the Bible warns will befall a society that has turned away from God the Father.
"We cannot understand the seething hatred of God, the treachery, pathological lying, obscenity, perversity, blasphemy, the subversion and perversion of youth, the power grabbing, megalomania, and other evils so obviously endemic here in America and throughout the West unless we return to the Biblical view of man:
"....the basic insights of the Christian faith provide the best insight we have into the nature of man and of the crisis we find ourselves in..." observed Conservative John Hallowell. (The Conservative Intellectual Movement, George Nash, p. 53)
No concept gives "deeper insight into the enigma that is man" than original sin. Evil is not just a "bad dream," warned Richard Weaver, author of "Ideas Have Consequences." Evil is not "an accident of history," or the "creation of a few antisocial men." It is a "subtle, protean force," and original sin is a "parabolical expression" of this "immemorial tendency of man to do the wrong thing when he knows the right thing." (ibid)
Man is not born good, as self-deluded Progressive Liberals of both atheist and cosmic humanist schools claim. Nor is man 'evolving' to some higher, more godlike spiritual state. The ugly truth is that all men are born terrible-willed hedonists, says Dr. Terry G. Shaw:
"To understand...principles of human behavior...we must first begin by accepting (that) all humans are born hedonists (aka narcissists) and have an intrinsic need to seek pleasure, avoid pain, and engage in those activities that best accomplish both with the least amount of effort." (Born Liberal Raised Right, Reb Bradley, p.19)
In 1926, Governor Theodore Christianson of Minnesota established the Minnesota Crime Commission to study crime and evaluate its causes. The commission eventually concluded that criminal tendencies were not the result of poverty, education, or environment. Instead, it offered the following brutal observation:
"Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it: his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmates toys...or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and aggressiveness which could be murderous were he not so helpless. He's dirty; he has no morals, no knowledge, no developed skills. This means that all children, not just certain children, but all children, are born delinquent. If permitted to continue in their self-centered world of infancy, given free rein to their impulsive actions to satisfy each want, every child would grow up a criminal, a thief, a killer, a rapist." (ibid, p. 21)
Trying once again to get the hits on that thread to the 10,000 mark? Well, you're quite close; keep it up. It might be better, though, if you'd actually contribute to it now and then.
I have read a great deal in recent weeks of men whose every word was God, God, God, and whose every deed was foul, foul, foul. The vast majority of these men were not liberals. They were not even politicians. They indulged in 'lying, deceitfulness, cheating, thug-like behavior, misinformation, rejection of decency, willingness to ignore the law and what is right in this life' because they considered themselves part of an elite who didn't live like other people. In cities like Boston and Philadelphia and Los Angeles and Milwaukee and Ft. Worth the corruption oozed forth...from men who, in the name of God, claimed the right to tell others how they should live.
Your excuse for their actions was to blame Dr. Albert Kinsey...whom I doubt any of those men had ever read. Before you set out to clean up society, is it too much to ask to clean your own house first?
For the rest, go back to 2 Corinthians 12:6~10 and take comfort that the screams of the damned will be your dance music in heaven.
Wow Linda! What a powerful comment! I need to check out the links that you have provided. That last paragraph is especially frightening to realize. Yet, the evidence of children growing up to be adults filled with such ugly sinful intentions and acts exists all around us. He who claims that he is without sin is a liar, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
We are, unfortunately, born in the state of sin. If this were not so, then Jesus Christ would not have needed to die for the sins of the world.
So many people today think nothing of the sins that they commit. Just like Tiger Woods, they only groan when they get caught.
Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments."
He already paid the ransom for many - when he died on the cross. All that we can do is confess and repent of our sin, and then acknowledge him as Lord and Savior; being humbly grateful for the miraculous mercy and salvation that he provided for us!
Keeping the commandments of God does not save us, but showing God that we love him through keeping those commandments is all we can offer Him in gratefulness for what he has done for our sakes through His Son, Jesus Christ!
It is hard for me to fathom why anyone would want to pass up on the reconciliation with God that He has provided us through Christ. Yet, there are those who will refuse to repent until the day they die.
All we can do is continue to sound the alarm and wake people up to realize the Gospel of Christ is our only means for sinful man to be reconciled back unto our Holy and Righteous God.
Thanks again for all that you shared! Appreciate it!
GM,
You are unbelievable - in so many ways. Equating those who pretend to be Christians and continually do wrong things with those who genuinely love God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible is typical of you. The re-born life in Christ has evidence. And that evidence is a changed life - for the better. It's not the fake and false "change" that Obama fooled the voters with in the election of 2008. It's genuine change that stems from the heart because of the dwelling of the Holy Spirit within the person's soul.
And, as far as "cleaning my house first" goes, Jesus did that work for me. You see, I'm not dumb enough to believe that I can clean myself up on my own. I know better. However, you think that you don't need God. Therefore, you also don't think that you need salvation.
So...tell me again who isn't facing reality about "cleaning one's own house?"
An obvious slave of resentment, ill-intentioned GMpilot is driven to publicly announce his small-mindedness, ill will, malediction, and other ugly compulsions: "Trying once again to get the hits on that thread to the 10,000 mark?"
GM: I have read a great deal in recent weeks of men whose every word was God, God, God, and whose every deed was foul, foul, foul.
And what of your own so very obvious ill-will? Your ugly-minded resentment? Your so very obvious jealousy? Your so obvious malediction? Like Grimma Wormtongue you slither into this site with nothing less than malice aforethought. What accounts for this uglyness? This obvious malice? Why do you freely choose to enslave yourself to malice, hate, and resentment?
Oh, but of course, how could I forget that you have no free will? That you are so very innocent, yet are being 'victimized' by Christine, God, other Christians, moral law, and by your own guilty conscience?
The ugly truth is that you enjoy deceiving yourself. You enjoy your unholy victimhood. You however, are not innocent. Right from birth you have had a dark side:
"Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it: his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmates toys...or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and aggressiveness which could be murderous were he not so helpless. He's dirty; he has no morals, no knowledge, no developed skills. This means that all children, not just certain children, but all children, are born delinquent. If permitted to continue in their self-centered world of infancy, given free rein to their impulsive actions to satisfy each want, every child would grow up a criminal, a thief, a killer, a rapist."
Until you accept personal responsibility for the darkness that so obviously spews its' resentment and hate through your mouth, you will remain tormented by the furies of conscience.
Let this be very clear to you: The foaming ugliness that rages within your mind and which pours forth from your lips has nothing to do with Christine, her website, or with God the Father. No, it has to do with you. The problem is yours, but like all self-deceivers you have transferred your guilt onto Christine in order that you can crucify her for your bad choices, inferiority complex, disordered compulsions and impulses, and whatever other pathologies plague your soul.
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