judd gregg quits

[.270]

judd gregg decided he couldn't take the smell anymore and withdrew as obamanation's nominee for commerce secretary. he was the only republican obama nominated. i was real surprised when he accepted it in the first place and when they took away the census as one of his duties i kinda figgerd that it might be more than he would deal with. they wanted a talking head that would be a puppet. too bad, he was the only bright spot in that mess. Lark.

[Rembrant]

We're gettin ram-rodded, Lark. Their ain't a republican that'll touch anything Obama's doing. They're just hoping the American public will wake up from the Kool-aid uphoria and start screaming.

Ain't no telling what all is gonna change by that time, but so far we got:

Guantonimo Bay prison closing

Reinactment of the Mexico City Policy (where we get to pay for foriegn abortions)

The 700 Billion spending bill.

Also I heard former UN embassador Bolton say that the new US embassador declined to vote on a resolution currently in the UN that is anti-Israel. The United States has NEVER not voted - until now.

How many short weeks has it been?

 

On the horizon:

The Fairness act

The Freedom of Choice act.

Gun bills; don't think he won't!

Wait and see what we get when it's time to pick a new supreme cout justice.

And God knows what else.

 

You got to hand it to him, he said he wanted to fundamentally change this country. And he ain't wasting no time.

 

Mike

 

[.270]

a guy sent me an article awhile back that said that the biggest threat to America is no longer muslim terrorists or communists like russia and venezuela. said that now it is isreal. because obama was going to abandon them and leave them to themselves. isreal has the campability to hit anywhere in the U.S. with a nuke, anytime. and the guy that wrote it said he felt it was a real threat. they've sat around with their hands in their pockets for decades because we were on their side. if we ain't on their side, then we're against em. interesting read. Lark.

[Rembrant]

About 13 years ago when I sobered up and started going to church, I listened to a man speak one night, who said some very interesting things. This guy was an active Russian general, touring Christian churches in the United States, telling his story and raising money to buy Bibles for the Russian military.

I ain't making this up.

One of the things he said was that The USSR had a lousy economy and a zillion problems as a result of many decades of athiestic communist rule, and that the United States is the great country that it is because it was founded on the priciples of the Bible, that we acknowledge God in our courts, and even on our money, and we offer our citizens the freedom to worship God.

When people make up their own rules, they screw it up; personally, corporately, or nationaly. When we do things God's way (and He doesn't leave us guessing, it's all written down) things work out a lot better.

There are a lot of things that Obama is changing, or is going to change, that will be steering this great nation away from doing things God's way.

Here's what God says about walking away from Israel:

 

Numbers 24:8-9 (New International Version)

 

8 "God brought them out of Egypt;

they have the strength of a wild ox.

They devour hostile nations

and break their bones in pieces;

with their arrows they pierce them.

 

9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,

like a lioness—who dares to rouse them?

"May those who bless you be blessed

and those who curse you be cursed!"

 

We will never need to fear Israel as long as we continue to bless her. And she will never attack us unless we get so crazy as to attack her first - she has great restraint.

I don't think need to fear Isreal; we sould be fearing GOD!

 

Mike

 

 

[NRS]

"There are a lot of things that Obama is changing, or is going to change, that will be steering this great nation away from doing things God's way."

 

The Bible tells us how to tell prophets (truthful people) from false prophets ( untruthful people) in 1 John 4:1-3 NIV. It is interesting that it even talks about deceiving the elected.

[Rembrant]

NRS,

I believe Jesus said that Satan can decieve the very elect, which means believers like you, and me and anybody! Your interpretation is non-the-less true though. Satan's job is to kill, steal, and destroy. A lot of carnage can happen through leaders. Look what he did by deceiving Hitler.

 

Mike

[TLH]

Interesting reading. I have one question though--why do we need to fear our father in heaven? I do not fear God but i do fear disappointing him. He is my father i want to make him proud but i have never feared him. Maybe someone can explain the word "fear" is it really some other meaning??

 

As for Israel attacking our great country--not sure about that but i do know they will stop the cancer in any way they can before destroying any country.

 

I have never understood the "Fear God" statement.

[Rembrant]

Exellent question. And you're right.

The people that have attended Bible colleges and/or people that have the ability to read Greek and Hebrew will tell you that "fear of the Lord" would better translate to "taking God seriously".

Having a healthy fear of God would be like having a healthy fear of a thousand foot cliff, or a Mohave Rattlesnake. As long as you have the facts sorted out and make the right choice, there is no reason to be afraid of these things.

The mere realization of GOD, who has created the heavens, and knows all the happenings on this earth down to the cellular and molecular level, is enough to get my knees shaking. We tend to fear what we cannot understand.

It's good to read the Book to see how this GOD that should be taken seriously has interacted with human-kind from the beginning. This is also a bit unnerving.

Even Israel, who is just downright bad to the bone, economically, militarily, and in a lot of other ways, was exiled from her homeland for nearly 2000 years. Why? Because they turned their back on God. They stopped taking Him seriously.

Wonderful, isn't it, that this almighty God that judges all, has sent His Son to live as a human, and then to be sacrificed for our imperfections - because He knows our hearts and our incapability to ever live up to His standards? All we have to do is suck up our pride and accept this gift.

Taking God seriously should never stop, yet is is hard to fear someone that loves us that much!

Check this out:

 

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

 

Thanks TLH,

Mike

 

[TLH]

Mike,

 

Thank you. I understand the love part as i have always loved God as i have my own father here on earth--sure, when i did wrong i feared him being disappointed in me but i never feared the belt at all--i figured the belt was the least of my worries.

 

Thanks a bunch!