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2. The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people,
   whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not,
   so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities.
   –July 1, 1854 [?] Fragment on Government
3. This is a fragment of a much longer quote which you can read here. Here is what Obama said Lincoln said: “That Government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more.” Changes the meaning doesn’t it?
   Read more: Transcript of Obama’s SOTU Address
4. Let’s see what other things Lincoln had to say shall we? Let us see how closely Lincoln held to the same values as our current President. In other words let us see how Lincoln like Obama really is.
5. Of our political revolution of ’76, we all are justly proud. It has given us
   a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth.
   In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the
   capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has
   vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.
   –February 22, 1842 Temperance Address

   As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.
   This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the
   extent of the difference, is no democracy.
   –ca. August 1, 1858 Fragment on Democracy

   Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation
   of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.
   –May 17, 1859 Letter to Theodore Canisius

   This is essentially a People’s contest. On the side of the Union, it is a
   struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government,
   whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights
   from all shoulders — to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all — to afford all,
   an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.
   –July 4, 1861 Message to Congress

   While we must, by all available means, prevent the overthrow of the
   government, we should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns
   in the bosom of society.
   –March 18, 1864 Letter to Edwin M. Stanton

   In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human
   right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this
   contest than is realized by every one.
   –August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment

   It is the eternal struggle between these
   two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles
   that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to
   struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of
   kings.
   –October 15, 1858 Debate at Alton, Illinois

   On the question of liberty, as a principle, we are not what we have been.
   When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we
   called the maxim that “all men are created equal” a self evident truth; but now
   when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we
   have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim “a self
   evident lie.”
   –August 15, 1855 Letter to George Robertson

   There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
   
   –January 27, 1838 Lyceum Address

   So much for the Occupy movement.

   Let us then turn this government back into the channel in which the framers
   of the Constitution originally placed it.
   –July 10, 1858 Speech at Chicago

   Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained,
   for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make
   this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles.
   –August 27, 1856 Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan

   At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if
   it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If
   destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation
   of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
   –January 27, 1838 Lyceum Address

6. It is apparent from these few quotes the Obama and Lincoln do not share the same ideology.

7. I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man
   for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.
   –July 31, 1846 Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity

   To read in the Bible, as the word of God himself, that “In the sweat of thy
   face shalt thou eat bread,” and to preach therefrom that, “In the sweat of other mans
   faces shalt thou eat bread,” to my mind can scarcely be reconciled with honest sincerity.
   –May 30, 1864 Letter to George Ide and Others

   Here is something I do not think we will ever here Obama say:

   I fully appreciate the present peril the country is in, and the weight of
   responsibility on me.
   –December 22, 1860 Letter to Alexander Stephens

   So as not to belabor this exercise I will leave you with this final quote from Abraham Lincoln which I share wholeheartedly:

   I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind
   that with you, and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with
   office-seekers, but with you, is the question, “Shall the Union and shall
   the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest generation?”
   –February 11, 1861 Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis

   I have understood well that the duty of
   self-preservation rests solely with the American people.
   –January 19, 1863 Letter to the Workingmen of England

   Let us not relinquish our responsibilities to this grand Union as to put our trust in elected officials and office-seekers. This land is your land, this land is my land, we are the caretakers of liberty. It is our responsibility to preserve Liberty to to abandon her on the ash heap of history. Do your part I shall do mine.

   Another view from the EaglesNest. God bless America.

1. No I am not talking about the movie starring Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins but rather the reluctance of Christians to speak out on political issues. The silence of the lambs has allowed an ever-expanding government to grow even larger and more tyrannical with each subsequent administration.

In this article from Godfather Politics the author traces the silencing of the lambs historically to tyrannical regimes of the past including China and Nazi Germany. The article’s writer cites references to the government crackdown on religion and especially preachers who dared challenge the government aggression or speak out against government abuses of power.

1. Why are Pastors Afraid to Speak about Politics? | Godfather Politics

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“Over time, churches in Nazi German were “confined as far as possible to the performance of narrowly religious functions, and even within this narrow sphere were subjected to as many hindrances as the Nazis dared to impose.” This is the evaluation of a 1945 report published by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the CIA. It was called The Nazi Master Plan: The Persecution of the Christian Churches and was prepared for the War Crimes Staff. It offered the following summary: “This study describes, with illustrative factual evidence, Nazi purposes, policies and methods of persecuting the Christian Churches in Germany and occupied Europe.””

1. “Where did the strategic plan begin? “Implementation of this objective
   started with the curtailment of religious instruction in the primary and
   secondary schools with the squeezing of the religious periods into
   inconvenient hours, with Nazi propaganda among the teachers in order to
   induce them to refuse the teaching of religion, with vetoing of . . .
   religious text books, and finally with substituting [a] Nazi Weltanschauung [worldview] and ‘German faith’ for Christian religious denominational instruction. . .”

2. “The next step was to neutralize the impact that churches would have on
   politics. “Under the pretext that the Churches themselves were
   interfering in political and state matters, [the Nazis] would deprive
   the Churches, step by step, of all opportunity to affect German public
   life.” How often do we hear that the “separation between church and
   state” means that churches must remain silent on social and political
   issues?”

If any of this sounds familiar it is because the wiles of the devil have not changed. In order to gain access to destroy a family, a community, a city or a country the evil one must first be granted permission to do his dirty work. By getting God-fearing men and women to fear the created and not the Creator, the enemy of life and peace is able to gain the upper hand and sets himself up as god. This can be seen clearly in the garden of Eden where the serpent beguiled Eve to seduce Adam to disobey God and by so doing the serpent gains access to all that once belonged to Adam. The serpent gained power over all of life and began to bring about man’s destruction along with everything created by God.

1. Adam did not heed the Lord’s command to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and by his disobedience sin entered the world.

Sin came into the world through one person, and death came through sin. So death spread to everyone, because everyone sinned.Romans 5:12 (GW)

Jesus came to regain the authority that Adam lost through his disobedience. Jesus therefore defeated the power the enemy had to run amok in the world. Therefore Satan has to resort to his tried and true tactics to gain power and authority over a group of people. His main modus operandi is to twist the word of God to seduce people into believing that God hates them and is keeping something from them and thereby getting a person to distrust God which makes them an easy target.

Be well-balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset—rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the dominion (power, authority, rule) forever and ever. Amen (so be it). 1 Peter 5:8-11 (AMP)

The Lord spoke his word to me. He said, “Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them, ‘Suppose I bring war on this country, and the people of this country choose one of their men and make him their watchman. If he sees the enemy coming to attack the country, he will blow his horn to warn the people. If the people hear the horn and ignore the warning and the enemy comes and takes them, they will be responsible for their own deaths. They heard the sound of the horn but ignored its warning. So they are responsible for their own deaths. If they had taken the warning, they would have saved themselves. “‘But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t blow his horn to warn the people and the enemy comes and kills someone, that watchman must die because of his sin. I will hold him responsible for their deaths.‘ Ezekiel 33:1-6 (GW)

The trumpet has been sounded, you have been warned, take heed to yourself how you shall respond. As for me and this blog I will continue to speak forth the words of the Lord as the Lord gives me the utterance so help me God.