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Promoting the General Welfare

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Philippians 2:4 (HCSB)
4 Everyone should look out not ⌊only⌋ for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

The Preamble to our Constitution reads: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. The Constitution therefore was established with an express purpose of securing justice, domestic tranquility, defense, promote the well-being of its citizenry, and secure liberty now and into the future. How are we doing?

“Tocqueville began with a shocker: That the first political institution of American democracy is religion. His thesis went something like this: The premises of secular materialism do not sustain democracy, but undermine it, while the premises of Judaism and Christianity include and by inductive experience lead to democracy, uplift it, carry it over its inherent weaknesses, and sustain it.

[Because of its] own inherent tendencies, democracy tends to lower tastes and passions, to devolve into materialistic preoccupations, and to undercut its own principles by a morally indifferent relativism. Further, democracy left to itself tends to surrender liberty to the passion for security and equality, and thus to end in a new soft despotism, tied down with a thousand silken threads by a benign authority.”

Liars Will Be Punished!

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Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?”

Acts 5:3 (NRSV)

Lying has consequences, or at least should. Today it would appear lying has become an art form, even garnering praise from others as somewhat noble! What a sad commentary on contemporary life. One can expect to find lying in the secular realm since it is predominately under the influence of old slew foot himself Satan, the father of all lies, but when it is pervasive in the church then we have a real systemic problem.

Ananias and Sapphira wanted to be charitable and sell some of the land they owned and give it to the Apostles. They did so but instead of giving as they said they would they withheld a portion for themselves. When asked they said that the amount given was the full amount they got on the purchase. They were struck dead for lying! WOW, now that is quick, and some might say extreme, punishment for what many would say was a small matter. To God however, this was a big deal.

Could you imagine, during an election season, what would happen if candidates running for office would suddenly drop dead while speaking to crowds? If this happened on a consistent basis do you think these politicians would end their constant lying? Why did God treat Ananias and Sapphira so harshly? Because they had taken an oath to God and lied while under that oath. Know anyone who has lied under oath? I can name a whole House and Senate full of liars and deceitful people. They all took an oath by swearing to God to uphold the laws of this land and defend the Constitution and have gone about doing as they please, while enriching themselves in the process. Now I don’t know about you, but a huge part of me wishes lying members of our political class would start dropping dead while speaking! Some might even be thinking of that used car salesman who sold them that lemon last year. Lying is serious business and God does not take kindly to lying lips.

22The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy. Proverbs 12

So then why do liars seem to prosper and get away with their multitude of falsehoods? Why isn’t the damage they do being punished to vindicate the victims? Those who wield unfettered power continue to gain even more power by deceitful practices and seem to be immune from any law and order, where is God?

9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. 10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Thessalonians 5:9-10

We’ve heard the old adage that give a man enough rope and he will hang himself, well this could be said of God who allows evil men and women to continue in their wickedness with the hopes that they will repent and turn from the evil ways, however, if they don’t judgement will be sure, swift and final!

Lying is a BIG DEAL, and there is no such thing as a little lie. Ananias and Sapphira learned too late that telling lies under oath is a death sentence!

I suspect before long to start to see corpses piling up around State Houses across the country and in D.C.

His Truth Keeps Marching On

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Christian wallpaper Psalm 57:3
Amidst all the lies and deceptions there remains an undercurrent of truth. A solid foundation as sure as the mountains. This truth is the truth of God’s word. His truth keeps marching on.

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Famine’s Acomin’

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Amos 8:11-14

(11) "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land? not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. (12) Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD , but they will not find it. (13) "In that day "the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst. (14) They who swear by the shame of Samaria , or say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the god of Beersheba lives’ they will fall, never to rise again." New International Version

The first victims of this famine are the young. They are more susceptible because their parents failed to provide a solid foundation of truth . The young only know what the older generation has taught them. With anything remotely Christian being banished from public schools and colleges and ridiculed in the media, and with churches increasingly neglecting the Word of God , the youth are being supplied with a very weak or non-existent diet of truth. David C. Grabbe

It is very important that our youth learn truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help us God. They need to have a moral center, a sense of right and wrong. Unfortunately our culture has abandoned the Gospel of truth found in the word of God and replaced it with a subjective truth, one that is based on one’s own viewpoint of is right or wrong.

We are loosing an entire generation because of this lack of an absolute truth. Intead they are being taught that everyone’s opinion is valid (unless that opinion happens to be biblically based), and that the only modern sin is to judge. All of this because God’s words are not being heard, and something else has taken their place.

Amos 8:14 describes those who are so spiritually sick from malnourishment, that they will "fall and never rise again."

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Ten Rules of Living

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1) Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble. It is a "steering wheel" that directs us in the right path throughout life.

2) Do you know why a car’s windshield is so large and the rear view mirror is so small? Because our past is not as important as our future. So, look ahead and move on.

3) Friendship is like a book. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.

4) All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it; it may not last forever. If going wrong, don’t worry; it may not last long either.

5) Old friends are like gold! New friends are diamonds! If you get a diamond, don’t forget the gold! Because to hold a diamond, you always need a base of gold!

6)  Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, God smiles and says, "Relax, it’s just a bend, not the end!"

7) When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities; when God doesn’t solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities.

8) A blind person asked St. Anthony : "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight ?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision."

9) When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them; and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.

10) Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.

–author unknown

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