"Then he began to curse and swear, 'I do not know this Man of whom you speak!'" (Mark 14:71)
Peter was a great disciple---- left his business to follow Jesus, walked on water, declared the "rock" by our Lord Jesus Christ, was to give the opening address of the Church at Pentecost. But he had this problem. When pressed, he folded. Have you ever witnessed something or heard of something and said, "That could never happen here," or, "That would never happen to me?" Beware-- "Given the right circumstances, the right situation, any one of us is capable of anything" (Billy Graham).
I have never seen an election so emotionally driven as this one in the US. Oh, there were those in Germany in the 1928, 1930 and 1932 elections. Now the American church, even the evangelical and charismatic wing, is showing alarming signs that it is willing to do what the German church did in the 1920's and 30's. By letting race trump the Church, they denied the reign of Jesus Christ, promoted darkness over light, and saw twentieth century Germany plunge into a barbarism which made that of the Middle Ages look like a Sunday School picnic. But, no worry. It could never happen here.?.?
The other night there was a black Pentecostal pastor on a Pittsburgh TV station who is promoting and intending to vote for Obama. Race and ethnic loyalty have defeated him. It took three accusations to defeat Peter. Is the America of the Constitution and Founding Fathers about to experience the same kind of defeat? (You must read Obama's opinion of the Supreme Court and the Constitution at:
Are you a secret emotional voter, one whose prejudices, racial and gender, any loyalties supercede your commitment to Jesus Christ? Do not be offended at this question. Remember Peter. Remember the assertion of Billy Graham. Remember history. Mostly, remember the "God-Breathed" Word----- "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love...." Live and vote like it!
Father, in Jesus' Name, may everything about me and the American Church reveal that You have "delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of [Your] love." Amen.
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Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
