The Divider in Chief. Now we know this is what you get when you empower a Community Agitator.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Month: September 2015
Black Li es Matter
Remember the “V” is silent in the “black lives matter” movement. If you don’t think it is a hate-filled racist movement, try telling them “All lives matter” and observe the response.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Charleston Church Shooter reminder
Within a few hours after hearing about the tragedy in Charleston, S.C. some were asking, “Pastor will you be making a comment in your blog?” Replying in the affirmative I said that it would be a couple of days so that we would be able to learn the real facts first. Don’t you wish our President would have done the same?
Once again Obama was quick to use a crisis to stir racial strife and in general division among various groups of people while calling for confiscation of guns instead of proclaiming compassion and promoting healing in the fashion of previous Presidents. Most likely he felt he had to rush out to the video cameras because he was afraid the actual facts will get in the way of the agenda he has been pushing. Time and again, the facts prove to be vastly different from what Obama purports them to be but he doesn’t really care because he knows that most of his followers will blindly follow whatever he tells them and ignore the truth when it does come out at a later point in time.
- Church was apparently a “gun-free zone”
- Shooter sat in bible Study for nearly an hour before he started shooting people
- Shooter reportedly reloaded 5 times
- Al Sharpton was quickly dispatched (to stir up strife)
- Drug user – another killer on psychotropic drugs. Suboxone is a habit forming drug that has been connected with sudden outbursts of aggression. It is also used to treat opiate addiction.
- Common thread in these incidents isn’t race, it is godlessness
Although Al Sharpton was quickly dispatched to promote racism and bigotry in Charleston and to stir up as much strife as possible (it is his M.O.), there were others who came together in an effort to promote healing and unity and to comfort the broken-hearted.
Founders’ Bible article Ezra 8, page 715. Excerpt from President John Tyler: “When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge His goodness in time past as well as their own unworthiness, and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future.”
At the bond hearing the Judge said, “Charleston is a strong community we have big hearts….” He also stated words to effect that we must find it in our hearts to help all the victims of this crime, including those in Dylann’s family who were not a part of that crime or accessories to it in any manner.
One relative of one of the slain victims said, “Hate must not win” and another said “I forgive you” and another “I don’t understand, we reached out to you” but also expressed a forgiving heart. They were wonderful representatives of a wonderful church which is obviously truly following in the footsteps of Jesus the Christ.
I have no doubt that the late Reverend Martin Luther King would be ashamed of this President but proud of the slain victims and their families. They are over-comers and the blessed ones of God.
Pastor Ward
Christian religion is the established religion of America
What This Supreme Court Justice Ruled About Christianity in 1799 Isn’t Taught in Public Schools Today, but it should be.
http://conservativetribune.com/supreme-court…/…
Samuel Chase was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and served on the U.S. Supreme Court. While not as famous as some of his contemporaries, he’s still important for a number of reasons.
One of them, a ruling in a 1799 Supreme Court case, will drive liberals nuts. Needless to say, you’re not going to hear about this ruling in public schools.
Back when Supreme Court justices would also serve on lower courts, Chase would write the opinion for the Massachusetts Supreme Court case of M’Creery’s Lessee v. Allender.
The case involved whether an Irish immigrant by the name of Thomas M’Creery had become a naturalized U.S. citizen and whether he was eligible to leave his estate to a relative in Ireland.
“Thomas M’Creery, in order to become … naturalized according to the Act of Assembly … on the 30th of September, 1795, took the oath … before the Honorable Samuel Chase, Esquire, then being the Chief Judge of the State of Maryland … and did then and there receive from the said Chief Judge, a certificate thereof. … ‘Maryland; I, Samuel Chase, Chief Judge of the State of Maryland, do hereby certify all whom it may concern, that … personally appeared before me Thomas M’Creery, and did repeat and subscribe a declaration of his belief in the Christian Religion, and take the oath required by the Act of Assembly of this State, entitled, An Act for Naturalization,’” Chase’s opinion read.
Not only that, in another 1799 case — Runkel v. Winemiller — Chase opined that Christianity was America’s established religion.
“Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people. By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty,” he wrote (H/T WND).
Chase’s words are generally ignored by liberals, and for good reason. It completely destroys their myth of church and state separation.
However, that does not mean we can’t remind them of Samuel Chase’s bold statement about Christianity’s place in American life, especially since he was not the only signer to assure us of the significance of the Christian religion in the formation of these United States.
Sadly, too many Christians are ill-informed of the truths surrounding the development and formation of this great nation. The progressive/liberals fear Christians being properly informed as they know in their heart-of-hearts that could completely upset their godless, self-empowering agenda but God will not be mocked. God is the one responsible for the quick rise to greatness America was able to achieve and victories in spite of incredible odds, and now, in America’s collective turning of its back on the Creator we have set ourselves up for a great destruction. In a fashion similar to the way in which He punished Israel in the past for breaking covenant with Him, He may use a nation “more wicked than ourselves” to inflict punishment.
Perhaps it is not too late for 2nd Chronicles 7:14
But
The time is NOW
– Pastor Ward
Truth about moslem refugees
They are not “refugees,” they are invaders with malicious intent.
Treason
Stand up and Stand Strong
A word of encouragement to our pastors, who, now more than ever, are on the front lines of the culture war given the assault on marriage and religious liberty.
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, a lesser-known hero of the War for Independence, was a pastor and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1775, he preached a sermon on Ecclesiastes 3:1 — “For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.”
Pastor Muhlenberg closed his sermon with these words:
“In the language of Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight. And now is the time to fight.”
He then removed his clerical robes and revealed to the congregation that he was wearing the uniform of an officer in the Continental Army.Pastor Muhlenberg’s example of a man of God fighting for our God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness should give increased fervor and devotion most especially to those who lead us in the fight for faith, family and freedom.
Like few times in our nation’s history, this is a time to fight for the values we cherish! — Gary Bauer
Our country, America, has been slipping further and further away from the God of the Bible — the foundation that our nation was built upon.
A couple years ago, America’s prophet, Billy Graham, compared America to the ancient city-state of Nineveh. Billy Graham has provided spiritual counsel to every President from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.
When the prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh and proclaimed God’s warning, the people repented and avoided judgment. There was also another prophet who went to Nineveh with a word of warning. We tend to forget about him. When that particular prophet went to Nineveh they did not listen to him and the punishment which had been previously deferred due to national repentance came upon the people.
If anyone wonders whether the founding fathers thought the federal government should define marriage and not the states, and whether it should interfere with our religious beliefs, here is what Thomas Jefferson thought:
Thomas Jefferson letter to Samuel Miller
Date: January 23, 1808
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from inter-meddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but from that also which reserves to the States the powers not delegated to the United States. Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise or to assume authority in any religious discipline has been delegated to the General Government. It must then rest with the States.
In many ways America is like ancient Nineveh. The wickedness of Nineveh was such that God said that it was recognized in Heaven, “The sin of Nineveh has come before Me,” and I believe that America is at such a state with over 50 million babies aborted. The Abortion Ruling was an unjust decision which stripped away state’s rights regarding the issue. The SCOTUS ruling regarding Same Sex Marriage was merely another move by unjust judges stripping away State’s rights and imposing their immorality without regard to the Constitution or the majority of the American people’s opinion or their deeply held religious views.
Following the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage Obama gave a speech in which he proclaimed that Americans have to change their deeply held religious views and he then encouraged the Gaystapo to “help” make that happen. “Shifts in hearts and minds is possible,” said the wannabe totalitarian dictator, “and those who have come so far on their journey to reach back and help others to join them.” {small wonder, then, that so many on the left looked to him as their messiah – see my book “The Antichrist of Our Time” for documentation or do your own google-search}
Sorry, but we mere humans cannot change what the word of God says. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. What He has called sin He still calls sin and He has proclaimed that those who refuse to stop their sinful practices will find themselves barred from entrance into His kingdom.
Heaven is not like a certain world-famous fast-food place; you don’t get it your way, you get it God’s way and that is the only way you can get it. Even though He offers salvation freely to all, we still have to approach Him on His terms, not ours.
It is in times like this that we need to strengthen ourselves by reading and more carefully studying the book most hated by liberals which was penned by their greatest enemy whom they can never defeat.
1 Peter 1: 19-21 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
— Pastor Ward Clinton
Fourteenth Anniversary of 9/11 Attack is approaching
God sent a warning to America and her Christians via the 9-11-2001 attack and for a brief moment He seemed to have gotten our attention. For the most part, however, that only lasted about three weeks. There have been a few more warnings since. Judgment is coming upon us if there is not a real, genuine repentance and Awakening…a Great Awakening.
In the days after 9-11-2001 Americans flocked to houses of worship to implore God’s blessing on the nation. Some thought it could be the beginning of a national revival, a massive return to God. But it lasted about three weeks. There was no revival. There was no repentance. And without repentance there could be no revival. In the years after 9/11 America’s moral and spiritual apostasy only increased in intensity, depth, and speed. – Jonathan Cahn, The Mystery of the Shemitah, Frontline publishers (c) 2014, pg 137
As we approach the 14th anniversary of the worst terror attack on America, so far, we probably should take a moment to reflect. Was it a warning? What can we do to prevent something worse? Why did it happen? Does God care?
Shortly after the planes flew into the towers Anne Graham Lotz, actually the following Thursday, was interviewed for CBS’s “Early Show” by Jane Clayson and was asked, “…how could God let this happen.” She, quite appropriately and correctly replied:
“I say God is also angry when he sees something like this. I would say also for several years now Americans in a sense have shaken their fist at God and said, God, we want you out of our schools, our government, our business, we want you out of our marketplace. And God, who is a gentleman, has just quietly backed out of our national and political life, our public life. Removing his hand of blessing and protection. We need to turn to God first of all and say, God, we’re sorry we have treated you this way and we invite you now to come into our national life. We put our trust in you. We have ‘trust in God’ on our coins, we need to practice it.”
Now it would be all too easy to claim that the whole reason God has been removing the hedge of protection from America is because of the pagans in our midst and their misbehavior. On the other hand … 2nd Chronicles 7:14 says: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” “If My people,” not someone else’s people, but the Kingdom kids.
Many countries around the world still consider America to be a “Christian” country, although that number is dwindling as they observe our collective behavior. We have almost completely lost our moral compass and, unless we find it, we are going to lose our civilization; we are well into losing it already. Generally speaking, Christendom in the west has largely become a mass of pagans masquerading as Christians. The enemy of our souls is quite happy about that.
It is, therefore, time for us Christians to face up to our responsibility to reestablish the moral compass of our nation. We have been letting the PC crowd bully us into silence by misquoting Scripture and accusing us of intolerance while they refuse to tolerate our beliefs and ideas.
We have been hoping that they would awaken to the folly of their ways and join us as we meander around in the pathway of righteousness.
There are some Christians who are, in fact, pursuing the path of righteousness. But God is calling all Christians to completely consecrate themselves and commit to following His pathway wholeheartedly. Those on the left are not His people and they are not going to comprehend that fact until they see most, if not all, Christians start acting in accordance with God’s command to be holy and wholly committed unto Him and His ways. Repentance and revival are for the Kingdom Kids first and foremost; revival can only happen amongst the Kingdom Kids. When that happens then there can be a Great Awakening, the likes of which gave birth to our once God-blessed nation.
The agnostic and atheist alike are not going to be impressed or awakened to their need to join us in the pursuit of holiness until they see us truly become imitators of the Christ as we have been called to be. We need this to happen so that God will be able to bless us once again rather than pour out the judgment that will come if we do not heed His warning calls.
Pastor Ward Clinton
What kind of Fruit do you have?
By simple definition a Christian is a follower of Jesus The Christ—the Son of God who came in the flesh, died, and was resurrected. The Bible speaks extensively about the subsequent lifestyle of believers—what it calls fruit. For example, we read about “the fruit of the Spirit”:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Galatians 5:22–24, emphasis mine)
This wholesome fruit stands in contrast to “the unfruitful works of darkness”:
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. (Ephesians 5:1–12, emphasis mine)
The fruit of the Spirit is often a telltale sign that people are living out their Christian lives as a tribute to the Lord who redeemed them from sin and death. But even so, identifying godly believers can be difficult. The book of 1 John speaks extensively about how to identify those unbelievers. Essentially, it is those who continue, by God’s definition, to live evil lives even though they claim to follow Christ. The book of 1 John was written by one who actually walked and talked with Jesus while He walked this earth.
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