There, that should solve the problem. –Pastor Ward Clinton
For my Non-American friends; An American Liberal is part of the Lunatic Left.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
Brother Rashid a former Muslim speaks to Obama about what ISIL really is.
Unfortunately I believe BHO already knows the leader of ISIS has a Phd in Islamic Studies and that the members of ISIL are the true, not radical, Muslims following in the footsteps of Mohammad. If one does not want to call them Moslems, then perhaps you should call them “Mohammedans” because, as Brother Rachid states, they are imitating Mohammad in every way that they possibly can.
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
An excerpt from “The Holy One Called Isa,” by Pastor Ward Clinton:
2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?
In Jewish theology even the Messiah could not forgive sins and they were sure that Jesus was committing shirk. However if He really is who He claimed to be then disbelieving is the worst type of shirk of all. Al-Masihu-Isa (Jesus) is kalimat Allah and wadjih (worthy of esteem in this world and the next) according to the Quran.
2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Since they believed that a person’s sins needed to be forgiven before they could be healed He has chosen to force them to engage their brains. One purpose of the miracles was to testify to the people precisely who Jesus truly is.
2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
Jesus saw their faith, He may have smiled as he looked at a faith strong enough to overcome the obstacles and then He looked at the Scribes – the ones who should have had faith. Now, in part, these fellows were doing their job; they were scrutinizing this itinerant Rabbi to make sure his teaching was okay. But these were sitting there watching for what they considered to be the slightest mistake so they could blow it all out of proportion rather than allowing themselves to be moved by the working of God which was happening right before their very eyes.
The religious leadership made a connection between sin and disease, not entirely unfounded, but they were a bit misguided. To them a sick man was a man who had sinned. They had already heard Jesus preach; they had already seen Jesus heal. Still they seemed quite unmoved. Now Jesus won’t allow anyone to remain neutral towards Him. He has decided to up the ante, therefore he said, “Child your sins are forgiven.” He has just challenged them head on with that phrase. They were of the belief that the sin had to be forgiven before one could be healed. But anyone is capable of saying “your sins are forgiven” and how can it be proved whether the statement was effective or not? Now on the other hand, to tell the man to get up and walk would demonstrate then and there the authority, effectiveness, and reliability of His word. Therefore in the tenth verse Jesus lets them know they have to make a choice to either believe in Him or disbelieve. He has hoisted these experts in the law on their own petard. It is on their own traditions and stated beliefs this man could not be cured unless he was forgiven. In effect Jesus has said, “you say I have no right to forgive sins? You believe that if this man is sick, he is a sinner and cannot be cured until he is forgiven? Okay, watch this!” Jesus spoke the word and the man was cured, therefore he must be forgiven and Jesus’ claim to be able to forgive sin must be true.
Jesus probably left them in a baffled rage. Here was something that had to be dealt with; if this were allowed to continue all their rules and regulations would be turned on their head; maybe even worse, proven to be completely out of step with their Holy Scripture. So, with this incident, Jesus has signed His own death warrant and He is fully aware of it. However He is also trying to correct their understanding of God.
They had the Torah (the uncorrupted holy word from the one true God), they knew that God will not let sinners remain unpunished, but they had forgotten that the Torah also showed them a God who desired to exercise mercy and forgiveness. Remember the pouting prophet in the Old Testament who whined, “I didn’t want to warn those people because I knew You are a merciful God”?
Today, most seem to know that God forgives but they forget there are conditions that must be met… God is holy and just, as well as merciful and forgiving. He calls us into a holy, loving relationship with Himself which requires that sin be shunned, not embraced with a “Oh well, I’m only human” shrug of the shoulders.
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Knight says:
Lebanon was, at one point, the banking capital of the Arab world. National Geographic once called the nation the “Paris of the Middle East” because of its profound culture, state of the art tourist attractions and booming economy.
It resembled what Dubai is today, a pearl, a gem, a light shining from an otherwise dark region.
Following World War 2, Beirut experienced a cultural makeover that turned it into a premiere destination for investors, entrepreneurs, young intellectuals and hard working immigrants. The city became known as a regional center for finance and trade, it enjoyed peace and prosperity through the 1960s leading many to believe that Lebanon was untouchable.
Then the country flooded itself with a hundred thousand Muslims.
In the early 1970s, the public was coerced to accept “moderate” Islamist “refugees” into their communities under the guise of altruism. Consequently, Palestinian migrants invaded Lebanon and sparked major difficulties among the native population.
It was the catalyst for the country’s demise.
Opening the borders to Islamists lead to the rise of a coalition of radicals who helped spark the Lebanese civil war in the 1970s. 15 years and 100,000 lives later, Beirut was completely destroyed. Businesses fled for other, more stable nations, hundreds of thousands lost their lives to senseless violence and the Lebanese economy collapsed.
Nearly one million people fled Lebanon as a result and the country hasn’t been the same since.
The elite want to do with the United States what they did to Lebanon, open the borders in order to facilitate civil unrest and destabilize the country, tank the economy and create a culture of dependency.
As someone who lived in the Middle East for five years, I can tell you with certainty that the same refugees Barack Obama is shepherding to the U.S. destroyed what I once called my home.
The reality that leftists don’t want you to know is, open borders destroyed Lebanon, radical Islam destroyed Lebanon and the ruling class destroyed Lebanon.
We can’t allow them to do the same to America.
What was once the pearl of the Arab world quickly devolved into a shell of its former self, a nation stricken with violent Islamists who rape and murder innocents in the name of their satanic overlord.
My family fled to America because radical Islamists took Lebanon away from us. After President Obama’s reckless decree – we may have to flee America for the very same reason.
Knight’s bottom line is this:
For the sake of this constitutional republic, I urge you to wake up and understand that liberty and Islam cannot coexist. We need to stop the criminal establishment from flooding our nation with radicals and take our country back before it’s too late.
Read more at http://patriotnewswire.com/2015/12/34331/
–Pastor Ward Clinton
–Pastor Ward Clinton
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