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The hidden half of domestic violence
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Yesterday, I
talked to a friend in Texas for over an hour. Although I know she is a firm
Christian, I could sense a spirit of fear in her as we discussed the events of
the past several months.
This fear as more noticeable as we talked about Glen Beck's recent reports on
what is happening in our nation today. He has expressed serious concerns about
the leadership of this nation and its key advisors. In yesterdays broadcast Glen
stated that he fears all of his fears could become reality...overnight.
"If you watch MSNBC, I contend that you will see the future because they
are laying the ground for a horrible event ... anything from the right, there's
some awful event and I fear this government, this administration has so much
framework already prepared, that they will seize power overnight before anybody
even gives it a second thought"
Some of these fears is that with the "fairness doctrine, all dissenting
views will be banned.
Glen recently stated:
"I have told you for a long time: Pay no attention to the Fairness
Doctrine that would shut down voices like mine on the radio or voices like mine
and Bill O'Reilly on TV. It's too obvious. They will do it through what's called
"localism" and "diversity." The final piece of the argument
will be against these giant corporate broadcast groups that have too much power
(one of which will never be G.E.)
This has been my warning and my theory. A week and a half ago, I began to
look into our FCC diversity "czar" Mark Lloyd. In his 2006 book,
"Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America," Lloyd
wrote:
"It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or
the press.... This freedom is all too often an exaggeration.... At the very
least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction
from the critical examination of other communications policies."
Freedom of speech... is a distraction?
Localism boards are being created. Our diversity "czar" has just
proposed that radio companies pay 100 percent of their operating budget, yearly.
A 100 percent tax which would then be transferred to the state-run radio of NPR.
If you can't pay that, you'd lose your license and it would be sold to minority
group. (In a completely unrelated fact, the FCC just approved the sale of
another radio station this one on Long Island to ACORN.)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,543341,00.html
We already know the "hate crime" laws are intended to stop pastors
from preaching the Word of GOD unless of course it comes from a "cotton
candy machine" (1) and presents a watered down gospel that will be
sweet to the taste.
Some of Glen's statements sound like a preacher.
Question with boldness
Hold to the truth
Speak without fear
"If you truly ask what Jefferson called honest questions, with a sincere
heart, the answers may take you to very uncomfortable places. Nobody wants
to think our president is a bad guy; President Obama actually seems like a
likeable guy. And he may be the greatest guy ever. But is he in step with you
and what you believe this country is?
"When you hear the evidence, you have a decision to make: Will I bury my
head in the sand, refusing to believe because it doesn't fit my agenda or my
comfort level? Or will I hold to the truth whatever it is, so I may be a part of
the solution and not an enabler to the problem."
My friend, those three points come right from the Bible. We are to hold to the
truth, to question with boldness and we are told not to be afraid.
Could Beck's fears come to reality overnight? I firmly believe they could. I
also believe it would happen overnight as key vocal people such as Beck and
others who have openly voiced dissent would be rounded up in the middle of the
night and taken into custody. Presidential "Executive Orders" have
been on the books that would make this possible for the last several
administrations both Democratic and Republican so it is not a party issue.
This is from the Declaration of Independence:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to
assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which
the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from
the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish
it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed
to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the
forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them
under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such
Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
My friend, I see many of these things happening today. Men are not being heard
when they ask for redress for being victims of domestic violence. Our cries are
being answered with reauthorization and strengthening of the Violence Against
Women Act. Christians are being threatened and are being arrested for simply
praying in public or exercising their Constitution right to express their faith
in appropriate ways. Several men in Philadelphia were threatened with literally
decades in prison for having a rally that they had permits for simply for
stating what was said in Romans chapter one. They were not hateful in their
presentation such as the Westboro
Baptist Church has been. (2)
We have seen from Glen Beck's statements above that any dissent is trying to be
silenced. Conservatives and Christians are being called upon to be tolerant
of everyone else but no one as to be tolerate of our views. (3)
The Bible also tells us destruction can come upon us suddenly.
1 Thessalonians 5: 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the
Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief. Christians are told to be watchmen on the wall to sound the
alarm when danger is approaching.
Ezekiel 33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel;
therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn
them from me. (4)
There are a few that are sounding the alarm. Brannon Howse is doing this with "Code
Blue" rallies (5) but few are listening.
My friend, Glen Beck said he is afraid. I am too! No I am not afraid for myself
or for those who KNOW the LORD and have a personal relationship with Him, but
for many reading this that are not ready because they do not really know the
LORD. Let me address both of you for a moment longer.
As I started this out, the friend I was talking to on the phone started being
fearful until I reminded her of the following scriptures.
Matthew 28:20b I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
2 Corinthians 12:9a And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:
for my
strength is made perfect in weakness.
Luke 12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill
the
body, and after that have no more that they can do.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the
world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid.
1 Peter 3:13: And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that
which is good?
14: But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not
afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15: But sanctify the Lord God in
your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you
a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also
in me. 2 In
my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I
go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
There is some very good news for those who know the LORD:
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift
up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Someday the Eastern sky is going to break open and we will hear trumpets as the
LORD comes for HIS children.
The
Midnight Cry
I hear the sound
Of a rushing mighty wind
And it's closer
Than it's ever been
I can almost hear the trumpet
As Gabriel sounds the call
And at the midnight cry
We'll be goin' home
When Jesus steps out
On a cloud to call His children
The dead in Christ shall rise
To meet Him in the air
Then those that will remain
Oh, oh they'll be quickly changed
And at the midnight cry
When Jesus comes again
I look around me
I see prophecies fulfilling
And those Signs of the time
They're appearing everywhere
I can almost hear the Father
Say, Son go get Your children
And at the midnight cry
The Bride of Christ will rise
I can almost hear the Father
As He says Go get Your children
And at the midnight cry
The Bride of Christ will rise
And at the midnight cry
The Bride of Christ will rise
My friend, this only applies to those who have placed their trust in Jesus
Christ for full payment for their sin. All others have a right and a need to be
very afraid as there is no hope for them. You can find this hope in only a
moment; right here:
http://www.shatterdmen.com/first_step.htm
It only takes a moment to change your eternal destiny. Do it today!
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
My friend, Jesus is only a whisper away!
(1) http://shatterdmen.com/Cotton.htm
(2) http://shatterdmen.com/hate2.htm
(3) http://www.shatterdmen.com/Tolerance.htm
(4) http://www.shatterdmen.com/Watchman%20on%20the%20Wall.htm
(5) http://www.worldviewweekend.com
(6) http://denimandlace.50megs.com/1midnightcry.html
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