Watchman's Corner

History teaches us two things:  What we did right and what we did wrong.  In our own history we learned that to enslave another human being based on skin color was wrong.  We also learned that barring those same individuals from equal access was just as wrong also.

However, we would stand to benefit from the history of others.  A case in point is Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  He was a Pastor in Germany before Hitler and Nazi (National Socialists) party took over Germany.  He warned the Church of Germany about Hitler and the Nazis, but no one listened.  He warned that the Nazi would arrest people and raid their homes and businesses.   No one listened.

On August 25, 2011 Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corporation  had his business raided for a 2nd time (the first time being in 2009) and the wood used to make Gibson guitars were seized.  However, in both cases no charges were filed against Gibson and the wood was never returned.  Below is a news conference Mr. Juszkiewicz on August 26, 2011.

As the CEO stated, the seizure occurred due to the enforcement of Indian – not American law.  This action by the Federal Government should send chills down the backs of the Church in America.  That your property – personal and ministerial, can be seized without warning which is a complete and direct violation of the 4th Amendment.  No probable cause.  No due process.  If you “upset” someone in the government, your freedom as you know it can end, and you can serve time in a jail cell for a crime – perceived or imaginary that the government said you have committed.

This is the precise path Hitler took with the Jews.  He and the Nazis raided their businesses with no probable cause – other than they were Jews.  What was the Church’s response?  They sangs songs.  They had fellowship.  However, they dared not open up their mouths and voiced their dissent against the government, for they feared that they would suffer the same fate as the Jews.  In short, the Gospel that they lived and preached was different from the Gospel that is found in Scripture.  As horrific as the genocide of the Jews were, what’s more terrifying is know that the Christians could have reduced or eliminated the event altogether – if they knew their Bible.

This same diabolical plot has come to our shores and had planted itself in our government. Scripture says, “…a corrupt tree can not bring forth good fruit” (see Matthew 7:18). We have witness over the last 50 or so years, the corruption of the tree we call government and now the evil fruit of it is coming to bare.  All the while, the pruners of the tree – the Church in America have been eating, drinking and making merry with themselves, while the garden of our freedoms have been overrun with every type of weed, thorn and thistle imaginable.

As it was in the days of the Holocaust, soon it will be the same in America.  We the Christians in this nation will have in short order, our own version of  “Kristallnacht” (Night of the Broken Glass).  It may not be your stained glass of your church that is broken, it will be your freedom.

As it is with glass, your freedom once shattered, can never be repaired.

Everyone likes order.  Order is the accurate arrangement of things.  From the housewife having that sense of accomplishment after cleaning the house.  To the salesman to who was able to close the deal because he had “all his ducks in a row”.  To the computer programmer after toiling over thousands of lines of code seeing their program run correctly for the first time.  We all enjoy the benefits of what proper order brings.

Why?  Since God is a God of order and we as human beings are created in His image,  so we too are inclined to gravitate toward that trait also.  The interesting thing about God is that not only can you find order in everything He is.  You can find order in everything He does also.  One the aspects of God’s order is repentance.  As I have stated many times here, if order flows from the top down, then repentance doesn’t flow from the bottom up. A case in point is “The Response”.  A stadium gathering that was supposed to have a theme of repentance in Houston, TX.  Let’s be clear about one thing, the attempt of repentance is not the issue.  I am very glad to see something such as this to take place in America.  However, it is the order that took place that I take exception to.

Rick Perry – The Governor of Texas was the  keynote speaker.  In his speech, he made a reference to Joel 2:17:

“Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God”?

As nice as he is; as great of a politician that he is; the one thing he is not is a priest.   So how can a non-priest invoke a priest to do their job?   Its no different than a Pastor running for public office.  Your calling and your election can’t be sure if you are confused about your identity.  A Scriptural example of this is David.  When he got the Ark of the Covenant back from the Philistines, he put it on a cart to bring it back to Jerusalem.  When the ark was about to fall off the cart, Uzzah steadied it with his hand and God struck him dead (see II Samuel 6:7).  Why?  Uzzah had good intentions.  Uzzah didn’t let the Ark fall.  However, Uzzah was not a priest – the right man for that job.  This is why order is critically important to God.  It is in His order that blessings and protection flows.  When His order is interrupted or stopped, so do the blessings and protection.  So it should be no surprise to the Church of America why there seems to be no protection and the blessings have stopped.  They have stopped because WE, not the world is out of order.

In contrast  when David took the Ark to the house of of Obed-edom, Obed-edom’s house was blessed.  This would leave people wondering, “Why would God kill one man for touching it, yet bless another man for possessing it”?  The answer is that Obed-edom was not just a priest.  He cam from a line of priests whose sole responsibility is to carry the Ark (see I Chronicles 26:4 and Numbers 4;15).  So in essence the Ark  – the presence of God, was in the right place, at the right time, with the right man.  Because of this, Obed-edom’s house was blessed (see II Samuel 6:11).

If this was a gathering of priests first, to weep between the porch and the altar, I believe that God would not only stay His hand of protection over this nation, but the state of Texas would have gotten a double dose of rain -  They would have been  rained on and they would have been reigned in.

As I stated in my last post, the foundation of any society – large or small is found in the family unit.  The ideal conditions for that unit would be between a man and a woman in the parameters of marriage.  This model would create the most stable and least confusing environment should any offspring be produced.  Why is this so important?  Society as an entity creates laws that establishes order.  Those laws come out of a belief system.  The belief system comes out of a worldview.  This is why it is critical that the Church of America is able to express the Biblical worldview not only in the public square, but to be involved in the debate over public policy as well.

How sad, yet  frustrating it is to see the judgment of God over my country.  Why?  Sad, in so much that it could have been avoided had correct teaching from the pulpit would have went forth in the context of that since God was the one who have given us our rights, then it would stand to reason that God would call for us to steward them.  After all, God was the one who gave us our money and we are called to steward that,  right “Pastor”?

It is frustrating to see that the biggest enemy of the Church in America is not in the second Heaven – meaning the devil;  but can be found in pulpits across America on Sundays and Wednesdays  11:00am and 7:00pm respectively.  For it has been my experience that these “men of God” are not seeking  after the liberation of the Church, but rather the control of it for their own nefarious purposes.  How do you know if you qualify?  If my last statement just gave you a “twinge of anger”,  check the mirror you’re the one.

To everything there is a spiritual and a natural side.  What is the biggest “natural” assault to the Church of  America?  The Gay Agenda.  Why?  The Gay Agenda undermines everything that Scripture stands for.  For example:

1) It propagates its own by recruitment, and not by reproducing. (Scripture reference Genesis 1:28)

2) It forces their opinion on to the general public not by discussion, but by legislation and court order. (Scripture reference Isaiah 1:18)

3)  It tries to establish that human beings are at the “top of the food chain” and that there is no one else to answer to.  (Scripture reference Psalms 14:1)

The reason why the Gay Agenda as well as misled pastors are a dangerous combination is because they represent a “1-2 punch” that the devil uses to prevent God’s Spirit to shine forth through people.  Not to say that the Holy Spirit is limited in any way.  But now the number of vessels that can be used by Him are reduced.

Another way this could happen is through Chrislam – The fusion of Christianity and Islam.  This act is in direct violation of Scripture.  Regardless of how much these deceived pastors want to display the “Love of Christ”, you can not have fellowship with light and darkness (Scripture reference II Corinthians 6:14)  This does not mean you don’t tell them the Truth – Jesus.  However, you do not allow what they believe to be equally valid with Scripture.

We as the Church in America, have been deceived.  Not so much by the devil – although he has a role to play in this.  We have in large part, deceived ourselves.  To think that Biblical Christianity is “on par” with any other belief system is not only misleading, but in the day in which we live can bring forth (spiritual) death with a quickness.

The other deception we face is on Sunday morning at 11:00am where the gospel of self is being perpetrated as the Gospel of Christ.  Where people line up in multimillion dollars facilities that are only used two times per week (another post for another time) so that we can have “Our Best Life Now”.    This “gospel” lacks the one essential element that will make it appealing to others – power.

This false gospel reminds me of a flashlight.  It will give off illumination except for one problem:  “Batteries” are not included.

As a nation like any other, we have our traditions, our cultures, and our values.  Over time, some of those things can and do change.  As an example we used to involuntarily enslave human beings based on their skin color.  That tradition ended here over 135 years ago.  However, there are some traditions that are universal – you can find them in every country, people group, and tribe.  One of such traditions is marriage.  It has been traditionally held as a ceremony between a man and a woman.  This “experiment” has worked for thousands of years and has produced children and created families  – the foundational stone of any society small or great.

There is a continual assault on this tradition by a small, yet very influential group – the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) community,  Since the scope of this blog is directed to those who believe Jesus Christ is Lord, their assault is primarily targeted at us.  Why?  They know if we were able to get our message of the Gospel out to society at large and change the way they think, they know that what they are doing would be immediately exposed for the fraud that it is and their agenda would be stopped in its tracks.

So how do they do it?  How do they push their agenda on to our society?  They do it using a three prong approach:  Socially, Educationally, and Politically.

Socially:  To package the LGBT lifestyle as “harmless” – even though after 30 years of research,  the evidence shows that the group of people who would be least likely to contract AIDS are heterosexual married couples that never had sex outside of marriage.

Educationally:  Where they have taken over positions of authority at all levels – primary, secondary, college as well as theological.  Why?  They know if they can’t get you to change your mind, they can certainly mold your child’s.  Think about that when you send your child to a government sponsored school.

Politically:  This is where they will try to come after you and I the hardest.  Since most people who subscribe to the Bible as the Word of God are socially and politically conservative, they will get to comply and accept their lifestyle by force – using the full weight of the government at all levels as a “billy club”.  Thus if we do not submit to their agenda willingly, the government will “beat” us in to it.

While the “war” is not over, New York  was the next state that caved into political pressure and made same-sex marriage legal.  Most Pastors would shrug their shoulders and say, “So What”?  Never thinking that if some LGBT couple came to their office wanting to be married, they would have no choice but to marry them.  Why?  They as well as the church they pastor would be embroiled in a discrimination lawsuit. This would be plastered all over the media and the Pastor’s character and church’s image would be be assassinated in the court of public opinion (keep in mind what I said about their social assault tactic).  Remember God issues the call, but the State issues the license.  What are you willing to give up?

The end game is to mold our nation into something that God nor the Founders ever intended.  If that were to ever happen, God would have no choice but to pour out His wrath at full-strength and destroy this nation.  To think that God is a God of love and would “never” do that is theologically unsound, naive, and dangerous.  Don’t believe me?  Read I Thessalonians 5:3 for yourself.  The one thing that the Church in America can learn from the children of darkness is their relentless pursuit of  what they want.  If there is a time to stand up and be counted, THIS IS IT!!!   We must declare righteousness in the land and ACT on that declaration to secure it.

This will not happen osmosis.  This will not happen by “God’s Will” alone.  YOU must partner with God as well as those of like minded faith and push back the tide of this evil.  If you don’t, when it happens in your town, you will be forced to say, “I now pronounce  you ?

Yesterday was one of the saddest, yet scariest days in our nation’s history.  Barack Obama has called for Israel to return to her 1967 borders.  It was one of the most heinous acts a Head of State could do to another one – Calling to give up land that they have fought and died for.  Regardless of reason, Obama had no right to call for such an act.   The fact that Obama is peering into “Israel’s “backyard” should cause great concern for Christians.  Why?  Genesis 12:3 comes to mind.  This where God has said to Abram (Abraham),  “I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you, and through you all the families of the Earth will be blessed”.

The fact that Obama is calling for this is in direct violation of Scripture.  He is bringing the last piece of the “puzzle of judgement” onto our country.  Who brought the first?  We did.  We neglected our duty to steward our rights and freedoms because we have been taught erroneously that since we are “not of this world” what goes on here, doesn’t matter.  To the contrary, not only does it matter, Obama will not be held accountable – we will.    Why won’t Obama be held accountable?  He didn’t elect himself.  We did.  If you stood silently and not called out evil as it was presented, you are just as guilty as those who were deceived and voted for him.  Most pastors in America would fall into the former category.  They have the means, the opportunity  and the duty to communicate the message to examine a candidate’s worldview in light of Scripture.  Sadly, most failed at that job.  They make safe statements such as “Vote the Bible”.  Letting themselves off the hook since they would not have to study to show themselves approved.  They can say to themselves, “I didn’t vote for him.  I’m OK”.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

What we have experienced in the last 2 1/2 years is the judgement of God.  Why?  In I Samuel 8 the priests, not the politicians were corrupt and the men of the city – those who had the ability to choose, said to Samuel, “Give us a king, so we can be like the other nations”.  It is in verse 7 that God says, “And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.” I go into this a little further in my post “God or King:  Which Do You Prefer?“

We have brought judgment upon ourselves.  No matter how many times you recite 2 Chronicles 7:14 as a Christian or pull Psalms 109:8  out of context as a Conservative,  repentance has been  – and will be the order of the day.  Repentance is like order – Neither of them flow from the bottom up.  If Abraham Lincoln called for national repentance to heal our land due to the Civil War, then it is no different today.  Government officials at the State and National levels need to step up and repent and call on God to restore our land.  But how can they call on a God that most of them don’t even know.  Is it because that the people who sent them there don’t know God for themselves, so they elect representatives that think and act like they do?  As it states in Romans 10:14, “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”

The Church in America must understand that 2 Chronicles 7:14 as well as Proverbs 29:2 go hand in hand.  When you do one without the other, that is when we have become out of balance.  It is prayer and works together that will not only bring healing to our land, it will bring restoration to our souls.