America's Crossroads - Big Government or Almighty God

Today many in the United States are crying out to President Obama and Government to do more and more to fix our social ills. The notion that Big Government has all of the answers and solutions we need in this very chaotic and unstable world is a fairy tale. It is one that is rooted in the mistaken belief that Fallen Man through and by the efforts of Big Government or Socialism can bring security and comfort to its citizens or constituents. There is no man-made ideology or system that can ever usher in a world Utopia of perfection and bliss. These ideologies are delusional though full of good intentions. The truth is that man apart from Almighty God and His righteousness - no matter how sincere he is - can only bring upon himself the consequences of his own evil doings.

While Conservative values (WHICH ARE BASED ON NATURAL LAWS AND MORAL ABSOLUTES) are tried and true and are thus the best ideology for a profitable existence in time, these are no replacement for possessing a saving relationship with God's Messiah (Christ), which is absolutely essential for Almighty God's ETERNAL and Holy (Perfect) Heaven. The Conservative and Liberal ideologies of the day can never provide the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS and heavenly necessities demanded by Almighty God and found only in the person of Almighty God's Son, Jesus Christ (see Romans 10:4). What is insane about our day is that countless Americans are choosing Obama's Socialism over the Almighty God and TRUE liberty.

What is insane about our day is that countless Americans are choosing Obama’s Socialism over the Almighty God and TRUE liberty.

Read what the Word of God, the Bible, has to say about this question:

Now the works of the flesh (our fallen humanity) are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:20-21).
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And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man (Matthew 15:17-21).
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The Fallen Nature of Man Can Never Bring About True Peace:

But the wicked (unsaved humanity) are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked (Isaiah 57:20).

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This Social Gospel of man is in direct opposition to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ:

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17).

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures(1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
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One must CHOSE whom they will trust, i.e., Big Government or Almighty God. Jesus said:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30).

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33).
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To obtain true righteousness and peace one must know the Prince of Peace, The Lord Jesus Christ. Only through Christ can this possibility become a reality:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law (Galatians 5:22).

Do you know the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ, as your Savior?

And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:21b-22).

But as many as received him (Jesus Christ), to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1:12).

In these turbulent days of uncertainty and unrest, may you abandon man's social gospel and put your faith - your total trust - in God's true Gospel that contains and consists of the wonderful Person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand!

DJP I.F.

Edited by BEL I.F.

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"Victicrat" America - The New American Poor

Full Throttle Baby!!

We as a nation are already off of the cliff and in mid air towards our national doom. We are free falling at present with our foot to the floor with fatal impact moments away, but yet scoffers and kool-aid drinkers abound, the low info crowd stays..."low info'd...,  conservatives trust that there still is a chance to save our nation which is saturated with lawlessness, moderates trust that compromise with lawlessness will fix our nation and the progressive Left believe and trust that America's utopia is just around the corner. All these groups have one thing in common, they all are oblivious to REALITY, deceived and subjective in their thinking (Rom. 1:18-24). All these groups REFUSE to believe what Almighty God's Word states ever so clearly about ETERNAL salvation, mankind's fall, the Day of the Lord, Almighty God the Son's glorious return, His 1000 year Kingdom reign in RIGHTEOUSNESS and ETERNITY in a new heavens and earth (Acts 4:12, Rom. 1:18-32, 10:2-4, 2 Peter 3:3, Isa 2:1-4, 11:1-10, Mic 4:1-4, Zech.14:16-21, Rev 19:11-21,20:11-15, 21-22:1-5). Thus all these groups are ETERNALLY doomed unless they wake up to REALITY and receive the mercy and grace of Almighty God which He has provided for the world in His precious Son (John 3:16-17).

You see my dear friends... the Bible is not a "religious" book, its spiritual and moral absolutes, precepts and word are RIGHTEOUS, REALITY and TRUTH which transcends time and ETERNITY.

You see my dear friends... the Bible is not a "religious" book, its spiritual and moral absolutes, precepts and word are ABSOLUTE, RIGHTEOUS, REAL and TRUE and transcends the temporal confines of time and ETERNITY (Psalm 138:2, John 17:17, Rev. 21-22:15). You see my dear friend, the Lord Jesus was not a weak frail failure, a "victim" of the powers that be, a "good" man or teacher, a social engineer, a moral relativist or your homeboy. He is Almighty God the Son who holds ETERNITY in His nail pierced hands (Isa. 9:6-7, Mic 5:2, Rev. 1:11). He is the Creator of the Heavens (the billions of galaxy's and Universe) and the earth (John 1:1-3, Heb. 1:2-3). He is the King of ETERNAL glory who left Heaven's ETERNAL glorious throne in Divine Love to be the Savior of the world and to be the RIGHTEOUS propitiation (John 1:14, Phil. 2:5-10, John 3:16-17, 1 John 2:2, 4:10) for a big old godless world that absolutely hates and despises His guts and RIGHTEOUSNESS (John 1:10-12, Rom. 1:18-32, Eph. 2:1-10, 1 Peter 3:18).

You see my dear friend, Jesus was not a weak, frail failure, a "victim" of the powers that be, a "good" man and teacher, a social engineer, a moral relativist or your homeboy. He is Almighty God the Son who holds ETERNITY in His nail pierced hands.

Christ arose FOREVER VICTORIOUS from the grave and crushed death's reign, who's shackles since the fall have bound the sons and daughters of Adam (Rom. 5:12-21, ! Cor. 15:58, Heb. 2:14-15). He has liberated the souls of men who have placed their trust in His saving work (John 1:12, Rom. 7:24-25, 1 Cor. 15:55-58, Gal. 1:4, Eph. 2:1-12, Heb. 2:14-15) and has proclaimed the certain ETERNAL doom of lawless and godless men and women as well (John 3:36, 8:24). HE then ascended to the Right Hand of Almighty God the Father and WILL come again in glory to crush Lucifer's angelic rebellion and mankind's as well (Psalm 110:1, Zech. 14:3-9, Heb. 1:2-3, Rev. 19:11-21, 20:1-3,10). He WILL then establish His Kingdom reign which will NEVER end and He will rule with RIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCY and GRACE for a thousand years (Isa. 11:1-10, Dan. 2:44-45, 7:13-14, Zech. 14:3-21, Rev. 19:15, 20:5-6). He WILL then judge the sons and daughters of Adam in RIGHTEOUSNESS (Rev. 20:11-15, 21:8, 22:11) and then dissolve time and commence the ETERNAL estate of the redeemed in which they WILL reign with Him FOREVERMORE in RIGHTEOUSNESS, JOY and PEACE (John 14:1-4, 1 Cor. 2:9, Rev. 21-22:1-5).

...but yet these WILL continue to refuse and reject the WONDROUS redeeming LOVE of Almighty God and WILL hold unto their godless delusion unto the end and WILL call TRUE REALITY a delusion and tyrannical and those who believe Almighty God bigots and crazy.

My dear friends, this is REALITY and this is what all human beings throughout the world today need to receive, but yet these WILL continue to refuse and reject the WONDROUS redeeming LOVE of Almighty God and WILL hold onto their godless delusion unto the end and WILL call TRUE REALITY a delusion and tyrannical and those who believe Almighty God bigots and crazy (Isa. 5:20, John 3:19-21, Rom. 1:18-32, 1 Cor. 1:18-31, Rev. 9:20-21).

My dear friends, Almighty God cries out to you today and this fallen and godless world to repent and be saved from the wrath which is to come, for it IS coming (John 3:36, Rev. 6-19). There can NEVER be any place for lawlessness in Almighty God's RIGHTEOUS ETERNITY for then it would be no different than here on the doomed and fallen planet of earth (1 Cor. 6:9-10, 15:50, Rev. 21:27, 22:11).

My dear friends, Almighty God cry's out to you today and this fallen and godless world to repent and be saved from the wrath which is to come, for it IS coming.

Today, even if you are a scoffer but want to truly know, call out to Him and ask Him to bring you and show you the TRUTH (John 4:24, 14:6) and He most surely will. Believe me, I know my friends. Before I came to Christ I had my lists of justifications for my godless life and God knows I beat my drum but in the end Almighty God showed me in His mercy and grace how right He was and how doomed and wrong I was (Eph. 2:1-2). Oh my dear friends DO NOT be a fool! Almighty God does very much care for you and has not forsaken you but you have forsaken Him and His RIGHTEOUSNESS (Rom. 5:6-8, 8:32). The whole world has forsaken God - John 1:10) and those who have Almighty God's pardon through receiving His precious Son can testify that ONLY Jesus saves and sets one free from the bondage of this fallen world and its oppressors and from the ETERNAL consequences of a lawless and godless life (Eph. 2:1-10, Rev. 20:11-15).

May you see the ETERNAL picture of what this life (existence - born -die) is TRULY about. The Son and TRUTH will set you FREE and you will be liberated (FREE) indeed (John 8:32,36)!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

The Haters of Reality - Mankind's Delusional Progression from Adam’s Fall to the Mark of the Beast

The current battle for the soul of America is raging as never before. We have seen in the last century a mad dash to push our country toward a secular liberal, godless fascist state in which the “elite class” rules over the masses. Our nation was founded on the bedrock of the Bible, Judeo/ Christian values and the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God; hence the conflict. These Constitutional apostates and haters of our Constitutional Republic have nearly arrived at their Machiavellian destination. As America apostatizes from the realities of Almighty God, the Bible, and moral absolutes, we are seeing - as never before - a dramatic transformation of our country into a populace of secular and unbelieving “apostatizing Christians.” We are reaping the devastating whirlwind of our day and are being transformed into the very beast that our Founding Fathers warned of: a tyrannical state of anarchy and chaos.

When Spiritual (Moral) Absolutes and Natural Laws are rejected for a delusional reality and a godless morality (which is actually immorality), the end is near. America today cannot survive under the weight of our godless decadence and licentious society. Even now we are at the imploding point. Modern conservatism is at "the Alamo." Anyone who is truly objective has to see that even a new conservative administration can never sustain the weight of the cultural junk heap and social devastation placed on America by the “Haters of Reality.” Sad to say, even Conservatives refuse to be objective about the realities of Almighty God and His Word. In a sense they are no different from today’s secularists. Both of these groups - though dramatically different - reject the Divine revelation of Almighty God found in His authoritative Word.

America today cannot survive under the weight of our godless decadence and licentious society. Even now we are at the imploding point.

When the Rapture of the Church finally transpires, America will fracture into anarchy and discord. There is no doubt that because of today’s strong partisan stances and ideological differences in Washington D.C., following the removal of saved people from the earth, a second American civil war will arise. As the Tribulation begins (Matt. 24:10-12), America’s final demise will be its assimilation into the godless United States of Europe (Rev. 17:13,14). Near the end of the Great Tribulation, those remaining in the United States will go against Almighty God at the Battle of Armageddon (Psalm 2; Joel 3:2; Zech. 14:2; Rev. 16:13-16).

Liberalism and Relativism

We may define Liberalism (or fallen human subjectivity) as the morally relativistic, pluralistic practice and application of partial absolutes and natural laws. It involves having a narcissistic view or subjective perspective which is dominated solely by one’s sensual feelings (i.e., controlled by the 5 physical senses) and fleshly (earthly) desires (Jer. 17:9, Rom. 5:12-19; 7:14-24). In such individuals, their emotional (sensual) feelings and desires override and dictate their perception of REALITY (grasp of concrete facts) and belief in absolutes and natural laws.

Such is the case that Liberals (i.e., adherents of Liberalism) allow their emotions and human senses to govern and determine their worldview or perspective of life. As a drunk driver is impaired by fermented drink, these also are rationally impaired by their faulty belief system, attempting to manage their life’s affairs with their delusional (make-believe) outlook. Like the impaired driver they are ignorant or indifferent to their true condition – in a drunken (irrational) stupor that resists reality and rational thinking. The end result and fruit of this irrational perspective of “alter-reality” is inevitable anarchy and devastation (Isaiah 57:20; Romans 1:25-32; Revelation 17:1-2).

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Like the impaired driver they are ignorant or indifferent to their true condition – in a drunken (irrational) stupor that resists reality and rational thinking. The end result and fruit of this irrational perspective of 'alter-reality' is inevitable anarchy and devastation.

That is why it is so hard to communicate reality and truth to the liberal or base mind. Their subjective, narcissistic, emotionally-governed, pluralistic mindset WILL NOT ALLOW them to face any reality (Psalm 53:1; Prov. 14:9; 17:12; 18:2). They are absolutely SCARED TO DEATH of reality and the accountability to it. Thus, they live a lie and practice a lie(2 Thess. 2:10-12; Rev. 21:8). These will do whatever it takes to preserve their “alter-reality,” even to the point of slandering, inducing malicious acts and - yes - even murdering all that oppose it (Rom. 1:32). Truth and reality torment their imaginary worldview and speak of a Day yet to come when all will give an account to Almighty God - the Righteous Judge of all. That is why these cannot have the teaching, practice and worship of Almighty God in the public square today. He (Almighty God) and His followers must be eliminated at all cost and in a Day soon to come they indeed shall be (Dan. 7:21; Rev. 13:7; 17:12-14). These violent tendencies and actions bear witness to their decadent practices and immoral, wicked lifestyles (Gal. 5:19-21; Rom. 3:10-18; Jude 1:10). In the end they will be held absolutely accountable to the Natural Laws and Spiritual Absolutes of Almighty God (Rom. 2:16; Rev. 20:11-15).

God’s word states:

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him NOT as God, NEITHER were thankful; but became VAIN in their imaginations, and their FOOLISH heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became FOOLS (Rom. 1:21-22).

And this is the condemnation, that light (reality) is come into the world, and men LOVED darkness (delusion) rather than light (reality), because their DEEDS WERE EVIL. For every one that doeth evil HATETH the light (reality), neither cometh to the light (reality), lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God (John 3:19-21). Where was this godless ideology was conceived? Let's take a look!

The Original Hater of Reality
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Lucifer, God’s greatest of all God's creation (Ezek. 28:12, 15), in eternity past enjoyed a relationship to Almighty God. I truly believe there was a point in his existence that he adored and loved the Triune God with all his heart. He had the chief place as Protector of the Holiness of God (Ezek. 28:14) and was the worship and choir director of Heaven (Ezek. 28:13). Lucifer enjoyed all the heavenly blessings of his rank and position. As events proceeded, though, there came a time when he became proud, arrogant, envious and bitter. In his foolish heart he sought the place of his Eternal Creator and Sovereign for himself, and he led a delusional rebellion against Almighty God in which he and his followers were cast out (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:15-18; Jude 1:6; Rev. 12:4). Lucifer could have remained in his highly honored position indefinitely, enjoying the eternal blessings and fellowship with His Creator. In his madness, however, Lucifer chose rather to abandon the confines of absolute reality and perfection for a vain existence in the darkness of make-believe and delusion. In his attempt to exalt and preserve himself at all cost, he rejected and abandoned all that was real, becoming a murderer of souls, a tyrant of humanity, a despot to the fallen angelic host and a mastermind of slander, false truths and darkness. He is known as the Prince of Darkness (error, delusion and vain imagination) for thus is his reality (Isaiah 14:17-17; John 8:44; Rev. 12:9).

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In his madness, however, Lucifer chose rather to abandon the confines of absolute reality and perfection for a vain existence in the darkness of make-believe and delusion.

In the end Lucifer will give complete account for his godless existence, in which he will be damned forever in the Lake of Fire. He will finally and ultimately have to face the reality of absolute truth for ETERNITY in a place of torment prepared by Almighty God (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10).

Are You A Lover of Reality?
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As we live in this current delusional day when lawlessness and anarchy are dominating almost all facets of American life, may Almighty God be your trust and provide for you all your expectations. Do you know Jesus Christ as your Personal Savior? If not, may you do so even today. He will provide you with the ABSOLUTE TRUTH (REALITY) and you will never be the same! (John 8:32,36)

Stay “spiritually tuned” for the completion of The Haters of Reality Part 2... as we look at Cain, Nimrod, the coming Anti Christ and their multitudes of followers!

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The Haters of Reality - Part 2 - Link for Part 2
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The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.
Edited by BEL I.F.

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The Beatles' Demonic Vanguard Against America's Judeo/Christian Founding

This brief documentary on the Beatles done by Good Fight Ministries is excellent and gives great insight into the demonic vanguard assault against the Judeo/Christian foundations of the American culture which has led us to where we are today as a nation.

The Beatles' Demonic Vanguard Against Judeo/Christianity - video link

Sgt. Peppers' Demonic Agenda - video link


Warning: Some brief rock music and music industry themes.

At the End of the Great American Experiment

As the great American experiment is coming to a horrific conclusion what hope is there for any American in this present evil world? As our Founding Fathers warned us of what would be when immorality and godlessness reigned so here we are as a nation. May it be that Americans would look objectivity outside of this world’s limited confines to a place of absolute security and assurance, that place is none other than the heavenly throne room of Almighty God (Rev. 4, 5). Access is ONLY granted by a saving relationship to Almighty God through His Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16-17, Gal. 1:4, Eph. 2:8-9). When one places their trust in Almighty God’s saving solution and remedy in spirit and truth (John 4:24), God will save (deliver that one from the limited, temporal confines of this fallen world and race (Rom. 5:12-19, Gal. 1:4). (SEE CHART)

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As the great American experiment is coming to a horrific conclusion what hope is there for any American in this present evil world?

As the lawlessness of man reaches its pinnacle in the seven year tribulation period (Isa. 24, Rev. 6-19), for us who know the Lord, may we rejoice that the GLORIOUS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is at hand; in which Christ will reign for a thousand years in ABSOLUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS! It will be so my friend after His glorious return to earth, at which time He will destroy Satan and ALL his lawless host and forever more reign as King (Isa.11, Zech. 14, Matt. 7:21-23, 25:41,46,  2 Thess. 2:8, Rev. 19:11-21).

It will be so after His glorious return to earth at which time He will destroy Satan and his lawless host and forever more reign as King.

My friend, do you know the Lord Jesus as the Bible – God’s Infallible Word) clearly teaches? May it be so in these last days? The Son has come to set men free from the prison hold of planet earth and deliver them to enjoy Almighty God in RIGHTEOUSNESS (perfection) FOREVER. That is what it is all about. May it be so with you and your heart! You will NEVER be the same!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

Who’s ‘Extreme,’ Governor Cuomo?

Andrew Cuomo at New York City’s Gay Pride in 2013 (Photo credit: Bob Jagendorf)

Written by Gina Miller

While we are not surprised at any outrageous thing liberals say, it is becoming increasingly disturbing how brazen they now are in their un-American pronouncements.  This past Friday the Democrat Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, flatly declared that people who hold conservative views on life, guns and homosexuality have no place in New York.  He called these views “extreme.”  This is the governor of a state in America, not a member of the lunatic fringe Left on MSNBC.  Well, he may be a member of the lunatic fringe Left, but he is—sadly—still a governor!

The New York Post reported on his shameful remarks:

Gov. Cuomo has a message for conservative Republicans — you don’t belong in New York.
Cuomo said Friday that members of the GOP with “extreme” views are creating an identity crisis for their party and represent a bigger worry than Democrats such as himself.
“Their problem isn’t me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves,” the governor said on Albany’s The Capitol Pressroom radio show.
“Who are they? Right to life, pro-assault weapons, anti-gay — if that’s who they are, they have no place in the state of New York because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”
He added that moderate Republicans, such as those in the state Senate, “have a place in their state.”

“Extreme” is now a false, leftist label for those of us who hold traditional views on morality and freedom.  Of course it’s a lie.  There is nothing extreme in believing a pre-born baby has the same God-given right to life that any other person has.  There is nothing extreme in believing that, to defend our lives, we have an unalienable right to keep and bear arms.  There is nothing extreme in opposing the mainstreaming of the immoral, unnatural and unhealthy behavior of homosexuality and its anti-freedom agenda, and there is nothing extreme in defending marriage as the rightful union of one man and one woman.  The true extremists are those who war against these things.
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Those like Gov. Cuomo who cling to the tyrannical ideology of the Left have no foundation based in truth, freedom or a love for America’s founding, so they lie and distort the truth of conservatism.  It is beyond wearisome to the point of dangerous, utter contemptibility.  Gov. Cuomo and his fellow travelers are the ones who labor to shackle the people of the United States to the dictates of a central commanding government that strips them of their wealth, freedom, opportunity, and in the case of abortion, their very lives.
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In a nation founded on freedom, it is the views and actions of the Gov. Cuomos among us that are extreme.  It is they who wallow in despotic anti-Americanism as they collect power in the state and federal governments, stealing that rightful authority from We the People.  And since they cannot tell the truth about their bankrupt, deadly ideology, they aggressively malign those who speak against them.
Gov. Cuomo employs the fake term “assault weapon” in his rant against common-sense conservatism.  There is no such thing as an “assault weapon.”  Assault is something people do, and they can use any number of items, including their fists, to do it.  The reality is that Gov. Cuomo is a hard-core leftist who understands that armed people are not easily conquered by tyrants like him.
So, early last year, riding the wave of horror from Sandy Hook, he rammed through the New York legislature the “SAFE Act,” an extreme, deeply unpopular piece of gun control legislation.  In forcing this law, he bypassed public input and committee debate and even threatened New York sheriffs who spoke out against it.
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In an exceptional National Review column about this legislative assault on our rights, Charles C.W. Cooke wrote:

Shouting his way through his State of the State speech on January 9, 2013, the governor outlined his thinking. “Guns impose huge economic costs, as well as [a cost in] lives,” he bellowed. “Fear of gun violence invades neighborhoods, causing disruptions in the normal rhythms of life, work, and school. That threat depresses property values and puts a drag on economic development.” This being so, and legislation being inescapable, there would be time for neither public input nor committee hearings. In a startling move, Cuomo issued a “Message of Necessity,” using a provision in the state’s constitution designed to permit expedited state action in a case of emergency. This gave Cuomo the power to suspend the usual democratic rules and charge forward.
He couldn’t allow public debate, he argued, lest it “cause a rush on the market of people who wanted to buy assault weapons.” He couldn’t allow the usual three-day waiting period between a bill’s being introduced and a vote’s being held, in case legislators asked difficult questions or tried to stall the measure. In a move that would have made Nancy Pelosi proud, Cuomo allotted state lawmakers mere minutes to read the bill before voting on it. Indeed, so aggressive were Cuomo’s tactics that the Albany Times Union, which was supportive of the basic thrust of the legislation, editorialized that he behaved like a man possessed of “a truncated view of the legislative process and a cynical view of representative government.” The governor disagreed: “If there is an issue that fits the definition of necessity,” Cuomo shot back, “I believe it’s gun violence.”

Spoken and maneuvered like the true extremist Gov. Cuomo is!
His words from Friday are deeply disturbing and profoundly infuriating to the people of a free country, and shamefully, he’s getting away with saying them.  No one is holding him accountable for such outrageous statements against the residents of New York who hold normal, traditional views.  Regardless of this, what Gov. Cuomo said is a very big, bad deal, and I shudder to think this guy may have designs on the presidency in 2016.
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Michael Filozof, in an excellent piece at the American Thinker, agrees that what Gov. Cuomo said is alarming:

The idea that a sitting governor of the fourth-largest state in the nation can tell people he disagrees with politically that they have “no place” in the state he governs is breathtakingly frightening. I cannot recall any American governor anywhere essentially telling American citizens to shut up or get out of his state. What about the constitutional rights to free speech, free association, and freedom of the press? What ever happened to the Madisonian idea that the rights of political minorities are to be protected from the tyranny of the majority? Whatever happened to all the incessant leftist rhetoric about “diversity” and “multiculturalism”? I guess “diversity” doesn’t apply to conservatives, does it?

How is this any different than saying “The Jews have no place in the Fatherland?” How is this any different than saying “The kulaks have no place in the Soviet Union?” “How is this any different than saying “The capitalist pigs have no place in the Peoples’ Republic of Kampuchea”?

Answer: it isn’t different. Every dictatorship marginalizes, delegitimizes, and dehumanizes its opponents before it strips them of their rights and crushes them.
If you’re under the mistaken impression that the U.S. is still a free country, and New York is still a free state… you’d better read Cuomo’s comments again.
God help us.

Gina Miller - American Clarion

DO YOU KNOW THE CHRIST OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES? - Part 1

"That He (Jesus) died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures." (1 Corinthians 15:3- 4)

"And Jesus said, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” (John 5:39)

"Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24:25-27)
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WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?

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Today more than ever, people have a hazy and fuzzy (distorted) view of who the Savior of the World, God’s Son Jesus Christ, really is. Various opinions regarding Jesus may have been formed from a religious upbringing or education, personal experiences, etc. Whenever you ask someone who Jesus is, it will usually sound a lot like the person describing Him to you. They say, “He was a great teacher,” or “He was a Good Man,” or “He died on the cross,” etc. You see, even in Jesus day, there were many who were confused and troubled about who God’s Messiah to the world was. When Jesus entered into Jerusalem on the Sunday before the Great Passover feast (our Palm Sunday), multitudes upon multitudes welcomed Him (Matt. 21:9) but after three days the same multitudes cried, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him! (Matt 27:11-26, Luke 23:18-24)” How could this be? It was because the multitudes had their own perception and personal view of who Jesus was, one that was not rooted in reality or in the truth of Holy Scripture.

The big question at hand is this, “Who really was Jesus?” Is it important to know God’s Christ - the Christ of Holy Scripture - and His teachings of salvation for humanity? My friend, the answer to this literal life and death question is: it surely is. It is a matter of Eternal Life or Eternal Death!

The Lord Jesus Christ and The Holy Scriptures give many warnings of False Christs and false teachings that would come into the world to deceive and mislead people. What purpose would such deceptions serve, you might ask? To keep people from obtaining God’s Eternal Life and Pardon of Sin! (See Matthew 7:15-17; 24:4-5, 23, 24; Mark 13:5-6, 22; Luke 21:8; 1 Tim 4:1-2, 16; 2 Tim 3:12-13; 1 John 2:22-23; 4:1; 2 John 7).

Jesus himself stated:“Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many shall come to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? And in Thy name cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM ME YE THAT WORK INIQUITY." (Matthew 7:21-23)

A poem written by Jeff O’Hara gives an examination of the professing individual with a very sobering conclusion.

Why Call Me Lord, Lord and Do Not the Things I Say?

You call Me the Way, and Walk Me not!

You call Me the Life, and Live Me not!

You call Me Master, and Obey Me not!

You call Me Bread, and Eat Me not!

You call Me Truth, and Believe Me not!

You call Me Lord, and Serve Me not!

If I Condemn You, Blame Me not!

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This is quite a sobering thought, isn’t it? Jesus informs that there are many who called Him Lord who never were rightly related to Him in truth according to WHO HE IS. How can this be? Let’s take a look at what the Holy Scriptures say:

God’s Christ/ Messiah Fulfilled all of God’s Word and Promises and Claimed to be the Center of the Scriptures.
(Matt. 5:17; 26:54, 56; Luke 24:27, 44; John 5:39, 46; Acts 3:18; 28:23; Heb. 10:7)

God’s Christ/ Messiah is the Only True Savior of the World.
(Acts 2:36; 4:12; Titus 1:3; 2:13; 1 Tim. 2:5; Luke 2:28-31; John 1:29; 3:16-18, 36; 14:6; 20:21; Heb. 7:25)

God’s Christ/ Messiah is Almighty God.
(1 Tim 3:16; John 1:1-3,14; 10:30; 20:28; Matt. 1:23; Col. 2:8-9; Titus 2:13; 1 John 5:20; Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:2)

God’s Christ/ Messiah is Perfect Man.
(1 John 2:1; Rom 8:3; 1 Peter 1:19; 3:18; John 1:14, 29; 8:45-46; 14:30; Acts 2:24; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:9-18; 1 Peter 2:21-24)

God’s Christ/ Messiah Died, Was buried, and Rose Again on the Third Day According to the Scriptures.
(1 Cor. 15:3-4, 20; Matt. 28:6-7; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:6-7; John 2:19; Acts 1:3; 2:22-24, 30-36; 4:2, 10; Rom. 1:4; 8:11; 1 Thess. 1:10, 1 Peter 1:3; Rev. 1:17-18)
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GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION FOR MAN

Who is good? As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. (Romans 3:10)

Who has sinned? For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

Salvation is Not By Our Works! For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph. 2:8-9)

Where Did Sin Come From? Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12)

What is the Price of Sin? For the wages of sin is death… (Romans 6:23a)

Who Paid The Price? But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

There Is Only One Way Out! That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Romans 10:9-10)

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)

Question #1: Does the “Jesus” in whom you are putting your trust line up with the reality and truth of The Lord Jesus of the Holy Scriptures? That is a very sobering question indeed; a question which many are too afraid to deal with. Jesus stated, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24)

Question #2: Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ of the Scriptures? May it be your sincere desire to look into this matter with a contrite (broken) and humble heart in light of the most serious (eternal life and death) consequences to be faced (1 John 5:12).

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHALLENGE - LINK
In Part 2 of this study we will see why it is absolutely crucial (or vital) that a man or woman has a saving relationship to the Christ / Messiah of the Holy Scriptures.

The Kingdom of heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.
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