We are about to begin a great journey into the unknown.
In this time of great crisis in the world, we have chosen a leader that has little experience, limited knowledge, and only a mantra of 'change' and 'hope' to guide our nation.
In our attempts to understand his past, his view of the world, and after examination of his qualifications, we have asked him to clear up many unexplained discrepancies in his past... and he has ignored us.
His supporters greeted our skepticism with disdain.
Is it too much to ask for the truth?
Yet he was elected.
The Democrats, our youth and disillusioned Republicans fell for the 'mantra', hook, line and sinker, and the liberal leftys shrieked with glee at the promise of 'yes we can'.
Unfortunately conservatives stayed home in droves because they just couldn't bring themselves to vote for a 'maverick' that kept moving further and further away from conservative ideals.
So... we will get The President we deserve.
Will we survive? Likely we will.
We we be changed? Likely we will.
Will the coming change make our country a better place to live...
Or cause it to become something very unfamiliar and uncomfortable?
BHO has asked America to trust him...
To come together for the sake of the country.
Yet he ran on the 'platform' of constant criticism of President Bush and Mr' Bush's 'failed Policies'. This is unity?
He believes that his socialist agenda will improve America's dysfunctional educational system, with no regard for the real causes - the lack of discipline and the teacher's unions.
He plans to solve the countries economic woes by creating a 'state bank' that will just dole out money to anyone for any reason.
He promises to create 600,000 new jobs for the unemployed.
Who pays for that idea?
He wants to convince the world community that Uncle Sam is really a nice guy and to 'come back for Sunday dinner at the White House'.
All is forgiven.
He tells us he can calm global fears of religious hatred and territorial conflict by having a good old fashioned heart-to-heart sit down talk with murderers and terrorists.
Somehow I just don't believe him. He does not instill confidence and does not display any leadership skills I am familiar with.
So... I plan to resist.
I will resist this Marxist idealog with all my might and all my soul.
Joseph Farah from World Net Daily had this to say about his plan to 'pray for BHOs failure'...
It has become a sort of conventional wisdom among soft-minded believers. The biblical proof-text for this misguided way of thinking is Romans 13:1-4:
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
"Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
"For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: "For he is the minister of God to thee for good.
But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."
What could be more clear-cut?
At face value, it would seem the Bible is telling us government is a God-ordained good and that we are not to resist its terrors.
Many a coward has been bolstered in his conviction against challenging tyranny by not reading too deeply into the Scriptures.
Yet, nowhere does the Bible ever suggest evil rulers are to be obeyed.
When the rule of men conflicts with the commands of God, the Bible leaves no doubt about where we should stand.
That's why I do not hesitate today in calling on godly Americans to pray that Barack Hussein Obama fail in his efforts to change our country from one anchored on self-governance and constitutional republicanism to one based on the raw and unlimited power of the central state.
It would be folly to pray for his success in such an evil campaign.
I want Obama to fail because his agenda is 100 percent at odds with God's.
Pretending it is not simply makes a mockery of God's straightforward Commandments.
So you will not see me joining in the ritual of affirming Obama and his mission in public or private prayer this week – or any other week.
Instead, I uphold the words of Jesus in Matthew 15:14:
"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
And I take warning from Isaiah 9:16: "For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed."
And please don't tell me about "rendering unto Caesar."
It's important to consider the circumstances and the audience behind Jesus' instructions to "render unto Caesar."
The Sadducees were attempting to trap Jesus into advocating open contempt for Caesar. He recognized their wicked and hypocritical little game and answered them with a totally truthful response that astonished everyone.
But think about it. There are two components to Jesus' words.
We are to "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's," but we are also to "render unto God the things that are God's."
Well, everything ultimately belongs to God. But, most of all, this injunction by Jesus instructs us that government laws cannot trump God's laws – ever.
If government commands you to do evil, as a Christian you must resist.
There is no alternative.
Citing the "render unto Caesar" line is an apologetic for accountability to God – nothing more, nothing less.
Furthermore, it needs to be pointed out that in America we don't have a Caesar. Never have, never will.
You see, our system of government is called a free republic, and it is based on the concept of constitutional self-government.
We have no "rulers" in America – except ourselves and our God.
We believe in the rule of law, not the rule of men.
This is an important distinction, not a semantic one.
Nowhere in the Bible does it teach us to obey evil rulers. Nowhere.
This is a time for principled biblical resistance, not phony Christian appeasement.
I believe Mr. Farah has summed it up quite nicely.
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