Churches NOT Standing Pat

Most of you have read or heard about the U.S. Catholic Bishops getting spun up over the Obama Administration’s unconstitutional mandate for businesses, institutions and insurance companies to provide free birth control under their health plans. This, of course, goes against the First Amendment freedom of religion,…..much of the religious teachings and beliefs for many religious organizations in the U.S.,...and, not to mention, becomes another march towards entitlements.

Many Churches are getting involved in educating their parishioners on political issues that go against God’s teachings. I think what we’ll see this year in fact, is a Federal Government effort to try and quell this by holding Church tax free status over the heads of Churches that preach against the anti-religious regulations of the current Administration.

In fact, one small Church in Texas tried to lead a re-call effort against the City Council for granting health benefits to the unmarried (and sometimes gay) partners of city employees. The Southern Poverty Law Center then steps in and has the local Church listed as a “Hate Group”. No kidding.

If you want to see a real hate group how about the New Black Liberation Army who intimidated voters in Philadelphia and who Eric Holder has yet to investigate.

So it does us good to see a Preacher, in this case a Pastor of a this predominantly black church in Virginia linking historical events and biblical guidance to today’s anti-religious, anti-constitutional efforts of the Obama Administration. From Genesis 47:13-27, here is his sermon:

"Good morning, brothers and sisters; it's always a delight to see the pews crowded on Sunday morning, and so eager to get into God's Word. Turn with me in your Bibles, if you will, to the 47th chapter of Genesis. We'll begin our reading at verse 13, and go through verse 27.

Brother Ray, would you stand and read that great passage for us? ... (reading) ... Thank you for that fine reading, Brother Ray. So we see that economic hard times fell upon Egypt , and the people turned to the government of Pharaoh to deal with this for them. And Pharaoh nationalized the grain harvest, and placed the grain in great storehouses that he had built. So the people brought their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave it all to him willingly in return for grain. And this went on until their money ran out, and they were hungry again.

So when they went to Pharaoh after that, they brought their livestock - their cattle, their horses, their sheep, and their donkey - to barter for grain, and verse 17 says that only took them through the end of that year. But the famine wasn't over, was it? So the next year, the people came before Pharaoh and admitted they had nothing left, except their land and their own lives. "There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh." So they surrendered their homes, their land, and their real estate to Pharaoh's government, and then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for grain.

What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters?

That turning to the government instead of to God to be our provider in hard times only leads to slavery? Yes... That the only reason government wants to be our provider is to also become our master?

Yes. But look how that passage ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen . And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly." God provided for His people, just as He always has! They didn't end up giving all their possessions to government, no, it says they gained possessions! But I also tell you a great truth today, and an ominous one.

We see the same thing happening today - the government today wants to "share the wealth" once again, to take it from us and redistribute it back to us. It wants to take control of healthcare, just as it has taken control of education, and ration it back to us, and when government rations it, then government decides who gets it, and how much, and what kind. And if we go along with it, and do it willingly, then we will wind up no differently than the people of Egypt did four thousand years ago - as slaves to the government, and as slaves to our leaders.

What Mr. Obama's government is doing now is no different from what Pharaoh's government did then, and it will end the same. And a lot of people like to call Mr. Obama a "Messiah," don't they? Is he a Messiah? A savior? Didn't the Egyptians say, after Pharaoh made them his slaves, "You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh"? Well, I tell you this - I know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of mine; and Mr. OBAMA IS NO MESSIAH! No, brothers and sisters, if Mr. Obama is a character from the Bible, then he is Pharaoh. Bow with me in prayer, if you will...

Lord, You alone are worthy to be served, and we rely on You, and You alone. We confess that the government is not our deliverer, and never rightly will be. We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel, when Samuel warned the people of what a ruler would do, where it says "And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day..."

And Lord, we acknowledge that day has come. We cry out to you because of the ruler that we have chosen for ourselves as a nation. Lord, we pray for this nation. We pray for revival, and we pray for deliverance from those who would be our masters. Give us hearts to seek You and hands to serve You, and protect Your people from the atrocities of Pharaoh's government. Because it is in God that we place our trust and in the Protection of His Divine Providence."

Nancy Pelosi Wants to Change First Amendment

This is from an article posted from the Blaze, titled: Nancy Pelosi Wants to Change First Amendment to Allow Regulation of Corporate Speech Basically, the Democrats are puting forth the notion that the First Amendment is an indiviudual right and not a corporate or organizational right. Corporations, businesses, organizations, etc. are all people. With the Democrats proposal, we would see a tool that they could use against individual speaking for corporations and talking (or writing for that matter) against Democrat core beliefs,...socialism, rob the rich to pay the entitlement crowd, anti-Christian values, etc. The bill in question is called the “Peoples’ Rights Amendment,” and its goal is to explicitly allow Congress to regulate corporate speech however it wants: Section 1. We the people who ordain and establish this Constitution intend the rights protected by this Constitution to be the rights of natural persons. Section 2. People, person, or persons as used in this Constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitution. Section 3. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the people’s rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free exercise of religion, and such other rights of the people, which rights are inalienable. Here are some quotes of the bill’s sponsors trying their best to explain the rationale behind the bill: Rep. Jim McGovern (D.-Mass.): “I‘ve introduced a People’s Rights Amendment, which is very simple and straightforward,...it would make clear that all corporate entities, for-profit and non-profit alike, are not people with constitutional rights. It treats all corporations, including incorporated unions and nonprofits, in the same way, as artificial creatures of the state that we, the people, govern, not the other way around.” Rep. Donna Edwards (D.-Md.): "In Citizens United, what the court said is that Congress has no authority to regulate this kind of political speech, and so all of these constitutional amendments go to this question of giving Congress the authority that the Supreme Court, I think wrongly, decided isn‘t within Congress’s constitutional–our constitutional purview.” I could see if now,...talk show radio commentators, such as Makr Levin, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh all could be shut down because they work for radio corporations, which have no free speech rights. It is crazy what the Dems are suggesting, but I am thankful they have exposed themselves for what they are,....Anti-Constitutionalists.

Obamacare: Pass It To Find Out What's In It

Remember when Nacny Pelosi urged the passing of the Obamacare Legislation in order it find out what's in it? Who can forget? This was a pivotal moment in American Government when all doubt was removed about the inmates running the asylum. Judge Kithil of Marble Falls, Texas - highlighted several completly egregious pages of HB 3200.

Page 50/section 152:
The bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S. Residents, even if they are here illegally.

Page 58 and 59:
The government will have real-time access to an Individual's' bank account and will have the authority to make Electronic fund transfers from those accounts.

Page 65/section 164:
The plan will be subsidized (by the Government) for all union members, union retirees and for Community organizations (such as the Association Of Community Organizations for Reform Now - ACORN). Remember when Obama granted waivers and allocated grants to Nebraska and Louisiana to get delegations from those States to vote for Obamacare? In otherwords a bribe, and a thinly disguished one at that. Since then Obama has direct that hundreds of wiavers be granted to special interest groups that write checks to the Democratic campgain coffers.

Page 203/line 14-15:
The tax imposed under this section will not be treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up with that?) Yet, the Adminstration's lawyers argue before the Supreme Court that this is a tax!

Page 241 and 253:
Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of specialty, and the government will set all Doctors's fees.

Page 272. Section 1145:
Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age. At age 76 you are not eligible for cancer treatment.

Page 317 and 321:
The government will impose a prohibition on hospital expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.

Page 425, line 4-12:
The government mandates advance-care planning consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an "end-of-life planning" seminar every five years. (This is the infamous "Death Counseling")

Page 429, line 13-25:
The government will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.

Finally, it is specifically stated that this bill will not apply to Members of Congress. Members of Congress are already Exempt from the Social Security system, and have a well-funded Private plan that covers their retirement needs. If they were on our Social Security plan, I believe they would find a very quick 'fix' to make the plan financially sound for their future."
- Honorable David Kithil of Marble Falls , Texas