"AMERICAN IDOLATRY" (part 1)

Part 1 (The Mystery of Iniquity) In my search for God there has always been two over riding questions; first, "Something is missing;" and second, "There must be more". The human spirit is an amazing creation. We thirst, but we know not what for; we hunger, yet nothing satisfies; we look, we search. and our spiritual quest leads us on life's long journey of discovery. Ultimately our quest leads us to these questions, "Why am I here", and "Is there a purpose for my life". I was never a rebellious child, however, as I encountered God I was confronted with the decision to climb up to the mountain top and explore what the burning bush was or remain in the herd and be led around by my shepherds. On the mountain top I discovered it was just me and Him; the world faded away, all of the buzz, all of the fuss, all of the lies. My spirit began to respond, "Yes, Yes, this is what I want, this is what I have been searching for, I give you my life, I will go where you want me to go, I will do what you want me to do." To my friends and family I had gone crazy, but to me, I had discovered the realization of why I am here. See, within the human spirit there is a longing for God. He put it there, it is one of the mysteries of the Crown Jewel of God's creation. You and I my friend are not here by accident. We have a purpose. The Apostle Paul says, "We are God's workmanship." He has created and formed our spirits to stand face to face with Him, only we on our knees pouring out our hearts to Him. Yet, this is where mankind begins to miss their special purpose. God is a Spirit, we can't see Him, we can't touch Him, we have no physical contact with Him. Man wants a god he can see and touch. We build temples, we form denominations, we elevate heroes to godlike status. See, when you reject your face to face relationship with your Creator you must turn to something else. When we turn to another god our spirit is corrupted; this is what we call the "Mystery of Iniquity". This was the root of the fall of mankind's first father Adam. The Mystery of Iniquity is the perversion of true worship. It is mankind's attempt to fill that place in their spirit that was created to be filled by the lover of their soul. The world is sick, America is sick! Why, because we have rejected the living God and His Son Jesus, and we have created this thing, called the United States, that we worship. We turn to the government for all of our needs. Instead of praying to the Creator of the Universe we expect the government to solve all of our needs. Yes, this is idolatry of the first order, and it comes with all of the consequence's. One of the consequences is blindness and deafness; we have a country of people held in bondage to an idol that demands blood sacrifice. We offer the unborn on the alter, we offer the blood of our finest. Yes there is a price that your idol demands. America, repent!

"Native Culture Was Not Communism"

There are many things I would like to say, but for the time I will concentrate on tribalism verses socialism, communism, and capitalism. From what I understand many have taken on the politics formed from the worldview that Indian people have been irreparably damaged by the United States government and the capitalistic system of the White people; that they believe that Native people should return to their former tribal culture which they believe more closely resembles a communistic socialist society; and are motivated by a revolutionary movement to bring down the current system of capitalism and replace it with a socialist system of government. First I would like to refute the thesis that Indian culture was a communistic culture, and show you that Indians followed a dynamic leadership structure that was based on spirituality, wisdom, and the sole interest in the survival of their family units or bands. Communism and socialism are basically the same thing, however, communism crosses over from the purely economic philosophy and into a governmental system supposedly owned and run by the populace; we will refer to them in this essay as CnS. The basic philosophy of communism and socialism is materialistic while Native American culture is based upon spirituality. Capitalism is based upon private ownership. while CnS is based upon centralized control and governmental ownership of resources, production, in the name of the people. This is where CnS departs from similarities with Native culture because where CnS forces the confiscation of private property and resources; Natives believed that the Creator (God) was the sole owner of the land and resources, and they could not possess the land or resources. Natives practiced an active system of trade for goods but were not capitalists. The Europeans came over here with the concept of individual ownership of the land; however this concept was quickly corrupted when they discovered the vast amount of fertile land in North America; "The love of money is the root of all evil." Capitalism taken to its extreme is like the game of monopoly, where the rich get richer and the rest go broke. Christianity more closely resembles Native American beliefs because in true Christianity God is the owner of everything and we are only stewards of His blessings. CnS are evil and anti Christ at their core beliefs because they believe that religion is the opiate of the masses, that only ignorant and uneducated people believe in God. Their aim is to become God to the people and to control every aspect of their life.

Native tribes never had a centralized system of government. A loosely confederated group of bands had a shared language, culture, religion, and geographic location, but they never did have a shared government. They were much smaller tribal components called Bands. Some bands were very small made up of just a few family units and some were much larger. These bands would come together at certain times of the year for fellowship and celebration but the bands were never under a autocratic system. After the gathering the bands would break up into their smaller units and travel traditional hunting and gathering patterns.

Natives were not a communist society. Yes they lived in a community but it differed diabolically from communism. I have been in several former communist countries and I have many friends who lived under communist regimes. They are all thankful they no longer live under that evil system. I have seen the skeletons of communist apartments, the raping of the land, and the poverty they created. One of my friends is a farmer and he told me that during the communist era there was a shortage of food and goods. He said it wasn't because their land wasn't fruitful or productive, but the communists would come and take all of the produce and take it back to Russia. He said he was forced to go to Russia and show them how to farm, but it was a joke because the people had no incentive to work hard on the communes. Many of the people under communism were on waiting lists to buy things like cars. They said it took fifteen years to get a car; a family would save all of their lives to buy one car and they ended up with a little Travant (same as an Obama car). In a Native community the people owned their own personal goods such as tee pees, house hold goods, food, horses and weapons; under communism you only own the clothes on your back. A Natives family status depended on their ability to hunt and gather for their household,. The family unit was the strongest unit in the Native community. Generosity was the most highly honored virtue in Native culture. It was up to the individual to share their good fortune with those who had less. They were never forced to support the weak and sickly, there was no common ownership of resources. There was no such thing as taxation or a central government. The people who became known as Chiefs were those who were the most trusted and honored people in the community. They were followed because of their generosity and wisdom. The Council Fires were a forum where the community could come together and speak freely. Every person had a voice and were honored to speak their mind, but in the end they did not vote, there was no democratic rule; the Chief would make the final decision. Once the decision was made those who trusted in his leadership would follow, those who didn't had the option to go their own way. No one was forced to follow; a Chief was followed because he was a dynamic leader. The Natives believed their good fortune was based upon how well they pleased the Creator. They believed that if circumstances were hard that they had somehow offended the Creator and had to somehow atone for their sins. They did this through the various ceremonies, dances, etc. When the White Man first arrived Natives believed that they were God's messengers and had come to show them how they could better please the Creator. If the early missionaries had known the expectations of the Natives the results would have been very different. I believe the reason Europeans came to this continent was to introduce Natives to the Son of God, Jesus. Had they kept their mission to the simple gospel and allowed the Holy Spirit to form a Native Christian community I believe it would have been a beautiful culture. The Natives had already many Christian concepts in their culture and taken to its completion would have modeled Christianity far better than capitalism. Getting back to CnS; they are very deceptive because they play on peoples emotions using social justice and equality as their M/O. It is deceptive because they cannot deliver on what they portray. They must use oppression, suppression, force, and the confiscation of personal property to impose their rule. There is a ruling class of people and when taken to its completion communism always ends in tyranny and dictatorship. Carl Marx one of the founders of communism said that socialism is the first stage of communism. The losers in a communist take over is always the Christians. I personally know pastors and Christians from communist China who were put into prison, beaten, bones broken and forced to renounce their faith. They are denied employment and Their children denied education. Under communism you will end up with the same wicked rulers you would have under a capitalist system, because it is survival of the fittest. If you study history, every communist nation was built upon the blood of thousands of people who opposed their systems. To them social justice is to create class warfare by turning the Have Nots against the Haves. It is all based upon materialism; to create hatred, prejudice, and revolution against a privileged class of people who the have nots view as denying them the same basic privileges. You kids were never raised to be materialistically minded; this is where the world is waging warfare no matter what label you put on it. The only one who has denied you any worldly goods is yourself. Now my solution to all of this is the Kingdom of God. Jesus said when you pray say, "Thy Kingdom come thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." In the end, all of them are going to have to give it all back to God. Why don't you get on the right side now?

What's Missing in the Health Care Debate?

What is missing in the current health care debate? Has the church been struck dumb, is it a sleeping dog, or has the church finally become irrelevant living in its own universe? It seems that the church has been eerily silent in the current debate. The only thing we hear is a few peeps in opposition to federally funded abortions. Whatever the reason, the prophetic voice of hope in divine healing has been stuffed under the seats of Christians in their ivory towers! Isaiah says, "Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" The health care crisis reveals two things; First, it is a tremendous opportunity for the church to proclaim the healing message of the gospel, and second, it reveals how the mighty have fallen; that is, the decline in physical health in this country is a physical manifestation of the decline in the spiritual health of this country. The Apostle Paul says, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit everlasting life." The steady decline in the physical health of this nation's populace is in direct proportion to the spiritual decline of the church. The church should be lifting its voice like a trumpet, shout aloud, spare not! We are missing the prophetic voice against the idolatry that is being set up in this country. Government is being set up as God! The Bible says, "My God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches in glory;" the government says, "We will provide for all of our hudled masses;" The Bible says, "Jesus is the Great Physician;" Government says, "Our health care bill provides for the poor and needy." Government is trying to take the place of God in the lives of the people! Idolatry produces devastating consequences; Revelations 3:23, "Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds." I'm sorry folks, the more we turn to the idolatrous government system and turn our backs on the living God, the more we are going to see this country fall into chaos. The illustration of the "Blind man of Bethsaida" gives us a good picture of where we are at with the Lord. Mark 8:22, As long as this blind man stayed in the cursed place he could not be healed. Even when the people begged Jesus to heal him the Lord could not help them. Jesus had pronounced judgment upon the city of Bethsaida when He proclaiming, "Woe unto you Chorazin and Bethsaida, for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom and Gomorrah they would have repented a long time ago." The blind man had to take Jesus by the hand and be led out of the cursed place before he could be healed. Then it took Jesus two times praying for the man before he could be healed. Then Jesus told him not to go back into the cursed town. The first thing we need to do is to take Jesus by the hand and let Him lead us out of our cursed place; secondly, we need to pray through until we see clearly, and thirdly, we can't go back into an idolatrous relationship with the United States government or any other system. The next thing we will see is restrictions on the proclamation of the gospel in this country. Be free and be healed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, King of King, and Lord of Lords.