PATRIOTISM IS BIBLICAL, But Is It Dying In AMERICA?

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A passage came to my mind recently regarding the saluting of flags and saying the pledge of allegiance before a flag.

“So watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,16 so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth.19 And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven,and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today."
"One nation, under God."
 

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Who are we to serve? God or our country?

How can you serve God first if you put the flag above everything else?

Its all about God.

HE SAID BOTH:

Matthew 22:21 (ASV)
[SUP]21 [/SUP]They say unto him, Caesar's.
Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

That Certainly includes Military Service when it is required. I am a Veteran of the Cold War/Vietnam Era.

Romans 13:4 (HCSB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.


Now answer a question for me, Ken, "How come you are always on the opposite side of the fence as born again Christians?"








 
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"One nation, under God."
Many are trying to have the "under God" part removed,(Pledge of Allegiance Fast Facts - CNN.com) just as they have removed the 10 commandments and are trying to have crosses removed from public government areas. It is clear that this nation has given the One true God a back seat (if even a place at all) when it comes to government affairs and decisions regarding morals and abiding in the words of God. The government is now all about itself and not about doing God's will. They desire power and money disregarding the will of the people and the will of God. They love violence by making wars globally and flooding the world with weapons of death and destruction, which has now become a big business for them.

If they desire blood, let the Lord give them blood to drink.
 

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I'm not on the opposite fence. I just do not endorse slaughter of people just for the sake of a Nation.

How many Native Americans were MURDERED just so you could have a tiny piece of land?????

How many Blacks were forced into slavery just so your ancestors could become rich???

How can we say "one Nation, under God" when we are too busy taking away the rights of others???

We were never a Nation that followed God. We followed Satan and all his lies!

God has judged this Nation, this is why we are no longer a Nation of power. This is why Isis has a foothold in this Nation. We have been judged by God and have been found guilty!
 

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I'm not on the opposite fence. I just do not endorse slaughter of people just for the sake of a Nation.

How many Native Americans were MURDERED just so you could have a tiny piece of land?????

How many Blacks were forced into slavery just so your ancestors could become rich???

How can we say "one Nation, under God" when we are too busy taking away the rights of others???

We were never a Nation that followed God. We followed Satan and all his lies!

God has judged this Nation, this is why we are no longer a Nation of power. This is why Isis has a foothold in this Nation. We have been judged by God and have been found guilty!

If not for the United States Christianity would've been wiped out and you be speaking Russian right now. Isis only has "a foothold" because our president is a muslim coddling idiot. One of the many great things about this country is we don't force anyone to stay, you hate it so much leave. As to God judging this nation if you see a better nation currently on this planet let me know, seems we have it better than anyone else even today.
 

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I'm not on the opposite fence. I just do not endorse slaughter of people just for the sake of a Nation.

How many Native Americans were MURDERED just so you could have a tiny piece of land?????

How many Blacks were forced into slavery just so your ancestors could become rich???

How can we say "one Nation, under God" when we are too busy taking away the rights of others???

We were never a Nation that followed God. We followed Satan and all his lies!

God has judged this Nation, this is why we are no longer a Nation of power. This is why Isis has a foothold in this Nation. We have been judged by God and have been found guilty!

Like I said, the OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FENCE, and I refer you to the link in my post above, and may you choke on your words.

Christian Prayer: God Bless America
 
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If not for the United States Christianity would've been wiped out and you be speaking Russian right now. Isis only has "a foothold" because our president is a muslim coddling idiot. One of the many great things about this country is we don't force anyone to stay, you hate it so much leave. As to God judging this nation if you see a better nation currently on this planet let me know, seems we have it better than anyone else even today.
Amen, good post
 

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I'm not on the opposite fence. I just do not endorse slaughter of people just for the sake of a Nation.

. . .




SO WHAT HAPPENED?

Have you ever thought, it is because PEOPLE LIKE YOU STOPPED PRAYING FOR THE PRESIDENT, SENATORS, AND CONGRESSMEN OF THIS NATION?
 
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ISIS was formed because of failed U.S. foreign policy when they entered into Iraq on a false premise of Saddam having weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. foreign policy of setting up a puppet government created a civil war that led to the formation of ISIS. The U.S. has been trying to set up puppet governments all over the world for years now by overthrowing other leaders and governments and setting up their own puppets in office to do their evil bidding. People who do not see this for what it is are either ignorant or brainwashed by US propaganda.
 

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Many are trying to have the "under God" part removed,(Pledge of Allegiance Fast Facts - CNN.com) just as they have removed the 10 commandments and are trying to have crosses removed from public government areas. It is clear that this nation has given the One true God a back seat (if even a place at all) when it comes to government affairs and decisions regarding morals and abiding in the words of God. The government is now all about itself and not about doing God's will. They desire power and money disregarding the will of the people and the will of God. They love violence by making wars globally and flooding the world with weapons of death and destruction, which has now become a big business for them.

If they desire blood, let the Lord give them blood to drink.
And do you see how your cynicism is part of the problem?

How about looking at the things Congress does right and vote in the right Christian politicians to fix the things that are wrong.

[video=youtube;-8X13cYNxDY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8X13cYNxDY[/video]

2016 National Prayer Breakfast | Video | C-SPAN.org

LISTEN TO AT LEAST the first 10 minutes, because they talk about the Weekly Prayer Group from Congress. YES, they have a Congressional Prayer Group that meets weekly, and it is made up of both Republicans and Democrats, and WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR THEM.
 
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And do you see how your cynicism is part of the problem?

How about looking at the things Congress does right and vote in the right Christian politicians to fix the things that are wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8X13cYNxDY

2016 National Prayer Breakfast | Video | C-SPAN.org

LISTEN TO AT LEAST the first 10 minutes, because they talk about the Weekly Prayer Group from Congress. YES, they have a Congressional Prayer Group that meets weekly, and it is made up of both Republicans and Democrats, and WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR THEM.
OHHH, is that National Prayer Breakfast Video ever a BLESSING. Some AMAZING TESTIMONIES. You all need to make time to to watch it all. It is 1:55:59 minutes, but worth every second of the time. You have to hear Mr. and Mrs. Burnett's Testimonies on how GOD used them. Roma Downey, Mark Burnett's wife said: "It is far more effective to light a Candle, than to curse the Darkness."
 
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Good for you, but HOW DO YOU explain the ever increasing disrespect for the FLAG we Veterans served under, over the past couple decades. Do your own search, it is ALL OVER YOUTUBE. And now the utter disrespect comes from the TEA PARTY, and I absolutely take the Tea Party's turning the flag upside down as a political statment, to be a slap in the face of every Veteran that served under that FLAG.

FLY AMERICAN FLAG UPSIDE DOWN - Tea Party Command Center





I agree with you 100% that what the Tea Party has done is shameful and beyond forgiveness. But this is not the first time that a group of hate filled delusionals has openly done such a wicked act. Recall that in the 1960s it was radical communists who did the same. Eventually, all that hate got burned out and many became conservatives, others moderates & liberals.

Eventually this will happen to the majority of far right radicals in the unpatriotic Tea Party.
 
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And do you see how your cynicism is part of the problem?

How about looking at the things Congress does right and vote in the right Christian politicians to fix the things that are wrong.
Corrupt government is the problem, it's not a big secret as their nakedness has been exposed. The only thing the House and Senate can agree on these days is boosting more military spending, which just spreads more death and destruction around the world, not peace. The government is being run by big business and special interest groups who could care less about doing God's will because they are of their father the Devil, and the lusts of their father they will do. Their evil actions prove they are not of God's Spirit, only those who are still of the world would be blinded from seeing this.
 
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How can you say the USA saved Christianity? Is the USA GREATER then God? No.

God never needed the help of the USA to protect Christianity.

Do you not understand God never needed the USA to keep Christianity alive and well? Christianity is all over the World. Many other Nations follow God. Are you so arrogant as to believe any Nation could destroy God's Children????

God should be first in your life, not your Patriotism for any country and especially not for the USA which never followed God. If the USA had followed God then Native Americans would not have been MURDERED for their land and the Black people would have not been forced into Slavery!

So do not pee on my leg and say its raining!
 
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Actually VCO its you who is on the opposite side of the fence of God.

Do you not know the USA has tried over and over again to destroy other countries that followed God?
 

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God is no respecter of countries, America included.
He will exalt those nations that acknowledge Him and bring down those that turn their back on Him.
America is closest to the latter.
 

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I agree with you 100% that what the Tea Party has done is shameful and beyond forgiveness. But this is not the first time that a group of hate filled delusionals has openly done such a wicked act. Recall that in the 1960s it was radical communists who did the same. Eventually, all that hate got burned out and many became conservatives, others moderates & liberals.

Eventually this will happen to the majority of far right radicals in the unpatriotic Tea Party.
Thank you, for agreeing about the Tea Party. At one time I was even considering them as a viable alternative. However after that insult to Veterans, just to make a Political Statement, I would NEVER Vote for a single one of their candidate. I personally think that BAD DECISION their leaders made, will turn out to be Political Suicide.
 
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The radical far right Tea Party, like the radical leftists of the 1960s, had two things in common: they hated this society and felt that it was ever so much against them and their interests; secondly, most were from privileged upper class suburban backgrounds. Funny how despite having so much, they felt so disaffected by society.

By contrast, I am from the ghetto and survive on a frugal social security check. Yet, I am grateful that I live in the greatest country in the world. I wave the flag and appreciate all the sacrifices others have done to make this the greatest Land in the world. Turning the flag upside down is social and unpatriotic sacrilege. Shame on those people who hate this great Land.

GOD BLESS THE USA!
 

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Corrupt government is the problem, it's not a big secret as their nakedness has been exposed. The only thing the House and Senate can agree on these days is boosting more military spending, which just spreads more death and destruction around the world, not peace. The government is being run by big business and special interest groups who could care less about doing God's will because they are of their father the Devil, and the lusts of their father they will do. Their evil actions prove they are not of God's Spirit, only those who are still of the world would be blinded from seeing this.

I can tell you never served in the Military over Seas, and Hanoi Jane was propbably your hero growing up.

And this was probably your dream vehicle while you were growing up: