[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]UnderGod, we are all equal no matter our origin. Under God, we are to bewatchful against those who do not act in the faith under God, and weare to stand firm against such people.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Galatians3:28 says, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neitherslave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one inChrist Jesus.” No group, therefore, is SUPREME over other groups.Those who believe they are SUPREME are living under a falseSUPREMACY, since, as there was only one Adam and Eve, under God weare all one people. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Thispast week, once again hatred through bigotry has reared its ugly headlike the Confederate statues of horses rearing on their hind legs,holding their Confederate riders, that have been removed. We've seenthis hatred for other groups exhibited by white supremacists whofalsely believe that God has put them above everyone else. To thosewho are white, they would infer, 'Why be angry with us? Come join usagainst those who aren't white.' Indeed, it is a temptation, likeSatan tempting Jesus to join him against our Lord. And what wasJesus' answer to Satan? He told him, 'Be Gone! I only do the will ofmy father, as it is written for all of us to do.' [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Isthere anybody in a position of leadership of our government, whoseauthority presumably comes from God, who is telling these whitesupremacists to 'Be Gone'? Certainly not our President, who, byvirtue of 1 Timothy 5:8 is responsible for providing for thehousehold of our country, which includes providing an environmentthat allows everyone to exercise their faith in God. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Didour President identify the source of the hatred spewing forth wherethe statues were taken down? On the contrary, he failed to do so,instead holding everyone, including the faithful and the faithlessresponsible. As such, he violated his duty to stand watch and standfirm against the death and destruction initiated by those who arewhite supremacists. Well, at least most of us call them that, but itis certainly not Trump who is calling them that.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]1Corinthians 16:13 says, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, actlike men, be strong.” Similarly, Deuteronomy 29:18 says, “Bewarelest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heartis turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the godsof those nations.” Make no mistake, anyone who fails to recognizethat we are all equal, has turned away from God and is serving a godthat doesn't stand for such equalness. But the people have to knowwhat to be watchful for, and if our leader doesn't identify whom weshould be watchful for, then how can we act as a people under ourgovernment of faith?[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Andwhat exactly were these white supremacists who came from all over,protesting against in Charlottesville, Virginia? We don't know,because our President hasn't told us. Is it a coincidence that theyshowed up at the same time Charlottesville decided to take down theConfederate statues? Were those statues a symbol of white supremacy,as far as the white supremacists were concerned? The statuesrepresent a time when people upheld slavery above their faith in God.Those people believed that slavery extended beyond the originalslaves. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Whileit is true that slavery was accepted in the Old Testament, suchslavery was limited to enslaving those who were enemies of the Chosenpeople. But as the sins of the father are not visited on the sins ofthe son, while fathers may be slaves, their offspring, who hadnothing to do with the wars against the Chosen, were not to beregarded as slaves if they, like the Chosen, lived under God. Theoffspring of the slaves, in other words, are not slaves but areneighbors sojourning among the Chosen and should be accorded thebenefits of Leviticus 19:34.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Inthe same sense, the original group of slaves brought to this countrywere purchased as slaves, but their offspring weren't. And so, thoseoffspring, and their offspring. should have been treated as neighborswith all rights accorded to everyone equally under God, as implied inboth Leviticus 19:34 and Galatians 3:28. Those in the South wantedto continue the masquerade of slavery, treating as slaves thegenerations after the slaves that were originally purchased andbrought into this country. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Nowwe have the white supremacists making the same mistake as thoseSoutherners did, believing themselves to be superior to anotherpeople on the basis of origin alone. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Thesewhite supremacists are also believed to be against immigrants in thiscountry. Well... Leviticus 19:34 says, “You shall treat thestranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shalllove him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: Iam the LORD your God.” So, one has to wonder, what God are thewhite supremacists following, because it certainly isn't the God therest of us know and love.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Galatians3:28 says, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neitherslave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one inChrist Jesus.” No group, therefore, is SUPREME over other groups.Those who believe they are SUPREME are living under a falseSUPREMACY, since, as there was only one Adam and Eve, under God weare all one people. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Thispast week, once again hatred through bigotry has reared its ugly headlike the Confederate statues of horses rearing on their hind legs,holding their Confederate riders, that have been removed. We've seenthis hatred for other groups exhibited by white supremacists whofalsely believe that God has put them above everyone else. To thosewho are white, they would infer, 'Why be angry with us? Come join usagainst those who aren't white.' Indeed, it is a temptation, likeSatan tempting Jesus to join him against our Lord. And what wasJesus' answer to Satan? He told him, 'Be Gone! I only do the will ofmy father, as it is written for all of us to do.' [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Isthere anybody in a position of leadership of our government, whoseauthority presumably comes from God, who is telling these whitesupremacists to 'Be Gone'? Certainly not our President, who, byvirtue of 1 Timothy 5:8 is responsible for providing for thehousehold of our country, which includes providing an environmentthat allows everyone to exercise their faith in God. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Didour President identify the source of the hatred spewing forth wherethe statues were taken down? On the contrary, he failed to do so,instead holding everyone, including the faithful and the faithlessresponsible. As such, he violated his duty to stand watch and standfirm against the death and destruction initiated by those who arewhite supremacists. Well, at least most of us call them that, but itis certainly not Trump who is calling them that.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]1Corinthians 16:13 says, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, actlike men, be strong.” Similarly, Deuteronomy 29:18 says, “Bewarelest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heartis turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the godsof those nations.” Make no mistake, anyone who fails to recognizethat we are all equal, has turned away from God and is serving a godthat doesn't stand for such equalness. But the people have to knowwhat to be watchful for, and if our leader doesn't identify whom weshould be watchful for, then how can we act as a people under ourgovernment of faith?[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Andwhat exactly were these white supremacists who came from all over,protesting against in Charlottesville, Virginia? We don't know,because our President hasn't told us. Is it a coincidence that theyshowed up at the same time Charlottesville decided to take down theConfederate statues? Were those statues a symbol of white supremacy,as far as the white supremacists were concerned? The statuesrepresent a time when people upheld slavery above their faith in God.Those people believed that slavery extended beyond the originalslaves. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Whileit is true that slavery was accepted in the Old Testament, suchslavery was limited to enslaving those who were enemies of the Chosenpeople. But as the sins of the father are not visited on the sins ofthe son, while fathers may be slaves, their offspring, who hadnothing to do with the wars against the Chosen, were not to beregarded as slaves if they, like the Chosen, lived under God. Theoffspring of the slaves, in other words, are not slaves but areneighbors sojourning among the Chosen and should be accorded thebenefits of Leviticus 19:34.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Inthe same sense, the original group of slaves brought to this countrywere purchased as slaves, but their offspring weren't. And so, thoseoffspring, and their offspring. should have been treated as neighborswith all rights accorded to everyone equally under God, as implied inboth Leviticus 19:34 and Galatians 3:28. Those in the South wantedto continue the masquerade of slavery, treating as slaves thegenerations after the slaves that were originally purchased andbrought into this country. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Nowwe have the white supremacists making the same mistake as thoseSoutherners did, believing themselves to be superior to anotherpeople on the basis of origin alone. [/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]Thesewhite supremacists are also believed to be against immigrants in thiscountry. Well... Leviticus 19:34 says, “You shall treat thestranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shalllove him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: Iam the LORD your God.” So, one has to wonder, what God are thewhite supremacists following, because it certainly isn't the God therest of us know and love.[/FONT]