Are you a Hyphenated Christian?

There are African-Americans. There are Mexican-Americans. There are Italian-Americans. But is there such a thing as Christian-Americans?
This present U.S. election has brought Christianity to the forefront of political talking points. “Is Obama a Christian or Muslim?”. “Jesus was a community organizer, just like Obama”.
 I’m going to step on a few toes here but so be it. The U.S. Of America is not now nor has it ever been a Christian nation. There’s no such thing as a Christian nation. Many of the signers of the Declaration of Independance were self avowed Free Masons. Make no mistake. Free Masons are not Christians. You cannot be both. If you study the tenents of Free Masonry you will see that the two lifestyles are not compatible unless you compromise the core principles of one or both.
The U.S., not unlike most free, prosperous nations, has a Christian herritage that came with the Pilgrims and Puritans; some of whom became politically engaged and so on.
The Bible is crystal clear about who and what a Christian is and to whom they belong and to what kingdom they owe their allegance.
A Christian is a human being who has been adopted out of the group that God regrets making (everybody) and adopted into a new group that God doesn’t regret making (the born-again group). A Christan is no longer a citizen of earth. No longer a citizen of humanity. We are aliens here. We are ambassadors here. Our home country is heaven.
So, are aliens permitted to vote? We are not permitted to involve ourselves in civillian affairs. Period.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 2:3

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Timothy 2:4

 The Bible is not ambiguous on this point. If you are a Christian, you obey the laws of the land, no matter what country you happen to be in. Rendering unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasars doesn’t mean you have to use your vote on a candidate just because the country you live in gives you a vote. The Government of Canada says two men can legally marry. Does that mean two Christian men are allowed to marry? Of course not. Well, why not?  What about pastors in Canada? Should they marry gay men? Why not? Wouldn’t they have to render unto Ceasar? What if Ceasar came up to Pastor Bob and told him he had to marry Adam and Steve? What then?

Ephesians 6:19  ¶And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20  For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

 

Do you see how the whole “render unto Ceasar” quote doesn’t hold water when it’s applied to the vote? Are ambassadors allowed vote in their host country? Of course not. It’s your vote but does God want you to involve yourself in this? Obviously not. You are an alien here. You are not a Christian-American. You are a Christian. Period. Separate yourselves from government affairs. The facts of life are conservative anyway. Liberalism is the philosophy of the deranged. Pray for government leaders, kings and so on. God can work it all out. The government of man is on it’s way out. The government of our God will soon be upon us. Be patient. Love everyone the same no matter their party affiliation. Pray for the leaders of you host country. Amen.

What Really Happens To People When They Die?

It’s the great equalizer. Death! Sure, some corpses are better looking than others but it all really comes down to the real “you” leaving this realm of existence and entering eternity. There are many theories on the afterlife; many religious traditions. Most agree that the person inhabiting the body does consciously exist beyond the grave. Even science, through it’s various laws, has shown that energy can not be destroyed. It is simply transferred from one state to another. People who have gone several days in a fasting exercise have expressed a deeper spiritual awareness as their bodies began to fade.

Let’s examine what the Bible has to say about death and the afterlife. This will be a stripped-down version due to the nature of the venue.

You, if you are reading this, currently exist in three parts: body, soul, and spirit. Your body is, well, yourbody. You are not your body. You live in your body. It allows you to experience this three-dimentional world. Your body will not enter eternity as it currently exists. It is the seed for your new body which you will receive at the resurrection. This is true for all people, believers or not.

42  So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 1 Cor. 15:42,43,44

When your body dies it goes back where it came from… the dirt. Just like seed sown in the ground. What about people who drown? Same difference. They rot or get eaten. Either way, everyone goes back to the earth.

Let’s look at your soul. Your soul consists of three parts as well: the mind, will, and emotions. This is who you really are. All your decisions are made here. It’s your personality. It’s what makes you unique. It will go on forever. The soul, that is, you, use the body to do your bidding in the earth. The body is the hardware; the soul is the software. The soul decides whether to help the little old lady across the street or trip her and take her purse. The body is simply following orders. The soul is what the judgement is intended for. The decision maker, you, will be judged. Your soul will feel every bit of that judgement, providing there is any judgement for you.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Hebrews 9:27

Your spirit does not belong to you. It belongs to God and will return to him.

¶The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:27

Isaiah gives us a taste of the difference between soul and spirit here:

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9

 We really don’t get a clear picture of the difference between the soul and spirit until we get into the New Testament.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:24

So, God is a spirit, but does he have a soul? 

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 5:9

There we have it. God is a spirit and has a soul. The two are not interchangeable.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26

So, you can “lose” your soul? If you exist as a spirit, and can lose your soul, then I guess the two must be separate, just as God is a spirit and has a soul. Don’t forget that we were created in the image and likeness of God:

¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26

For an explanation of the word “our” in this verse please see:

http://prosperousindividual.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/the-trinity-explained/

So what happens to our spirit when we die?:

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:21

The spirit of men (and women) goes “upward”. Not the “you” that interacts with the world in a tangible sense, but the essence, the spark that was put in you by God so that you could interact with him and he with you. It belongs to him and will return to him. That is why people who are born-again have a greater knowing of the love and existence of God. The Holy Spirit comes and unifies himself with the believer’s spirit and together they commune with the father in perfect harmony as the sanctification of the soul begins and continues as long as the believer lives on the earth. 

We are commanded to pray in the spirit as a part of our walk in the “way”. That is a separate exercise from praying with the soul, or “understanding”. Paul says:

¶What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
1 Corinthians 14:15

Praying in the “spirit” is language used to speak of praying in tongues. For more on that please read:

http://prosperousindividual.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/is-speaking-in-tongues-babbling-or-brilliance/

Praying with the understanding simply refers to the mind, which is part of the soul. So, Paul says there’s a difference between the soul and spirit.

We can safely conclude the following from our study: We exist in three parts. Body, soul and spirit. The body will not see heaven as it currently exists. The soul will see eternity through the prism of judgement. One group will experience eternal dying. The other group will pass on to eternal life. The spirit will return to God as it rightfully belongs to him.

For further clarification or comment please feel free to use the comments section of this article.

Public/Private Partnerships. The future of global healthcare.

Canadians infected with the disease of liberalism are fighting against it, to little or no avail. Here’s a great example of the direction healthcare is going in Canada, for example:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080922/canada/calgary_calgary_copeman_health_clinic

There you go. How much do you want to wager that the clinic in this story has the best equipment in the country. Why else would they be protesting? Why else would they be so outraged at the cost of membership? Do you think anyone would care about not getting in if it was a Patch Adams dump in an old farmhouse somewhere? Of couse not.
So, why is the clinic so prosperous? The answer is simple. There are no politicians in there to screw it up. Politicians who’s sole concern is reelection. Who would use the proceeds for pork and earmarks instead of MRI machines and CAT scanners. Politicians who would spend a billion dollars to fund a lousy radio station (CBC) while local hospitals have to raffle off dream home tickets in order to purchase equipment that saves lives.
Then you have those fanatics outside protesting the clinic. A clinic that will only end up raising the bar for medicine in this country. These fanatics would rather see the place shut down than reward greatness. They demand equal treatment for all Canadians. Well, here’s one Canadian who says, “Well Done Alberta”. A few more clinics like this scattered around the country and maybe my wife wouldn’t have to wait two months for a critical treatment.
Profit is the motivator that drives the world economic system. Not greed. Not envying other people’s success. Not protecting the lowest common denominator, but rewarding greatness. The more government intervention we allow, the more Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG’s we as a society are going to face. Each one of those entities were so politically entrenched they had completely lost their self sustainability and were doomed to failure.
As the great Ronald Reagan once said: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.

Michael D. Shoesmith
Author of “Fallen From Grace”
And “Fast Track To Freedom”

 

www.prosperousindividual.com

Should the President of Iran be allowed to to leave U.S. soil alive?

Yes, he’s back. President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He will be addressing the UN tomorow (tues. Sept. 23) in New York City.
The president of Iran is not our friend. If he is allowed to actually DO what he WANTS to do, we’re ALL doomed. I don’t know how much more strongly I can put that. He is the modern day Hitler, and perhaps worse. He wouldn’t stop with the Jews. If you are in any way an observant Christian he would decapitate you in an instant and claim to be doing the will of God. He has vowed to “wipe Israel off the map”.
Should this enemy of decent humanity be allowed to leave U.S. soil? According to John Bolton, the U.N. has a sixty year old deal with America to always allow heads of state free passage to and from the U.N. meetings. Should decent humanity make an exception? Should we arrest him, water board him for a while and bury him under the new Yankee Stadium? It would be a fitting end to a western society-hating tyrant, don’t you agree?

What would it prove? Well, for starters, that we are indeed capable of learning from past errors like the blind-eye approach we used on Hitler in the first part of his little attempt at world domination. Secondly it would send a strong message to the other psycotic dictators that hatred and promises to annihilate other countries because of race is just not on in the little sandbox we call earth.

Michael D. Shoesmith
Author of “Fallen From Grace”
And “Fast Track To Freedom”
www.prosperousindividual.com

 

Sen. Jim Demint admits to Government conspiracy.

On the Mancowshow this morning, Republican Senator, Jim Demint (author of “Why We Wisper”) admitted that the U.S. Government has been involved in “social engineering” of the private sector.
The recent decision by feds to governmentalize almost a trillion tax-payer dollars worth of private finance and insurance assets in order to “stabilize” the nation’s economy proves that government intervention is out of control. Bob barr is opposed to all of this government takeover. Perhaps conservatism has a new home in the Libertarian party and perhaps people need to take a fresh look at some of the conspiracy theories that have been floated out there. It’s all coming out in the open now, isn’t it?

At the end of his interview, Sen. Diment had a rapid deterioration of his spine and said: “I don’t believe government is intentionally doing this”. Um, yeah, right. \

Let us remember the words of Ronald Reagan who said famously:

 ”The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help’”. 

 

 

Heather Mallick does not speak for this Canadian

 

 

I haven’t exactly been giving a ringing endorsement for the choice of Palin for V.P. Coming from a strictly Christian point of view it seems an unlikely moral choice to ask the mother of five children, one of whom is only five months old (or there abouts) to give so much of her time to a job that will rob an equal amount of time away from her kids who, in fact, actually spell mom: T.I.M.E.

Heather Mallick wrote a piece for the CBC about Mrs. Palin that is an absolute abomination. Here it is (plug your nose cause this one really stinks):

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/05/f-vp-mallick.html

Well, there you go. This Canadian believes that Heather Mallick should be fired. It won’t happen. The CBC is in the tank for every liberal candidate in the world. Liberalism is the primary source for funding at the CBC. It represents the group think that dominates the liberal mindset. It is against the rugged individualism that made both the U.S. and Canada the great nations they are, although Canada has long ago slipped into the socialist abyss. Roger Gallaway, a former prominent member of the federal Liberal party, spoke out publicly against the use of tax payer money to fund CBC radio. He hasn’t been heard from since.

I love my country. It grieves me at the core to watch Canada erode from within. There’s an election coming up in Oct. Maybe things will change for the better. We can only hope that it does.

Until then we can console ourselves with the undeniable fact that liberalism is a mental disorder and is the philosophy of the deranged. I hope you recover soon, Heather.

What does this say about the McCain Ticket?

Former Clinton Fundraiser, Lynn Forrester De Rothschild has thrown her support behind the McCain ticket in an apparent spite against the DNC for choosing Obama over Hillary.

“I believe that Barack Obama, with MoveOn.org and Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean, has taken the Democratic Party — and they will continue to — too far to the left,” Lynn Forester de Rothschild said. “I’m not comfortable there.”

“Senator Clinton has been criss-crossing the country and doing whatever she can to make the very clear case that the Obama-Biden ticket represents the new ideas and positive change we need right now, and the McCain-Palin ticket does not,” -Clinton spokeswoman, Kathleen Strand.

Yeah, right. There’s something very suspicious about the Clinton angle here but what does this say about McCain when the libs are migrating over to his side? It says: “If you’re a serious conservative, do not vote for McCain” (Or Obama).

(news source: Yahoo news)

 

Is it too late to stop the socialist takeover of America?

Robert Reich is the former secretary of labour under Pres. Clinton. He is currently teaching at the liberal, U of C Berkley. He and I rarely agree on anything! Today, however, proved to be a rare exception.
During NPR’s program, Marketplace, Reich revealed that the total, year to date, amount spent by the U.S. Government on corporate bailouts is nearing one trillion dollars ($1000,000,000,000). Reich went on to say that, in his opinion, this kind of socialized capitalism can not be allowed to flourish. If Robert Riech, who is a socialist by any definition, gets it and a so-called conservative administration doesn’t, is there any hope for conservatism at all?
Reich went on to advocate greater regulation, blah, blah, blah and solidified himself as the contradiction personified (he appeared to get it in the beginning and then blew it in the end).
Big “street” groups have always been huge campaign donors to political parties. That’s why wall street gets the bailouts without any debate at all and the big three domestic auto manufacturers get to figure it out by themselves while attempting to meet the demands of tree-hugging environmentalists. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been serving to fill the political party treasuries since their inception. It’s money laundering and it’s corrupt.
Eighty percent of one of the largest insurance companies in the world is now owned by the U.S. Government. What would Ronaldus Magnus think about that?

“The nine most terrifying words in the english language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”- Ronald Reagan

 

 

 

Jesus was a community organizer?

Now that’s cute. But is it true? It sounds very spiritual, doesn’t it? It sounds like a nobel character trait that could be attributable to the son of God, eh? The problem is, well, it’s not true.
If you go to the “about” page on this blog you will learn that I do, in fact, know what I’m talking about here.
Jesus was NOT a community organizer. Listen to the words of Jesus himself:

51  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52  For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53  The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. Luke 12:51-53

Now, does that sound like a community organizer to you? I think not.

 

 

 Michael D. Shoesmith
Author of “Fallen From Grace”
And “Fast Track To Freedom”
www.prosperousindividual.com     

 

 

 

 

 

Savage says Obama could not pass FBI entry exam

On Friday night, Michael Savage revealed the truth that Obama’s links to known terrorists and persons disloyal to the country would disqualify him from being his own secret service agent. “Should he then be allowed to be president?”, asks Savage. “He wouldn’t even pass the FBI entry exam”.

Michael D. Shoesmith
Author of “Fallen From Grace”
And “Fast Track To Freedom”
www.prosperousindividual.com