A thought provoking and edifying video from our brother Brett on YouTube.

Please watch in full before making comments. (It’s only about 8.5 minutes long.)

The Thanksgiving Holiday and the Sovereignty of God

2 Corinthians 2:14 (New American Standard Bible) 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

Always give thanks to God and always share the message of the Lord Jesus.

Seems false teaching pulpit pimps are using the names of precious metals as part of their donation scams. Check out the post at I’m Speaking Truth titled Pimps & Their Resilient Ministries Pimpistries.

I don’t get any sort of pleasure out of making these kinds of posts, but I can’t think of a better way, to warn saints about someone that some of them have been duped into thinking is a “committed Christian”, than to show his actions. So it can be seen plainly, that Obama is simply another politician, no more special, no more greater, than any other who gamed Christians for votes.

And on to the latest example.

Obama skips church, heads to gym President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors. On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chicago gym.

Christians are supposed to focus on spiritual growth in Jesus Christ, not bodily exercise.

1 Timothy 4:8 (New American Standard Bible) 8 for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

I’m not saying a workout is bad, but when it’s your choice over a church meeting on the Lord’s Day (Sunday), there’s a big problem.

The article continues:

Asked about the president-elect’s decision to not attend church, a transition aide noted that the Obamas valued their faith experience in Chicago but were concerned about the impact their large retinue may have on other parishioners.

“Because they have a great deal of respect for places of worship, they do not want to draw unwelcome or inappropriate attention to a church not used to the attention their attendance would draw,” said the aide.

Both President-elect George W. Bush and President-elect Bill Clinton managed to attend church in the weeks after they were elected.

In comes the excuses of potentially causing a stir. But that was not a problem for prior Presidents. Regardless of our feelings regarding their standing with Christ, they did make the effort and it was after they got the votes.

In November of 1992, Clinton went to services in Little Rock, Ark., on the three weekends following his election, taking pre-church jogs on the first two and attending on the third weekend a Catholic Mass with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, with whom he was trying to smooth over lingering campaign tensions.

The Presidents usually claim to be real Bible believing Christians, yet they too often are found in the assembly of the cult of Mary at the Roman Catholic Mass.

In the weeks after the contested 2000 election, Bush regularly attended services at Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas, and Al Gore was frequently photographed arriving at and leaving church in Virginia.

On his first day as president-elect, following weeks of Florida recounts and court hearings, Bush went to church with his wife, Laura. They attended an invite-only prayer service on Thursday, Dec. 14, at Tarrytown United Methodist Church. About 300 people attended, including top campaign staff and visiting clergy. During the service, the Rev. Mark Craig, senior pastor at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, told Bush, “You have been chosen by God to lead the people.”

Invite only prayer service for political figures? That does not square with James 2. In ancient Rome, Senators were elected by Roman citizens and the church abstained from political participation. Now there are church groups that give the publicans special invitation and deny the meeting to others. Romans 13 affirms those who have political rule are allowed their post by God. For them to be an example for God’s wrath or glory. But having church assembly meetings that exclude all but the high profile is a bad example. If a pastor desires to pray for a President and security is a concern, he can always visit the White House and say a prayer.

Obama was an infrequent churchgoer on the campaign trail, though he did make a series of appearances in the pews and pulpits of South Carolina churches ahead of that heavily religious state’s primary.

Obama found his way to church meetings when it was politically expedient.

The issue of where he worships is, of course, fraught. For about two decades, Obama and his family attended Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ. But, with the public disclosure earlier this year of incendiary sermons at Trinity by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama and his wife, Michelle, in June resigned their membership in the large South Side congregation.

While denouncing Jeremiah Wright, Obama has never denounced the heresy of Black Liberation Theology and even calls it “the social gospel”.

At the time, the then-Illinois senator said that he didn’t want his “church experience to be a political circus” and expressed regret for the unwanted attention members of the congregation had received, noting that some reporters had taken church bulletins only to call sick members and shut-ins.

Obviously, the media going after the sick and shut-ins was despicable. But there would not have been any circus if Jesus was preached at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ in truth.

During the campaign, Obama returned to Chicago to attend the South Side’s Apostolic Church of God on Father’s Day Sunday to give a speech aimed at the black community on the importance of fatherhood and family.

Hung out at a Oneness spot for another politically expedient venture.

A number of Washington, D.C., churches of different denominations and traditions are now competing to become the spiritual home of the new first family.

The Obama aide said the family “look[s] forward to finding a church community in Washington, D.C.”

Well one has to wonder, if there are any Hindu temples making a bid too?

Related posts:

• President Elect Barack Hussein Obama, Junior. Has Taken And May Continue To Take Counsel From A Homosexual So-Called Bishop.
• Why Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. Honestly is Not a Christian.

Let’s play a most serious version of the game, what’s wrong with this picture?

World asked to help craft online charter for religious harmony Nov 14 05:14 PM US/Eastern A website launched Friday with the backing of technology industry and Hollywood elite urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all religions. The Charter for Compassion project on the Internet at www.charterforcompassion.org springs from a “wish” granted this year to religious scholar Karen Armstrong at a premier Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in California. “Tedizens” include Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin along with other Internet icons as well as celebrities such as Forest Whittaker and Cameron Diaz. Wishes granted at TED envision ways to better the world and come with a promise that Tedizens will lend their clout and capabilities to making them come true. Armstrong’s wish is to combine universal principles of respect and compassion into a charter based on a “golden rule” she believes is at the core of every major religion. The Golden Rule essentially calls on people to do unto others as they would have done unto them. “The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony,” Armstrong said. “If we do not achieve this, it seems unlikely that we will have a viable world to hand on to the next generation.” Charter for Compassion invites people from “all faiths, nationalities, languages and backgrounds” to help draft statements of principles and actions that should be taken.

The web site for the Charter for Compassion Project is here.

A listing of the Charter for Compassion Project “Partners” is here.

The group “TED” gets guidance from a “Brain Trust” that is listed here.

Now if you are a Christian and all sorts of alarms are not going off in your mind, after seeing what is shown and linked above. I’ll explain why real Christians should be concerned and avoid the Charter for Compassion Project. Of course Christianity being someone who realizes Jesus is the Christ, Son of God, God in flesh and ONLY hope for salvation. To the glory of the Father, God being Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Unity That Refuses To Submit To Jesus

Christians already know to show compassion to others. And that is primarily shown through letting others know Jesus is their ONLY hope for salvation. So why should a Christian AVOID signing onto the Charter for Compassion Project? Because the Charter for Compassion Project seeks a Christless form of compassion. Compassion for the sake of humanism, for the glory of a god they feel is the same regardless of doctrine, to the glory of Baal. The abomination of universalism.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (New American Standard Bible) 14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 “Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord. “AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. 18 “And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.

Christians have NO bond with people who deny Jesus is the Christ. Any “charter” they claim in the name of “religion” is a charter devoid of the truth. Being done to the glory of humanity and false gods, rather than the glory of the One True God, who sent Jesus as the ONLY mediator between God and man, 1 Timothy 2:5. Christians know to show compassion and do so out of love for Christ, not to water down that compassion in the name of secular humanism and false religion. So I don’t need their charter. The compassion I have is noted in the Bible and I don’t need anyone picking parts of scripture, while refusing to take it whole and seeking for me to join with them in their scripture hacked efforts. And when we speak of “compassion” I doubt what they call compassion is true to scripture’s teachings regarding such subjects. But I’ll address that later in this post, under the area titled “A Christian’s Compassion Versus Secular Humanistic Compassion”.

The Players

As the article mentions, the group TED has figures that are anything but uncompromising Christians. The “Partners” of the Charter for Compassion Project, features groups with a history of standing on the wrong side of 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. Groups such as Union Theological Seminary laud the heresy of Black Liberation Theology. Please see: James Cone, Creator of Black Liberation Theology, Says Whites Salvation Comes via Giving Blacks Money. That group also holds people such as Irene Monroe in high regard, I’ve warned about her in the past. And the viewpoint of Union Theological Seminary is not unique, but a view held by the bunch behind the “Charter for Compassion Project” in general. Consider another “Partner”, the American Society for Muslim Advancement. On their page of “Muslim Leaders for Tomorrow”, see what they say about someone named Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle:

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His current research explores contemporary Muslim sexuality, including how lesbian, gay and transgendered advocate for supportive communities within the Islamic tradition. He has been quoted in Omid Safi’s book, Progressive Muslims: on gender, justice and pluralism and Voices of Islam and he has been interviewed on a BBC documentary on gay Muslims in 2006.
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The players in the Charter for Compassion Project are anything but people Christians should be teaming with.

A Christian’s Compassion Versus Secular Humanistic Compassion

As you’ve probably noticed, many of the actual people who will be of greatest influence to the Charter for Compassion Project are not people who see the truth of the following:

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (New American Standard Bible) 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

They are the people who have done all they could, to remove the truth of those words. Because what the members of the Charter for Compassion Project call “compassion” is really a passion, to promote all forms of desires of the flesh. Christian compassion, is to tell them their efforts to destroy the truth of scripture are unacceptable and they must be avoided unless and until God brings them to repentance in this life. To let them know homosexuality is an abomination before God and all of Leviticus 18 is valid and affirmed in Acts 15, as still being sin and activity nobody claiming the Lord’s name should endorse.

The bottom line is, the Charter for Compassion Project is a movement, that will seek to crush true Christianity.

Conclusion

So you might be saying, “well this might help stop radical Islam”. I can tell you, the radicals of the cult of Muhammad could care less about some “charter”. It’s just like when these far Left groups propose more “gun laws”, while gun criminals could care less what new law is made and law abiding citizens are left inconvenienced. While their opening appears to be against radical groups, it is true Christians who stand against abomination who also will feel this group’s scorn. You don’t think they’re going into the hills of Pakistan, to try and tell the Taliban to change it’s views. No, they are going to be coming for we who are peaceful, trying to turn us to their evil ways. I say the rebuke of 2 John 1:10-11 is theirs. (Which of course means none of their supporters are allow to promote that garbage here.) The people involved in the effort have a long history of promoting all manner of heresy and abomination. Therefore, it is only godly, for Christians to have no part in the so-called Charter for Compassion Project.

During the most recent TBN Pimp-a-thon, a false teacher with a lengthy track record took to the stage for a performance. None other than false bishop Clarence E. McClendon. I’ll let you watch his antics first. Video captured by our brother Matt Green. After which I’ll explain why this man is a heretic all should avoid.

Clarence McClendon on the Fall ‘08 TBN Fleece-a-Thon

Here’s an interesting bit of information about McClendon, courtesy of Apostasywatch.com

Bishop Clarence McClendon P.H.D. … He is often introduced as Dr. Clarence McClendon and his P.H.D. is prominent throughout his website. A call to his office confirmed that his P.H.D. was acquired through Friends International Christian University, an unaccredited school based in Merced Ca. F.I.C.U specializes in degrees by correspondence and claims such religious notables as T.D. Jakes, Frederick K.C. Price, and Ira & Bridgett Hilliard among their doctoral alumni. F.I.C.U. offers students the opportunity to advance rapidly through a degree program with the application of “lifetime learning credits” This means that your life and work experience may be applied toward your degree in lieu of actual classroom work. Some might refer to this type of school as a diploma mill. I’ll allow the reader to make his own judgment. …

There’s plenty more about McClendon worth reading there, but I’ve warned in the past, to avoid those who are associated with Prosperity Gospel Pimp University!

During the video above, McClendon says to move on prophetic word. Since when did God start communicating with men who don’t respect their wife?

1 Peter 3:7 (New American Standard Bible) 7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

McClendon’s (first) wife not only has mentioned that he disrespected and pressured her to divorce him, but it’s also alleged, that McClendon was a player in sex scandals of Earl “The Abomination” Paulk. McClendon has multiple witnesses speaking against his integrity as a good and faithful husband. We also know, that the denomination he used to be part of (Four Square) disciplined him for divorce and he left them, to join with pulpit pimp Paul Morton’s Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship of Pulpit Pimps. This is the man speaking as if he can tell someone about prophetic word! Scripture shows he’s the man all should avoid, 1 Timothy 5:19-20.

McClendon went on to claim, that people should assert that they are not going to participate in economic recession. Where was McClendon during the famine in scripture, that all including saints endured and there were poor saints all over? I guess Clarence could have told the Apostles to just deny participation in the famine . Why didn’t Paul tell debt slaves to simply deny their poverty and say they would not participate in being poor? Rather, Paul told them to avoid men who claim godliness is a means of monetary gain, 1 Timothy 6. Again, we see Clarence E. McClendon is speaking words that are NOT the gospel of the Lord Jesus, but very much the opposite. An anti-christ message, with a sticker of “Christianity” slapped on the front of it. That is really a message of mammon, Luke 16:13.

In an effort to defend himself and the spiritual crime syndicate he’s part of, McClendon claims nobody should talk you out of following or giving to someone such as himself. Well what about GOD declaring that we should not follow someone such as McClendon in scripture, 2 Peter 2? Clarence has very smooth words, but he does not have agreement with the Word of God.

McClendon spoke defiantly against government inquiry. I have written in the past, how these liars speaking in defiance to being scrutinized are not being true to scripture. But of course a spiritual crime syndicate is going to do all it can to avoid investigation.

Clarence had fake tongues a plenty. Can someone translate that babble? Of course not! It was not of God. These shysters on TV, act as if tongues is for babbling gobbledygook. Tarnishing the true use of the gift, which was to minister to unbelievers in their native tongue. (Also see: The Truth about Speaking in Tongues, a Video Presentation.)

McClendon appealed to the old and poorly handled “wealth of wicked into the hands of the righteous” line. Let’s look at the scripture that was hacked.

Proverbs 13:22 (New American Standard Bible) 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

First it should be mentioned, lying swindlers like Clarence E. McClendon are not righteous. But we are informed by Jesus Christ, that saints would endure poverty. And the wealth for saints is not stored up in this world, to be granted in this life, but in Heaven. To be received after Jesus says well done to his faithful servants.

Luke 6:20-26 (New American Standard Bible) 20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 22 “Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. 23 “Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets. 24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. 25 “Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26 “Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.

While it’s true that good men provide for their household and Israel was granted many material rewards. Saints are informed our reward is not of this world and the Lord made it clear His kingdom is not of this world at all, John 18:36. What was for Israel in material wealth was only a foreshadowing of greater things to come for those who hold to the Lord for a greater reward after this life, Hebrews 11. People like McClendon are lost in shadows, seeking money in this life instead of true righteousness.

Clarence also pulled out his own spin of the very lame “touch not the anointed” line. If you don’t already know why that statement is totally ridiculous in the manner people on TBN handle it, please read: “Touch Not My Anointed”..The command of God or the cries of the misled??

McClendon requested that people make a vow of prosperity and such? What does Jesus say about vows?

Matthew 5:33-37 (New American Standard Bible) 33 “Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.’ 34 “But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. 36 “Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 “But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.

Jesus Christ has warned AGAINST making any vows. The Apostles never told Gentile Christians to make any vow.

McClendon used the bogus general statement, that “somebody” is going to have a situation turn around. Anyone who says somebody is going to slip on some ice in the winter is as authentic as this guy. It’s a generic statement, simply said to play on the crowd’s emotions. (And seeing grown men jumping and screaming in response is rather sickening.)

Clarence was telling people they will get things without money. Fine, tell that to Jan Crouch and stop begging.

McClendon is burdening people for money. Repeatedly going to them for cash. Seeking for people to give out of necessity and compulsion, as a means to try and make more money for themselves, which goes against 2 Corinthians 9:7. While Paul instead of repeatedly seeking money from people, told saints to keep their money for their own children, 2 Corinthians 12:14.

Here’s what sending TBN money sounds like.

Acts 8:18-23 (New American Standard Bible) 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 “You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 “Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 “For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

You can’t buy a gift from God and nobody should ever claim to sell such either.

If economic downturn is a moment of possession for saints, what did saints take from Jerusalem after the famine there?

Clarence said he was giving (so-called “sowing”) $1000. And how much is TBN paying him for his performance?

McClendon claims that God has men and women who are “wired”, so they can pull things out of heaven and declare them in the earth. But there is only ONE mediator between God and man and His name is NOT Clarence McClendon, 1 Timothy 2:5. It is God, not man, who calls things into being that do not exist, Romans 4:17.

Do all you can to avoid heretics such as Clarence E. McClendon.

Related posts:

• Agony of the Health & Wealth Gospel – Part 1
• Agony of the Health & Wealth Gospel – Part 2
• Agony Of The Health & Wealth Gospel – Part 3. Show A Pulpit Pimp The Money!
• Agony Of The Health & Wealth Gospel – Part 4. The Evil Man In Your TV!
• Agony Of The Health & Wealth Gospel – Part 5. Are You Really Entitled To Physical Healing And Money In This Life?