Quandary

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Quandary

Our senses are bombarded with elections and all the lying, cheating and stealing of elections. At the top of every ballot should be these words; “Do you trust the government?”

If the voter checks yes, then the ballot should be thrown out because that voter doesn’t have enough intelligence to vote.

This time, we are asked to make a choice between a Marxist and a Mormon. What bible are you building your faith from? What bible are you reading, AND, are you reading folklore about the bible? You are no match for the devil .While you are sleeping; he is busy conjuring up ways to trick us.

Satan knows more scripture than you do. Your only hope, the Christian, “Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.” (John 4:4) You need the whole amour of God, that you can withstand the wiles of the devil. (Eph. 6:11)

Eph 6:11 Put on the whole amour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole amour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

You must put flesh and blood onto the characters of the bible to understand them. For instance, we know that Jacob, mama’s boy, deceiving his blind father, grandson of the world’s richest man, first Jew (Abraham) was 70 years of age when he left home. In our imagination we must see two ninety year old brothers hugging later in life (Jacob and Esau), Jacob two wives, 12 sons from wives and concubines. Then and now, the tribal history of the Jewish people.

In 1938, Majestic Theater, New York City, Bette Davis opened in the movie Jezebel, another famous Jewish name starting with “J”. In the movie, she said, “I have such deliciously wicked hands.” God tells us that in the fullness of time he sent his Son to save the world. “In the fullness of time, God sent His Son.” I believe waited until the Greek language had been perfected. On either side of the cross, we find sin which has not changed. Knowledge and technology have changed the world but not human nature. The male is always preeminent in the bible…a sexist book, a racist book. Throughout the Old Testament, we see male ancestral lineage. We find failures such as Ahab, Jezebel’s husband.

Another famous name of the Old Testament starting with “J” is Jepthah. He made a vow to God and was so totally devoted to God that he kept his vow to God even though it meant the sacrifice of his daughter. (Judges 11).

Another “J”, the greatest personality of history, Jesus, God having put on the tint of human flesh.

Beyond the comprehension of the puny mind of man, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the Creator of the Universe, the world and everything in it willing to spend a short time on Earth showing perfection. Yet, his perfect life, his preaching, (he preached himself), his stripes whereby we are healed, his blood whereby we are saved, his sacrificial death on the cross would mean nothing without his total obedience to his father in resurrection.

Like then, the people of the world would still pick Barrabas, an insurrectionist instead of our blessed Lord, the resurrectionist.

As our blessed Lord hung on the tree, the wrath of God for all the “wrongness” of the world, every transgression, every trespass known or unknown. Barrabas was out robbing on the streets.

People then, as now, think they can play around with the devil. They have no idea who and what they are up against. Like many of you, the liberals then and now think you can love your enemies into submission. The enemy only recognizes and honors one thing: power. You have at your disposal the same power that threw the stars into space, the power that raised Lazarus from the dead. America has gone into economic default as has every other republic in the world, yielding to Satanic craziness, psychological “hoopla”. God is boss. He did not waste words in his book, honors his word. The most blasphemous unbeliever recognizes hypocrisy and deception. I believe there is more deception in the pulpit than the pew…men “supposedly” called of God, living off the sacrificial gifts of God’s people, compromising and criticizing those of us who stand.

Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Joh 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Joh 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

Joh 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

Joh 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

The prince of this world is Satan. Honored in communist countries, joyful, because he has penetrated every Christian country and church. Satan has only the power allowed to him by God. He knows his time is short. He knows he his headed for hell and is happy to take many of us with him. And this is the Quandary.

At the palace theater in New York City in 1938, one of the world's greatest movies, Jezebel, opened. It stared Bette Davis and Henry Fonda (father of Jane and Peter). In the movie, Jezebel said, “I have deliciously wicked hands.”

In the scriptures (Book of Kings), Bible history tells us that Jezebel was the wife of Ahab, King of Israel. Worshipers of Baal, both were wicked beyond words to describe. After Ahab's death, Jezebel was the power behind the throne. The prophet Elisha had anointed Jehu king of Israel. Cleansing the country, Jehu threw Jezebel out of the window at the palace at Jezreel, even the dogs would not eat her hands, so wicked.

I was in Nepal, Asia, in one village I saw a woman caring for a baby without hands. In a disastrous fire, she had lost both of her hands, but she was still working with stubs at the end of her arms. I can not begin to understand what life would be like without hands, each hand with 27 bones, 17 muscles, more nerve endings and tactile sensors than any other place in the human body. I use my hands to guide me through life...helping me make judgments about everything.

Think of the magnificence of hands, the training necessary and hand-eye coordination to interpret music on the music stand and play the keys on a piano, to play any musical instrument, to accomplish delicate surgery, to type on your computer. You can do the grossest, yet most delicate work with your hands: shoveling dirt or delicate embroidery.

My first time in China, for gifts I purchased very old, delicate Chinese embroidery, many delicate drawings...these examples of artistic perfection could only be accomplished with hand-eye coordination...any time, any where anyone questions you about your belief in omnipotent, omniscient, sovereign God ask that they explain to you the neurology of such tactile, intricate work. It is like the clotting of blood, I have memorized all the procedures, no one but almighty God could perfect the act. The laying on of hands is as old as man, God told Adam and Eve not to touch just one tree of all the trees in the garden, “to obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22). Man always rebels, had rather believe a slimy serpent than Almighty God, and here we are, thousands of years later, still suffering from the disobedience of our first parents, but still disobeying, “we are such slow learners.”

My mother and grandmother could tell you your temperature with their hands much better than a thermometer, they you could tell you more about the health of the unborn with their hands than could the obstetrician. The hands of women have worked in birth delivery, just as they have worked in laying out the dead. I had rather have an old doctor with sensitive hands and a stethoscope than all recent graduates with their computers. Long after I had quit practicing, too blind to actually care for patients I had other people doing everything, just my walking into the examining room and taking a patient by the hand was sufficient.

The anointing by hands at any religious service, the right hand of fellowship at any service, spiritual or secular. The lifting of holy hands (1 Timothy 2:8) in an evangelical setting is always sufficient for every need. Many hands never have a manicure, never experience greed, theft, lust and other sinful acts, but think of the hands that do, taking money and graft under the table, back door political dealing, throwing the dice, or the working the gambling machines. We have a dominant hand just like we have a dominant eye, a dominant foot, just make sure your hands do not dominate your mind with cravings, addictions and appetites which start in the mind.

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2 Timothy 3:1-7)

Is it possible for anyone, Christian or otherwise, to read this and not know that everything here is happening now, all brought on by hands. In Raleigh, greedy hands buy influence, in Washington, lustful hands buy anything Satan offers. The most corrupt place in the world, and if Washington escapes, God will apologize to Sodom.

The hands, such a magnificence of God's creation, even God wrote the Ten Commandments by hand, commandments...not suggestions. Even God covered the earth with darkness, seeing Jesus wonderful hands pierced, hands that had healed the sick, raised the dead, fed thousands.

I would like to have seen my mother and father before they were buried in the ground, but I did ask the mortician to let me feel their hands in the casket. I did not think of what they had not done for me, but what those hands had done for me...hard work, loving care, inspiration.

Narrow-Minded

In 1938, the movie Jezebel opened in New York, the stars were Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. In the movie, Jezebel said, “I have wicked hands.” As we know from the scripture, when the prophet Jehu threw her wicked body down on the street from the balcony, even the dogs would not eat her hands. Traveling from Paris to Nice, I talked at length with a young man who had been a student traveling in America during the 60's, during the hippie movement. He had a sickening attitude towards America and Americans. Hitchhiking across the country as a student, he had come in contact with absolute perversion. He told about riding in a van with some hippies, their decadent lifestyle, his exposure to the very worst in human depravity. Now, to him because of his trip through this country, this was his impression of Americans.

I have been described as narrow-minded my entire life because I honestly believe that human beings are better than that portrayed on the movie screen, or the hippies who brought humankind down to a new low.

The Apostle Paul, an example of everything good and decent in the religious world, as well as many secular men, have taught us that our lives are “living epistles”. When we cease to be evangelical in our lives and actions, we certainly cease to be Christian.

In my lifetime, I have seen young people call good “bad”, nastiness “nice”...it is like saying that cancer is “health”. Turned upside down, politicians make a mockery of decency. Government is more a matter of sorcery than concern.

In this recent Haiti earthquake disaster, so many who wish to help are hesitant because of the hypocrisy involved...organizations who take out a big cut of contributions for overpaid employees (Red Cross, Catholic charities, etc.). It was announced just yesterday, that last year, government largess to Haiti amounted to $500 million. But, under the tutelage of Bill Clinton, only about 12% went to the people. Can one even imagine, in this time of Wall Street bonuses and corporate bail outs, the amount of money given for this disaster that will go into the pockets of the greedy instead of the needy? Just think of the two worst presidents in recent history, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both international crooks, being appointed by the President to direct all aid in this disaster. In Kenya, years ago, I had dinner one evening with the chief United Nations representative for Africa. He had invited me and the president of a Dusseldorf medical school to eat with him. In the course of the evening I asked, “How much of the largess from the western world...government funds, private funds...actually ever reaches the people I see in the markets and the hovels of Africa?” He said, “This is the tragedy of Africa, it is all a matter of the greed of the dictators. Before I can even go to a country's leader and ask to set up a program to relieve suffering, I first have to go to the duty-free store at the international airport, load up with liquor and gifts for he and his family, then agree to appoint paid family members to any board, before he will even talk with me about anything.” He said, “About one percent of the largess of the “giving” world actually ever reaches those who really need it.”

But, to talk about these things shows you are not politically correct. As in giving to any charity, any church, any ministry, you owe it to yourself, and to the God who gives you the means for giving, to investigate. The charlatans of the world, “wolves in sheep's clothing”, are not easily recognized. They do not go around with signs on them and, much to my sorrow, governments do a very poor job with oversight in this area, as well with every other.

After the last hurricane in this area, the Baptist men of North Carolina set up a cooking facility at Winter Park Baptist Church where they prepared food for the distressed. I owed a black man, who had done some work for me, some money. He and his wife came by to get paid. They lived in an adjacent county and had been untouched by the hurricane. But, they told me that they come into the city, to that church, everyday to get food...food for their dogs and hogs. They said everyone in their community comes and loads up. She said, “Our dogs really love that chicken stew.”

I called the local Baptist center and related what I knew. This sissy, prissy preacher said, “We just hope we help some.” He did not ask where I lived, if I needed assistance, anything about my situation. To criticize the Benny Hinns, the Paul Crouches, etc., of the world, makes me narrow-minded. I well know how well many ministries, Christian colleges, evangelical groups, live from the worship offerings God's people have given for God's work. Again, the world is upside down. The attitude of servitude, as shown by Christ, puts others first, self last. General William Booth of the Salvation Army said, “I got the poor and dispossessed on my mind; then I could not get them out of my heart.” Your mission field is the ground on which you are standing.

Immorality has become a matter of status...you cannot listen to a television or radio program without hearing homosexuality, the gay lifestyle or marital infidelity mentioned several times. Think of trying to introduce the unsaved to Christ's redemption and the perils of sin's ruin when that person knows the hypocrisy of most churchgoers (estimate 5% church members are real Christians, 20% church members never participate in any service). Gay pastors, gay bishops, child molestation, common knowledge as found in the Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, Methodist, and other churches. It is a narrow-minded preacher, or Christian, who brings these facts forward. We are expected to overlook such condemnation in God's word. Real Fathers, real ministers of the gospel, need to get the lace off their shorts and become real men, proclaiming the realness of the narrow way that leads to life eternal, or the broad (broad-minded) way that leads to eternal destruction.

In the early years of Baylor University (Baptist, Waco, Texas), twenty students were asked to leave the University, during a Christian service one morning, by the President because they had been caught smoking cigarettes. At Wake Forest, at a student dance, the professors walked around with rulers to make sure the male and female students stayed one foot away from one another. At Meredith Baptist College, even when my cousins were there, the girls could not wear black, patent leather slippers because there would be reflections under her skirt. To today's promiscuous parents and their children, this seems extreme. But, during those years, fifty percent of the girls did not have STD's, and there was little pregnancy on campus. Nor did girls think tattoos and piercings were attractive. Nor did young men think that illegal drugs and effeminate attitudes were attractive.

It may seem narrow-minded, but I honestly believe our population, Christian or non-Christian, needs shock treatment, not tranquilizers.

This morning, the world is in disbelief that even the liberal, Kennedy Konniving Klan (KKK) state of Massachusetts has awakened. The early pilgrim status states of our forefathers, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia...home of the founders...in recent elections have decided that the liberal, Marxist-Democrat party doctrines are leading this great nation on the broad-minded road to disaster. John Adams said that blasphemy against the Holy Scripture in the state of Massachusetts should be punished. Is this narrow-minded?