Sharing my witness to a
thankless church:
Beginning
May 15, 2011 I suffered political persecution at the hands of a man and a woman;
in the name of religion.
I
donated 20 to 30 hours work a week to a church to glorify my God.
Because
I gave all the glory of my accomplishments to God, a man and a woman felt
threatened by physical witness because they thought it could become power;
which I did not seek.
To
overcome this witness I was setup in, what I believe was a pre-planned
situation, for a man and woman to be able to bare false witness against me.
This
man and a woman did everything they could to initiate mob justice; public
chastisement; shunning, removal from membership and ridicule of my immediate
family including my very young granddaughters; restraining order to shut me
down.
I
felt completely destroyed personally and even worse spiritually.
On
December 16, 2014 I felt a calling to become a conduit for a ministry from God.
Sharing God’s witness about
President Barack Obama to a thankless nation:
Romans
13 New
International Version (NIV)
Submission
to Governing Authorities
Let
everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority
except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been
established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is
rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring
judgment on themselves. For rulers hold
no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be
free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be
commended. For the one
in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid,
for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents
of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not
only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.
This is
also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their
full time to governing. Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay
taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then
honor.
Love
Fulfills the Law
Let no debt remain outstanding,
except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has
fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,”
“You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command
there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love
your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the
fulfillment of the law.
The Day
Is Near
And do this, understanding the
present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber,
because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the
armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing
and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and
jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the
Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the
flesh.
Unbelievers or New Believers NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized
The
Citizen Voters of the United
States of America Elected a President.
1
Samuel 24:11-13 New International Version (NIV)
Outward
Color and Standing in Godly Laws.
See, my father, look at this
piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not
kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of
wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you,
but you are hunting me down to take my life. May the Lord judge between you and me. And may
the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not
touch you. As
the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not
touch you.
Unbelievers or New Believers NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized
James
1 New
International Version (NIV)
James, a
servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered
among the nations:
Greetings.
Trials and
Temptations
Consider
it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the
testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let
perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not
lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom,
you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it
will be given to you. But when you ask,
you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of
the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That
person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
Believers
in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since
they will pass away like a wild flower. For the
sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its
beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they
go about their business.
Blessed
is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that
person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who
love him.
When
tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be
tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but
each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and
enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Don’t
be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like
shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth
through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created.
Listening
and Doing
My dear
brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen,
slow to speak and slow to become angry,
because human anger does not produce the righteousness
that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all
moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word
planted in you, which can save you.
Do not
merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
and, after looking at himself, goes away and
immediately forgets what he looks like. But
whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues
in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in
what they do.
Those who consider themselves
religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves,
and their religion is worthless. Religion that
God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and
widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Unbelievers or New Believers NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized
Romans 4 New International Version (NIV)
Abraham
Justified by Faith
What then
shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in
this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was
justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. What does Scripture say? “Abraham
believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Now to the one who works, wages are
not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However,
to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their
faith is credited as righteousness. David says
the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits
righteousness apart from works:
“Blessed
are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
Is this
blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him
as righteousness. Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he
was circumcised, or before? It was not
after, but before! And he received circumcision
as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still
uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been
circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not
only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our
father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
It was
not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he
would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith
means nothing and the promise is worthless, because
the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
Therefore,
the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to
all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those
who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. As it is written: “I have made
you a father of many nations.” He is our
father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the
dead and calls into being things that were not.
Against
all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,
just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith,
he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a
hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through
unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and
gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that
God had power to do what he had promised. This is why “it was credited to
him as righteousness.” The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him
alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit
righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the
dead. He was delivered over to death for our
sins and was raised to life for our justification.
Unbelievers or New Believers NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized
In Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
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