aryanfreeman
03-30-2008, 11:46 PM
A Vote For Jesus Christ
The Greeks, I am told, never said "I think"; rather, they would say "the thought occurred to me", recognizing that good thoughts and ideas come from another source.
Well, a thought has occurred to me that I feel compelled to share with you. If it is a good idea then it is from God (for He does use weak, foolish, and insignificant men). If it is bad idea then I shall take full credit for it.
I have wondered how we can get God’s people to cry out to Him, and I think this idea is a way.
I have wondered how one could initiate an Elijah inspired, Mount Carmel type confrontation with the Baal priests of the land and force the people to choose whom they shall serve. (I Kings 18:21);
I think this idea maybe could do just that. I have wondered how one could expose the Christless politicians, organizations, and corporations. This idea could do it.
I have wondered what one can do to carry out the command given to us in II Peter 3:12 to "hasten the day of God." This idea could do that.
This idea could be acceptable to most all churches. It can cross denominational lines of most churches becausemost churches hold to the following premises:
• Christ is King.
• Where two or three are gathered together in
His name there He is also.
• Christ is the answer.
• They pray the Lord’s Prayer – Thy will be
done on earth as it is in Heaven.
This idea is even for the 501(c)3 churches whose mouths have been shut for fear of losing their tax-exempt status.
It is also for the people who do not claim to be Christians or to be a part of a church, but are decent, down-to-earth people who live the ethic of "doing unto others as they would have others do unto them."
Such people have one common denominator.
That is:
They do not think poorly of Jesus Christ, have nothing against Him, and certainly believe He is better than most men and certainly better than most politicians.
This idea is even for atheists. Those that not only do not believe Jesus is God, but don’t believe that there is a God.
This idea is for the content and the discontent...even for the really discontented; the ones that want a revolution, an over-throw of the establishment.
This idea is for those who have lost hope and sense it is no use.This idea is for those who would, in their hearts, like to defy the system.
You have heard of "Grass Roots Movements." Well, this idea goes back to grass roots; the very roots of the birth of our country.
This idea is endorsable by those who want to get more people active in the political process–to get more people to vote. This idea is a means of protest without being seen as a protestor. It is an idea that could get the people thinking in terms of "THE KINGDOM" rather than in terms of democracy, republic, constitution,etc…
And, it is an idea that can help correct one of the biggest mistakes God’s people ever made.
A CRUSADING CAMPAIGN FOR CHRIST FOR PRESIDENT
in 2008.
Yes, that is the idea. Lets all cast our vote; a write-in vote for Jesus Christ for President in 2008.
IS IT A CRAZY IDEA?
Oh, I know at first thought that this might sound like a crazy idea, but I say it is an idea whose time has come–or I should say, has come again. This is not the first time someone has had this so-called crazy idea. Only, they had it on an even grander scale which I shall address further on. But for now, let’s address what some may call crazy as a sort of involuntary reaction.
It is the idea that we cannot have Christ as president or even as king UNTIL Jesus returns physically. What was the biggest mistake that God’s people ever made? Was it not what we read in I Samuel 8:7?
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you but they have rejected Me from being king over them." Was He or was He not King over them?
While all of the other nations had physical, flesh-and-blood kings over them, they had an entirely different King and thus, an entirely different nation, an entirely different kingdom or government.
To all of the other heathen nations at that time, such a concept was a crazy idea. Now many today sense a need for an entirely different system. After all, a better government is always the campaign promise of election candidates. So, even those in government or running for a government position acknowledge the need for a better government, and,of course believe, if they are elected, it will get better.
Well, you couldn’t get any better government than what the Israelites had with God as King; and, there was no physical, flesh-and-blood presence.
Now who was their king? The God who did become flesh and blood and dwelt among us!!
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John l:1-5
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
So, if He could be King then and not be physically present, why not correct the mistake and make Him at least president now? Talk about a Grass Roots Movement! The very roots of America’s beginning goes back to this very idea–this so-called crazy idea.
As for the many other questions that may arise from having posed this idea, let it be said for now that a walk of faith is one step at a time.
In the forming of our nation, they pictured a grander scale than president–they pictured Jesus as King. It was a step of faith.
Concerning a step of faith, when God told the Israelites to take the land, they went even though they had no idea how they were going to cross the flooding Jordan River. As a result of marching forward one step at a time God made a way.
If we want to march forward in victory, then let us, in the election of 2008, take this step of faith and cast a write-in vote for Jesus Christ for President and God will make a way.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. I John 5:4
Atheists and agnostic philosophers will be enticed to vote for Him because it is their chance to prove there is no God. If there is an over-whelming vote for Him–that is, a crying out to Him–and He does not step forward then they can say, "See, I told you so." As I stated, this movement is for the content and discontent alike.
For the people who are content with the status quo of "Fiddley Dee or Fiddley Dum"; voting for Jesus Christ is no problem. And, for the discontent, it is a way to show their discontentment.
For those who have lost hope–the Bible says Jesus Christ is our hope–to cast such a vote is to again have hope.
Such a vote is a way for those who want to defy the system and to do so safely and in the privacy of the voting booth. As for voting, this could cause that huge mass that have given up hope and thus given up voting, to register to vote. Don’t think that a huge block of new voters won’t get the attention of the politicians, and it could cause good men with godly leadership abilities and values to surface as well to fill other offices.
Now, many no longer vote because they recognize it has made no difference who they voted for because the system has just continually moved from what is right and virtuous to what is more unjust and insane. (Some say moving from the right to the left). They see their effort to vote as a waste of time. Well, voting for Jesus, then, can not be any more of a wasted vote.
Anything you do in the Name of Jesus is not wasted, rather it is rewarded.
Many do not vote because they see casting a vote for the lesser of two evils as still a vote for evil; but, voting for Jesus will be a vote for good, not evil.
We are going to have a dictatorship, i.e. a king anyway as our presidents have been becoming more so after each election, so why not have the best king there is become president.
Many want a revolution–that is, a change. This can be the answer to a non-violent, bloodless revolution... for Jesus has already endured at the hands of violent, ruthless men and has already shed the blood. We do not necessarily have to have more violence and bloodshed if we but vote for Him.
Most importantly, it is a step; a step of faith in reversing the worst mistake His people ever made.
In the excellent history book entitled The Light and The Glory (available from SFA for a $12 donation) on page 267 the authors show the idea our forefathers had prior to the American Revolution.
But most Crown-appointed governors remained submitted to their king, and one wrote to the Board of Trade in England: "If you ask an American, who is his master? He will tell you he has none, nor any governor but Jesus Christ." Which may have given rise to the cry which was soon passed up and down the length of America by the Committees of Correspondence: "No king but King Jesus!"
I won’t get into the mechanics of how this grass roots movement could spread like a hot prairie fire. Suffice it to say in this article that it would be a move that could:
• Force people to choose.
• Expose politicians and Baal priests alike.
• Get people to cry out to God.
• Hasten the Day of the Lord.
The Mount Carmel Confrontation was with people and religious leaders alike when Eliza said in I Kings 18:20-21:
So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel, and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him a word.
The churches say Jesus is King–yeah, even King of Kings–and they say Jesus is the answer. Isaiah said in Isaiah 29:13.
Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote"
Picture this possibility-and it is a possibility–a nationally advertised web-site entitled Jesus Christ for President that shows a form letter to be sent to religious organizations such as TBN, 700 Club, Focus on the Family, the Southern Baptist, etc., etc., just asking if they will endorse Jesus Christ as President and tell their followers to register to vote and to write His name in on the ballot.
Then, at the web-site, show the ones that refuse to endorse and choose Jesus Christ for President. (we don’t have the staff to do this, but there may be volunteers). Then at the end and at the beginning of the list of such Baal priests, state the question,
"Should you support those who will not support Jesus for President?" It would put them on the spot to choose because they don’t want to lose their support.
Likewise, there can be, at the web-site,a list of politicians who refuse to support and endorse Jesus Christ for President. Some may well think it would be political suicide to do so; but, it would be political suicide not to do so.
And who can disagree with the party platform that Jesus runs on? It is very simple–"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Then the Ten Commandments could be listed, and for more specifics, simply read His law that covers it all from economics to military to foreign policy.
The people casting a write-in vote for Jesus is tantamount to the people crying out to their God and the Bible tells us over and over that when they do so He hears and answers.
Consider the following Scriptures:
And when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. Judges 3:9
But when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. Judges 3:15
So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the Lord. Now it came about when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord on account of Midian, That the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, "It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out from the house of slavery. And I delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and from the hand s of all your oppressors, and dispossessed them before you and gave you their land, And I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. Buy you have not obeyed Me.’" Judges 6:6-10
It would also be fulfilling the commandment of II Peter 3:12 of "looking for and hastening the coming of the Day of the Lord."
As for 501(c)3 churches, the ones who are afraid to endorse a candidate for president for fear of losing their IRS tax-exempt status,even they can endorse this concept of a write-in vote for Jesus without fear.
As for possibilities, it is possible to list all of the churches in America who will not at least read and make known the concept of a write-in vote for Jesus to their congregations.
One can buy a mailing list which contains the addresses of every church in America. With this list, one could mail campaign flyers to every church in America; then, at the web-site, by state and cities, one could list the churches that refuse to endorse Jesus Christ as President.
The truth is one can probably get campaign flyers passed out in bars and brothels more easily than in churches.
The web-site could have stories from individual campaigners in different towns telling of the bars and bar-owners that allowed the campaign brochures to be passed out versus the churches that did not.
There can be campaign buttons such as "Jesus is King – why not President too?" And, what politician can find skeletons in Jesus’ closet or dig up mud on the sinless, pure Christ? For that matter, what politician could, in good conscience, run against Him, putting himself forward as a better candidate than Jesus Christ?
Even those who do not believe in Jesus Christ will, for the most part, believe He is better than the politicians of our times.
Authored & Published by Pastor Peter John Peters; Pastor of LaPorte Church Of Christ, LaPorte, CO; Evangelist & Director of Scriptures For America (World-wide outreach Ministries); www.scripturesforamerica.org/ (http://www.scripturesforamerica.org/) (Radio Broadcasts Daily: shortwave,satellite,& internet)Edited by: aryanfreeman
The Greeks, I am told, never said "I think"; rather, they would say "the thought occurred to me", recognizing that good thoughts and ideas come from another source.
Well, a thought has occurred to me that I feel compelled to share with you. If it is a good idea then it is from God (for He does use weak, foolish, and insignificant men). If it is bad idea then I shall take full credit for it.
I have wondered how we can get God’s people to cry out to Him, and I think this idea is a way.
I have wondered how one could initiate an Elijah inspired, Mount Carmel type confrontation with the Baal priests of the land and force the people to choose whom they shall serve. (I Kings 18:21);
I think this idea maybe could do just that. I have wondered how one could expose the Christless politicians, organizations, and corporations. This idea could do it.
I have wondered what one can do to carry out the command given to us in II Peter 3:12 to "hasten the day of God." This idea could do that.
This idea could be acceptable to most all churches. It can cross denominational lines of most churches becausemost churches hold to the following premises:
• Christ is King.
• Where two or three are gathered together in
His name there He is also.
• Christ is the answer.
• They pray the Lord’s Prayer – Thy will be
done on earth as it is in Heaven.
This idea is even for the 501(c)3 churches whose mouths have been shut for fear of losing their tax-exempt status.
It is also for the people who do not claim to be Christians or to be a part of a church, but are decent, down-to-earth people who live the ethic of "doing unto others as they would have others do unto them."
Such people have one common denominator.
That is:
They do not think poorly of Jesus Christ, have nothing against Him, and certainly believe He is better than most men and certainly better than most politicians.
This idea is even for atheists. Those that not only do not believe Jesus is God, but don’t believe that there is a God.
This idea is for the content and the discontent...even for the really discontented; the ones that want a revolution, an over-throw of the establishment.
This idea is for those who have lost hope and sense it is no use.This idea is for those who would, in their hearts, like to defy the system.
You have heard of "Grass Roots Movements." Well, this idea goes back to grass roots; the very roots of the birth of our country.
This idea is endorsable by those who want to get more people active in the political process–to get more people to vote. This idea is a means of protest without being seen as a protestor. It is an idea that could get the people thinking in terms of "THE KINGDOM" rather than in terms of democracy, republic, constitution,etc…
And, it is an idea that can help correct one of the biggest mistakes God’s people ever made.
A CRUSADING CAMPAIGN FOR CHRIST FOR PRESIDENT
in 2008.
Yes, that is the idea. Lets all cast our vote; a write-in vote for Jesus Christ for President in 2008.
IS IT A CRAZY IDEA?
Oh, I know at first thought that this might sound like a crazy idea, but I say it is an idea whose time has come–or I should say, has come again. This is not the first time someone has had this so-called crazy idea. Only, they had it on an even grander scale which I shall address further on. But for now, let’s address what some may call crazy as a sort of involuntary reaction.
It is the idea that we cannot have Christ as president or even as king UNTIL Jesus returns physically. What was the biggest mistake that God’s people ever made? Was it not what we read in I Samuel 8:7?
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you but they have rejected Me from being king over them." Was He or was He not King over them?
While all of the other nations had physical, flesh-and-blood kings over them, they had an entirely different King and thus, an entirely different nation, an entirely different kingdom or government.
To all of the other heathen nations at that time, such a concept was a crazy idea. Now many today sense a need for an entirely different system. After all, a better government is always the campaign promise of election candidates. So, even those in government or running for a government position acknowledge the need for a better government, and,of course believe, if they are elected, it will get better.
Well, you couldn’t get any better government than what the Israelites had with God as King; and, there was no physical, flesh-and-blood presence.
Now who was their king? The God who did become flesh and blood and dwelt among us!!
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John l:1-5
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
So, if He could be King then and not be physically present, why not correct the mistake and make Him at least president now? Talk about a Grass Roots Movement! The very roots of America’s beginning goes back to this very idea–this so-called crazy idea.
As for the many other questions that may arise from having posed this idea, let it be said for now that a walk of faith is one step at a time.
In the forming of our nation, they pictured a grander scale than president–they pictured Jesus as King. It was a step of faith.
Concerning a step of faith, when God told the Israelites to take the land, they went even though they had no idea how they were going to cross the flooding Jordan River. As a result of marching forward one step at a time God made a way.
If we want to march forward in victory, then let us, in the election of 2008, take this step of faith and cast a write-in vote for Jesus Christ for President and God will make a way.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. I John 5:4
Atheists and agnostic philosophers will be enticed to vote for Him because it is their chance to prove there is no God. If there is an over-whelming vote for Him–that is, a crying out to Him–and He does not step forward then they can say, "See, I told you so." As I stated, this movement is for the content and discontent alike.
For the people who are content with the status quo of "Fiddley Dee or Fiddley Dum"; voting for Jesus Christ is no problem. And, for the discontent, it is a way to show their discontentment.
For those who have lost hope–the Bible says Jesus Christ is our hope–to cast such a vote is to again have hope.
Such a vote is a way for those who want to defy the system and to do so safely and in the privacy of the voting booth. As for voting, this could cause that huge mass that have given up hope and thus given up voting, to register to vote. Don’t think that a huge block of new voters won’t get the attention of the politicians, and it could cause good men with godly leadership abilities and values to surface as well to fill other offices.
Now, many no longer vote because they recognize it has made no difference who they voted for because the system has just continually moved from what is right and virtuous to what is more unjust and insane. (Some say moving from the right to the left). They see their effort to vote as a waste of time. Well, voting for Jesus, then, can not be any more of a wasted vote.
Anything you do in the Name of Jesus is not wasted, rather it is rewarded.
Many do not vote because they see casting a vote for the lesser of two evils as still a vote for evil; but, voting for Jesus will be a vote for good, not evil.
We are going to have a dictatorship, i.e. a king anyway as our presidents have been becoming more so after each election, so why not have the best king there is become president.
Many want a revolution–that is, a change. This can be the answer to a non-violent, bloodless revolution... for Jesus has already endured at the hands of violent, ruthless men and has already shed the blood. We do not necessarily have to have more violence and bloodshed if we but vote for Him.
Most importantly, it is a step; a step of faith in reversing the worst mistake His people ever made.
In the excellent history book entitled The Light and The Glory (available from SFA for a $12 donation) on page 267 the authors show the idea our forefathers had prior to the American Revolution.
But most Crown-appointed governors remained submitted to their king, and one wrote to the Board of Trade in England: "If you ask an American, who is his master? He will tell you he has none, nor any governor but Jesus Christ." Which may have given rise to the cry which was soon passed up and down the length of America by the Committees of Correspondence: "No king but King Jesus!"
I won’t get into the mechanics of how this grass roots movement could spread like a hot prairie fire. Suffice it to say in this article that it would be a move that could:
• Force people to choose.
• Expose politicians and Baal priests alike.
• Get people to cry out to God.
• Hasten the Day of the Lord.
The Mount Carmel Confrontation was with people and religious leaders alike when Eliza said in I Kings 18:20-21:
So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel, and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him a word.
The churches say Jesus is King–yeah, even King of Kings–and they say Jesus is the answer. Isaiah said in Isaiah 29:13.
Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote"
Picture this possibility-and it is a possibility–a nationally advertised web-site entitled Jesus Christ for President that shows a form letter to be sent to religious organizations such as TBN, 700 Club, Focus on the Family, the Southern Baptist, etc., etc., just asking if they will endorse Jesus Christ as President and tell their followers to register to vote and to write His name in on the ballot.
Then, at the web-site, show the ones that refuse to endorse and choose Jesus Christ for President. (we don’t have the staff to do this, but there may be volunteers). Then at the end and at the beginning of the list of such Baal priests, state the question,
"Should you support those who will not support Jesus for President?" It would put them on the spot to choose because they don’t want to lose their support.
Likewise, there can be, at the web-site,a list of politicians who refuse to support and endorse Jesus Christ for President. Some may well think it would be political suicide to do so; but, it would be political suicide not to do so.
And who can disagree with the party platform that Jesus runs on? It is very simple–"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Then the Ten Commandments could be listed, and for more specifics, simply read His law that covers it all from economics to military to foreign policy.
The people casting a write-in vote for Jesus is tantamount to the people crying out to their God and the Bible tells us over and over that when they do so He hears and answers.
Consider the following Scriptures:
And when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. Judges 3:9
But when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. Judges 3:15
So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the Lord. Now it came about when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord on account of Midian, That the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, "It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out from the house of slavery. And I delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and from the hand s of all your oppressors, and dispossessed them before you and gave you their land, And I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. Buy you have not obeyed Me.’" Judges 6:6-10
It would also be fulfilling the commandment of II Peter 3:12 of "looking for and hastening the coming of the Day of the Lord."
As for 501(c)3 churches, the ones who are afraid to endorse a candidate for president for fear of losing their IRS tax-exempt status,even they can endorse this concept of a write-in vote for Jesus without fear.
As for possibilities, it is possible to list all of the churches in America who will not at least read and make known the concept of a write-in vote for Jesus to their congregations.
One can buy a mailing list which contains the addresses of every church in America. With this list, one could mail campaign flyers to every church in America; then, at the web-site, by state and cities, one could list the churches that refuse to endorse Jesus Christ as President.
The truth is one can probably get campaign flyers passed out in bars and brothels more easily than in churches.
The web-site could have stories from individual campaigners in different towns telling of the bars and bar-owners that allowed the campaign brochures to be passed out versus the churches that did not.
There can be campaign buttons such as "Jesus is King – why not President too?" And, what politician can find skeletons in Jesus’ closet or dig up mud on the sinless, pure Christ? For that matter, what politician could, in good conscience, run against Him, putting himself forward as a better candidate than Jesus Christ?
Even those who do not believe in Jesus Christ will, for the most part, believe He is better than the politicians of our times.
Authored & Published by Pastor Peter John Peters; Pastor of LaPorte Church Of Christ, LaPorte, CO; Evangelist & Director of Scriptures For America (World-wide outreach Ministries); www.scripturesforamerica.org/ (http://www.scripturesforamerica.org/) (Radio Broadcasts Daily: shortwave,satellite,& internet)Edited by: aryanfreeman