The following post is from last month:
Is Donald Trump a false prophet....a false prophet such as both the Old and New Testaments speak of? Billy Graham and other very sound men of God have and had warned America for many decades that if America does not turn to God's then judgment is coming. Donald Trump has said consistently that America's best times are ahead of it....now that he is in charge.....and that there has never been a better time to be young and an American. One would think that one of these two would have to be a false prophet. Where are our pulpits on these arrogant statements?
Donald Trump presents himself as some kind of prophet. We have to either laugh it off or take it seriously. He presents himself as someone who is telling us where this nation is going. He's not telling us what others are saying....he's not even telling us what could happen....he's telling us what he is going to do. Others may call it positive-thinking or even politics but when it captures the nation's attention....or at least half of the nation's attention....and gives that half its hope....then he is in some very real sense a functioning prophet!
God said concerning the Edomites in Malachi 1:4...."They may build, but I will tear down" and again in the 127th Psalm to those in Jerusalem or anyone who builds...."Unless the LORD build the house, they labor in vain who build; unless the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." How many times has Donald Trump said ....both as candidate and president.....We will make America great again.....hundreds of times?
Christians have chosen Donald Trump as some sort of messiah but Jesus Himself said in Matthew 24.....that chapter that is directed to those on earth when He returns....."False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders in order to lead astray, if possible, even the elect." Peter said of them...."and in their greed they will exploit you with false words." Is there not a fair amount of greed in what we call....winning? Yes we want people working but we have gone way beyond that....we want the money China is taking from us....all of it....and that the EU has that is ours....and NATO. We are constantly told how wonderful this economy is yet we want every dollar that's ours! That's just fair! The Apostle John told us to..."test the spirits to see whether they are from God" yet we utterly refuse to test the motives or methods of Donald Trump. Does he not flatter us by telling us how smart we are....and how great we are? Where are our pulpits on this?
It seems as if most of the church in America.....in either faddish doctrines or in an unrecognizable weakened and ineffective gospel.....has been the fulfillment of Paul's words to Timothy in his own 'pulpit'..."the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their passions." He then told Timothy to be sober-minded. Would you call these constant pep rallies and outrageous tweets meant to inflame being sober-minded?
Whether Donald Trump proves to be a false prophet or not....we are not helping him....we are at the very least indulging him in his fantasy that he is a statesman. At a rally in Pittsburgh a few months ago he said concerning the slogan Make America Great Again...."I can't say that (now) because I already did that!" Did any Christians upon hearing this in that airport hanger think back to Nebuchadnezzar's...."is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?" What is Mar-a-Lago if not a royal residence.....what is the purpose of the gilded Trump Tower if not to display glory and majesty?
Not only has America not shown any signs of humbling itself before God....it has actually moved further away since the 2016 election. At first we just wanted to survive but now we want riches....and we will overlook anything and everything that Donald Trump has done or is doing now to give him the opportunity to get us those riches. We once just wanted the Clinton/Obama regimes away from our White House....we got that.....by prayer and a lot of hard work....but now we want more.....we want glory. We're not on our knees anymore. Our pulpits show no signs of waking up. So whose words more accurately reflect the Word of God....those of Billy Graham and others like him....or Donald Trump's? We may build...but God will tear down.
Pastors...why are you not warning....or even informing your people? Is it because you trust in God so much? Then why do you not trust in His warnings?
The following was first posted last year:
The seventh chapter of Jeremiah begins with this: The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying "Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!' " Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place, Do not trust in these lying words, saying 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD are these.'
John MacArthur called it a "self-deluding slogan." R. C. Sproul made mention that the phrase, repeated three times, certainly should call our attention to its importance. God gave Jeremiah the words to warn the people of Judah, for they thought, as MacArthur put it, that "the Lord would never bring calamity on his own temple."
Thanks to Donald Trump and our own lack of vigilance to say the very least.....we have constructed our very own....the temple of the LORD....the temple of the LORD....the temple of the LORD....for it is....God Bless America.....God Bless America....God Bless America.....or worse yet.....USA....USA....USA!
"....When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor, will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts. And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the LORD of hosts. Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain....I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand." (Malachi 1:8,10)
Is Donald Trump a false prophet....a false prophet such as both the Old and New Testaments speak of? Billy Graham and other very sound men of God have and had warned America for many decades that if America does not turn to God's then judgment is coming. Donald Trump has said consistently that America's best times are ahead of it....now that he is in charge.....and that there has never been a better time to be young and an American. One would think that one of these two would have to be a false prophet. Where are our pulpits on these arrogant statements?
Donald Trump presents himself as some kind of prophet. We have to either laugh it off or take it seriously. He presents himself as someone who is telling us where this nation is going. He's not telling us what others are saying....he's not even telling us what could happen....he's telling us what he is going to do. Others may call it positive-thinking or even politics but when it captures the nation's attention....or at least half of the nation's attention....and gives that half its hope....then he is in some very real sense a functioning prophet!
God said concerning the Edomites in Malachi 1:4...."They may build, but I will tear down" and again in the 127th Psalm to those in Jerusalem or anyone who builds...."Unless the LORD build the house, they labor in vain who build; unless the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." How many times has Donald Trump said ....both as candidate and president.....We will make America great again.....hundreds of times?
Christians have chosen Donald Trump as some sort of messiah but Jesus Himself said in Matthew 24.....that chapter that is directed to those on earth when He returns....."False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders in order to lead astray, if possible, even the elect." Peter said of them...."and in their greed they will exploit you with false words." Is there not a fair amount of greed in what we call....winning? Yes we want people working but we have gone way beyond that....we want the money China is taking from us....all of it....and that the EU has that is ours....and NATO. We are constantly told how wonderful this economy is yet we want every dollar that's ours! That's just fair! The Apostle John told us to..."test the spirits to see whether they are from God" yet we utterly refuse to test the motives or methods of Donald Trump. Does he not flatter us by telling us how smart we are....and how great we are? Where are our pulpits on this?
It seems as if most of the church in America.....in either faddish doctrines or in an unrecognizable weakened and ineffective gospel.....has been the fulfillment of Paul's words to Timothy in his own 'pulpit'..."the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their passions." He then told Timothy to be sober-minded. Would you call these constant pep rallies and outrageous tweets meant to inflame being sober-minded?
Whether Donald Trump proves to be a false prophet or not....we are not helping him....we are at the very least indulging him in his fantasy that he is a statesman. At a rally in Pittsburgh a few months ago he said concerning the slogan Make America Great Again...."I can't say that (now) because I already did that!" Did any Christians upon hearing this in that airport hanger think back to Nebuchadnezzar's...."is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?" What is Mar-a-Lago if not a royal residence.....what is the purpose of the gilded Trump Tower if not to display glory and majesty?
Not only has America not shown any signs of humbling itself before God....it has actually moved further away since the 2016 election. At first we just wanted to survive but now we want riches....and we will overlook anything and everything that Donald Trump has done or is doing now to give him the opportunity to get us those riches. We once just wanted the Clinton/Obama regimes away from our White House....we got that.....by prayer and a lot of hard work....but now we want more.....we want glory. We're not on our knees anymore. Our pulpits show no signs of waking up. So whose words more accurately reflect the Word of God....those of Billy Graham and others like him....or Donald Trump's? We may build...but God will tear down.
Pastors...why are you not warning....or even informing your people? Is it because you trust in God so much? Then why do you not trust in His warnings?
The following was first posted last year:
The seventh chapter of Jeremiah begins with this: The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying "Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!' " Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place, Do not trust in these lying words, saying 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD are these.'
John MacArthur called it a "self-deluding slogan." R. C. Sproul made mention that the phrase, repeated three times, certainly should call our attention to its importance. God gave Jeremiah the words to warn the people of Judah, for they thought, as MacArthur put it, that "the Lord would never bring calamity on his own temple."
Thanks to Donald Trump and our own lack of vigilance to say the very least.....we have constructed our very own....the temple of the LORD....the temple of the LORD....the temple of the LORD....for it is....God Bless America.....God Bless America....God Bless America.....or worse yet.....USA....USA....USA!
"....When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor, will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts. And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the LORD of hosts. Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain....I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand." (Malachi 1:8,10)
