President Bush — Bad Fruits versus Good Fruits

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President Bush — Bad Fruits versus Good Fruits

“Ye shall know them by their fruits” (Matt 7:16 )

In so many occasions in my life, when contemplating a specific course of action, I have found it highly helpful to make a list of pro’s and con’s. Once I have completed this list, I would then examine it carefully; if the pro’s outweighed the con’s, then I would take the action contemplated, but if the con’s outweighed the pro’s, then I would not take the action.

In this hot debate amongst Christian brethren over whether the fruits (actions) of President Bush were of such Biblically “good fruit” nature to allow Fundamental, Bible-believing Christians to consider him “Born Again”, I have created a list showing the fruits I have seen since he became a candidate for President in 2000. On the left, I have listed the “bad fruits” I have seen, and on the right, I have listed the “good fruits” he has produced.

Remember, words do not count: just actions. Words spoken at a Prayer Breakfast do not count, as they are only words. And, please don’t repeat the Urban Legend about Mr. Bush leading a young man to salvation; we all know that story was fabricated. I am speaking of actions President Bush has taken since becoming President that we would consider Biblical “Good Fruits”.

The Holy Spirit warns us in the Last Days religiously deceitful men shall arise to deceive many. Listen:

“For although they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuiness of their profession]. Avoid all such people; turn away from them.” (2 Timothy 3:5; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary)

Did you catch that phrase? “… their conduct belies the genuiness of their profession…”

Think of this matter as if the person guilty of these actions was the Senior Pastor of your church, or one of your deacons. Or, if you are a Senior Pastor, think of the person guilty of these sins as one of your deacons. What would be your attitude then if the person committing these sins was in your local church?

Here is my challenge: I have listed the bad fruits and good fruits of President George Bush. Please print this form out and add any bad or good fruit you can think I have missed, simply print this form out, add the fruit I have missed and either mail it to Cutting Edge Ministries or fax it to 803-356-2860.

Bad Spiritual Fruits of President Bush	Good Spiritual Fruits of President Bush
Refused To Repudiate and Repent of Sin of Being An Adept In Satanic Skull & Bones — NEWS1314 — Cannot be saved if you refuse to repent of a sin in your life	Bush said he was delivered from alcohol addiction after he was converted
Bush honored Satanic Hard Rocker, Ozzy Osbourne twice within one month! NEWS1758 — May 4, 2002 President Bush lunched with U2 Rock Star Bono — October 19, 2005	CWA noted Bush’s pro-life pro-woman U.N. policy on 12/17/02; but then, Bush led America back into UNESCO (Newsletter 11/01/03)
President Bush engaged in sexually filthy speech at White House Correspondent’s Ball, May, 2002. NEWS1758	CWA Praises Bush for Dr. Hager’s Appointment and Hails Victory for Religious Freedom – 12/31/02
Bush went back on his promise to Senior Pastor Dixon and shut down the Indianapolis Baptist Church with Swat Teams! – NEWS1472
Bush established the terrible Faith-Based Initiative – NEWS1465 — Now proven to be bringing churches under control of government
Bush opened the forbidden door to Stem-Cell Research – NEWS1526 and NEWS1518 — actually allowing practice to continue
President Bush’s Gay/Lesbian policies are identical to Clinton’s. – NEWS1652 — IDENTICAL
Gays and Lesbians are truly “a-glow” over Bush’s policies! NEWS1600
President Bush is actively helping Gay Republicans raise campaign money! NEWS1723
Bush Constantly Invokes “God” In Speeches But Never “Jesus” – Typical of Skull & Bones/Masonic belief and doctrine
President Bush Six-Steps America Into Accepting Global Warming – NEWS1663 – Limbaugh even referred to Bush as “George W. Al Gore”
Bush delivered only rhetoric about ending Partial Birth Abortion, but never actually took action! – In NEWS1821 & NEWS1829 we see that the Partial Birth Abortion Ban is so deceitfully written it actually legalizes it!
Bush is now pushing schools into allowing Ecumenical prayer back in their classrooms and assemblies – NEWS1770
Bush Conducting Presidency By “Secular”, Worldly Values! Quoting Ari Fleischer, White Press Secretary, NEWS1770
Brought Into His Administration Numerous Illuminati Members of the CFR – Council on Foreign Relations — NEWS1451
Bush “faced the pagan obelisk” during his Inauguration, just as Illuminist Presidents Reagan through Clinton had done — NEWS1463.
Bush Administration experts are proposing new laws and police regulatory rules in the guise of fighting terrorism that just might take away our precious liberties — Just as the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion envisioned! — NEWS1550, NEWS1567, NEWS1576. Rep. Ron Paul (Rep-TX) Slams Bush For Implementing A Police State — October 19, 2005
Bush Administration officials declared that the old, Civil War Seditious Law may be used against dissidents! — NEWS1575
Bush enacted the core Illuminist plan dating back to 1917 to impose Martial Law on the entire country. NEWS1577
President Bush authorized “Summary Execution” of “U.S. Enemies” Both Within and Without the U.S. – Ashcroft revealed a “hellish vision” for America; he is establishing concentration camps! NEWS1691
President Bush established the “Gestapo” type of domestic police-state enforcement arm, Homeland Security – NEWS1743
Bush based his actions against Afghanistan upon United Nations resolutions, not upon any National Sovereignty the U.S. possesses! NEWS1770b
Bush began to “Federalize” all state and local law enforcement agencies – NEWS1597
President Bush domestically enacted the “Pre-crime” Aspect of the movie, “Minority Report” – NEWS1673, thereby threatening our liberties
President Bush extended his “Pre-Crime” doctrine to the international arena when he effectively declared war on the “Axis of Evil” nations. NEWS1750
President Bush showed his true Illuminist colors when he nominated Henry Kissinger to be the head of the 9/11 investigative committee! NEWS1748
President Bush did not proclaim a complete and utter dependence upon Jesus Christ after 9/11 to physically protect America but began threatening to attack and “end the states” he was declaring a threat – NEWS1542
First Lady Laura Bush Has Twice Sent Out Christmas Cards Featuring the Egyptian Satanic Phoenix Bird – NEWS1603.
Bush has endorsed the Koran! [“President Bush: Koran is God’s word”, Sermonaudio.com, 12/6/02] Bush continues to honor Islam by Sharing Ramadan Dinner at White House on 10/29/2005 — Exact Text Revealed
Bush Allows Illuminist CFR Members To “Pray” During Presidential Prayer Breakfast
President Bush Worships in Muslims Mosques and Buddist Temples — Chuck Baldwin – http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/bushshintoshrine.html
President Bush leads America back into UNESCO, one of the most Liberal, Pro-Abortion and Anti-Christian organizations in the world!
Bush cheers ‘gay’ church after ‘Marriage Week’ “President Bush’s Gay/Lesbian policies are identical to Clinton’s. – NEWS1652 — IDENTICAL”
White House celebrated its first ever Diwali Hindu ceremony to honor the Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi to invoke their blessings during this age-old Festival of Lights celebration. Karl Rove participated in ceremony. Covered in Newsletter of 12/6/2003, Paragraph II. Bush sent his good wishes and stated he would have liked to have participated
President and Laura Bush worshipped at a Shinto Shrine in Japan — http://www.cephasministry.com/nwo_bush_goes_to_shinto_worship.html
Bush pressuring Israel to divide her land with Palestinians: God’s Word promises End Times judgement over all who will attempt to “divide the land” — NEWS1806
President Bush praised the synchronized religious group, Kwanzaa religion, a combination of Catholic/Christian/Pagan beliefs and practices. Bush praised the religion in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 [Daily News Updates, 12/23/03, 12/24/04] Text of President Bush’s 2004 Approval of Kwanzaa Kwanzaa: a Christmas Substitute? “Christians must not compromise their faith in bowing down to this celebration” Kwanzaa put on par with other ‘religions’: White House Press Secretary defends president honoring invented holiday
President Bush attempted to walk both sides of the line in Gay Marriage Ban Amendment. After first saying he would support such an amendment, Bush then delivered the standard Gay line that he supports the “arrangements” created by the States – like the “arrangement” by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in December, 2003, declaring Gay Marriage legal in The Commonwealth
Bush – Ashcroft Argue To Federal Court that the government may torture or summarily execute prisoners without any Judicial oversight – NEWS1885
Started to implement the U.N. educational program in American schools. Curricula will teach all the Anti-Christian values so prominent in that world body — Newsletter 1/24/04
Bush told Muslim Iraqi leader: “I pray to the same god” – MSNBC, 1/5/04 – NZ1528 – At National Prayer Breakfast (February 5, 2004), Bush again equates Islam with Christianity – http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040205-1.html
Bush uses “F-word” and other expletives – Time Magazine, 3/31/2003 plus USNews.com — “Cussing’s no stranger to the Bush White House” (See Daily News Updates, 2/6/2004)
Bush has re-funded National Endowment For the Arts! – New York Times, January 28, 2004 – Carried in Daily News Updates, 1/29/04
Brutally cavalier toward NOT the fact that one one has been able to find WMD in Iraq – Newsletter032704 – Insulted all war veterans, especially those who have died and those who are coming home with lifelong illnesses and/or disabilities
Told another sexually explicit joke about VP Cheney’s private body part – Newsletter032704
Validated Gay Lifestyle when he said Rumsfeld’s favorite TV show was “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy” and said that he should have his Cabinet members watch the show – Newsletter032704
Bush promised on 4/30/04 that US had eliminated “torture chambers” and “rape rooms” in Iraq, even though the Pentagon had kept him informed in February, 2004, as to the progress of their investigation of torture and sex abuse in US prisons in Iraq (NEWS1913)
Under President Bush’s leadership, American forces are killing many civilians, with tactics that can only produce this result. Newsletter100204
Just days before the 11/2/2004 election, Bush affirmed that he supported gay civil unions, and that he disagreed with the Republican Platform which opposed gay civil unions – (UPI, 10/26/04 – http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20041026-121303-1337r) (AOL video clip – http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20041026095909990008)
In same interview, above, (10/26/04) Bush reiterated his belief that Christians and Muslims pray to the same God and that Islam is just another path to Heaven (Ibid)
Just days after re-election, Bush nominated strong, bold Pro-Abortion Judge to be the next Attorney General – Statement by American Life League: “Why won’t Bush pick a pro-life nominee?” “Memo To Christians Who Voted For Bush: You’ve Been Had” “Pro-lifers not thrilled with Gonzales choice: Bush’s pick for attorney general upheld abortion on Texas court” – WorldNetDaily
On 12/20/2003, President Bush’s daughters threw a Christmas Party in the Executive Mansion, inviting the band, “Tyrone Smith Revue” to perform. Drinks were served until the daughters “glowed”; while George W. and Laura were present, they took no action to stop the drinking. “Inner Circle”, MSNBC News, 11/15/2004
President Bush and his Father have expressed “warm support” for the effort by the Unification Church and to Moon organizations like ACLC, which today are trying to convince Christian Churches to throw their Cross into the trash – World Net Daily — “Tear Down the Cross” Article “”This cross removal … cleared the way for a new age and second messiah.”
Bush Re-election Inaugural: Kid Rock will perform at youth concert– Currently dating porn actress Jessie James, never goes anywhere without a pint of bourbon in his back pocket and rattles off X-rated lyrics — “Biggest slap in the face to the Christian conservatives.” (January 7, 2005)
Laura Bush cracked sexual innuendo jokes while her “Born Again” husband laughed heartily. Laura said Bush was leaving her sexually unsatisfied and that Bush used to commit bestiality with horses . – New York Times – 5/3/2005
Bush “flipped the finger” to the TV camera as he prepared to go live after winning the Texas governorship – Flim Clip tells the story – http://www.freepressinternational.com/bush.098267.victory.salute.8716209.html
As Texas governor, prison system instituted the same torture techniques which later were implemented at Guantanamo Bay Prison, Abu Ghraib prison, and Afghan prisons — “Torture Inc. America’s Brutal Prisons — Global Research”
President Bush betrayed Israel by insisting that Palestinians hold veto power over any negotiations and the 1949 Armistice Lines were the basis of all future agreements – “This statement is the greatest betrayal of Israel committed by any American president in history” – Hal Lindsey http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44552
On June 14, 2005, President Bush held the White House Fundraising Gala, where porn star Mary Carey performed a “fashion” show to display her dinner outfit and the band “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” performed the music. Mary Carey Will Attend Presidential Dinner Again On 3/16/2006: Karl Rove is featured speaker – “”I’m really excited to be going back to Washington D.C. to see the president again, Wait till they see that I have lost 20 pounds since the last time they saw me. Watch out Mr. President!” — Carey declared
President Bush Joined In Laughter At 2006 Gridiron Club Dinner At Tim Russert — dressed in Drag — Sang Songs About Torturing Prisoners – “Decadent Elite Laugh At Torture During Gridiron Club Dinner”
Bush Administration Lawyers Illegally Coached Witnesses During Sentencing Phase of “Terror Trial” For Moussaoui — Since this was a Death Penalty trial, this apparent framing of a man could result in his wrongful death
President Bush Signs Title X Funding Increase for 2005: Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Funding Increased – http://www.covenantnews.com/lefemine050208.htm
President Bush enthusiastically endorsed lesbian Mary Cheney’s plans to adopt the baby she is carrying. Mary intends that she and her gay partner will raise this child. — “Lesbian mother gets Bush blessing“, Telegraph News, 12/17/2006

One Final Historic Fact: Adolf Hitler’s personal Christian testimony: “My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior” – Speech, 4/12/1922

“If you are trying to understand Hitler, the last thing you can believe are his words.” [Mattingly, Ibid.; Emphasis added]

Adolf Hitler and George Bush both are lifelong Adepts in the Brotherhood of Death Societies – Both Illuminist to the core

Too many Christians today believe Bush is a Born Again Christian based only upon his words; yet, Jesus instructs us to inspect the fruits of a person’s life to reach a proper conclusion as to whether they are truly Born Again [Matthew 7:16-20]. Only then can we reach a “righteous judgment” [1 Peter 2:23]. As the Apostle James stated so boldly: “I will shew thee my faith by my works” [James 2:18]

I honestly cannot think of one good action President Bush has taken that we could construe as spiritually “good fruit”, and have telephoned Christian authors to see if they could think of any good fruits. Therefore, we are looking forward to your feedback. Tell us the good things President Bush has accomplished. Then, we shall compare lists, compare “bad fruits” and “good fruits”.

Choosing A President: A Biblical Perspective

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20070424.html

Last week, I was privileged to speak before the National Committee Meeting
of the Constitution Party assembled in Boise, Idaho. After a two-day
whirlwind speaking tour in Utah earlier in the week, I delivered this
address to the assemblage in Boise. This is an edited version of that Idaho
speech.

Christians tell me constantly, “Chuck, we must elect a Christian President.”
And it seems that all they look for and all they expect from their civil
magistrates is that he or she make public profession of Christianity. But
most every politician professes to be a Christian–at least every two years,
or in the case of a presidential candidate, every four years.

However, it is incredible how gullible and naïve today’s Christians have
become. I submit to you that had Al Gore or John Kerry been elected
President and promoted many of the policies and practices of George W. Bush,
the Religious Right would have been up in arms years ago.

But because a “Christian Republican” is in the White House, he is given a
free pass on foible after foible, dereliction after dereliction, and
compromise after compromise. Beyond that, when someone dares to criticize
the unconstitutional policies of this President, Christians attack the
messenger with a vengeance.

For example, I had a prominent leader of the Religious Right command me, not
ask or beseech me, mind you, but demand that I stop criticizing the policies
of President Bush. No discussion of the issues. No specific example of how I
misrepresented the truth or any appeal to reason, just a bold demand to
“stop it.”

But listen to Theodore Roosevelt:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we
are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the
truth should be spoken about him or anyone else. But it is even more
important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about
any one else.”

Roosevelt understood what we all need to understand: America was not founded
upon a president or political party. The founding principles of America are
contained in three documents: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S.
Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

The principles of our founding documents created an independent and limited
government that recognized the authority of man’s Creator and our ultimate
submission to Him. The Declaration of Independence in Paragraph 1 refers to
“The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”

What Jefferson was addressing was Natural Law. Our Founding Fathers had all
studied the writings of John Locke and other philosophers of the period who
taught extensively about Natural Law.  They all understood it. Natural Law
is the instinctive understanding of basic morality, the innate understanding
of good and evil as provided by our Creator.

William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Law were the chief influence upon
the legal philosophy of America’s founders. Those commentaries formed the
most authoritative manual of law for over 100 years following the War for
Independence.

Blackstone wrote: “Man, considered as a creature, must necessarily be
subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being . .
.. And consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for
everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his
Maker’s will. This will of his Maker is called the law of nature.”

For the first time in the history of the world, a nation inculcated the
Creator’s will for the government of mankind in its founding documents.
Therefore, it does not matter what a politician’s personal denominational
affiliation might be or what his Christian profession might be. What matters
is that he or she supports, protects, and defends the Constitution of the
United States.

I realize what I am about to say will surprise many Christians, but I would
far rather elect an unbeliever who will support, protect, and defend the
Constitution than a believer who will not support, protect, and defend the
Constitution. The oath of office is to the Constitution. That is a civil
magistrate’s contract with us–the American people.

For example, when I hire a plumber or electrician I am not particularly
interested in his church affiliation or personal religious profession. I am
contracting a job with him, and at the end of the day, I want my plumbing to
work and my lights to turn on.

When we elect a constitutional office holder, we want him to do what his
contract with us demands: he must honor his oath to support, protect, and
defend the Constitution of the United States. And what most Christians don’t
seem to understand is that our founding principles implement the Maker’s
will in the body politic.

The Declaration in Paragraph 2 states, that all men are “endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

Notice, Jefferson wrote that God, not government, is the author and grantor
of independence. The Declaration rightly said that the purpose of government
was to “secure [protect] these Rights.” This is all part of “Natural Law.”

What Christians further misunderstand is that the Declaration and
Constitution contain the principles of Natural Law as taught in God’s
revealed Word, the Bible.

For example, “Natural Law” itself is found in Rom. 2:14-16. That God is the
giver life is found in Gen. 2:7. That God grants liberty is found in Gal.
5:1. The Pursuit of Happiness is found in Eccl. 3:13.

Even the Constitution recognizes the worship day of the Christian God, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Article 1. Section. 7. Paragraph 2 states, “If any bill
shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) .
. .” Notice, the U.S. Constitution exempts Sunday–the day Christians set
aside to worship Jesus Christ–from being a legal business day.

Furthermore, Article 7 of the Constitution states, “Done in Convention by
the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of
September in the year of OUR LORD [emphasis added] one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the twelfth.” Notice, the U.S. Constitution concludes by identifying
the Lord Jesus Christ as being “our Lord.”

The Bill of Rights, too, is built upon “the Laws of Nature’s God.”

Colonial Christians understood the command of Scriptures to “preach the
Gospel” and to “not [forsake] the assembling of ourselves together.” Thus,
the 1st Amendment protects the right of men to peaceably assemble, and the
freedom of speech, along with the freedom of religion, and the freedom of
the press.

What about the 2nd Amendment? Where does one find the right to keep and bear
arms in the Scriptures?

Look no further than Luke 11:21, where Jesus said, “When a strong man armed
keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace.” I know at one point Jesus told
Peter to put up his sword, but He did not tell him to give up his sword. In
fact, on another occasion Jesus said the time would come when, if we did not
own a sword, we should sell what we have, if necessary, and buy one.

The Roman sword was the equivalent of a modern handgun. It was the most
convenient and effective weapon of self-defense available at the time.

Now, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ll take the word of Jesus over
the word of Hillary any day!

Notice, too, that the 4th Amendment, the law that protects the “right of the
people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures . . .” is found in Deut. 24:10,11.

Furthermore, the 8th Amendment, the law that protects us against “cruel and
unusual punishment” is found in Deut. 15:2,3. Even our three coequal
branches of government are patterned after the three positional offices of
Christ as found in Isaiah 33:22.

I said all of that to say this: When we seek to elect men and women to
public office, we don’t need them to give lip service to a religious
profession; we need them to support, protect, and defend the Constitution of
the United States.

I am also personally convinced that such a person will not often be found in
the two major parties, but will most certainly be found in the Constitution
Party. Therefore, our nominee (whoever he is), must be willing to clearly
articulate the fundamental issues attacking constitutional government today.
First on the list is the surrender of our borders and national sovereignty.

Take illegal immigration. The real issue is taxes and the creation of
international government. The political elite need cheap labor and cheap
services so as to depress wages and consumer costs or else Americans would
not be able to afford to pay these outlandish, ungodly taxes.

Furthermore, make no mistake about this: the international corporate elite
need regional government in order to manage the global economy they are
constructing. But all that stops when a CP candidate takes office. The day a
Constitution Party candidate is sworn in as President of these United
States, the SPP, the North American Community, the NAFTA super highway, and
the FTAA will come crashing down.

The second salient issue to which we must be faithful is the right to keep
and bear arms. Had Virginia Tech University not prohibited its faculty and
adult students from their lawful right to keep and bear arms, there would
have been no massacre.

A CP President must be willing to not only reject any new gun control laws,
he must be willing to undo the unconstitutional gun control laws enacted by
former administrations.

The third key issue is the right to life. The Constitution Party is the only
national party that is unapologetically 100% pro-life. Therefore, our
nominee must be willing to use the bully pulpit to push Congress into
supporting Congressman Ron Paul’s Sanctity of Human Life bill, which
recognizes the personhood of unborn babies from the moment of conception.

Furthermore, our candidate must be prepared to tell the nation that no
longer will the federal government use the Bill of Rights as toilet paper.
We will respect the 4th Amendment, which protects the American people
against illegal searches and seizures. Therefore, with a Constitutionist in
the White House, federal police agencies will not be allowed to tap our
phone lines, read our emails and faxes, or monitor our cell phones without
due cause and judicial oversight. In other words, the day a CP nominee takes
the oath of office, the Orwellian Patriot Act will head to the dumpster.

Fifthly, a Constitution Party president will stop the unconstitutional use
of our brave men and women in uniform to fight unprovoked, preemptive wars.
That means, the day our nominee takes the oath of office, our troops will
start coming home from Iraq. Furthermore, we will no longer allow our troops
to be used as nation-builders for big oil companies and international
bankers, and neither will they be used as policemen for the United Nations.

Speaking of the United Nations, the day a CP nominee is elected President,
that bunch of Socialists and Marxists at the UN will begin packing their
bags and looking for a new home.

And one more thing: the day our nominee is sworn in as President, he will
begin enforcing U.S. law found in Section 654, Title 10, which was passed
with veto-proof bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress in 1993 and
found constitutional by several federal courts, which bars homosexuals from
serving in the Armed Forces.

In conclusion let me say, when those brave men stood on Lexington Green and
Concord Bridge, and when Travis and Bowie fought to the death on the
ramparts of the Alamo, they were not fighting for some “Lesser of Two Evils”
mantra. They pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor–and signed
that pledge in blood–to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution. And Ladies and Gentlemen of the Constitution Party, that is
exactly what each and every one of us must be willing to do.

To learn more about the Constitution Party, go to:

http://www.constitutionparty.com/

(c) Chuck Baldwin

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Choosing A President: A Biblical Perspective

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20070424.html

Last week, I was privileged to speak before the National Committee Meeting
of the Constitution Party assembled in Boise, Idaho. After a two-day
whirlwind speaking tour in Utah earlier in the week, I delivered this
address to the assemblage in Boise. This is an edited version of that Idaho
speech.

Christians tell me constantly, “Chuck, we must elect a Christian President.”
And it seems that all they look for and all they expect from their civil
magistrates is that he or she make public profession of Christianity. But
most every politician professes to be a Christian–at least every two years,
or in the case of a presidential candidate, every four years.

However, it is incredible how gullible and naïve today’s Christians have
become. I submit to you that had Al Gore or John Kerry been elected
President and promoted many of the policies and practices of George W. Bush,
the Religious Right would have been up in arms years ago.

But because a “Christian Republican” is in the White House, he is given a
free pass on foible after foible, dereliction after dereliction, and
compromise after compromise. Beyond that, when someone dares to criticize
the unconstitutional policies of this President, Christians attack the
messenger with a vengeance.

For example, I had a prominent leader of the Religious Right command me, not
ask or beseech me, mind you, but demand that I stop criticizing the policies
of President Bush. No discussion of the issues. No specific example of how I
misrepresented the truth or any appeal to reason, just a bold demand to
“stop it.”

But listen to Theodore Roosevelt:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we
are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the
truth should be spoken about him or anyone else. But it is even more
important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about
any one else.”

Roosevelt understood what we all need to understand: America was not founded
upon a president or political party. The founding principles of America are
contained in three documents: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S.
Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

The principles of our founding documents created an independent and limited
government that recognized the authority of man’s Creator and our ultimate
submission to Him. The Declaration of Independence in Paragraph 1 refers to
“The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”

What Jefferson was addressing was Natural Law. Our Founding Fathers had all
studied the writings of John Locke and other philosophers of the period who
taught extensively about Natural Law.  They all understood it. Natural Law
is the instinctive understanding of basic morality, the innate understanding
of good and evil as provided by our Creator.

William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Law were the chief influence upon
the legal philosophy of America’s founders. Those commentaries formed the
most authoritative manual of law for over 100 years following the War for
Independence.

Blackstone wrote: “Man, considered as a creature, must necessarily be
subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being . .
.. And consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for
everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his
Maker’s will. This will of his Maker is called the law of nature.”

For the first time in the history of the world, a nation inculcated the
Creator’s will for the government of mankind in its founding documents.
Therefore, it does not matter what a politician’s personal denominational
affiliation might be or what his Christian profession might be. What matters
is that he or she supports, protects, and defends the Constitution of the
United States.

I realize what I am about to say will surprise many Christians, but I would
far rather elect an unbeliever who will support, protect, and defend the
Constitution than a believer who will not support, protect, and defend the
Constitution. The oath of office is to the Constitution. That is a civil
magistrate’s contract with us–the American people.

For example, when I hire a plumber or electrician I am not particularly
interested in his church affiliation or personal religious profession. I am
contracting a job with him, and at the end of the day, I want my plumbing to
work and my lights to turn on.

When we elect a constitutional office holder, we want him to do what his
contract with us demands: he must honor his oath to support, protect, and
defend the Constitution of the United States. And what most Christians don’t
seem to understand is that our founding principles implement the Maker’s
will in the body politic.

The Declaration in Paragraph 2 states, that all men are “endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

Notice, Jefferson wrote that God, not government, is the author and grantor
of independence. The Declaration rightly said that the purpose of government
was to “secure [protect] these Rights.” This is all part of “Natural Law.”

What Christians further misunderstand is that the Declaration and
Constitution contain the principles of Natural Law as taught in God’s
revealed Word, the Bible.

For example, “Natural Law” itself is found in Rom. 2:14-16. That God is the
giver life is found in Gen. 2:7. That God grants liberty is found in Gal.
5:1. The Pursuit of Happiness is found in Eccl. 3:13.

Even the Constitution recognizes the worship day of the Christian God, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Article 1. Section. 7. Paragraph 2 states, “If any bill
shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) .
. .” Notice, the U.S. Constitution exempts Sunday–the day Christians set
aside to worship Jesus Christ–from being a legal business day.

Furthermore, Article 7 of the Constitution states, “Done in Convention by
the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of
September in the year of OUR LORD [emphasis added] one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the twelfth.” Notice, the U.S. Constitution concludes by identifying
the Lord Jesus Christ as being “our Lord.”

The Bill of Rights, too, is built upon “the Laws of Nature’s God.”

Colonial Christians understood the command of Scriptures to “preach the
Gospel” and to “not [forsake] the assembling of ourselves together.” Thus,
the 1st Amendment protects the right of men to peaceably assemble, and the
freedom of speech, along with the freedom of religion, and the freedom of
the press.

What about the 2nd Amendment? Where does one find the right to keep and bear
arms in the Scriptures?

Look no further than Luke 11:21, where Jesus said, “When a strong man armed
keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace.” I know at one point Jesus told
Peter to put up his sword, but He did not tell him to give up his sword. In
fact, on another occasion Jesus said the time would come when, if we did not
own a sword, we should sell what we have, if necessary, and buy one.

The Roman sword was the equivalent of a modern handgun. It was the most
convenient and effective weapon of self-defense available at the time.

Now, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ll take the word of Jesus over
the word of Hillary any day!

Notice, too, that the 4th Amendment, the law that protects the “right of the
people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures . . .” is found in Deut. 24:10,11.

Furthermore, the 8th Amendment, the law that protects us against “cruel and
unusual punishment” is found in Deut. 15:2,3. Even our three coequal
branches of government are patterned after the three positional offices of
Christ as found in Isaiah 33:22.

I said all of that to say this: When we seek to elect men and women to
public office, we don’t need them to give lip service to a religious
profession; we need them to support, protect, and defend the Constitution of
the United States.

I am also personally convinced that such a person will not often be found in
the two major parties, but will most certainly be found in the Constitution
Party. Therefore, our nominee (whoever he is), must be willing to clearly
articulate the fundamental issues attacking constitutional government today.
First on the list is the surrender of our borders and national sovereignty.

Take illegal immigration. The real issue is taxes and the creation of
international government. The political elite need cheap labor and cheap
services so as to depress wages and consumer costs or else Americans would
not be able to afford to pay these outlandish, ungodly taxes.

Furthermore, make no mistake about this: the international corporate elite
need regional government in order to manage the global economy they are
constructing. But all that stops when a CP candidate takes office. The day a
Constitution Party candidate is sworn in as President of these United
States, the SPP, the North American Community, the NAFTA super highway, and
the FTAA will come crashing down.

The second salient issue to which we must be faithful is the right to keep
and bear arms. Had Virginia Tech University not prohibited its faculty and
adult students from their lawful right to keep and bear arms, there would
have been no massacre.

A CP President must be willing to not only reject any new gun control laws,
he must be willing to undo the unconstitutional gun control laws enacted by
former administrations.

The third key issue is the right to life. The Constitution Party is the only
national party that is unapologetically 100% pro-life. Therefore, our
nominee must be willing to use the bully pulpit to push Congress into
supporting Congressman Ron Paul’s Sanctity of Human Life bill, which
recognizes the personhood of unborn babies from the moment of conception.

Furthermore, our candidate must be prepared to tell the nation that no
longer will the federal government use the Bill of Rights as toilet paper.
We will respect the 4th Amendment, which protects the American people
against illegal searches and seizures. Therefore, with a Constitutionist in
the White House, federal police agencies will not be allowed to tap our
phone lines, read our emails and faxes, or monitor our cell phones without
due cause and judicial oversight. In other words, the day a CP nominee takes
the oath of office, the Orwellian Patriot Act will head to the dumpster.

Fifthly, a Constitution Party president will stop the unconstitutional use
of our brave men and women in uniform to fight unprovoked, preemptive wars.
That means, the day our nominee takes the oath of office, our troops will
start coming home from Iraq. Furthermore, we will no longer allow our troops
to be used as nation-builders for big oil companies and international
bankers, and neither will they be used as policemen for the United Nations.

Speaking of the United Nations, the day a CP nominee is elected President,
that bunch of Socialists and Marxists at the UN will begin packing their
bags and looking for a new home.

And one more thing: the day our nominee is sworn in as President, he will
begin enforcing U.S. law found in Section 654, Title 10, which was passed
with veto-proof bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress in 1993 and
found constitutional by several federal courts, which bars homosexuals from
serving in the Armed Forces.

In conclusion let me say, when those brave men stood on Lexington Green and
Concord Bridge, and when Travis and Bowie fought to the death on the
ramparts of the Alamo, they were not fighting for some “Lesser of Two Evils”
mantra. They pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor–and signed
that pledge in blood–to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution. And Ladies and Gentlemen of the Constitution Party, that is
exactly what each and every one of us must be willing to do.

To learn more about the Constitution Party, go to:

http://www.constitutionparty.com/

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