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Will You Still Rejoice If Romney Loses?

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As I write this, the election is just a week away. I’m hopeful that the masses turn out and vote for Mitt Romney and those who want Obama, find some day-time talk show to watch instead.

I’m not going to comment on the buzz about the elections being postponed because of Hurricane Sandy. Liberals might delight in the idea, but the rest of the country will not wait, especially given that the president doesn’t have the Constitutional authority to postpone the elections.

Despite all of this, what if Romney still ends up losing? We have to ask that question because it may not be God’s will for him to win. What if Obama wins again? What will our response be as Christians? Will we rejoice in God’s sovereign plan or will we grumble?

As Christians, we have to admit that sometimes God’s plan are not what we want or think is best for the country. Remember how God used King Nebuchadnezzar to bring discipline and judgment on Israel? I’m sure that Daniel and his friends prayed that God would deliver them from the onslaught of Nebuchadnezzar’s army. I’m confident that they prayed YHWH would raise up an angel to smite the Gentile herd as it approached the holy land. However, God did not do so because His purposes and ways are not our purposes and ways.

He was bringing discipline on the nation of Israel for their years of looking to the world for comfort and protection. He warned them that He would do so if they did not continue in His ways. They did not continue in His ways and He brought about an army to discipline them.

If God wasn’t hesitant to discipline those who were His chosen nation, why should we expect any better treatment?

The truth is that here in the United States we tend to think that we are entitled to just rulers. We think it’s our birthright to have rulers that seek our material and financial well being. Yet often times, what we need more in our lives is more dependency upon Him, and not our political views or country.

We need to remember that we don’t have the right to the American dream, or just rulers, or prosperity and riches. God never promised us those things in Scripture. In fact, much of Scripture comes from the fact that God was removing those things from His people. He does so out of His love for us, for it is far better that we look to Him for our daily sustenance and well being than the society in which we live. It’s better that we depend upon Him for our next meal, our jobs, our health and wealth than it is to receive such through a society and country that has long turned their backs on the living and true God.

In fact, when we look to Christ’s messages to the seven churches in the book of Revelation, one of the harshest warnings came to the church that was financially fit. Listen to His words to the church in Laodicea:

Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

I’m not sure we get that with more prosperity, which is what Romney is promising for us. Not that I don’t want him to win. I do. But how we, as those who are God’s people, handle life if Romney doesn’t win. Will we trust in the LORD in His choice for our leader? I know, we think who we have as a leader is up to us. But ultimately, it is up to God. He is the one who changes kings like He changes the courses of rivers. In other words, God is sovereign in the affairs of men, not just in the affairs of His people. Will we rejoice that God is doing something in our lives if Romney loses? Will we be thankful?

Or will Romney’s loss cause us be angry with God, asking Him: “why have you done this thing?” Remember, He loves those whom He rebukes and chastens. He doesn’t chasten those whom He doesn’t love. He pours out His wrath upon them. It’s better to accept His discipline as one accepts discipline from a loving father, because HE is a loving Father.

The Difference between Romney-Ryan and Obama-Biden in Six Minutes And a Glimpse of Paul Ryan

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This video helps illustrate the difference between Romney-Ryan and Obama-Biden. The latter is about spending, growing government, hiding the truth about spending and growing the government and burdening the people. Romney-Ryan are about solutions, but not by growing the government and giving it more power. Watch and learn:

I am surprised by this pick because Ryan wasn’t on my radar. But when it comes to fiscal responsibility Ryan is definitely a great choice. Since this is what the country needs, and if Romney uses him in this way, he could really help get the country back on track fiscally.

Now… if there was a pick to help us get back on track morally.

Here is what Paul Ryan said in his acceptance speech, according to Townhall.com, which shows they are willing to take on Obama directly.

“America is a place where if you work hard, and play by the rules, you can get ahead……. We look at one another’s success with pride, not resentment. Because we know as more Americans works hard, take risks, succeed, more prosper,” Ryan said. ““We promised equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.”

Here is presentation Paul Ryan makes for the budget back in 2011. This gives you an idea of what is at stake concerning our fiscal future in this country, and an idea of what Ryan’s plan would do. There are three parts to it.

Part 2

Part 3

Against Mormonism: For the Sake of the Gospel

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Jerry Johnson does an excellent job in illustrating the reality that Mormonism is not Christian and that Joseph Smith created the entire religion in the video below. We need to restate this again and again with the ascendence of Mitt Romney to the GOP nomination. While many of us support Romney politically, we in no way support his religion or call him “brother.” Mormonism is not Christianity and we are not spiritual brothers in Christ. Mormonism is antithetical to Christianity and Smith was one of many antichrists that have existed throughout history (remember, an antichrist is anyone who puts themselves in the place of Christ, or adds to His gospel.) Remember what the Apostle John wrote in his first letter:

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

But the point is that we need to be clear that Mormonism is not Christianity, while at the same time, we can support Romney in his bid for the presidency. This is why Jerry Johnson and the Nicene Council have put together the website, For the Sake of the Gospel. They are encouraging evangelical pastors to sign the statement declaring this truth.
Here is their purpose:

The purpose of this call to evangelical Christians and leaders is two-fold:

  1. To protect the purity and integrity of the Biblical Gospel.
  2. To seize the opportunity to educate the America Public and Christians to the fundamental differences between historic Christian faith and that of the Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

While social and political causes are a vital and important part of the Church’s responsibilities, we believe that our primary function as Christians, both collectively and individually, is to preach and defend the Lord Jesus and His Gospel, as He is defined in the Bible, and has been affirmed in the historic Christian Church, its Councils and Creeds.

In our postmodern era, Christians are taught to believe that truth is relative and sincerity is more important than accuracy. However, we believe that the good news of the gospel – justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone – could be compromised if Mr. Romney receives unqualified public endorsements from Christian leaders, their ministries or organizations, thereby potentially confusing the evangelical Gospel with the soteriology (false gospel) of the Mormon Religion.

It is our contention that the general population should not be left with any uncertainty whether the theological cult1 of which Mitt Romney is a faithful member, namely The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and historic evangelical Christianity are one and the same faith.

This we adamantly deny!

 As you can see, they are attempting to make it clear, despite what Joel Osteen may falsely teach, Mormonism and Christianity are not the same and are incompatible. Watch the video below, vote for Romney in the fall, worship in a true church this Sunday!

Mitt Romney Is NOT the Answer: Rick Perry Is!

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Please watch so that you are not duped by those who say we need to support Mitt Romney, so that we can defeat Obama. Romney is not the answer. If you want a true conservative who has lived it, vote for Rick Perry. Rush Limbaugh states that Perry is truly the only one that is truly conservative in the race. You can hear it at the 12:31 mark.

As for Ron Paul, I’m still convinced that his biggest problem are his supporters and their unswerving loyalty to him. It’s scary.

BTW, this link will take you to more of what Rush Limbaugh has said. He is talking about how those in the media are trying to say that Rick Perry and his campaign are stupid, and that those in his campaign are saying that. Perry handles the press and their stupid assumptions perfectly. Believe me when I say, the MSM would much rather have Republicans nominate Romney than Perry.

Don’t let the MSM or the moderates choose our candidate, vote for Rick Perry.

We Are Americans, Not Bumps in the Road

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I love this new Mitt Romney add that came out over the weekend. I’m not endorsing Romney. He will make a fine president if he is elected, but right now I think there are better candidates for the GOP than he is. So I have a wait and see attitude on that.

But back to the add. I love it. It’s only a few minutes long, but makes the point that no matter who is running against Obama should be able to beat him soundly.

Obama Doesn’t Lead Because He Doesn’t Know How

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One of the weaknesses of Obama has really come to light with the BP oil spill. He doesn’t know how to lead. He is merely a politician, one who can say a lot to lead the simpletons into believing he is in control, but when it really comes to action, he is worthless.

When this BP oil crisis began, I first thought that Obama just did not care. He was merely going to use the oil spill to raise taxes and the price of gasoline. Remember, during the campaign he complained about the fact that gas prices went up too quickly. He wanted them to go up, just not so quickly that people realized it and complained about it. He wants high gas prices, but he wants to bring it about in such a way that no one will complain. Good luck with that.

What is sad is that his response shows something far worse than apathy. It shows his incompetence. He is incapable of leading on this issue. This leads us back to those days during the campaign when there were warnings about the reality that he has never done anything in his life, other than learn Chicago-style politics. He has never run a business, never accomplished anything of note. All he knows how to do is assess blame and point the finger. That is fine if you are a talk-show host, or even a blogger. It’s catastrophic if you are the president of the United States. The most he has done of note concerning the oil spill is say that he wants to meet with BP officials so he will know who’s ass to kick. How absolutely brilliant! Just what we need, the mentality of a someone in the high school club for pantie-wearing men. Instead of being angry at terrorists and those who threaten our safety, he is going to get mad at the only people who have actually tried to stop the oil spill in the first place: BP officials.

Please do not misunderstand me. I’m not trying to give the BP officials a pass here. The bear the full weight of responsibility in this oil spill, along with the environmentalists. But the BP officials are also the only ones working to remedy the situation. All Obama has done is point the finger… again.

I really like what Mitt Romney has had to say about this situation:

Has it come to this again? The president is meeting with his oil spill experts, he crudely tells us, so that he knows “whose ass to kick.” We have become accustomed to his management style — target a scapegoat, assign blame and go on the attack. To win health care legislation, he vilified insurance executives; to escape bankruptcy law for General Motors, he demonized senior lenders; to take the focus from the excesses of government, he castigated business meetings in Las Vegas; and to deflect responsibility for the deepening and lengthening downturn, he blames Wall Street and George W. Bush. But what may make good politics does not make good leadership. And when a crisis is upon us, America wants a leader, not a politician.

We saw leadership on Sept. 11, 2001. Then as now, black billows seemed to come from the center of the earth. Lives had been lost. The environmental impact was immeasurable. The looming economic impact from lost tourism was incalculable. Into the crisis walked Rudy Giuliani. While that was an incomparable human tragedy, how the mayor led New York City to recover is a useful model for the president.

Rudy camped out at Ground Zero — he didn’t hole up in his office or retreat to his residence. His presence not only reassured the people of New York that someone was in charge, it also enabled the mayor to assess the situation firsthand, to take the measure of the people he had on the ground, and to understand the scope of the crisis.

The president has many critical matters that demand his attention, but brief and tardy tours and being photographed with a smudge of oil on a sandy beach don’t work on any level. There is no substitute for being there.

Romney is a true leader, along with Guiliani. I would prefer either one of those men to Obama any day. Romney continues:

The president must personally lead the effort to solve the crisis. He cannot delegate this quintessential responsibility of his presidency in the way he delegated the stimulus bill, the cap-and-trade bill and the health care bill. It may be an instance of learning on the job, but it is a job only he can do.

The first rule of turnarounds is to focus time, energy and resources on what matters most. The president simply cannot treat this crisis like another of his many problems. The oil disaster could hurt millions of families, slam the regional economy, kill untold numbers of non-human lives and irreparably damage the planet. Among other things, he must not hold more rock concerts at the White House — I understand James Carville‘s venting: His hero fiddled as oil churned.

Finding fault is easier than finding answers. And worse, it paralyzes many of the very people who may be needed to solve a crisis. When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast states, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco went on the attack; Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour went to work. His state’s recovery is textbook; hers is not.

President Obama’s instigation of criminal investigations of BP at this juncture is classic diversion politics — and worse, it will engender bunker mentality at a time when collaboration and openness are most critical. BP’s actions and inactions are reprehensible; it must be made to pay the billions upon billions of dollars that this spill will ultimately cost. But call out the phalanx of lawyers later — solve the crisis today.

The president can learn a good deal from the crisis leadership of men and women in government and in business. Giuliani is a notable example, but so too are Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Reagan and Kennedy. In a time of national crisis, we look to our president to acknowledge, as Harry Truman did, that it is at his desk where the buck stops.

And even at Day 52, it’s better late than never.

It would be great if Obama actually realized he needs some OJT. But I fear his pride will not let him learn from others. That would mean that he would have to admit he is not King Canute, who declared that since his anointing, the planet would begin to heal and the seas would quit rising. There are times when you need help, and now is one of those times for Obama.

Another good column to read on this is Jonah Goldberg’s over at Townhall.com. Here is a sampling:

By now you’ve heard what he told NBC’s Matt Lauer. “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar,” Obama told Lauer. “We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick, right?”

Riiiiiiight.

A creature of elite universities with a progressive’s love of technocrats, Obama is most comfortable leading colloquia of perfect-SAT-score propeller heads.

He once explained to an interviewer: “I would have loved nothing better than to simply come up with some very elegant, academically approved approach to health care. … But that’s not how it works in our democracy. Unfortunately, what we end up having to do is to do a lot of negotiations with a lot of different people.”

Ah yes, damnable democracy, if only we could get that out of the way, we could really get things done. Where have I heard those arguments before? But I digress.

OK, one more update. I found this at Wintery Knight.