Would someone please tell me, which side is he on?

Here the Son of Hamas leader becomes a born-again

Christian and our government wants to deport him!

· · MARCH 6, 2010 ‘They Need to Be Liberated From Their God’ The ‘Son of Hamas’ author on his conversion to Christianity, spying for Israel, and shaming his family. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI Nashville, Tenn. ‘I absolutely know that in anybody’s eyes I was a traitor,” says Mosab Hassan Yousef. “To my family, to my nation, to my God. I crossed all the red lines in my society. I didn’t leave one that I didn’t cross.” Now 32, Mosab is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founder and leader of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Throughout the last decade, from the second Intifada to the current stalemate, he worked alongside his father in the West Bank. During that time the younger Mr. Yousef also secretly embraced Christianity. And as he reveals in his book “Son of Hamas,” out this week, he became one of the top spies for Israel’s internal security arm, the Shin Bet. The news of this double conversion has sent ripples through the Middle East. One of Mr. Yousef’s handlers at the Shin Bet confirmed his account to the Israeli daily Haaretz…(more)

Here this young man renounces his former life and faith, and becomes radically saved, and what does our government do?

Yeah you read it right… they are wanting to deport him (see WND article below). Now I ask you, how dumb and narrow sighted is that!

Here we go shooting ourselves in the foot again, as we take the one voice of reason, from one who is now on our side; and instead of embracing him as a friend, we deport him to what would be certain death… while at the same time, terrorists are coming across our southern border by the hundreds (click on link for story).

Either this is just plain stupid, or it is on purpose, by what I believe is an administration that is at the very least pro-Islam, and by a president whom I believe is himself a Muslim.

But of course to be a loyal American, and/or veteran, who also happens to believe in our U.S. Constitution, according to current Homeland Security guidelines, makes us the terrorist threat; and again, I want to point out surely for our government to turn this man over into the hands of his former country, after his celebrated conversion to Christ, would mean certain death for him.

Please let us pray for Mosab Yousef, for his protection; and while we are at it, let’s also pray for our government, that God would deliver us from this current malaise, or secret agenda (whichever it is) of this present administration.

I have to say this, as much as I detest what is happening to our country, especially under this administration, the truth is in a democracy, where the people vote for the government they have, it is we who are responsible if we don’t like what’s happening!

The main problem in America, in my view, is not as much with our government, as it is with “We the People,” and in particular among the Christians of our country, who over the years, over several generations, have taken a backseat in politics, and have abdicated their responsibility, and this is what we have as a result.

My question is, what else did we expect would happen in this vacuum; and what else did we think would happen when unbelievers and people who do not honor God, nor respect His Word, who have never had an encounter with God, are running our government?

Please Lord, my prayer is for a Spiritual Awakening among America’s people, that we begin to value and appreciate the liberty and freedom that so many today have long since taken for granted; and I pray also for this present administration, this president, that God would either change his heart, and save him; or get rid of him, and people like him, before they can hurt our country any more… that’s my prayer.

Shalom,

Skip Barland

From: WorldNetDaily [mailto:alerts@news.worldnetdaily.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 4:57 AM
To: theskipper@cox.net
Subject: U.S. trying to deport ‘Son of Hamas’

HOMELAND INSECURITYWorldNetDaily Exclusive U.S. trying to deport born-again ‘Son of Hamas’ as terrorist Feds see ‘terrorist’ in Christian convert who spied for Israel Posted: May 27, 2010 10:35 pm Eastern By Art Moore WorldNetDaily Mosab Hassan Yousef The Department of Homeland Security is trying to deport the son of a Hamas founder who told of his conversion to Christianity and decade of spying for Israel in a New York Times best-seller. “Son of Hamas” author Mosab Hassan Yousef revealed on a blog hosted by his publisher he is scheduled to appear June 30 before Immigration Judge Rico J. Bartolomei at the DHS Immigration Court in San Diego. Yousef said the DHS informed him Feb. 23, 2009, he was barred from asylum in the U.S. because there were reasonable grounds for believing he was “a danger to the security of the United States” and “engaged in terrorist activity.” An incredulous Yousef said the U.S. government’s belief he is a terrorist is based on a complete misinterpretation of passages of his book in which he describes his work as a counterterrorism agent for the Israeli internal intelligence service Shin Bet. From the world of radical Islam to the world of the radically transformed. Order your copy of “Son of Hamas” from the WND Superstore now! Yousef said he’s not so much worried about himself as he is “outraged” about “a security system that is so primitive and naive that it endangers the lives of countless Americans.” “If Homeland Security cannot tell the difference between a terrorist and a man who spent his life fighting terrorism, how can they protect their own people?” he asked in his blog post. Yousef said whatever Judge Bartolomei decides will be appealed, “and this insane merry-go-round can go on like that for decades.” Yousef’s asylum case – A 088 271 051 – was filed Aug. 22, 2007, about seven months after he arrived in the U.S. from Israel. The office of DHS Senior Attorney Kerri Calcador, who is handling the case, referred WND’s request for comment to Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauren Mack, who said the agency is barred by policy from commenting, or even confirming or denying the existence of any case. WND tried to reach Yousef for further comment, but he was not available. (Story continues below) As WND reported, Yousef worked alongside his father, Sheik Hassan Yousef, in the West Bank city of al-Ghaniya near Ramallah while secretly embracing Christian faith and serving as one of the top spies for Israel’s internal security arm, Shin Bet. Yousef was recruited by Shin Bet in 1996 at the age of 18 while at an Israeli detention facility. Since publicly declaring his faith in August 2008, he has been condemned by an al-Qaida-affiliated group and disowned by his family. Mosab Hassan Yousef in 2008 interview with Al-Hayat TV (Middle East Media Research Institute) His chief Shin Bet handler, “Captain Loai,” has confirmed his account and praised him in media interviews for disrupting dozens of suicide bombings and assassination attempts by Hamas, saving hundreds of lives. ‘Material support’ Yousef said he recently received a document from DHS in which attorney Calcador pointed to passages in his book as evidence of terrorist activity. Calcador cites a passage in which she says “a member of Shin Bet shows the respondent a list of suspects implicated in a March 2001 suicide bombing and asks the respondent whether he knows the individuals. The respondent indicates that he does know five of the people on the list and states that he previously drove them to safe houses.” In the DHS document, Calcador concludes, “At a bare minimum, evidence of the respondent’s transport of Hamas members to safe houses … indicates that the respondent provided material support to a [Tier I] terrorist organization.” Yousef’s response: “Is she kidding? Either Homeland Security’s chief attorney has zero reading comprehension, or else she intentionally took the passage out of context. And I am not sure which is worse.” Yousef explained his job as a Shin Bet agent required him to be involved with his father’s activities. “So when he asked me to go with him to pick up these guys when they were released from the Palestinian Authority prison, I went,” he said. He insisted that no one at the time – not his father or even Israel – knew the five men were involved in suicide bombings. He further argued he was the one who later provided Israel the evidence that connected the men to the terrorist bombing at the Hebrew University cafeteria in July 2002. “And Homeland Security would do well to remember that there were five American citizens among the dead,” Yousef said of the attack. “Apparently the agency needs also to be reminded that I was the one who located the terrorists and led to their arrest or death.” For that, he said, Homeland Security “today tells me ‘thank you’ by trying to deport me!” He explained it was “part of his job” to pose as a terrorist and participate in “terrorist meetings” with Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, his father and other Hamas leaders. “I passed on to the Shin Bet all the information I gathered during those meetings and saved the lives of many people – including many Americans,” he said. ‘Exposing the weaknesses’ Yousef said his intent for writing the blog post was to alert Americans to the danger they face. “I believe that God is using this situation to expose the weaknesses of Homeland Security and to put pressure on it to make changes that can save lives and preserve freedom,” he said. He recalled that when he arrived in America Jan. 2, 2007, he “walked into the airport like anyone else on a tourist visa.” When he went to the Homeland Security office seven months later, he said, he knocked on the door and told them, “Hey, guys, I am the son of Sheik Hassan Yousef, my father is involved in a terrorist organization, and I would like political asylum in your country.” He said the officials were shocked. “I wanted them to see that they have huge gaps in their security and their understanding of terrorism and make changes before it’s too late,” Yousef explained. Yousef said that when DHS demanded evidence of his claims, he presented a draft of his book “Son of Hamas.” “Surely this would make everything perfectly clear,” he thought. “They would discover that I was an intelligence agent, not a terrorist. That I tracked down terrorists and put them in prison. That I was an asset, not a threat.” But Homeland Security, according to Yousef, doesn’t “get it.” He said the FBI, in contrast, “has a much better understanding of terrorism and recognizes me as a valuable asset.” “They told Homeland Security that I am not a threat and advised them to drop the case. But Homeland Security shut its eyes and stopped up its ears and told the FBI, ‘You have nothing to do with this. It is our job,'” Yousef said. The agency’s performance, he asserted, “should worry the American people.” “If Homeland Security cannot understand a simple story like mine, how can they be trusted with bigger issues?” he asked. “They seem to know only how to blindly follow rules and procedures. But to work intelligence, you have to be very creative. You have to accept exceptions. You need to be able to think beyond facts and circumstances. “Homeland Security has absolutely no idea of the dangers that lie ahead,” he said. ‘Imagine suicide bombers in America’ He warned the U.S. is not prepared as al-Qaida adapts its strategy to lessons learned from terrorist groups like Hamas. “For nearly 30 years, I watched from the inside as Hamas dug its claws deeper and deeper into Israel. They started awkwardly, clumsily, but they got good at it. And al-Qaida is becoming more like Hamas,” he said. The strategy of Hamas, Yousef explained, has always been to destroy Israel through a “slow bleeding war.” “They don’t have nuclear bombs, so they send a suicide bomber here, another one there. And over the years, they severely damaged the economy and gave Israel a bad reputation all over the world,” Yousef said. While al-Qaida began with massive attacks like 9/11, Osama bin Laden “understands how effective the Hamas strategy will be on American soil,” he said. The U.S. has experienced nothing like Israel has endured, said Yousef, and the country is not ready. “Try to imagine attacks by suicide bombers and car bombers, attacks on schools, in shopping malls, in the gridlock of rush-hour traffic, week after week, month after month, year after year, here and there, in big cities and rural towns,” he said. “No one feels safe anywhere. There seems to be no reason behind the attacks, no pattern. Everyone is a target.” Having been raised on the inside of this kind of environment, from both sides, he said he is only asking Homeland Security “to be humble and listen, so they can learn.” “Exposing terrorist secrets and warning the world in my first book cost me everything,” he said. “I am a traitor to my people, disowned by my family, a man without a country. And now the country I came to for sanctuary is turning its back.”

MEMO

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality;  but notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

~ Alexis de Tocquevill

(French Historian and Political scientist. 1805-1859)

This is a fact:

Either we learn from the lessons of History, or we are destined to repeat it!

What a contrast…

and how many of you will remember these words:

The problems of our world are certainly a little more complex today; but certainly the wisdom of these words, which were spoken by our former President, John F. Kennedy, has never rung truer.

May God help deliver us from this malaise that has fallen upon our society and our culture today, which has so blinded our people?

Here we are today, after having had over two generations now, who have been programmed by a secularized and godless education system; where our children have, and are being taught that faith and belief in God is absolutely irrelevant to anything that is of any importance or significance to their life or future?

The children of that first generation, are the very people who are today ruling in Washington DC; and this is the reason why the dividing lines between right and wrong, and good and evil, have been so blurred.

It is also the reason why we could have a Presidential candidate, as happened at Saddleback Church, with Barack Obama,  who announced to the world, on worldwide TV, that he cannot see anything wrong with the extermination of over 50 million unborn babies; and says for him to call that wrong is above his pay grade.

May God help us, and is it any wonder why our nation is in trouble today, with leaders like this; who also can’t see why the institution of marriage should be only defined, as being between one man and one woman; but who would allow same sex marriages to happen?

This is a world gone mad; and certainly the Bible warns us against this practice; and of our having rulers over us who cannot tell the difference between what is good, and what is evil… what is right, and what is wrong.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

The only hope for America, and I cannot say this enough, is that we have a Spiritual Awakening; as most of our citizens today, having been so secularized and programmed by our education system, our culture, and our media, until we have been virtually turned into a hedonistic society, where there are no absolute values; or right or wrong; and every man and woman does what seems right in their mind, and according to their way of thinking.

Folks, our nation’s laws were not founded upon individual feelings; and nor were they founded upon any transitory politically correct nonsense either; but they were founded upon God’s Word, folks… end of story! And unless we get back to that point, as a society, then we cannot have a future that you and I, as Christians, would ever want for our children.

It’s up to us, and the ball is in our court. So let’s pray folks… as if our future depended upon it!

Pray that God’s wisdom and God’s Word would once again be valued and honored in our land, among all our people; and that our nation repents; and that Christians would humble themselves; and turn from their wicked ways; and begin to seek after God’s face (meaning intimacy of relationship); and that God would hear from heaven, and then heal our land. Amen

Shalom,

Skip Barland

Since when do American Presidents diss Our Fallen Troops on Memorial Day? Since Obama, that’s when!!!

Does this news that Obama will be skipping the traditional Memorial Day ceremonies, at Arlington National Cemetery surprise you; and the press report says he’s doing it all so he can have a longer weekend? If it does surprise you, it shouldn’t!

Neither should it surprised you that he also ignored our traditional National Day of Prayer ceremonies this year, that have been held on the White House grounds for years; and then we turn around and hear that the Muslims celebrated their day of prayer to Allah, on the Capitol grounds. So how do you like them apples?

At least Obama is consistent. He’s certainly not trying to hide from us what his true priorities are, and where his loyalties lie; or rather I should say where they are not!

Unfortunately for us, our real problem is not so much with him, as it is with most of the American people, who elected him to office, as gullible as many of them are, who always only see what they want to see; and who always only believe what the News Media tells them to believe; and unless they hear it on the News that we have a problem, then to their way of thinking there is nothing wrong… and so everything is always only just another conspiracy theory, in their eyes!

I dare say that the people in pre-Nazi Germany felt the exact same way, about this man, who was also very popular in that time, who later took over their country… at least most of them obviously did, and were silent, or Hitler never would have taken over control of the country.

May God help us to wake up while we still can, and while maybe we can still take our country back?!

Pray for this man, Barack Obama, but please don’t be deceived by him any longer, in thinking he is something that he is not!

Let us pray for his salvation; but also let us pray that God either changes his heart and saves him, or that he removes him from office, before he can do anymore harm. And not just him, but all who are like him, among our politicians, who are really wolves in sheep’s clothing.

Let us also pray for a Spiritual Awakening and for Revival to happen in our land!

And please, let us also not be so naive as to think all we have to do is elect another “Bush type” Republican to office, and all of our troubles are over either… all that does is put us right back on the same merry-go-round, that gets us nowhere, that our country has been on for the last 100 years.

It’s time for us to clean house, folks, and to do so by getting rid of all of these corrupt politicians, and getting some honest Americans to take their place; who will respect and obey our God; will respect our flag; and will abide by our U.S. Constitution!

If that doesn’t happen, and happen soon, and don’t kid yourself about this, because what I’m saying is true… that if we don’t turn this nation around, then we are finished as a free society, and we will go the way of Nazi Germany!

Shalom,

Skip Barland

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In these times in which we are living today, there is much deception and pressure to compromise.

No longer are the dividing lines between good and evil as clear as they once were; because we as a people have drifted far away from the God of our forefathers, and from His Word.

In our present world, and especially here in the United States of American, where our government was founded upon the Bible and faith in God, and obedience to His laws, these lines between righteousness and unrighteousness, have long since been blurred, through something called “Political Correctness,” and moral expediency.

Christians need not fall to this deception.

There are many people today, who are Believers, who say that as Christians we shouldn’t be critical of our government; but that we are to submit to whatever is done by our governing officials, because the Bible says there is no power, but such as is ordained by God.

Well, this is my opinion on that. We are NOT living here in the United States of American under the rule of a monarch, but rather our political leaders rule under a contract with the American people, which they swear to abide by before they are even allowed to take office.

The highest law of the land, here in the USA, is in fact our U.S. Constitution; and any public official who fails to abide by that law, and fails to abide by his or her oath of office, and the dictates of our U.S. Constitution, they are themselves in violation of that Law; and since we are in fact a government (under our U.S. Constitution) that is made of “We the People;” and as such, are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, then our governing authorities, whom we vote into office, rule by our permission, and are themselves working for us.

They are our servants; and it is not the other way around, as is the assumption of so many today, who are in positions of power, where in their pride and arrogance, whereby it is their assumption that we exist for them, to be subservient to them… this was never in the mind of our founding fathers!

This arrogance that is so pronounce today, among so many of our governing officials, these little demigods, and self-appointed potentate “wanna be dictators,” who feel that they know what’s best for us, has got to go!

No it is not at all against scripture for us to discern between good and evil, godliness and ungodliness… in fact the scriptures instruct us to do this!

It is no more wrong for us to clean house, within our government, and get rid of dishonest and unethical people, be they Congressmen, Senators, and or even Presidents, then it would be for us to get rid of dishonest and unethical employees, who are stealing from our company!

As an argument for this position, I’d like for you to read the following:

Most Christians are familiar with the Bible verse “Judge not, that ye be not judged“. (Matthew 7:1)

This is the first verse that many of us learned to memorize as children. In reality, even many non-Christians are acquainted with this verse. What is surprising however is, that while many of us are very familiar with this verse, some have completely misunderstood what its message is!

Some have used this verse to either criticize others, or justify their own lack of personal responsibilities.

In this article I will examine the teachings concerning “judging” that are found in the Bible, and explore what God is teaching us on this particular subject.

I will begin with an exploration of a very general concept of “judging”, or being “judgmental”.

Many people, especially in today’s environment of hyper political correctness, will proudly proclaim “none of us should ever be judgmental”.

On the surface this may seem to be a rather noble thought, but the reality is a bit more complicated. We are all “judgmental”.

We all use judgment in order to evaluate the world in which we live, and we use “judgment” in order to exist in our world effectively.

We “judge” that it is safe to cross a street before we cross, we judge that a restaurant has the style of food that we are interested in before we go inside to order, and we “judge” a church’s statement of faith before we become a member of that particular church.

“Judgment” is simply an act of “evaluation”. If we never exercised judgment, we would have a difficult time surviving our day-to-day existence! How would we know what was an edible food rather than a poison, unless we “judged”?

How would we avoid getting in a car accident, unless we “judged” the traffic patterns on the road that we are driving on.

We compliment people for using “good judgment” in their lives, but the root word of “judgment” is “judge”!

So perhaps the act of “judging” isn’t truly what many object to, but rather it is the conclusions that are drawn from those “judgments”.

In other words, when we “judge”, what conclusions are we attempting to determine through our “judgments”?

If we are “judging” the traffic patterns on the street that we are attempting to cross in order to establish when it will be safest, we are in fact engaging in appropriate and necessary “judgment”.

If on the other hand we “judge” an individual’s potential value for friendship, and bass this “judgment” on the person’s race, then we are exercising “judgment” inappropriately!

During our evaluations, we should be “judging” those bits of information that have a direct affect on the end result of what we are attempting to determine by our “judgment”.

If we are attempting to determine the safest point in which we can cross a street, then “judging” the traffic patterns on that particular street will have a direct effect on our ability to determine the safety of our crossing. But if we are determining who is appropriate to establish a friendship with, a person’s race will have no direct affect on their ability to engage in sincere and lasting friendship with us. So it is not actually the “judging” that is of issue, but rather what we are hoping to determine by our “judgment”.

When examining scripture, we must look at the criteria that God instructs us to use, in order for us to exercise appropriate “judgment.”

When considering what scripture has to say on the subject of “judging”, we must examine when the Bible tells us that we should or shouldn’t “judge”, and then what determinations or evaluations we should or shouldn’t assume as a result of our “judgment”.

Let’s look once again at the verses found in Matthew 7:1:

” 1″Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3″Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. “.

In this passage, if we read it in its entirety, the Bible does not give a blanket condemnation of proffering judgment.

What it does seem to be telling us is that if we are about to exercise a judgment, we should first apply the criteria of our judgment to ourselves.

In other words, before judging another person, we should reflect upon our own status concerning the issue on which we are about to judge the other person. “first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then you shall see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother’s eye.”

What the scripture is saying is that we may at times appropriately judge, but when doing so, be sure that we are, ourselves, standing up to our own judgment.

“3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” ”

The condemnation is not directed at the act of judging, but rather it is directed toward “Thou hypocrite“. Scripture is not saying for us to never judge, but it is clearly saying for us to not judge hypocritically!

When we judge appropriately and not hypocritically, what are the criteria that we are told to base our judgments on?

“By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?” Matthew 7:16

This is one of many verses that clearly advise us to in fact judge others, but it is the actions, behaviors, and influences of others that we not only should, but are commanded to judge.

Verses such as given above tells us to judge the “fruit” of others. If we are to judge the “fruit” of others, what does scripture tell us our motivation for such judgments should be?

“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.” Romans 6:12

“Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.” Romans 6:18

“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:6

” Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14

“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” Romans 16:17

“But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.” 1 Timothy 6:11

“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22

” And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” Ephesians 5:11

” If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.” 1 John 1:6

What do we conclude from these passages?

It is clear that we should judge activities, situations, behaviors, and in fact other individuals to determine whether or not they are in agreement with God’s word, or whether they are aligned with anti-Biblical teachings.

In other words, we should “judge” to determine righteousness.

We often hear people say things like “I shouldn’t judge anyone”, or “who am I to judge another person?”

In reality, these statements are a form of rejecting of God’s teachings.

When we read scriptures we see that God tells us to avoid all unrighteousness and in fact to flee from it!

If we are to follow this instruction, we are in fact, expected to judge situations and behaviors that we come in contact with, based upon their overall righteousness!

In order to determine when it is safe to cross the street, we must judge the current traffic patterns on the street that we are attempting to cross.

If we are to judge whether a situation behavior or action is righteous, we must use Godly judgment.

What exactly are the things that we are commanded to judge, and what are we clearly commanded not to judge?

Scripture is clear that we are not to judge the state of an individual’s salvation, since no one knows what is in the heart but God.

We are also not to judge, and condemn the total being of a person. What we are to judge are those actions behaviors and individuals with whom we come in contact with, in order to evaluate their negative or positive influence upon us.

In short, we are commanded to remain righteous and to in fact pursue righteousness, so therefore, anything that will work to maintain and increase our own righteousness we are to embrace!

On the other hand, scripture clearly and directly commands us to flee from all things that are unrighteous!

This is not a suggestion from God, nor is it a statement of God’s wish! God commands us to “flee” from all unrighteousness, and in fact scripture tells us to not even “speak” of things that are unrighteous!

“For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret”. Ephesians 5:12

At this point, we should look at another aspect of judgment that is clearly addressed by scripture and should not be ignored!

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” James 1:19

“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.” James 4:11

“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” James 1:26

“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.” James 3:6

“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.” 1 Peter 3:10

These are only a few of many scriptures that speak extremely strongly against those who do not control there speech, and use others as fuel for idle conversation and gossip.

So if we are to judge those things that we come in contact with for their righteousness, but we are strongly commanded to hold back our tongue, what is it that we are expected to do with the information that we gather via our judgments, and what is the purpose for judging in the first place?

The body of scripture is clear in its directives on this topic. At the root, we exercise judgments so that we can “avoid” and “flee from” unrighteousness!

We are not instructed to talk about it, discuss it, gossip about it, or even always assault the unrighteousness. We are simply to avoid when possible, and flee when we have been unable to avoid!

So what does all of this mean in practical terms?

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14

This passage gives a clear directive to us. We should have no fellowship with unrighteousness!

This is perhaps one of the toughest directions that God has given us, demonstrated by how difficult we find it to obey.

At the core, we are to judge things as either righteous and Godly, or unrighteous and ungodly.

These are our only two options! We often attempt to interject a kind of gray area. “I am in a unrighteous place, but I believe that God will be with me“, or “I know this is sin, but I know that God will understand“.

Such statements are contrary to God’s word, and come straight from the lies of Satan.

Equally sinful are statements such as “I know that this is against God’s scripture, but who am I to judge“.

God clearly has explained that something is either for Him, or against Him, with nothing in-between.

If we are in a situation or are participating in a behavior that is not strictly for God’s glory, then we are directly operating against God!

We often try and make a kind of bargain with God.

“I will do this thing that I know is sinful, but I will not allow it to corrupt me.”

“I know that this person isn’t Godly, but they are still a nice and good person.”

“I know that I am acting against God’s laws, but we are in love, and I know that God understands.”

“I know that this situation isn’t of God, but I don’t want to appear to be rude by leaving.”

“I realize that this situation isn’t righteous, but I only do it once in a while to relax.”

These are all lies that Satan tells us in order to get us away from God’s words!

It is simple but effective more often than not. Satan gets us to believe very tiny lies about God, and then we become more open to medium sized lies.

If we believe in medium sized lies, then we will fall victim to larger and larger lies.

As Christians, we often tend to forget that Satan lives in the gray area that exists between light and dark.

We forget that if it isn’t God, it is Satan!

God gives us a clear indication of how He views “this gray area”. “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16

As with most things in life, judgment is a tool that we can use to bring glory to God, or to increase our own spiritual corruption.

It is up to us as individuals to decide how we will use this tool.

Scripture tells us to use judgment in order to discern those things that are righteous, from those that are unrighteous.

Once we have discerned the division, we are to embrace righteousness, but flee from unrighteousness!

Only by using appropriate judgment, are we able to fulfill God’s commandment to us of living in his will!

http://www.fcfministry.org/Judgment.html

So in conclusion, it is my belief, and also I believe it was also the intent of our founding fathers, that our job as citizens, and it is even our responsibility to make sure, not that our public officials are following some “Politically Correct” ideology, or even what may be considered popular opinion, as we are not a Democracy; but rather we are a Constitutional Republic, and as such we are not ruled by popular opinions, but rather we are ruled by Law, which law is our U.S. Constitution!

Shalom,

Skip Barland

(Click here and listen to this interview with this author)

I have to say that after having listened to this interview, with the author of this book about Obama, I was convicted; and I believe I was convicted by my Lord.

As much as I absolutely despise what Barack Obama is doing to our country, God nevertheless has a different view of the man… as he also had with us, prior to our conversion… as we all, I am sure, can thank God that He did!!!

The truth is, Barack Hussein Obama is no worse a sinner than anyone else; and except for God’s grace and love, which he has bestowed upon each of us, who are His, and who have been born-again, then we all would be up the creek without a paddle today, and without hope.

I think we all would do well to remember, putting the man’s politics aside for a moment, that Barack Obama is no different from any other lost soul, in that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, until such time as he is open to learn and receive the Truth; and hopefully have an encounter with His Creator, and come to know His Savior.

Like so many people today, Barack Obama talks about Jesus, but from his actions and words it’s easy to see that he really doesn’t know him yet.

The thought occurs to me that perhaps this is because of the church he attended for all those years, with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

It is also very plain to see that this man also has some serious issues himself, and even as a pastor, he doesn’t know Jesus either… if we are to do as the Bibles says, and judge by his fruit, and by what he says.

There’s just too much hate and unforgiveness there.

Consider for a moment, Obama’s father was an avowed Muslin, and apparently also he was an alcoholic; his mother was an atheist; and if Jeremiah Wright was Barack Obama’s mentor, then is there any wonder why he is so confused?

Bottom-line, as was recently prophesied by Kim Clemente, regarding the possible salvation of Barack Obama, which we already know, from the Bible, that this is God’s will… that no man should perish; and even as we study our Bibles, we can see that this was also demonstrated for us, when the Apostle Paul tried to reach King Agrippa.

Acts 26:28-29

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Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
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And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”

Likewise, I am also reminded that we are first to be Ambassadors for Christ, and as such we all are here to represent God’s interest, and not our own!

Yes, we can expose the man’s politics and misrepresentations and lies, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, because as Christians we are here to represent TRUTH, and we are not at all here to assist the enemy in his agenda; but even with all that aside, as Jesus said to the woman who was caught in the act of adultery, in the face of her accusers He said: “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”

Our mission, as laid out for us in the Bible, is first to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, and to disciple all nations.

The Great Commission is that we are to reach as many people, as God will bring across our paths, with this message of salvation through the Cross of Calvary, and the propitious sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, without which no man can be saved!

Politics aside… as Christians, the biggest defeat we can give Satan, here, with respect to this man, Barack Obama, is to see him be born-again, and watch the same transformation take place in his life, that has also happened in each one of our lives.

As difficult, and maybe even as impossible, and unlikely as that may seem, that this would happen… aren’t we told in the Bible that our God is able to do far beyond anything we can image?

For as he is now, so once were we… and like him, we just didn’t know what we didn’t know, and fortunately, for us, we became teachable and began to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit… and our lives were changed!

Let us pray the same thing happens here, with Barack Obama.

On these issues of politics and the welfare of our country, and our efforts to restore our Constitutional Republic… that is one thing; and on these issues of truth and righteousness, I don’t think we can do no other, without compromising our faith, other than to continue to speak the truth and be a light in this dark world… and that I believe is as it should be!

But along with that, nevertheless, let us also realize that there are souls at stake here, and let us also remember that these men and women are not our enemies, but rather it is the one who is behind them who is our enemy… who is pulling their strings!

Not only that, but chances are, if it hadn’t been for our conversion, and God’s grace and love in our own lives,  many of us might be right there along side of them, along with most the rest of the world, doing the very same dumb things… and probably worst!

As far as these people are concerned, we need to remember that they are men and women that God loves, and that Jesus died for!

Think about this for a moment, whoever thought that King Nebuchadnezzar would be saved; or that the Pharaoh, who knew Joseph, would come and give homage and bow before God?

Folks, as I understand my Bible, as God’s covenant children, it is our assignment to be God’s hands and arms extended, in this world, that if at all possible, we are to reach out to these these people, just as Paul did with King Agrippa, and that includes Barack Obama!

We need to at least be praying for him, and also for his staff too; because from what I can see, and from what we can see happening in our country, they are all deceived and lost, as far as I can tell. So let us pray that they can see the Light; and that we can see our nation healed!

In the end, as it is with all men, the final decision is theirs; but we can possible help to tip the scales a bit, in God’s favor, if we would but pray for them.

This is just something for us all to think about.

I’m going to continue to hammer Obama on the issues; but I’m also going to be praying for him, and believing God for that miracle too, that he can become a part of God’s family, and be born-again as well!

How many of you will join me? Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland

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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:17 PM
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Subject: Obama Thinks He May Serve One Term; George Will on Democrats

Memories of a bygone era!

Question: Were things really that much better?

The truth is, I’d have to say that I really think there was more innocence back then, in the fifties; but economically speaking, sure things cost less back then, but people also made less too.

However, you also have to consider the buying power of the dollar was greater then, too… as to what a dollar was worth, and what you could get for a dollar, as compared to what you can buy today.

Over the years, inflations has eroded the buying power of our US Dollar considerably.

Check out the following:

Here is our real problem:

And here is the cause:

We are being robbed, folks; and our country, on purpose mind you, is being forced into bankruptcy; and all of this is owed to our now over 12 Trillion Dollar national debt; and the continued overspending of our Federal government.

The Bankers have given our politicians, what amounts to an open ended line of credit; and when there is a need for more cash, all they do is turn on the printing presses, and print more fiat money! This fiat money is what fuels inflation, which in turn further lowers the buying power of our US Dollar.

The design is to weaken us to the point where we will eventually be forced into a position, as foretold in the Bible, where nations will not be able to buy or sell, without they accept the “New World Order”, that will eventually lead to the “Mark of the Beat,” and the One World Government!

Whether or not the United States will be a “Sheep Nation,” that remains loyal to the Lord; or a “Goat Nation,” by default, that has been forced to capitulate to the demands of this “New World Order,” I believe will depend on whether or not the church prays… and whether we implement 2 Chronicles 7:14? Selah

Shalom,

Skip Barland

Our ONLY hope as a nation…

· Return to faith and obedience to God · Restore our Constitutional Republic · Clean house in the Federal and State governments, fire the   corrupt politicians and elect honest Americans

This is a serious problem! According to the Border Patrol the public is being mislead as to WHO is coming into the US from Mexico .  This IS THE TRUTH. as reported by WSBTV in Atlanta. Video 1 http://www.wsbtv.com/video/23438021/index.html Video 2 http://www.wsbtv.com/video/23438712/index.html PLEASE send to people before the video expires.

What kind of sense does it make for a nation to be at war, for their survival, after having already suffered one major attack, and more are being threatened, and we leave our borders wide open?

With everything our government has been doing to combat terrorism, doesn’t it seem just a little odd that this one very important detail has been overlooked?

Now mind you, it was under President George W. Bush’s watch that this first happened, and is today still ignored by the current guy, who holds that office, Barack Obama… whom I won’t even dignify by calling him president, because I don’t believe he has the proper constitutional credentials to hold that office.

President John F. Kennedy once warned us about the dangers which are posed by our tolerating excessive secrecy, and permitting members of “secret societies” and the military-industrial (-intelligence-media) complex to slowly and covertly subvert our Constitutional Republic from within.

Folks, it is all but obvious to me that there is another agenda afoot here, within our country, that has been going on for over 100 years; this is an agenda that is not being discussed by the media, and the reason is because channel “Whatever station you want attach” they are not really on the side of the American people; but rather they have been bought and paid for, just as our politicians have been, and they answer to the people who sign their checks, and control the money… whose goal and plan it has always been to establish a “New World Order!”

The International Bankers are the puppet masters and the true power brokers, in our world today; these people have used their influence over the last 100 years to corrupt both our media and our politicians; and unless the American people wake up to that fact, and take our country back, we won’t have a country, folks, not for very much longer, not as we know it anyway… and that’s no lie!

Whatever it will be, it won’t any longer be the land of the free and home of the brave!

For sure, former President Kennedy understood this threat to our Republic; he was one of the honest politicians, and was not in their pocket; and it was because of that, that it cost him his life.

The ball is in our court, as to what happens from here on out; and I don’t think we have a lot of time.

We need to seriously pray, for while most of America sleeps, and for the most part are totally ignorant of what’s going on, our enemies are moving forward with their plans to further weaken our government, and cause us to capitulate to their demands, in the establishment of this New World Order.

Let’s pray for that revival, and also let’s pray that another effort succeeds, that is already under foot; a movement that is backed by all 50 states, to restore our Constitutional Republic, which if successful, it will once again make our U.S. Constitution the highest law of the land.

Let us all pray that this “Restore American Plan” succeeds.

(Click on link)

We have much at stake, and much to lose… so please pray!

Shalom,

Skip Barland

This document, together with the rest of our U.S. Constitution, still represents the Highest Law of our land; but it has no real power until “We the People” demand its enforcement!

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At issue here are our Second Amendment Rights, which state as follows:

Second Amendment

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

There are certain things that have to happen, before a nation is taken over by a tyrannical dictatorship:

• The government must do away with freedom of speech and press; freedom of religious expression; and the right to assemble, and petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
  

• Government must confiscate the weapons of its citizens, and do away with the citizen’s right to bear arms.
  

• Government must do away with the right of its citizens to have and to control their personal property, and the right to prevent such property from being seized or confiscated without probable cause and due process.
  

• Government must do away with protection against unreasonable search and seizure, without the necessity of having probable cause, due process, or warrant.
  

• Government must do away with the due process of law; and all protections against double-jeopardy, self-incrimination; and also any rights regarding immanent domain, where government can seize private property at will, without compensation.
  

• Government must do away with a citizen’s right to a trial by jury, and the rights of the accused to have a speedy and public trial, in all criminal prosecutions; they must also do away with the right of the accused to have an impartial jury, of his peers, in the State and district where in the crime was committed; and the necessity of having legitimate charges, and to be confronted with the witnesses against him; they also will take away the rights of its citizens to have a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for their defense.
  

• The government most always will remove any prohibition against excessive bail and cruel and/or unusual punishment.
  

If you will note, ever since 9/11; and really before 9/11, but 9/11 became the excuse, under a Republican administration (no less), to start whittling away at our Constitutional Rights, under the guise of our maintaining national security; and please note that everything that was signed into law, by means of Executive Orders, was done by George W. Bush, and is today being implemented by Barack Obama!

Like I’ve been saying folks, we are being lied to, deceived and manipulated, not just by our government officials, who are totally on board with this “New World Order” nonsense; but we are also being lied to by our News Media!

It is not by accident that this story about what Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is doing, right now, to take away our 2^nd Amendment Rights, got buried under other news stories.

Would you consider this, our government for years now has been ignoring our U.S. Constitution; and this started when they first bowed to the demands of the Rothschild’s International Banking Cartel, and changed our government from a Constitutional Republic, to the UNITED STATES CORPORATION, which happened back in 1871, to keep our nation from defaulting.

Folks, this has been going on for quite some time, and it has only accelerated of late, as we near the end of this age, and Satan knows that his time is running short.

Folks, wake up please… and begin to pray, and begin to act like our future, and the future of all future generations are at risk… because they truly are!

For sure… what we don’t defend and what we don’t appreciate, and take for granted, we are apt to lose! This was the case in pre-Leninist Russia; in pre-Nazi Germany; and it is happening today in the United States of America!

We are being manipulated and played today, as a Stradivarius violin, by members of our own government, elected as they are, who have been bought and paid for by these same Globalist Bankers, and they are selling us all down the river.

Wake up America!

Shalom,

Skip Barland

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