Posted by
Phil E. on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:39:53 AM
A doctored photo.
But funny because it's true?
Will Senator McCain choose Mitt Romney for Vice Pres?
As an aside, notice Mitt Romney's hands?
He's not praying. Mormons don't pray like that.
They pray with their arms crossed.
Flash on Drudge
The story didn't last very long. Not sure why. The LA Earthquake seems to have taken the headlines.
When it was there, the headline was "
Evangelicals warn against Romney on ticket," in the Washington Times. The story reports that if Senator McCain chooses Mormon Mitt Romney for his running mate, that
likely would cost Mr. McCain 7 percent to 10 percent of the evangelical vote — enough to spell defeat for Mr. McCain in a close race with Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
That sounds about right.
God deals with remnants
If you know God from your Bible, you know that
God deals with remnants. I don't think that's predestiny. (
Calvinism. Which
isn't Biblical.) Rather, it's simply a reflection that men hate the light. (
John 3:19-20). Remember, out of all the millions, if not billions, of people in the world before the flood, God saved only eight. (
1 Peter 3:20 ) Remember that in all of Sodom and Gomorrah, God only saved four. (Of which one turned back. See
Genesis 19 along with
2 Peter 2:6-8)
Begin Sermon: If you really want to get theological, God says He was only able to find one righteous man in both the above situations. But instead of only saving one, God graciously saved the unbelieving families of those two men. It's called "sanctification," and is the key to understanding 1 Corinthians 7:14. (About how the "the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his [saved] wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband.")
That verse doesn't mean the unbelievers are saved from the eternal judgment of hell—the rightful punishment for their sins. That's a personal transaction between you and God. You cannot save anyone else (dead or alive) from hell by your actions. But God is gracious and often will spare the family of a believer from trials on this earth for the sake of the believer, as He demonstrated with Noah's and Lot's family.
End of Sermon.
Compare and contrast this remnant truth with what the Mormon church promulgates. They ALWAYS cite their membership numbers in church press releases (is it 13 million this year?
Who knows for sure?) and claim, variously, that they're the "fastest growing religion / church / christian church," as if that proves they must be true. But Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world right now, so if you believe the truth is in numbers, you'd better start following "the prophet" Mohammed instead of "the prophet" Joseph Smith.
Now, when the reporter says that 7 to 10 percent of Evangelicals won't vote for Mormon Mitt Romney, the Mitt Romney who claims to be a Christian and who
has sworn an oath to the Mormon church, that really means that only 7 to 10 percent of all those who claim to be Evangelical Christians are Evangelical Christians. Remember Jesus' words: "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord!' will enter the kingdom of heaven... " And these people were even performing miracles! (See
Matthew 7:21-23.)
The usual suspects
Sadly, not everyone who says they're a believer is a believer and not everyone gets it.
Here's a Townhall columnist covering this same story who resorts to the usual, thoughtful, name-calling. In his own title! "The Recycled Anti-Romney Story." If you won't vote for Mitt Romney because of his ever changing values as manifest by his never changing flip-flopping, you're obviously an "Anti-Mormon" bigot. (Implied.)
Why would you suddenly believe Mitt Romney is pro-life just because he says he is now? Wouldn't it be smarter to believe someone who's actually proven this by their actions over the years? Jesus was right -
Christians aren't very shrewd. (And He said
you ought to be.)
Just the facts
If said Townhall blogger wanted to deal in facts, Mike Huckabee won as many votes as Mitt Romney on a lot less money. It's obvious Mitt Romney is not popular with the people.
And yet the elite "right wing" media keeps trying to ram Mitt Romney down our throats just as the Left tries to ram their agendas down our throats.
So Mitt Romney will bring in Utah's 5 Electoral votes for sure, even though he wasn't Governor of that State. (But don't say Mormons are in a cult and vote in a block.) He might bring in Mormon heavy Nevada and Wyoming too. (Interesting. States adjacent to Utah. Probably just coincidence.) Whereas Mike Huckabee would bring not just the 6 votes from Arkansas,
but the whole South. Including at least half of Florida.
Said Townhall blogger,
in a pseudo-disclaimer of sorts, admits to "close personal associations" with some of the players in the presidential campaigns.
But he won't tell you for whom he is carrying water.
I trust you can read between the lines.
We don't have any say whom Senator McCain will choose for a running mate. We don't have a preliminary vote. We only have a final vote on this one. The only worldly thing we can do is squawk like this, and let him know what our response will be if he chooses the wrong VP.
If you're a Christian, I encourage you to not vote for Mitt Romney, for all the many reasons I've stated on this blog, both spiritual and secular. But as is always the case, even though we're the small minority, our power is in prayer. (More accurately, a little faith in a BIG God.)
I'm not convinced that God is happy with a Democratic form of government, and maybe we are reaping what we've sown. (It won't be a Democracy when Jesus rules and reigns!) But for now, for the sake of our nation, let's pray for a more Godly man than not. Let's pray that Senator McCain doesn't put a Mormon in the White House. As with every VP, Mitt Romney would only be a heart beat away from being our President ... maybe even more so with a President McCain. But if not, you know from history that the current Vice President is typically next in line for President. (Gerald Who?)
But if Senator McCain does choose Mitt Romney, take your queue from the remnant Evangelicals. Don't compromise your principles. Don't vote for Mitt Romney.
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