The Debates Rage on.. why?

“Come Reason”
Newsletter of Denise Smith
Volume no. 1003-2
October 20, 2003

The Debates Rage on… Why?

As we enter into this week, we find debates continuing, Supreme Court cases going forward, and all of it on the minds of many. The question must be asked, “Isn’t it time to be fed up and see that it has not accomplished anything?”The fights rage on, and as they do, the nation is divided! We’ve seen people debate the very existence of God, the word of God, the creation, and so many other things, and at the helm of all the debate are those that claim to know God, and hear His voice, but I have to ask, “are they really hearing God?”

There is no evidence that God argued or debated with anyone. Why would He? He’s God, right? So why would those that are claiming to be His people debate and involve the government of this nation to fight for rights that never have been taken from them? It makes you wonder who is this God that so many claim to be serving, and if everyone that claims the bible is the word of God, how have they missed what’s recorded in there about those that have heard the voice of God and done mighty things in times past.

Like Daniel, never fought for the right to pray publicly, he never did! He didn’t petition or boycott nor did he fight to get the government to allow him to pray. He went home, prayed in the privacy of his own home to God, and God showed the government who the God of Daniel was! Then we see the Hebrew children, not fighting for their rights, nor taking things to court, but trusting God, and walking out of the fire without even the smell of smoke… and having the government of that time, know readily the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednigo. Then we see, Lot, even in Sodom and Gomorrah which so many today are claiming that America is heading for being once again, not take on a fight in the courts, or a fight with those that were doing what so many claim was the sin, but it was God that removed Lot, and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, and those people including Lot’s wife, knew who it was that was Lot’s served, and seen the provision of God, in the safety of Lot, even in the face of the destruction of the entire cities! Let’s also remember, Sodom and Gomorrah was not destroyed for homosexuality, but for refusing to HEAR GOD! (Hint, Hint)

I ask you, when it is that the people who are calling themselves by the name of God, are going to turn from their wicked ways and hear GOD!! It was the Pharisees (the religious sect of the Jewish nation) in the days of Jesus that turned to the government to carry out what they claimed was their laws… only to have the government find no fault with the one that they brought to them. Why is it that the “religious” today, those calling themselves “christian” are repeating that same thing… not willing to trust God, to do His will, but are trying to turn to the government of this nation to uphold their law, and their rights! Why not trust the God of Lot, Abraham, Daniel, Christ, and many others, that did not take the issue to the courts, but trusted God! Wasn’t it God that said, “vengeance is mine”! Why aren’t those that claim to be men and women of God, not willing to trust God?? HEAR HIM!

Some will say, but it’s our place to fight! Is it? Isn’t the battle already won? Wasn’t it Christ that said go not to law against your brother and if He takes you to law seeking your tunic that you give him your cloak also? Where is your God? Shouldn’t you be the one willing to trust the God that you claim is God? Isn’t it your God that is the judge of All?

Believers should embrace the opportunity for “under God” to be removed from the pledge. We should welcome public prayer being removed from our schools, buildings and other public locations. We should welcome alternative lifestyles and those that are part of it! We should refuse to see anything separate and apart from God, or we’re simply not seeing God as He really is … GOD! Think about it.. what kind of God is it that you serve that has changed and is not able to take care of doing HIS WILL? Wasn’t it your God that so loved the world that He took away the sins of the world?

The book of Acts records some words that should be remembered. It states, “let those people alone, for if their counsel is not of God they will fail, but if their counsel be that of God, you will find yourself haply fighting against God himself“. Has those words occurred to any of you? Have they not been read in your bible as you have taken on the fight, or followed it in the years since prayer was taken out of schools, abortion legalized, and many other things happened?? Can you not seen that God has allowed it, and has not allowed these people to fail in their attempts? Are you not seeing that it’s a fight against God Himself, and those of you claiming to be of God, that have taken on the fights are the ones that are fighting against God? Come on, how blind can we be?

See God for who He is, and trust God! If God has a problem with all of this, God will take care of it! If He doesn’t and you join in the fight, you’ll find yourself fighting against God himself!

If this nation, it’s government and it’s people, along with the rest of the world is to see God, it will happen only when those of God, let God be God!!