Final preparations are being made. The following document will complete the "Hate Crime" packet for Washington DC. One hundred packets will go to each Senator and the rest will be distributed to the media. Some concerned Christians and political pundits believe the "Hate Crimes" bill will only affect violent acts, not speech and opinions. All I can say is they are not familiar with the battle that is raging for the souls of men, the lives of children, and the future of America.
Rev. Flip Benham has addressed this issue in another important document that will be part of the packet. It is called "Hate Crimes-From RICO to FACE." In essence, Rev, Benham demonstrates how in times past the federal government promised certain legislation would never be abused or misused against political dissent, only to find, in each case, it was misused and abused. To view Flip's article go here:
Besides this history, we know in recent times, every nation that has passed "Hate Crimes" bills, they persecuted Christians. To those who think this is a benevolent piece of legislation, you have my sympathy. It is your blindness or extreme gullibility that does more damage to our future than those who are seeking to jam this tyranny down our throats.
Do you honestly believe that homosexual activists inflamed with hatred against God and His people are going to just sit there and bask in the benevolence of our government, who just made their sexual crimes a federally protected class? Look how they crucify anyone who dares oppose their perversions. No, my friend, they will take this "law" and use it to hammer anyone who states the self-evident truth, which is homosexuality is a sin, an abomination, and a crime against humanity.
Some people think what I just said is hateful. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unless people agree with God's assessment on this crucial matter, they may convince the whole world to agree with their perverted rebellion, but they will lose what is most precious in life--their own souls. No true Christian can compromise at this crucial point. I'd rather be hated for telling the truth, which has the potential to set men free, than to remain silent and be liked by the world who are perishing in their sin.
Pastor Adrian Rogers said it best, ""It is better to be divided by truth, than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than to speak a lie that will comfort and then kill. It is better to be hated for telling the truth, than to be loved for telling a lie. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately die with the truth, than to live with a lie." Amen and Amen!
GODLY CHARGE TO OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people (Proverbs 14:34)."
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God (Psalm 9:17)."
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance (Psalm 33:12)."
President Lincoln, in his famous Gettysburg Address, commenced his notable speech by stating, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."
During the crucible of the Civil War, America doubted if our nation could "long endure." In light of our spiritual and moral condition, would it be prudent to consider this same sobering premise today? Honestly, in our current state, I do not see how we can avoid its implications. For decades, America has been on a steady march, one that has abandoned the God of our fathers and the biblical principles that faithfully served our nation's history through dark and difficult days.
In the 1960s, this betrayal against heaven and our nation's spiritual heritage culminated in one disastrous Supreme Court decision after another. In essence, our federal government served the God of the Bible His official "eviction notice." The judicial decrees demanded He depart from our government, vacate our schools, and leave our children alone.
Nowadays, we stand in awkward amazement as our nation experiences the evil wrought by these foolish decisions, which is currently savaging this generation. In our mad pursuit of separating church from state, we have separated God from the public life of our nation. Nature abhors a vacuum, however, and violence and perversion of unprecedented order have replaced Him.
Our government is corrupt and becoming increasingly tyrannical. Our public schools have morphed into war zones. American parents through the wicked practice of abortion cannibalize their babies. They choose self-empowerment and personal convenience, at the expense of the God-given right to life of their children. Homosexual/sodomy, which biblically means the "burning out of man," runs rampant. Historically, widespread homosexuality has been one of the social malignancies that have preceded the fall of nations, i.e. Greece, Rome, etc.
As our government defends these indefensible abominations, good becomes evil and evil is codified into law. Tragically, the causality is self-evident truth. It is now considered hate, to those who hate the truth. Though America still desires the fruits of the Christian faith-prosperity, protection, liberty, and other common grace blessings-we have rejected the root, which is Jesus Christ, Himself. How can we maintain these heavenly benefits, while doing everything in our power to offend, sever, and distance ourselves from its blessed source? We end up as Thomas Jefferson warned, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
As America "slouches towards Sodom," our government faces another checkpoint along the slippery slope. It is called "Hate Crimes" legislation. The House version H.R. 1913 passed by a 249-175 vote. As Patrick Henry once stated, "This is no time for ceremony." The House betrayed America's experiment with liberty by wrapping perversion in the American flag. By refusing to define the term "sexual orientation," the House has made sexual criminals a federally protected class with the stroke of a pen. There is no easy way to state this, but shame on the House of Representatives. They failed in representing the legitimate interest of the American people by voting for this tyrannical piece of legislation.
As I write, the Senate is wrestling with their version of "Hate Crimes," S. 909. Historically, the US Senate prided itself on being the "World's Greatest Deliberative Body." If this statement was ever true, it certainly needs to be in this desperate hour as precious freedoms hang in the balance. Deliberation is needful in this crucial matter but, after all is said and done, will the Senate cave to the homosexual juggernaut or will they defeat this mischief being framed into "law?"
President Obama wants to sign this bill by Memorial Day. With the House and the president locked in an unholy alliance, The US Senate is the last line of defense for righteousness. This godly charge is written to encourage the US Senate not to cave to political correctness, but to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and to our Posterity," as our Constitution states.
If the Senate yields and votes "aye" on S. 909, the federal government will be responsible for furthering American liberty's slide into licentiousness. American freedom as we know it will cease to exist. Lawlessness will increase amongst American citizens, which will in turn, establish tyranny in our civil government. Proverbs 28:2 warns, "For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged."
Congressman Robert C. Winthrop grasped the significance of God's wisdom. He stated, "All societies of men must be governed in some way or other. The less they have of stringent State Government, the more they must have of individual self-government. The less they rely on public law or physical force, the more they must rely on private moral restraint. Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled either by a power within them, or a power without them; either by the word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the bayonet."
Almighty God concurs, "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live (Deuteronomy 30:19)." If our government continues to promote abortion and the homosexual agenda, death and cursing will continue to shape America's future. Therefore, it behooves the Senate of the United States to not only reject and defeat S. 909, but act to end abortion on demand and the homosexual agenda. Either these abominations cease or America as we know it will end.
Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas
Elijah Ministries
P.O. Box 3126
Waco, TX 76707
Email: rusty@elijahmin.com
Website: www.elijahmin.com
Brethren, thus far no one has responded to our call for help. If you cannot make it to Washington DC, please consider helping to send us. It is time to spend and be spent for the cause of Christ. We still need about $600.00 to cover this vital trip. Thanks for considering this matter in Jesus' holy and mighty name!
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