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HOW MUCH LATER THAN WE THINK?
HOW MUCH LATER THAN WE THINK?
I responded to an article on an ad campaign (costing 4 million dollars) being run by SEIU, the Service Employees International Union targeting spanish speaking Americans. See : http://www.wdbo.com/news/news/local/hispanic-voters-targeted-new-ad-blitz-obama/nPQrq/ Here is my (wandering?) comment:
Service Employees International Union??? Unions in government? The day government employees were allowed to unionize was perhaps the worst day in America's history. Public servants should not starve, but they should expect to serve the public at wages and salaries the public can afford to pay. And we the people ought to be able to hire and fire them according to their performance, just as private non union shops do. Private union shops? Well that is a oxymoron.
I don't have a problem with unions as long as they are not allowed to control those who will work along side them without membership. Let them negotiate for whatever they want, but don't allow them to dictate terms to management and owners. Don't let them require all employees in a shop pay dues or to be members. And do not let them become violent against those they call scab hired when they strike.
Unions have priced their labor so high over the past 50 years that owners have moved their shops out of the country. When an auto worker in Dearborn wants $50 per hour and a worker in China is happy with $4 per hour, where do you EXPECT business to open their shops?
But the government cannot ship their jobs overseas. So unionized government will plunge government into debt. And it has done it already.
Really the only solution to this and many other problems our nation faces is a return to moral standards which worked well at our founding. They worked so well that they actually freed the slaves here, improving the moral standard of government. Because Jim Crow failed to follow the same standard open a way for socialists to ruin African Americans with welfare (and many whites too) and advance the foothold they gained in the New Deal. Jim Crow should be ashamed, for he was if I’m not mistaken a southern white “christian” DEMOCRAT.
Truly more than any other moral failure it is the moral failure of those who profess to be good christians that has hurt us all. We needed to see Jesus followed and imitated, but in the south and almost everywhere the church has not lived up to its calling.
Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 1 Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
We say : “I'm not perfect, just forgiven.” That is the cheapest estimation of what Jesus did on the cross that can be spoken. We say “I’m just a sinner saved by grace.” Again what a complete misunderstanding of the power of God to change our lives! But we just want to get by cheap, without the sacrifice of our appetites and lusts. James spoke accurately of so many of us believers (if we are believers):
James 4
1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Our greatest need is for the Lord’s forgiveness and for Him to give us power over sin and over the demons which now devour our economy our minds and our best initiatives of faith. Can America return to God? I think it can, but it will take much prayer and repentance from dead works.
If our economy is to avoid a melt down we will have to fix it in the next four years, of that I am almost certain. Starting January 19th 2013, there will have to be a federal budget in place that will eliminate the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The possibility of eliminating the Department of Health and Human Services is tantalizing. It will surely be necessary to reduce benefits for all Americans to some extent immediately. I think a ten percent cut in all departments of medicare and medicaid to be a good start. Of course there is the option of shutting it down entirely, eliminating all Social Security taxes and allowing the states to administrate public assiatance (or not) as they wish.
You say this is not possible? What kind of fools are we to tax ourselves silly, send the money to these “Departments” in Wash. D.C. only to have them dole it back to us in the states it came from minus the salaries, rents, and other grossly unecessary overhead expenses these beaurocracies generate??? Nonetheless, much of the the federal dollars once spent on these departments will have to be applied directly to reducing the national debt to a manageable level before taxes can be reduced much if any for some time.
Here are the total budget spendings for those departments for the year 2010:
Department of Transportation 2010- $90.944 billion
Department of Education 2010- $106.944 billion
Department of Energy 2010- $38.278 billion
Department of HUD* 2010- $62.518 billion
Environmental Protection Agency 2010- $10.500 billion
Department of HHS** 2010--
-- $868.762 billion x 10% = $86.800 billion
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Total Approximately $396.15 billion
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** Health and Human Services
* Housing and Urban Developement
The figures for 2013 will be higher to be sure, but the debts we have incurred by borrowing from others has gone up more too.
It is said that our federal Government is spending $41,000 dollars more than it collects in revenue every second of every day! That is $2,460,000 per minute; $147,600,000 per hour and 3,542,400,000 per day! According to the U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK (http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/) the national debt has continued to increase an average of $3.84 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
If this plan would save 396 billion dollars a year, that would reduce our yearly debt by 103 days (103 X 3.84 billion = 396 billion). The debt might decrease some what over the rest of the year. Even if it did decrease say to 3 billion per day for the remaining 261 days of the year that would be 3 billion X 261 = 783 billion dollars per year OF INCREASED NATIONAL DEBT!
We may be well past the possibility of anything but the bleakest of times. Our creditors hold so much debt they can conceivable own us. Forcing US citizens to take a mark to buy and sell might be one way a creditor would seek to recover payment for loans!
I think we need to plan for much more than a depression. If the church is not raptured out before this mess boils over, I believe she should at the least prepare for the fulfillment of Revelation Ch.18 worldwide.
Matthew 25 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
As Americans who once held a very strong financial position in the world, we might wonder about how God views our present financial condition! As a 63 year old, I am wondering why I did not view life more seriously that I now do, and why I did not take some personal responsibility for the political destruction grinding this nation down for the last 50 years.
Old to fast, smart to slow. And repentant to slow. It is time not just to warm a pew, not just to praise the Lord; it is time to consider the sacrifices our sins and errors may force upon us in the coming months and years.
Mark 8
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Dave aka lambsev aka the Lambs poet.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Eurostan/Belgistan
On Eurostan
The 700 Club has done a piece on Belgistan:
The 700 Club has done a piece on Belgistan:
http://www.cbn.com/media/player/index.aspx?s=/mp4/DHU227v2_WS
What we may not appreciate is that Islam is a judgment against christian, Jewish and secular hypocrisy. Women in bikinis may seem an innocent expression of freedom, but is it really freedom? Is it an expression of freedom to insult a people, even Muslims by posing in a bikini and burka? Or is it simply confrontational? And childish?
In 1 Corinthians 11 Paul writes about CHRISTIAN women covering their heads. Is this a cultural matter only or is there something spiritual involved? Oh how unsubmissive and irreverent to God in Christ western churches have become.
Do we want to defeat Islam and preserve out right to wear bikinis? Is that what life is about? Or do we want to exercise our right to become sons and daughters of God?
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
I frankly expect we will see Islam gain more and more strength in Belgium and the west, including the USA, unless and until we begin to take God seriously. The picture of the bikini clad woman in a burka, would you like to see a nun so dressed? You would call that an offense to Catholics. Would you like to see your neighbor clothed that way? It is tantamount to pornography.
I don't expect God turn back our enemies until we deal whole heartedly with our sexual immodesty. If you need an example of authentic Christian modesty, look to the Amish and Mennonite churches. They have it right!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
working or not working?
In the early 90's my Pastor let me give the message at the luncheon for the poor. I chose John 6. This may seem too simple or to basic for much consideration, but the crisis, the human crisis is belief or unbelief in Jesus! I have pasted the chapter below, and included the simple thoughts I think are make sense in black type and [brackets]. Dave Severy
My WORKING title:
"Are you working?" or "... works for ME!" (perhaps to light a title...?)
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Isaiah 55
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
John 6
1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
[who are those men ? The disciples? They seem to have believed!]
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
[ the flesh seeking a "feed up," a free meal ticket ]
27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
[ Labour = work verse 27 - 29 "Labour", "work" , "the works" and "the work" are all from two greek words: 1) g2038 ἐργάζομαι ergazomai and 2) g2041 ἔργον ergon ~ see the following links:
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
[so believeing is the work! When we are unbelieving we are not working! Too simple for most of us to see it? Took me 35 years!]
30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
[They still throw the thing back on Jesus: "prove to us that you work!" ] + ["that we may see and believe thee?" He had multiplied 10 pounds(?) of food into luncheon (at least 2,500 pounds?) for 5,000 men.!!!!!!]
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
[uh oh... hear it comes! The PARADIGM SHIFT !!!]
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
[Shades of the samaritan woman! And she BELIEVED!] [ and now Jesus turns on the high beams!!! But the truly blind have darkness only.]
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
[Father, please draw all our loved ones and families! Amen, AMEN!]
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
[He that believes shall be saved! Shall never die! Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.] [ The difference is believing, not being baptized! ...another discussion!]
59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
[Oh TY! TY! TY! Jesus, TY! Abba for giving me my sight!]
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
[The saddest verse in the Bible?]
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
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