November 30, 2012
Psalm 44:1-8
Having returned from Prague, a beautiful city in the Czech
Republic, an a very historical city, but a city that was under the control of
Communism from 1948 to 1989, it becomes apparent that something has gone wrong. (The
Communist Party seized complete power after the coup d’état on February 25,
1948. This event marked the start of the Communist totalitarian regime that
lasted until the Velvet Revolution of 1989. A second wave of nationalization
took place and 95% of all privately owned companies became the property of the
state. There were a number of political trials and executions in the following
several years. The economy went steadily down under the socialist regime. Basic
human rights were suppressed.)
What happens to a people who
have been under the total control of the State that tells them there is no God,
and that the State is to whom they should look for all that is good? The Prague
Post published this headline on April 6, 2011, Study: Religion is dying out
among Czechs, Religion will be 'nearly extinct' in Czech Republic
by 2050. The article went on to give
this information: “It seems especially cold that
religion's extinction would be predicted not by an impassioned atheist or a
humanist weary of the aggression perpetrated in God's name, but by a trio of
physicists and mathematicians who are altogether neutral about what their study
suggests.” In
todays Prague 60% are atheist and 33% are Catholic, and 7% have no opinion on
what they are.
If you have
been noticing and I’m sure that most have, we are going the way of Prague, we
as a people have chosen to elect a party that is socialist, and socialism has
failed on all fronts and it matters not what name you give it. The President of the United States of America
ran for a second term and in one of his speeches’ he stated the following: “You didn’t build that” and he was referring to a person
success. He made that statement in an election
campaign speech delivered on July 13, 2012 in Roanoke, Virginia. He went on to say the following: (“If
you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a
great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this
unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody
invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business—you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.”) He said much more, but the theme was that
without government it could not have happened.
That was and is the message of all Communist totalitarian regimes, and it seems to be President
Barack Obama’s message.
Now this may come as a shock, but the President got close to telling the
truth on this point. Now do not burn
your computers or send me hate mail until you read on down the page. He was 100% correct that you needed help in
building whatever, but he was totally 100% wrong on the source of your
needs. Now have I got you back? It is God who has blessed you with the
mental, the physical, the monetary, the desires, the drive and the knowledge to
build your family, your business, your life an it is your choice on whether you
acknowledge His hand or not. When God is
given the glory a nation prospers and when He is not they go into the hands of
evil people who take freedom from them.
Look at what the Psalmist has said in Psalm 44:1-8, “O God, we have heard with our ears, our
fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of
old: you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you
afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; for not by their own sword did
they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and
your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them. You are my
King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob! Through you we push down our foes; through
your name we tread down those who rise up against us. For not in my bow do I
trust, nor can my sword save me. But you have saved us from our foes and have
put to shame those who hate us. In God we have boasted continually, and we will
give thanks to your name forever.” Selah
If you are one of the ones offended by the President’s remarks on July 13, 2012
in Roanoke, Virginia, was it because you believed it was by your ability, your
energy, your mental abilities, your financial resources; who blessed you with
those? Whom are you acknowledging as
your source? My prayer is that you will
give all praise and glory to the only God and His Son the Lord Jesus
Christ. And my prayer is that you will
teach your children and grandchildren these very profound truths.
Jan and I came
back from this trip understanding that the world is looking for someone to step
on the scene and rescue them, and all over there is unrest, wars and rumors of
wars, if you are interested in what is coming, dust off your Bible and read
Matthew 24 and II Timothy 3:1-5, it’s coming to America, and the world.
From the Back
Porch,
Bob Rice
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