The Right Fight?

Since the arrival of the first Africans to the New World in Virginia in 1619 it seems that there has always been something for African-Americans to fight for.  Although, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Act have granted certain civil liberties to African-Americans, racial equality and justice have always felt like an unobtainable goal to many in the African-American community. This seems to be the case even more so now, in the wake of newly elected President, Donald Trump.

President Trump has accordingly  shown behavioral tendencies that exemplify racism.  While many would say, this is just the fabricated argument of the African-American community, many credible mainstream media outlets have labeled our President as such.

Dana Millbank of the Washington Post has called Donald Trump a “bigot and a racist”[1]

New York Times editor Jill Abramson states there is “plenty of evidence” to show that Trump is both a “Demagogue and a Racist.”[2]

Lydia O’Connor and Daniel Marans of the Huffington Post cited 13 examples of Donald Trump being a racist. [3]

Fortune 500’s Michael D’Antonio cited several cases of racial tendencies and quotes of Donald Trump dating back close to thirty years[4]

In contrast, President Trump has of late has gone out of his way to meet with popular African-Americans celebrities like Steve Harvey, Kanye West, Jim Brown and Ray Lewis.  Not to mention several African American clergymen prior to the U.S. Election.  According to Harper Poling, Donald Trump received 18 percent of the African American popular vote, which is more than Mitt Romney in the prior election.[5]

So, the question needs to asked, what is the African American fight for  at this present time? Should African-Americans trust Donald Trump?

Has any other President since the Post-segregation era displayed such racist tendencies as our current President?

Should African Americans begin to look in the mirror and start to evaluate their citizenship? Is there enough data to show that any elected official white or black has the best interest of the African-American community in mind? Should African-Americans feel threatened by police officers or by their own neighbors? Should we vote, and if so Democratic or Republican or Independent.

One could make the argument, that the current climate in the United States has the feel of an imminent social attack on the African-American Identity and Culture.  When viewing the statistical data that reflects the enormous amount of crime, imprisonment, police brutality and poverty in various urban African-American communities, Africa-Americans cannot afford to take their rights for granted.  Every African-American citizen must consider every aspect of their existence in this country. Not only, should African-Americans evaluate their politics but also assess their faith, family values, finances and future.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-is-a-bigot-and-a-racist/2015/12/01/a2a47b96-9872-11e5-8917-653b65c809eb_story.html?utm_term=.1587c6982b5a

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/29/donald-trump-us-election-2016-demagogue?CMP=share_btn_tw

[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83

[4] http://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/

[5] http://harperpolling.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/16-10-pa-statewide-poll-crosstabs.pdf?sfvrsn=0

 

No Lie is Of The Truth – The Santa Claus Debate

Recently, Fox News Commentator Megan Kelly stirred a national debate about Santa Claus being Caucasian.  During her prime time show Kelly made the controversial statement-

  “For you kids watching at home, Santa just is white.”

Her comments stirred up many parents that felt that Santa Claus should be viewed as multi-ethnic and should not have a color. This would help in teaching children to respect diversity through icons like Santa Claus by not limiting him to an old Caucasian man.

Here’s a thought, why don’t we just tell our kids the truth? The notion that some man rides on a sleigh led by reindeer on the night of December 24, comes into our homes, leave gifts to every boy and girl is false. For some reason we have continued to perpetuate a lie about someone that does not exist and this lie has continued for generations.

Could it be the reason why we go so far to protect our beloved fictitious icons is because in fact we are protecting other deep rooted untruths about the days we associate with the worship of OUR GOD?

Here are some facts about Christmas.

1. Christmas is nowhere in the scriptures
2. It’s celebratory components like trees, mistletoes and reefs  don’t stem from the scriptural artifacts of worship
3. The Holiday/Festival existed centuries before Christ
4. Neither Christ nor his Apostles ever neither celebrated nor advised men to do so.
5. The Bible shows the Christ and his Apostles partaking in festivals like Pentecost, Feast of Tabernacle, Unleavened Bread and Passover.  (John ch.7,Mt 26, Luke 22:15, Acts ch.2 and chapter 20)
6. The Bible along with the words of Christ shows that Passover will be celebrated in the Kingdom of GOD. (Luke 22:18)
7. Catholics did not even celebrate it until the 4^th century AD. That would be 400 years after Christ.

It is written – “I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.” (1^st John 2:21)

The truth cannot bring about a lie; a lie cannot come from truth. So where should the Church stand in something that is not true?

The Apostle states Galatians 4:16 “Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?”

The world continues to perpetuate lies and hypocrisy. It is written that “All that is in the world is the lust of the eye, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.” (1^st John 2:16) The church however was built on the pillar and ground of what is truth, dedicated to the sanctification of the truth which is the WORD OF GOD! (John 17:17)

It is written that true worship is worship that is in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). The world loves its own. The church however was never designed to have direct association with the world. Even Christ told his disciples at one time “That ye shall weep and lament but the world shall rejoice:  “(John 16:20)

The church is an exclusive fraternity of unified believers dedicated to the gospel of the Kingdom that is to come and the salvation that is given through YAHSHUA (Christ.) We are in the world but not of the world. We were called out from the world to be separated in order to fulfill the will of GOD by acquiring the character to become the ruling class of his government.

Every believer must scrutinize and examine every practice of worship. Any worship that does not come from the WORD OF GOD will result in the judgment of GOD like the two sons of Aaron that were burnt up by offering strange fire or Ananias and Sephirra that lied to the Holy Spirit about their monetary offering.

Let us teach our children the truth according to the eternal word of GOD that will stand forever as the world melts away in a fervent heat. It’s written “But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head–Christ.” (Eph.4:15)

The world is designed to perpetuate lies and hypocrisy. It is written that “All that is in the world is the lust of the eye, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.”(1st John 2:16) The Church however is the pillar and ground of the truth.

So what do we do? Leaders, preachers, pastors, evangelist and believers, do we allow the world to dictate our worship or do we let every man be a liar and let GOD BE TRUE?

*This Essay also references*

John 17:16-26

Leviticus 10:1

Ephesians chapter 4

2^nd Cor.13:5

Acts 5

John 15:19

Matt 24:5

2^nd Peter 3:10

1^st Tim 3:15

Romans 3:4

It also sites brief facts from

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

and

http://rcg.org/books/ttooc.html

Where Should We Stand?

There has been a recent trend of Christians openly sharing their outrage against the homosexual community.  Of recent years, the gay and lesbian communities have expressed their desires for equal and fair treatment to marry and protect those that they care about. In turn, many Christians and conservatives have condemned men and women for their preferences by quoting Romans chapter 1 and Leviticus Chapters 18 to 21 to condemn those who choose to live their lives against what is written.

Let me say this, I am a firm believer in the WORD OF GOD. It is the ultimate and supreme authority of the Universe. With that being said, the duty of the believer is not the condemnation of the world because Christ came that the world may not be condemned but that the world through him might be saved. That should be the ultimate goal of every believer.

The Church, the called out ones is a community of believers. The problem with many believers is that so many of us have a tendency to isolate things that we find detestable and condemn them, while other things that are not as easily available to the human eye goes unnoticed and unspoken.

There are believers that will condemn homosexuality but will not condemn pride, fornication, adultery, malice, gossiping or lying. Believers will condemn a man for being with another man but will not condemn him for being with a woman without committing to marriage?

So many men that have proclaimed to be men of have been taken in sin. After doing so they have asked the GOD of all Creation to restore them with his everlasting mercy, as they should. Yet when it comes to so many others to whom GOD has allowed the sun to shine on we link them with the likes of terrorist, or dogs. How can bitter and sweet water come out of the same fountain?

Many people have linked Sodom and Gomorrah with homosexuality because of the story of the city men demanding the Lot send out the men that entered his home and conclude that GOD overthrew the wicked city because of that act. (Gen.19) Yet the scriptures say that there wickedness was arrogance,   greed, selfishness, and laziness and arrogance.  Another evil was that they refused to help those that are in need. (Ezek16:48)

Why don’t we hear Christian Conservatives speaking against that attitude? Are not many politicians and Christian Conservatives against government aid like the Affordable Health Care Act and  programs that would help those in need? Where is the outrage?

There are things that GOD hate and 7 is an abomination, that is (Proverbs 6:16-20)

1. Arrogance
2. Lying
3. Killing the innocent
4. A mind that plot wicked schemes
5. People that rush to do evil
6. A false witness that lies consistently
7. One who separates brothers (unity)

When you consider these items isn’t this country guilty of many if not all?  Where is the protest, where is the tea party?  Where is the right wing?

This world is full of hypocrisy. The Church is an institution dedicated to salvation through GOD’s mercy and his message. Apart from this, we are condemned because we all have sinned and come short of GOD’s glory that he promised us before the foundation of the world.

Many feel that the Church must condemn all evil everywhere. This is not the case. The job of the church, the ministry of the church is dedicated to the church. The Church must edify the Church. GOD is presenting to himself a glorious Church without spot or blemish not to the world.

The job is to get people in the Church then reform, not to condemn into reformation. The Apostle stated concerning fornicators stating –

“In my earlier letter I wrote you not to associate with people who engage in sexual immorality. I didn’t mean the sexually immoral people outside your community, or the greedy, or the thieves or the idol-worshippers — for then you would have to leave the world altogether! No, what I wrote you was not to associate with anyone who is supposedly a brother but who also engages in sexual immorality, is greedy, worships idols, is abusive, gets drunk or steals. With such a person you shouldn’t even eat! ¹² For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Isn’t it those who are part of the community that you should be judging?  God will judge those who are outside” 1^st Cor.5 ch 9-12 Complete Jewish Bible

It is important that believers keep a perspective that is right according to the WORD OF GOD. It is written “ALL unrighteousness is sin.” (1^st John 5:17)  We cannot pick and choose what we don’t like. We must embrace the totality of the WORD OF GOD and live by it. Let your light shine, not your mouth. Be a living epistle read by the world; show your discipleship by your love not by your lust.

 

This  essay references

Romans ch.1

Lev. Ch.18-21

John 3:17-18

1^st Tim ch 3:15, 1:12-16

Mark 2:12

Matt 5:45

James 3:11

1^st Cor 6:10-11

Romans 3:23

Ephesians 4:12-22, 5:27

Heb.10:38

Matt 5:16

2^nd Cor 3:1-3

John 13:35

 

 

Life’s Trajectory

A trajectory is a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory. A physical trajectory is a curved path which something takes as it moves through the air or through space.  The idea behind space flight, for example, is that if enough force is propelled onto an object to move it to a place where the force of gravity isn’t as great, the object can continue in motion.  A trajectory is determined by the projectile’s influence. The projectile is the object that is moved, dropped, thrown or even fired -like a gun or a rocket- and its main influence is the force of gravity.

A projectile’s path can only be influenced by gravity. What stronger force is there on the planet that we live on?  Gravity can never be defied, it has to be overcome.  The only way that a projectile to fly is to be lighter than the pull of gravity or to have more force to propel over the force of gravity.  The fact that an item flies does not mean that it contradicts the laws of gravity, just that it does what is necessary to continue its movement against the pull of the atmosphere.

Trajectory planning must be thought out, calculated, and prepared. Everything is weighed to determine the path and destination. The timing, the target point, the ability to avoid obstacles and collision makes the planning difficult but possible.  The most effective determinant in the trajectory of a projectile is what is called the “manipulator.” The manipulator determines the force behind the projectile and the location of the starting point of the projectile.

The path of a trajectory is never straight. Because of gravity and other factors like wind gust and the form of the projectile itself, the path is often curved. The path can vary in so many ways. The important thing is the beginning point and the end point. The main factor in a trajectory is that the projective ends up at its designated source.

In life there are so many avenues and directions that we are pulled in and so many things that carry us in directions that we don’t want to go in. If the road in life could go in a straight path life would be very predictable, and at times boring. Life however is a journey. Our journey consists of many winding roads, turns, curves, hills and valleys.  There are also obstacles that attempt to deter us from reaching the end point of our destination.

What we must rely on is the fact that the source of our manipulation is stronger than the forces and the obstacles that stand against us to prevent us from our purpose. The scriptures indicate that we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world. It is also written that those whom GOD has known in advance, he has justified and are conforming them into his Image and likeness. Because of this, ALL THINGS are working together for our good.  The “good”  indicates that  our ultimate destiny and   purpose of our existence for being joint heirs to GOD’s Kingdom according to the previous chapters in Romans 8.

  It is written

 “For I know what plans I have in mind for you,
says YAHWEH ,plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future.” (Jer 29:11 Complete Jewish Bible).

Our lives at times can seem so out of control because of the variances of winds, and obstacles that can seem to offset our journey. All these things that we face have been pre-calculated by the Manipulator and Creator of all things that are working for our good. The GOD of All Heaven and Earth, whose name is YAHWEH has ordered our steps and have set us on a path for ultimate victory. The path also creates in us a character of greatness and fortitude where we are able to govern in the Kingdom of The Most High.

Our problems, failures, anxieties, insecurities, past, present and future decisions have all been weighed out and predetermined before the Manipulator of our trajectory even set us in motion.

Every day we are set out on the path to greatness. Because of this, every day we must know that “All things are working together for the good to them who love GOD, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Rom 8:28

*Scripture References*

Ephesians Chapter 1

Romans 8

Jeremiah Chapter 29:11

This Blog borrows references from-

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors/u3l2a.cfm

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