The best way to know a son is to study his father.
Spiritually we should look like our heavenly father as Christians to reflect
His glory. With that premise we can analyze the president as well as other card
carrying progressives by focusing on their beloved leader and what he believed
and how he acted. Here are a list of his rules and we are going to pick out
some scriptures to juxtapose against these rules. In the end we should start to
have a picture of progressives most notably Barack Obama.
“Lest we forget at least an over –the- shoulder
acknowledgement to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and
history…the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment
and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom- Lucifer.” Saul
Alinsky
“Power is not only what you have, but what
the enemy thinks you have.” Saul Alinsky
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more
cunning then any beast of the field which the Lord God had made and he said to
the woman, “Has God indeed said, “You shall not eat of every tree of the
garden?”
The statement by Alinsky reveals the roots
of his revolution being deception and
not power. This is exactly a tactic of our adversary the devil. Notice that the
serpent was only more cunning then the other beasts of the field. The enemy did
not have even any power over man at that point.
Genesis 3:1 tells us that in the beginning all the enemy had was lies
and deception and the power and kingdom that Alinsky talks about that Satan
“won” he actually stole which is also at the root of this progressive movement
stealing something that they cannot win but must have because they hate God’ s
ordering of things.
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of
rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules
than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.” Saul Alinsky
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
“Now salvation, and strength and the kingdom of our God and he power of His
Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our
God day and night , has been cast down.” Revelation 12:10
First of all Glory be to God for this
verse! I also want to focus on what satan did all day and night. He accused the
brethren, essentially he told God what Alinsky is saying to do to us as
Christians. The tactic is to keep us on the defensive by getting our mind off
of God’s grace and focused on legalism therefore neutralizing our power. This
again speaks to my first point that Alinsky and our adversary the devil must
steal power and misdirect the real power of the Christian to neutralize what
God can do. This movement has no power in and off itself to create anything
much like their father the devil they can only accuse, ridicule and lie!
“A tactic that drags on too long becomes a
drag. Man can sustain militant interest in any issue for only a limited time..”
Saul Alinsky
“They have power we have people..” Saul
Alinsky
John
10:27,”My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”
I
brought this up to bring up the difference in character between these people
and followers of the one true God. The two statements here are about people
from a perspective of a scientist studying people at best. At worst it is the
observation of their weaknesses and desires to exploit them for their own gain.
Is this not what Satan did in the beginning? The cunning serpent exploited
Adam’s aloofness towards his responsibilities and Eve’s lack of remembrance of
God’s only statute at the time. Remember God had told them not to eat of the
tree, and Eve’s response was to the serpent was that they were not to eat or
even touch it. Where did the touch part come in? God never told them that. The
serpent had found his opening to exploit them and steal power on this earth
from man and he did.
My
point is that much like their father the devil these progressives do “have people”
that they neither know about or care about. They only “have” these people
because of what their father the devil stole in the garden of eden or more
accurately what man naively surrendered at the garden because of their sin.
What was surrendered was temporary management of this planet a slumlord of
sorts. It is also important to note that the power that satan temporarily holds
was never won in any way it was connived and even with all of his tricks if man
was obedience to God’s command in the garden their would have been nothing he
could do about being cast down and made to serve man in the beginning.
Understanding this helps you understand why Progressives constantly lie,
deceive, accuse and agitate. Because they have no real power and the only
illusion of power they do have comes from exploiting weakness.
Lastly,
I want to point out the differences in the wording between how Alinsky talks
about people and how God talks about people. Alinsky says they “have” people and
in John chapter 10 the Lord refers to his people as “My Sheep”. The difference
is subtle but important to understand. For instance you probably have a broom
and dustpan in your house somewhere. Let’s say your wife asked you to get the
broom and dust pan. Would she ask you to get “the” broom and dust pan, or “my”
broom and dust pan? She probably would ask you to get “the” broom and dust pan,
and depending on her mood may call it something else as well! What is the
difference you ask? Let me ask a couple of other questions. Is the broom and
dust pan something you need? Yes. Is it something that you think about even
while you are using it? Probably not. In regards to your children when the
mother wants her husband to pick up the children she would probably ask him to
pick up “her” or “our” children. It is obvious that the personal nature of my
and ours connotates a meaning of importance that is given to the children.
That’s why we name our children watch our children to make sure they are
growing properly because they are ours and we know their names. My point is if
you look closely at what these people say they will tell on themselves and this
is an illustration of that point. People are tools of no more importance then a
drill or a saw that is necessary for their goals. Just like a drill or a saw’s
value is predicated on it’s ability to work for you so are the people on the
progressive plantation. Moreover they are traded in for newer models
constantly, with even less loyalty then you have to your drill or saw.
Alinsky
and his progressive followers are telling us who they are when you put the
scripture up against them. One more point on this subject. The enemy and Christ
both understand one thing about people. The enemy and the Lord Jesus Christ
both understand human weakness. That’s why Alinsky warned not to stay on one
subject too long, he understood that men are weak lacking in diligence and
easily distracted much like a sheep. Our Lord understands that too but rather
then exploit our weakness our savior saves us, gives us a new name, remakes us
in His image and watches with great intent and compassion every step of His
children’s journey home to Glory. Alinsky’s disciples see people as the only
tool to get power that they cannot win and should not have and in the end they
destroy the lives of the people they pretend to care about.
Job
1:9-11: So satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?” “Have
You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has
on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have
increased in the land.” “But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he
has, and he will surely curse Your to Your face!”
This
verse says a lot of things but the spirit showed me something about this
passage I had not thought of until I began this writing project. Satan is
essentially complaining about the fact that God is more powerful then he is and
therefore he cannot have the authority over people’s lives. This story was not
just about a man named Job it was also an illustration of who God is (more
about that in Job 38) and who the enemy is. Satan first of all complained that
God protecting Job was unfair. Remember Job was wealthy well respected and
protected on all sides by the sovereign Lord. In the spiritual realm this
scenario is true for all believers but for some like Job it was manifested in
physical wealth as well. Wealth being proof of spiritual wisdom and obedience
was common in Old Testament times, and despite the abuse of that truth by the
Pharisees and others who loved money and not God, there was evidence that the
Lord did that through men like David, Job, Solomon, Abraham and his immediate
children and grandchildren. This can still happen today, however when we
accurately see the Old Testament of a picture of things to come first of all
Jesus and secondly the fulfillment of the kingdom in His Glory at the second
coming, we can see that the wealth was a picture of the Lord’s wealth and His
coming kingdom not a get rich quick scheme.
That
side bar was free, but the point is that God has everything and gives liberally
to whom He desires and satan doesn’t like it. He doesn’t like it not just
because he wants power. The reason he wants power is because he hates the
Lord’s ways, His laws, His grace, His love and on and on and on!
When
progressives talk about the haves and the have nots, the 1%, homosexuals,
minority groups, the homeless, and any group that can be exploited they are not
desiring justice for these groups they are just using the same tactics of
deception like their father the devil. Not just hating the ordering of society
they hate the one who ordered these things. The argument is that all the groups
they pretend to represent are destitude because of a group of people in power
that are not righteous and don’t deserve their position in society. They
convince their followers that the system is unfair and the deck is stacked
against them by an elite few who are evil. The deception is that their rules
tell us that they do not love the people they represent, they actually love and
admire the ones they pretend to hate because the power that these people have
is their real motivation. This does not mean that all people in power who are
rich on this earth are righteous or even honest in some cases, however the
Bible tells us that the Lord is in charge of who is in charge. Therefore we
must go back to their rules and what they stand for to continue to be
discerning about who these people are. We cannot get baited into their
arguments about the people progressives are using.
We just
need to remember that everything these people fight against is righteous and
everything they love is not righteous outwardly. Moreover, take notice they are
taking things a step further by redefining what and who is considered righteous
and noble in our society by making up
new rules for what righteousness is. In a nutshell this last paragraph is the
explanation why these people focus on changing the narrative or dialogue and
diversity. What they really mean is they desire to change the rules and place
people who believe what they believe where they want them. They seek to play
God! Isn’t that what Satan does! Does he not manage this world that sin has
destroyed until the rightful King Jesus Christ comes to take His children home
and clean this mess up!
I said
all of that to ask a question. Are these the beliefs and tactics that represent
people like Barack Obama or people like Corey Booker? My answer to that
question is that these rules, tactics and beliefs (or actually lack of
beliefs,) paint a picture of people like Barack Obama not Corey Booker. Even if
people like Mr. Booker really are questioning the methodologies of the
President I don’t think it is enough to derail the progressive train that has
owned the democratic party. The Lord can save anyone, however we must be honest
and evaluate who these people really are and unfortunately we have to see that
they are in power now and that probably means the end of our system of
government. However there could be a significant spiritual movement of the Lord
that is brewing in the test case for progressives, the black community and it
may begin with people like Corey Booker raising logical objections about what
they see. Again to reiterate I am not saying that Corey Booker would or would
not agree with my opinions and evaluations, however I do think his comments
represent a ground swell in the black community that may have huge spiritual
ripples. I think we are on the verge of a spiritual awakening that frankly
could possibly be unnoticed by the political elite. After all they are in power
now so they don’t need the black community to use and exploit anymore so
naturally they could care less of some wander off the democratic plantation to
the Lord Jesus Christ.
All of
this evil brought by progressives could be reversed by our Lord and Savior into
a great harvest, but this harvest movement will go unnoticed by most folks in
Washington, but it could be an exciting time for the believer. Thanks for
bearing with me and muddling through these last two entries. The third will be
the good news of what I believe is to come!
