Obama, Ayers, Wright and Liberation Theology
The New Testament mandates the Church with preaching the gospel and caring for the poor. Thus, some of the greatest institutions for charitable work such as The Salvation Army, World Vision, orphanages, and hospitals, are fruits of obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ. State government’s role is to “bear the sword” and execute justice. The separate roles of church and state are recognized in the Constitution of the United States. However, the trend towards federal government taking over more and more the traditional roles of the Church is evident.
When Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church asked candidate Barack Obama what he thought the greatest moral failure of America was, Obama cited Scripture and replied that he thought the neglect of the poor was America’s greatest failure. When Bill O’Reiley confronted Obama with the unfairness of taxing the rich to distribute to “the poor”, Obama replied that this was necessary to help those less privileged. Then, when Joe the Plumber asked Obama in Toledo, OH why he should pay higher taxes under Obama’s plan, Obama candidly replied that it was necessary to “spread the wealth.”
Behind this compulsion of Obama to assign to the federal government the task of giving an advantage to the poor is the “liberation theology” which he absorbed from years of membership in the church of Jeremiah Wright. “Liberation theology” is a set of beliefs that takes Christ and the gospels and combines it with Marxist economic-political theories to form a “social gospel” that relies on political means to achieve economic emancipation for the poor and the oppressed. It sees poverty as the root of all evil and the establishment of an earthly utopia as salvation. Obama, Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, all share the same goal of social emancipation of the oppressed masses through political means, and they are quite open about it. William Ayers justifies violent struggle against the government, and Jeremiah Wright openly condemns America from the pulpit, invoking damnation on her.
Thus, under an Obama presidency, we would expect to see more of the implications of “liberation theology.” The government will push the true Christian church further and further into the sidelines in its bid to become the savior of mankind. The government will favor more the “oppressed minorities" of all kinds, such as the poor, racial minorities, homosexuals, women denied of their “reproductive freedoms” (who’s keeping them from having sex?), and any minority interest group, against the people who, according to Obama, "cling to their guns and religion" in times of hardship. Any dissent will be stifled and labeled as racist and considered “hate speech.” The government will attempt to pass the "fairness doctrine" to silence talk radio, which has been dominated by conservative political commentators.
As the Church is marginalized and silenced by the government into conformity, we long for the coming of the righteous King, who will rule the nations with a rod of iron. We already have a taste of the fury of the Left against conservative values when they unremittingly slander Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate. How the Left despises her and what she stands for! They might succeed now in defeating John McCain and Sarah Palin in the elections, but what will they do when true Righteousness comes to rule?
"Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!"
Galatians 1:7-9
When Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church asked candidate Barack Obama what he thought the greatest moral failure of America was, Obama cited Scripture and replied that he thought the neglect of the poor was America’s greatest failure. When Bill O’Reiley confronted Obama with the unfairness of taxing the rich to distribute to “the poor”, Obama replied that this was necessary to help those less privileged. Then, when Joe the Plumber asked Obama in Toledo, OH why he should pay higher taxes under Obama’s plan, Obama candidly replied that it was necessary to “spread the wealth.”
Behind this compulsion of Obama to assign to the federal government the task of giving an advantage to the poor is the “liberation theology” which he absorbed from years of membership in the church of Jeremiah Wright. “Liberation theology” is a set of beliefs that takes Christ and the gospels and combines it with Marxist economic-political theories to form a “social gospel” that relies on political means to achieve economic emancipation for the poor and the oppressed. It sees poverty as the root of all evil and the establishment of an earthly utopia as salvation. Obama, Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, all share the same goal of social emancipation of the oppressed masses through political means, and they are quite open about it. William Ayers justifies violent struggle against the government, and Jeremiah Wright openly condemns America from the pulpit, invoking damnation on her.
Thus, under an Obama presidency, we would expect to see more of the implications of “liberation theology.” The government will push the true Christian church further and further into the sidelines in its bid to become the savior of mankind. The government will favor more the “oppressed minorities" of all kinds, such as the poor, racial minorities, homosexuals, women denied of their “reproductive freedoms” (who’s keeping them from having sex?), and any minority interest group, against the people who, according to Obama, "cling to their guns and religion" in times of hardship. Any dissent will be stifled and labeled as racist and considered “hate speech.” The government will attempt to pass the "fairness doctrine" to silence talk radio, which has been dominated by conservative political commentators.
As the Church is marginalized and silenced by the government into conformity, we long for the coming of the righteous King, who will rule the nations with a rod of iron. We already have a taste of the fury of the Left against conservative values when they unremittingly slander Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate. How the Left despises her and what she stands for! They might succeed now in defeating John McCain and Sarah Palin in the elections, but what will they do when true Righteousness comes to rule?
"Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!"
Galatians 1:7-9
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