Bible rewritten: the book
of Barack
There is a lot going on
lately about God. The House of Representatives has passed
a resolution 396-9 reaffirming "In God We Trust" as America's
national motto. Virginia Republican
Congressman Randy Forbes says he was compelled to
introduce the measure because there were so many
falsehoods in the public square about God and country. He
said that people misunderstand the phrase "separation of
church and state," there are many errors regarding the
founding of the nation in the new Capitol Visitor Center,
and there have been many times when courts and others have
tried to prevent citizens from exercising their freedom of
religion. One of the biggest misunderstandings came from
the White
House.
Forbes said that the man
who occupies the Oval Office misrepresented the national
motto in his November 2010 speech aimed at
appeasing the Muslim world. Forbes said the president
"falsley proclaimed that our national motto was E pluribus
unum. The President failed to respond to congressional
entreaties to issue a correction; the uncorrected
transcript remains on the White House website." The
president, who appears to be standing firm that the
national motto should not have God in it, also set the
record straight about the Bible during the week. He said,
"I trust in God, but God wants to see us help ourselves by
putting people back to work." So now he is prophet as well
as president.
Americans would do well to
check his credentials for both. White House press
secretary Jay Carney explained the president's remarks,
saying, "I believe that phrase in the Bible is 'the Lord
helps those who help themselves.'" While a column by Jim Denison
states that 75% of Americans believe the statement is in
the Bible as do 68% of born-again Christians, the phrase
is not in the Bible, unless of course the president is
rewriting it as well as the national motto. The phrase
actually originated in 1698 in British politician Algemon
Sydney's "Discourses Concerning Government" and went
national when Benjamin Franklin published it in "Poor
Richard's Almanac" in 1757.
While the book of Barack
may suggest that government is God's arm in America, the
truth of the matter is that the government is far from
God. And evidenced by the poll numbers cited by Denison,
so are born again Christians. Christians have been
bombarded by so many teachers and preachers who paraphrase
or downright misquote the Bible that the sheep do not even
know what is in it. That's how false prophets begin to
rewrite things anew and people begin to accept them. Jesus
said in Matthew 24:4, "Take heed that no man deceive you."
Jesus also said that we would know them by their fruits.
At the G-20 meeting in France, the president shook
hands with all the European leaders, but hugged the
Islamic leader of Turkey. I'm just saying...
Resources:
http://www.forbes.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=267190
http://www.denisonforum.org/cultural-commentary/179-the-most-dangerous-belief-in-america-today
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!