Wednesday, January 30, 2008

What Does It Take To Be President...Or...(POTUS)?

Over the course of more than five-hundred years since our Nation's founding, Presidents have come and gone ... some have led honorably, and some, not so "honorably," according to what each person(s) ideals and standards were during the period of time, and under what President held power in their respective generations...and too, the particular circumstances that helped to guide their decision making as to who they wanted to lead the Nation at that particular time. For some it was Abraham Lincoln. Why Abraham Lincoln?

In 1858, at the close of the Illinois Republican convention, when he was nominated to oppose Stephen Douglas in the coming election for U.S. Senator, Abraham Linclon gave his famous speech - "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Lincoln strongly criticized Douglas for the role he played in the gains that the slave states had acheived since the Compromise in 1850. In particular - The Nabraska-Kansas Act - which was a repeal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. These were territorial disputes, and for the advancing of the railroad, and also, on the debating of whether to continue slavery, which was a customary practice in that day, for a prolonged period of time...and, as we shall see, this is why Abraham Lincoln, not merely for his own personal gain in becoming Senator, but had the God-fearing honesty, decency and dignity, to step to the forefront, and lead us out of this sadistic debaucher three years later, when he took his oath of office in 1861, and with it, would come much heartache and tears - Th worst and bloodiest battle in all of American history - The Civil War. On March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln gave his first inaugral speech, pleading with the South to remain with the Union, he did not want to take action militarily against the South for fear of pushing other states out of the Union. He sought to find middle ground. 18 months later, on September 22, 1862, The battle, the single most bloody day of the war, gave Lincoln the opportunity to make the greatest speech in all of American history - The Emancipation Proclamation which gave blessed freedom to slaves in all the states in rebellion. These are some of his words -
And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of state are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

What a wonderful day it must have been, for millions upon millions, with tears of despair, replaced with tears of hope and effervescent joy, overflowing.
What kind of President was Abraham Lincoln? With his re-elction, in his second inaugral address, he provides us with the answer to that question...here's a few paragraphs from that address-
American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now will to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope--fervently do we pray--that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth plied by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether." With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.
What kind of man was Lincoln? A God-fearing Christian man! One of the most common arguments you hear coming from modern Secular skeptics these days is that, Christianity and the bible "support" slavery. What does the bible say? Were they treated like slaves were in the 1800s? Leviticus gives us some incite...Leviticus 25:53 - He is to be treated as a man hired from year to year; you must see to it that his owner does not rule over him ruthlessly. Hmmmm...Let's see, they got paid, were given plenty to eat, a place to sleep, they went to church (as was required by God), so forth and so on. Doesn't sound to me like cruelty or mis-treatment, but of servants of their own free will, willing to work, so they could survive, Unike today, with government spending on special treatment and entitlement programs, which translates into tyranny by judges.

Abraham Lincoln provided us with perhaps, the perfect role model for all Presidents, for all time to come, because he stood for? For freedom, and he realized that all of man's rights are from God, and that any civil body politic enacting any civil law that went against what God's Law says, isn't law, is tyranny, and must be overthrown. That's why slavery was defeated, it was the free and civil, God-fearing men and women, like Abraham Lincoln who believed in, and stood for freedom, who defied all odds for the freedom of America.The same goes for today, in far distant lands, many people and walks of life have zero freedoms to the desires atheist Communists, Iran is one of them, whose leaders are radical extremist oppressing their people so longing for freedom...but through the bravery and trust in Almighty God, they will see their freedom some sweet day, and the chords of tyranny will be broken!

Can America maintain freedom? With another Presidential election fast approaching, we must make a new decision for the future, just like Abraham Lincoln did a hundred and forty-seven years ago to ensure our future!

Who can meet the standards of POTUS today?

--Jeremiah--

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8 comments:

  1. So now slavery is freedom ...
    straight from minitruth

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  2. So now slavery is freedom

    Ain't no one said anything about slavery being freedom except you.

    Where do you see that in the post?

    --Jeremiah--

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  3. Doesn't sound to me like cruelty or mis-treatment, but of servants of their own free will, willing to work, so they could survive

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  4. Anonymous,
    You know why? They served, so they coul be served. Now, most usually, slaves of the old Hebrew times, were slaves that had committed, most anyway, this was more humane treatment than the beheading, crucifiying and skinning that the assyrians exposed them to. If the servant served their master long enough, sometimes they could inheret their master's entire estate. That's just shy of Christendom.

    Our rights are from above, which is central to Christianity--Romans 1:19-20 -- Since what may be know about God is plain to them because God had made it plain to them. FOr since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly see, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.'

    Now, you might remember, Jeremy Bentham? He didn't believe that our rights came from God, but they all came from Government -- Many Atheists would agree with him, just as they did following the French Revolution...massacring thousands of innocent people. While the Quakers, Methodists, and evangelical Anglicans were waging a campaign to end the evil of slavery in Europe.

    Every argument since then, that has sought to defend slavery in the bible has been crushed. The bible does not support slavery. period. end of story.

    Remember, if it weren't for the Christian people, like Abraham Lincoln, you wouldn't be free today.

    Yet, to you Atheist "elites" slavery could only have been abolished through moral example of people like yourself.

    Hahahaha!

    How shameful, and utterly stupid.

    --Jeremiah--

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  5. One of the most common arguments you hear coming from modern Secular skeptics these days is that, Christianity and the bible "support" slavery. What does the bible say? Were they treated like slaves were in the 1800s? Leviticus gives us some incite...

    Leviticus 25:53 - He is to be treated as a man hired from year to year; you must see to it that his owner does not rule over him ruthlessly.

    Hmmmm...Let's see, they got paid, were given plenty to eat, a place to sleep, they went to church (as was required by God), so forth and so on. Doesn't sound to me like cruelty or mis-treatment, but of servants of their own free will, willing to work, so they could survive


    What an insulting comment to our black ancestors who were robed of their humanity because of the color of their skin.

    And you have the gall to call yourself a Christian.....

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  6. Jonathan,

    I've worked for many, many days right beside black folks, and I hold no animus what-so-ever toward them. We've often sit at lunch break and discuss the bible.

    I had a dear friend at school, he was the school janitor, he passed away about two years ago. One of the nicest people I had ever met before.

    So please don't say that I am insulting them!!! And please don't make this into a race issue!!!

    If you'll read and study the bible, get you a commentary from a reputable scholar grounded in God's Word then you will see the truth. Most slaves in biblical times, Hebrew times, were slaves, because they had committed a crime and this was considered more humane treatment than torturing them to death like the Assyrians did.

    Have you ever watched the Gladiator? That movies shows you how the Roman Pagans (Atheists) treated their slaves, they took them into rings with hungry lions, barbarians on chariots with swords and iron balls with sharp spikes on them, called - morning star, and they would put the slaves out in the open and they would come by with these horses gaining speed and then swing the morning star into the head of their victim. If you murdered someone, this was your doom, they didn't mess around.

    Slavery has been used throughout time, look at China and North Korea.
    YOu know, it's funny, Thomas Jefferson, one of the most recognized political figures in history, owned slaves, set forth some of the most profound words in history - "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are Created equal, endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

    Now you tell me he didn't know in his heart what he was doing was wrong? He knew!!! Matter of fact, I believe Thomas Jefferson is the very one who helped to abolish slavery through those very words, that he, himself, had spoken.

    Like I said, Chritians and the bible are responsible for the ending of slavery. If you take Thomas Jefferson's quote and go back to Romans chapter one verse 19 and 20 in the Apostle Paul's inspired writings that I quoted for you in the post before your's, you'll find that's where Mr. Jefferson got the foundation on which to base his opinion from.

    Jefferson -'Self-evident' - ' Apostle Paul - 'God has made it know to them'

    The Apostle Paul again - 'We were called to freedom'.

    Seek God's wisdom, and He'll show the way!!

    God bless!!

    --Jeremiah--

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  7. And I notice neither one of you took the slightest interest in answering the question, what does it take to be President?

    Can you answer that honestly?

    --Jeremiah--

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  8. Many are slaves to their own likings and very seldom do they find relief from that slavery until a great price has been paid for redemption. That was done my friends at Calvary. Christ set the captives free.

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