On January 20, 2017 at noon Eastern time Donald J. Trump became our 45th President service The United States of America. Love him or hate him if you are an American he is your President.
Watching the Inauguration via Twitter yesterday, I bypassed the editorial comments and other videos of what was going on around Washington D.C. I knew that several Democrats decided to not attend. I also knew that several of my friends and acquaintances were upset, mad and as they said in tears.
When I got home from a busy morning and afternoon yesterday I held my breath and decided to turn on the news to Fox. And as I had suspected yes there was plenty of news about what was going on outside the cordoned off area of the Capitol steps.
I can honestly say that I have never been so afraid in my life when I watched the beatings, fires and destruction that was going on. The fear I was feeling was real, strong and absolutely terrifying. I had the fear not because I was in fear of actions toward The President or family and Vice President and family, no I knew that they were in great hands they were surrounded by Many Secret service personnel.
The fear I had was for the people causing the hatred to explode into the fires and fights and gripping arm in arm in a human chain across the entrance to the inauguration; the video I saw was involving two men from the Air Force in their dress blues, it was sad. Sad for I saw in their eyes hate, sarcasm, and well fear as well.
These people as I can only guess were those who were against Trump and his cabinet for winning. I won’t label them either Democrats nor Republicans because I know of several Of each that are equally involved in the hate that is rising across the United States.
Unity
As history has shown us the nation was formed because a Unity idea that “We the people in order to form a more perfect Union establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…” We came together; We as in our ancestors; to make the People in These States Free from King George III.
One reason, for there were many reasons for freedom was Taxation. Which this was a common thing in yesterdays protesters and media saying they equal this protest to that of The Boston Tea Party. Now i found this to be over exaggerated. So my curiosity got the better of me so I went online to www.revolutionary-war.net to re-introduce myself to The Boston Tea Party.
Not only did they tax tea but sugar as well and stamps. “The Colonists were frustrated by the number of taxes Parliament kept trying to place on them without their consent.” The writer of this page wrote and this sums up the whole issue back then. There was an insane Tyrant as the Head of England opposing taxes to the colonies to help Get back money lost to the Anglo v. France war over the American Colonies from 1756-1763. So as this insane King with the Parliament imposed taxes on the colonies in which was the subject of The loss of income or money to line King George’s pockets. The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War and its North American theater of the French and Indian War. The Americans said that there was no military need for the soldiers because there were no foreign enemies on the continent, and the Americans had always protected themselves against Indians. They suggested that it was actually a matter of British patronage to surplus British officers and career soldiers who should be paid by London.(wikipedia). But really this was another way to keep The Colonies under the Thumb of George III.
Now as we go today. The community of protesters, whom go by many names, considers the Idea of a Billionaire as President is like that of King George III. Trump has said and done things that make even my skin crawl. He comes off as a womanizing, thick skinned man that will say and do anything that comes to mind. His filter from his brain to his mouth is broken and his twitter account proves that. I agree with that point. But there is a need to say that Trump has not publicly asked for forgiveness for these prior actions. It screams non-conformity to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But the difference of the Colonies and The Boston Tea Party is the fear was against a different kind of government issue, those were completely at different times, it was pre-Constitution time. These issues today are far from the the Revolutionary times, unless those protesters are ready to form their own form of “Sons of Liberty” and revolt from the Union or try to.
As I look at his actions prior to the whole process for the White House and the build up of Black Lives matter and the rest of the protesters I see something in common. The first National event that started the massive protests was the horrible and unfortunate murder of Trayvon Martin then it escalated in the Ferguson, Missouri riots and then Cleveland when the police shot 12 year-old Tamir Rice. After that the riots got more intense and more active. The world seems like it is going to explode soon especially after January 20th when even former host, Larry King’s car was violated.
So now that Trump is President, what do we do? As Members of the United States we should first, remember to respect the Office that is The President of the United States. Secondly we need to stop what we are doing for the first 100 days of Trumps time in office and wait and watch. Third stop jumping to conclusions, thinking on things that we have no control over and not has even happened as of yet is unhealthy, as we have already seen.
And Forth and the most important, Think for yourself. Stop listening to the fake news and discover for yourself what Trump has said. Did you know that Trump has said the same thing, promised the same promises since 2014 or so, even before that this Youtube video from 1987 shows him adhering to and meaning the same goals as he has this century and decade.
The same goals being said for more than 30 years. Lots of people are saying he isn’t even a politician well good, the first leaders of this country were not even politicians, it’s nothing new.
1 Timothy 6:10 says, “For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” This I believe is the situation here in 2017, and has been since the dawn of time. Money is the god of America, when Christ is not in their hearts.
This is the problem of those who act first and hate and react of that hate by burning trash cans and cars and busting window in businesses and windshields. The President said in his inaugural address yesterday several times that This is our country, this is for the people, we are turning the power to the people. This is determination to not divide but to give the people a listen to.
Back to Unity
President Trump said:
“At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.
The bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity. We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.”
This bible verse can be found in Psalm 133. It is used correctly as well by the way.
Another quote at the end of his speech is this and really read these words at face value for it is all you have when trying to discern at the limitations that man has without Christ Jesus as Lord of your life and Lord of all, “Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.”
If you need more discernment because the nomination and installation of Donald Trump as President GO! to Christ. If seeing a man in the highest of in the U.S.A. has made you cry and completely shut down and not able to sleep, you need Christ to save you so you can see as I do that my life doesn’t revolve around the government, my life is Christs’. I seek Jesus Christ for discernment of men and demons and angels and all things. I don’t worry for the sake of money and pride. I trust in Christ for all of my needs, when we are in Christ he is with us always (Matthew 28:18-20).
Christ promises that to those who love Him, all things work together for our good. (Romans 8:28)
Wisdom Proverbs 2:6 “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;” Man is a fool when God is not in him. Proverbs 14:6 “A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.” Your life is meaningless without Christ and will be full of something evil like hate, prejudice and pride. Proverbs 29:15 says, “The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” And in this case the Rod is the hand of God seeing fit to arrest and place in jail and prison for the bad that you have done.
But there is good news Jesus came to Earth so that you too can be saved Romans 4 says that, “7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
When you place your trust in Jesus and Belief upon him for your salvation saved from the Wrath that is to come, not only will Jesus save you from God’s wrath to the wicked he will forget all your evil deeds. Jesus is your only way to God (John 14:6)
In place of the fulfillment of the law that is due you who have committed sins When believing in Christ He will give you a free gift of Salvation and Grace, This from Romans 5:15- 21:
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
God came to earth in the form of a man and that man is Jesus to fulfill the law of sacrifice and become the sacrifice for all who believe in Him. Jesus came sin so as to take our punishment for us who believe. Salvation comes, says Psalm 62:1 “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.”
Trump said in his speech,
But I think this instead, When God through Christ is our salvation, When Faith in God in Christ comes into our heart there is no room for anything else, no hate, no fear, no prejudice, nothing that doesn’t gives God Glory has its place in your heart.
Read the Bible start with The Gospel of John. Learn for yourself of what Jesus has to offer, and I will pray for you.
Kevin
