[The] man of sin [shall] be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 KJV)
Jesus saith, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6 KJV)
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13 KJV)
November 11, 2015
Ben Carson Reflects on Scripture "When So Many in the Media Want to Bring Me Down Because I Represent Something That They Can’t Stand"
On November 11, 2015, retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, who is seeking the GOP presidential nod, painted a picture of a hopeful future to students at the world’s largest Christian university — but only if they stand united for the principles that made America great.
The Yahoo article about Carson's speech at Liberty University (see the end of this post) was re-written by a commenter at Yahoo in the way many Christians, perhaps, would think it should have been written. The following is that rewritten article from a Christian perspective.
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When
Ben Carson took the stage Wednesday morning at Liberty University’s
Vine Center, he claimed a role familiar to many of the conservative
Christians in his audience — that of a believer persecuted for his
faith. And on this Veterans Day, the GOP presidential front runner
placed what he sees as a battle for the nation’s soul and values in the
context of past military conflicts fought to protect the United States’
freedoms.
Praising
the Allied soldiers who took part in the Normandy invasion, Carson
asked rhetorically why they would do such a thing. “Not for themselves,”
he answered, “but for you and me, so that we could be free.” He then
shifted from 1944 France to 2015 America:
“What are we willing to do for
those who come behind us?”
“When
you look at our founding document,” Carson told the students, faculty
and staff gathered for Liberty’s required weekly convocation, “it talks
about certain inalienable rights given to us by our creator – also known
as God.”
As the crowd applauded, he continued. “And we have so many
people now who are trying to push God out of our lives.”
There’s
no reason to be afraid, he said, quoting from the Book of Proverbs.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own
understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he will direct your
path.”
After
the applause quieted, Carson said he held tight to that scripture in
times of adversity.
“I cling to it now when so many in the media want to
bring me down because I represent something that they can’t stand.”
Carson
has indeed come under questioning by so-called journalist over alleged
discrepancies in his life story, as well as some possible theories about
the Holocaust and ancient Egypt. His response, in this so-called
reporters opinion to the criticism is a neat little rhetorical move
often favored by politicians under scrutiny: “They hate me because I’m
‘x’” – where ‘x’ equals the figure’s audience and other supporters.
President Obama used this same method over and over again to dupe the
American public and Hillary Clinton is a master of it! The implication
is that by defending Carson, conservative Christians defend themselves
and their faith itself. In fact Dr. Ben Carson has plainly and calmly
answered the false claims, but they have so far landed on deaf ears
among the press.
The
promise of Carson’s favorite verse is similarly straight forward: Trust
God, and He will direct your path. Including, Carson believes, a
presidential bid. God wants to be involved in all of our lives.
“When
I got a call to be the keynote speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast
for 2013, I said, ‘Lord, what are you up to?’” Carson said on
Wednesday.
He had already spoken at the event in 1997 and wasn’t aware
that anyone had been given the honor twice. When Carson found out that
the only other exception was Billy Graham, he “knew God was up to
something.”
“What
does the Lord want me to say?” he recalled asking himself, and right up
until the eve of the breakfast, he had no idea.
But when he awoke that
morning, Carson said, it was immediately clear. God does this multiple
times in many biblical references. His resulting speech was extremely
critical of Barack Obama’s negative anti-American policies, including
the unaffordable health-care reform, and it led conservatives to
“clamber” for him to run for president.
So
he prayed again.
“And I said, ‘Lord, this was not on my bucket list,
but if you truly want me to do this, all the pundits say it’s
impossible, but nothing is impossible for you. If you open the doors, I
will walk through them.”
“And God began opening doors.”
Carson
isn’t the first politician to frame his aspirations in terms of a
divine mandate. George Bush once reportedly referred to his belief that
God speaks through him — the White House disputed the report. Even
though the Bush White House denied it, we so-called reporters just can't
keep from spinning the truth into a nice juicy bit of propaganda to sell
newspapers and get news show ratings, but it would not be unusual for
an evangelical to pray that God would speak through him – and he was
also quoted as saying he was “driven with a mission from God.”
Every
bible believing Christian believes that God has a purpose for their
lives and that God is the driving force behind them, so when a believer
gets a job, be it at a grocery store or the Oval office, it isn't
surprising for them to believe that it is being driven by God!
White,
black, and Asian evangelicals remain an important bloc for presidential
hopefuls — Bush won nearly four out of five of their votes in 2004 —
which might explain why Carson is appealing to them with a divine
mandate: God told him to run. Which may very well be true!
And
he’s framing it in culture-war terms that they understand. There is a
war going on, and it’s time for responsible, concerned American citizens
to intervene, motivated by their desire to leave a legacy of freedom to
future generations. Because we all can plainly see that this past
administration has done everything in its power to destroy the America
we know and change it to a socialistic, elite, tyrannical form of
government. They can do this, Carson suggests, by voting for him. After
all, he does trust God, and God may very well be directing his steps —
steps that might lead to the White House.
Last
week, the Guardian offered readers an inside look at Carson’s home with
a spread of photos that included one of a telling portrait: Ben Carson,
contentedly smiling in his white doctor’s coat, sitting at the right
hand of Jesus, a biblical place of distinction.
“I
think the one thing all of us love and appreciate about you, sir,”
David Nasser, Liberty University’s vice president of spiritual
development, told Carson at the end of his speech, “is really your
humility. And the way that you carry yourself as a believer.”
Yahoo News - When
Ben Carson took the stage Wednesday morning at Liberty University’s
Vine Center, he claimed a role familiar to many of the conservative
Christians in his audience — that of a believer persecuted for his
faith. And on this Veterans Day, the GOP presidential frontrunner placed
what he sees as a battle for the nation’s soul and values in the
context of past military conflicts fought to protect the United States’
freedoms.
Praising
the Allied soldiers who took part in the Normandy invasion, Carson
asked rhetorically why they would do such a thing.
“Not for themselves,”
he answered, “but for you and me, so that we could be free.”
He then
shifted from 1944 France to 2015 America:
“What are we willing to do for
those who come behind us?”
“When
you look at our founding document,” Carson told the students, faculty
and staff gathered for Liberty’s required weekly convocation, “it talks
about certain inalienable rights given to us by our creator – also known
as God.”
As the crowd applauded, he continued. “And we have so many
people now who are trying to push God out of our lives.”
There’s
no reason to be afraid, he said, quoting from the Book of Proverbs.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own
understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he will direct your
path.”
After
the applause quieted, Carson said he held tight to that scripture in
times of adversity.
“I cling to it now when so many in the media want to
bring me down because I represent something that they can’t stand.”
Carson
has indeed come under questioning over discrepancies in his life story,
as well as some unusual theories about the Holocaust and ancient Egypt.
His response to criticism is a neat little rhetorical move often
favored by politicians under scrutiny: “They hate me because I’m ‘x’” –
where ‘x’ equals the figure’s audience and other supporters. The
implication is that by defending Carson, conservative Christians defend
themselves and their faith itself.
The
promise of Carson’s favorite verse is similarly straightforward: Trust
God, and He will direct every step of your life. Including, Carson
believes, a presidential bid.
“When
I got a call to be the keynote speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast
for 2013, I said, ‘Lord, what are you up to?’” Carson said on
Wednesday. He had already spoken at the event in 1997 and wasn’t aware
that anyone had been given the honor twice. When Carson found out that
the only other exception was Billy Graham, he “knew God was up to
something.”
“What
does the Lord want me to say?” he recalled asking himself, and right up
until the eve of the breakfast, he had no idea. But when he awoke that
morning, Carson said, it was immediately clear.
His resulting speech was
extremely critical of Barack Obama’s policies, including health-care
reform, and it led conservatives to “clamber” for him to run for
president.
So
he prayed again.
“And I said, ‘Lord, this was not on my bucket list,
but if you truly want me to do this, all the pundits say it’s
impossible, but nothing is impossible for you. If you open the doors, I
will walk through them.”
“And he began opening doors.”
Carson isn’t the first politician to frame his aspirations in terms of a divine mandate. George Bush once reportedly referred
to his belief that God speaks through him — the White House disputed
the report, but it would not be unusual for an evangelical to pray that
God would speak through him – and he was also quoted as saying he was
“driven with a mission from God.”
White evangelicals remain an important bloc for presidential hopefuls — Bush won nearly four out of five
of their votes in 2004 — which might explain why Carson is appealing to
them with a divine mandate: God told him to run. And he’s framing it in
culture-war terms that they understand. There is a war going on, and
it’s time for responsible, concerned American citizens to intervene,
motivated by their desire to leave a legacy of freedom to future
generations. They can do this, Carson suggests, by voting for him. After
all, he trusted God, and God directed his steps — steps that might lead
to the White House.
Last week, the Guardian
offered readers an inside look at Carson’s home with a spread of photos
that included one of a telling portrait: Ben Carson, contentedly
smiling in his white doctor’s coat, sitting literally at the right hand
of Jesus, a biblical place of distinction.
“I
think the one thing all of us love and appreciate about you, sir,”
David Nasser, Liberty University’s vice president of spiritual
development, told Carson at the end of his speech, “is really your
humility. And the way that you carry yourself as a believer.”
Comments from Yahoo!
80 percent or more of the comments at Yahoo! are mocking Christianity, but the following are worth noting:
Dr. Carson is not crying over Starbucks cups. In fact, he can't stand political correctness. He isn't trying to push his beliefs on anyone. He just wants to put the biblical morals that this country was founded on back into government. The morals. The honesty, integrity, etc. He is an adamant believer in freedom of religion and doesn't agree with homosexual marriage, but he isn't going to overturn it. Please. He will do more good for our country than any president in recent times. I am not religious at all and I stand behind Ben Carson 110%. It's funny because almost every single president in US history has claimed Christianity as their religion, yet it has never been an issue until 2015, when the PC police are out in full force. Better not offend anyone with those biblical views LMAO
If you're a Christian you believe everything he's saying. You are
either fully a Christian who sounds like a nut job to others or you're
not. There's no middle ground.
God and Creator are synonymous, as is Lord, which was used in the Declaration of Independence.
In the Declaration of Independence our founders wrote:
"We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
He's not forcing his religion down your throats. He was speaking to
students at a Christian University about his faith, as Jesus Christ asks
of his followers. He was not shouting from street corners at people who
don't want to hear the message.
If you are a religious person it makes sense that you would believe God
directs your footsteps. He doesn't necessarily believe that God has
decided he should win, only that he is supposed to run. By stating his
views he influences people. I might not vote for him, but I certainly
like his honesty. And that in itself may cause others who are running
to be honest. When you live and honest an upright life, you inspire
others to do the same. We could certainly use a lot more like Dr.
Carson.
The Establishment Clause:
"Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Obviously, the words "separation," "church," or "state" are not found in the First Amendment; furthermore, that phrase appears in no founding document.
While most recognize the phrase "separation of church and state," the clear understanding of the First Amendment for the first century-and-a-half after the country was founded was that it prohibited the establishment of a single national denomination. National policies and rulings in that century-and-a-half always reflected that interpretation.
I suppose if you believe greed for power and money (such as that which
led to the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage scam) as representing a
bad or evil or destructive value, I can see the spiritual aspect of Dr.
Carson's stand for honesty, doing the best for the majority, being fair,
and being compassionate.
Think about this the media made damn sure we knew Mitt Romney was Moron.
The can't run Carson's religious beliefs as a Seventh Day advent fast
enough. I guess they really have no need to mention anything about the
religion of the left global warming - that's the only religion the 2
totalitarian front runners have.
The establishment media Ben-Carson-Smear-Campaign is in full swing, so expect multiple articles daily attempting to assassinate the character of Ben Carson:
When we lose our economic security, we also lose our freedom and are forced to survive any way we can. The subliminal, one-world religion is self-preservation — the survival instinct. It's basic to human nature. The Bible shows a coming world leader who will exploit this self-preservation instinct and will bring this religion to its logical conclusion. And, if possible, even some of the very elect will be deceived by this appeal to their pocketbook and personal security.
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1 KJV)
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32 KJV)
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12 KJV)
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