Holly, Yes, I could see how you perceive the message as, "Goofy". That says it all in a nutshell.....
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Hollywood <[email protected]>wrote: > > Daniel, > > Wow, that was really freakin' goofy. > > On Jul 21, 1:29 pm, Daniel Seigler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Church sermon > > > > This is VERY interesting. Very enlightening! > > > > Sermon from a church in Virginia recently. Gen 47: 13-27 > > > > Good morning, brothers and sisters; it's always a delight to see the pews > > crowded on Sunday morning, and so eager to get into God's Word. Turn > with > > me in your Bibles, if you will, to the 47th chapter of Genesis; we'll > begin > > our reading at verse 13, and go through verse 27. > > > > Brother Ray, would you stand and read that great passage for us?... Thank > > you for that fine reading, Brother Ray.. So we see that economic hard > > times fell upon Egypt, and the people turned to the government of Pharaoh > to > > deal with this for them. And Pharaoh nationalized the grain harvest, > and placed the grain in great storehouses that he had built. So the people > brought their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave it all > to him willingly in return for grain. And this went on until their money > ran out, and they were hungry again. > > > > So when they went to Pharaoh after that, they brought their livestock - > their cattle, their horses, their sheep, and their donkey - to barter for > grain, and verse 17 says that only took them through the end of that year. > > > > But the famine wasn't over, was it? > > > > So the next year, the people came before Pharaoh and admitted they had > > nothing left, except their land and their own lives. "There is nothing > left > > in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. Why should we die > > before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, > and > > we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh." So they surrendered their > > homes, their land, and their real estate to Pharaoh's government, and > > then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for grain. > > > > What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters? > > > > That turning to the government instead of to God to be our provider in > > hard times only leads to slavery? Yes. That the only reason government > > wants to be our provider is to also become our master? Yes. > > > > But look how that passage ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel > > settled in the land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen . And they gained > possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly." God provided > for > > His people, just as He always has! They didn't end up giving all their > possessions to the government, no, it says they gained possessions! > > > > But I also tell you a great truth today, and an ominous one. We see the > > same thing happening today - the government today wants to "share the > > wealth" once again, to take it from us and redistribute it back to us. > It wants to take control of healthcare, just as it has taken control of > education, and ration it back to us, and when government rations it, then > government decides who gets it, and how much, and what kind. > > > > And if we go along with it, and do it willingly, then we will wind up no > differently than the people of Egypt did four thousand years ago - as > slaves to the government, and as slaves to our leaders. > > > > What Mr. Obama's government is doing now is no different from what > Pharaoh's government did then, and it will end the same.. And a lot of > people like to call Mr. Obama a "Messiah," don't they? Is he a Messiah? A > savior? Didn't the Egyptians say, after Pharaoh made them his slaves, "You > have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to > Pharaoh"? > > > > Well, I tell you this - I know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of > mine; and Mr. Obama is no Messiah! No, brothers and sisters, if Mr. Obama > is a character from the Bible, then he is Pharaoh. > > > > Bow with me in prayer, if you will. > > > > Lord, You alone are worthy to be served, and we rely on You, and You > alone. We confess that the government is not our deliverer, and never > rightly will be. We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel, when Samuel > warned the people of what a ruler would do, where it says "And in that day > you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, > but the LORD will not answer you in that day." And Lord, we acknowledge > that day has come. We cry out to you because of the ruler that we have > chosen for ourselves as a nation..Lord, we pray for this nation. We pray > for revival, and we pray for deliverance from those who would be our > masters. > > > > Give us hearts to seek You and hands to serve You, and protect Your > people from the atrocities of Pharaoh's government. > > > > In God we Trust > > > > An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! > > > > Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Search, add, and share the web’s latest sports > videos. Check it out. > http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_... > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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