I wrote this piece last year and it ran on Easter Sunday.
I was asked by many to run it again this Easter Sunday.
Op-ed:
My thoughts this Easter Sunday...
What is a Christian…it sure isn’t Barack Hussein Obama
My thoughts this Easter Sunday...
What is a Christian…it sure isn’t Barack Hussein Obama
By: Diane Sori
Today being Easter Sunday, and because of the turbulent times in which we live, I thought it quite proper on this most holy of days to offer my opinion on what is a Christian, especially since we have a man occupying the White House who is anything but the Christian he professes himself to be.
We all know many claim to be Christian,
those that love nothing better than to say that their church is the one
true church, that their way and their church’s way is the ONLY true way
to God. I believe nothing could be further from the truth.
I believe one is a true Christian if they
believe deep within their heart that they are a Christian, and if they
profess a belief in and love for Jesus Christ, and try to live their
lives according to his teachings. On this, one might fail at times but
God does not expect us to be perfect just to try our best, for if we
falter He will forgive us because He knows we are not perfect.
I believe a true Christian is a person who
has put their faith and trust in Jesus, including His death on the cross
as payment for our sins, and His resurrection on the third day.
I believe a Christian has love for others, a
compassion for those hurting, and is one who knows the meaning of the
word, ‘friend’ as well as knowing and accepting the word ‘enemy.’
I
believe a true Christian never willingly hurts or betrays another, and
never uses God as an excuse or as a front for their personal or
perceived shortcomings, and with that I believe a true Christian can
question his faith, because even Jesus asked ‘why’ on the cross.
I believe a true Christian can keep his
humanity even while giving his heart and soul over to God, for that
personal humanity, unique unto to each of us, is what separates each of
us from all others.
I believe there is nothing wrong with being
of this world while at the same time being of His world, as long as one
keeps God in their hearts at all times and His love in their souls,
while still keeping their humanness intact. God does not demand that we
all be the same but only that we love Him unconditionally.
I believe being a true Christian is not
about obey, obey, obey nor is about subjugation to any church’s specific
doctrine as God gave us free will to make our own choices, and that
includes how we choose or not choose to worship and honor Him, for we
will all answer to Him and Him alone on our judgment day.
I believe church indoctrination can sometimes be counterproductive, and can actually turn some away from His word. Blind obedience, subjugation, and lack of original thought is not the true Christian way, and casts a shadow of cultism akin to islam over what is supposed to be the antithesis of those very things.
I believe church indoctrination can sometimes be counterproductive, and can actually turn some away from His word. Blind obedience, subjugation, and lack of original thought is not the true Christian way, and casts a shadow of cultism akin to islam over what is supposed to be the antithesis of those very things.
I believe a true Christian comes willingly
and lovingly to His word, in their own time, in their own way, thus
becoming part of God’s family because they alone want to be not because
they have been conditioned to be, are expected to be, or because someone
wants them to be.
I believe one does not have to wear
religion on their sleeve for one to be a true Christian. I believe
faith can be solely a one-on-one relationship with God with no
intrusions needed. I believe that that personal relationship with God
is stronger than any human relationship can ever be.
I believe a true Christian does not have to
be only an Evangelical or a Fundamentalist, but can also be a Roman
Catholic, a follower of Orthodoxy, a Protestant, a Mormon, and even a
Jew. I believe that all it really takes to be a true Christian is the
heartfelt belief in God’s word and an acceptance of Jesus, his only
begotten Son, as the Messiah. There is nothing magical nor complicated
about this, however, I believe Obama believes none of this.
And lastly, I
believe that united together Christians of ALL denominations can be a
powerful force to be reckoned with come November, while divided
becoming nothing more than fodder for those who do not believe, and
especially for those like Barack Hussein Obama, a muslim down to his
very core.
As the saying by Marcus Tullius Cicero goes (from
a speech he gave on the Roman Senate floor in 58 BC), “A nation can
survive fools, and even the ambitious but it cannot survive treason from
within.” And I for one believe that this one man is trying to destroy
Christian values and beliefs from within by deliberately and
calculatingly turning Christian against Christian in all he says and
does, for more liberal thinking Christians still side with him against
the more conservative Christians, and this Obama is counting on.
I hope and pray that true Christians
everywhere, while not having to share my personal beliefs, can at least
see some truth in what I have said because our nation’s very survival
and return to God’s laws and to the Judeo-Christian beliefs upon which
this country was founded, depends on us removing from office the very
man who says he is a Christian but who in reality is not now nor has he
ever been for his words, actions, and deeds are those against everything
a true Christian believes.
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