OXYMORON:
A SINLESS, BUT WORLDLY CANDIDATE WHO ALSO PROMISES TO GET THINGS DONE?
BY EXECUTIVE ACTION AGAIN?
THE ENDORSEMENT THAT WASN'T:
PRESIDENT FALWELL PRAISES TRUMP'S BIBLICALLY "FRUITY" DONATIONS, PHILANTHROPY, GOOD WORKS,
BUT HIDES HIS TRANSGRESSIONS:
HE CANNOT BE SAVED!
IN HIS OWN WORDS, PRESBYTERIAN CANDIDATE TRUMP HAS NEVER KNOWN OR SEEN THE NEED FOR REPENTANCE
In 2011, he told CBN he attended First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica Queens, which is part of the Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination.
AS SUCH, HE WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE OR CHANGE BEHAVIOR. AS A "NOMINAL, 'PROFESSING' CHRISTIAN", HE HAS NEVER TESTIFIED TO BEING SAVED, (DESPITE CLAIMING HE HAS A "RELATIONSHIP" WITH GOD) & MAY NEVER HAVE EVEN HEARD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN HIS APOSTATE DENOMINATION.
THEN YOU HAVE DIVORCES, AFFAIRS, REMARRIAGES, EMINENT DOMAIN SEIZURES, OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, CASINOS PROMOTING VICES OF GAMBLING & DRINKING, ETC.
MATTHEW 7:15-23-"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
FALWELL'S APOSTATE ERROR FILLED "TEACHING MOMENT"
NO MENTION OF JESUS CHRIST BY FALWELL OR TRUMP HERE
Liberty University President Quotes Scripture Suggesting ‘Unrepentant’ Donald Trump is Christian During ‘Hero’s Welcome’
BY HEATHER CLARK
SEE: http://christiannews.net/2016/01/18/liberty-university-president-quotes-scripture-suggesting-unrepentant-trump-is-christian-during-heros-welcome/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
LYNCHBURG, Va. — In what has been called a “hero’s welcome,” the thrice-married, unbridled-tongued professing Christian Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed an enormous crowd at what many consider the world’s largest Christian university on Monday, being lauded by the school’s president as a man who has “borne fruit” and “lives a life of loving and helping others as Jesus taught in the Great Commandment.”
Jerry Falwell Jr. spent ten minutes providing an introduction for the presidential nominee, who asked reporters last year “why do I need to repent if I am not making mistakes,” painting a picture of a man whose life has been marked by good deeds.
“As our friendship has grown, so has my admiration for Mr. Trump,” Falwell stated.
He quoted Scripture in suggesting that Trump’s life comports with Christianity.
“Matthew 7:16 tells us that ‘By your fruits you shall know them.’ Donald Trump’s life has borne fruit,” Falwell said. “Fruit that has provided jobs to multitudes of people, in addition to the many he has helped with his generosity.”
“In my opinion, Mr. Trump lives a life of loving and helping others as Jesus taught in the Great Commandment,” he declared.
Falwell characterized Trump as a “breath of fresh air” and compared the presidential candidate and billionaire business mogul to his father, the late Jerry Falwell Sr. And while he said that Trump’s appearance was not an endorsement, he opined that “the American public is finally ready to elect a candidate who is not a career politician but rather who has succeeded in real life.”
During his speech, Trump told those gathered that he believes Christianity is under attack, and characterized himself as a Christian as he has done in other appearances.
“If you look what’s going on throughout the world … Christianity, it’s under siege,” Trump stated. “I’m Protestant. I’m very proud of it. Presbyterian to be exact, but I’m very proud of it.”
The Republican presidential candidate also quoted Scripture in vowing to protect religious freedom.
“2 Corinthians 3:17, that’s the whole ballgame. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty,” he said. “And here, there is liberty.”
“Is that the one? Is that the one you like?” he asks, sounding awkward. “I think that’s the one you like because I loved it, and it’s so representative of what’s taking place.”
But some state that Liberty University, which has also invited non-Christians such as Mormon adherent Glenn Beck and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to speak to students, shouldn’t be so quick to declare Trump a born-again Christian.
“God hasn’t given us the ability to read men’s hearts, but He does give us the duty to make judgments based on the fruit that we see,” 2008 Constitution Party presidential candidate Michael Peroutka told Christian News Network. “And good fruit doesn’t come from a bad tree, and bad fruit doesn’t come from a good tree.”
“You have to examine someone’s actions and their speech and see whether or not that comports with what they self-declare,” he explained. “Even Satan quoted Scripture, so even the devil knows the Bible.”
David Whitney, pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Pasadena, Maryland, agreed. He noted several red flags surrounding Trump’s behavior indicating that the candidate does not bear the fruit of someone who is born again.
“One [concern] is how he treats other people and verbally denigrates them, showing a lack of respect. It seems to purvey his character that he cannot help but to ridicule, mock and denigrate,” Whitney said. “That does not comport with the kind of character that we see that Exodus 18:20 calls us to in terms of who we choose to be our rulers.”
He also noted concerns with Trump’s answer last summer at the Iowa Family Leadership Summit when asked if he has ever sought forgiveness for his sins.
“I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don’t think so,” Trump stated. “I think if I do something wrong, I think I just try and make it right. I don’t bring God into that picture. I don’t.”
“This indicates that he thought his previous positions were not an issue, such as on abortion, that he should ask God for forgiveness,” Whitney said. “What about the affair that happened while he was married to another woman, and eventually divorced that woman and married the woman he was having an affair with? Clearly adultery was taking place, and if he doesn’t see anything wrong with that, it’s a huge problem…”
The pastor disagreed with Falwell’s statement that Trump has led a life of love and helping others, considering his ongoing casino enterprise.
“We know that gambling addictions are fed by his business as well as other businesses, so that’s not a loving thing to draw people further into their addiction and profit from their addiction,” he opined. “So I would not say that he’s following in the footsteps of Jesus with his life [as Falwell suggested]. That’s not to say that he hasn’t done good things in and of themselves, but there’s much to be repented of in his life.”
Jessica Taylor of NPR expressed similar thoughts.
“That’s right—the candidate currently leading among the most faith-filled voters is a twice-divorced casino mogul, who isn’t an active member of any church, once supported abortion rights, has a history of crass language—and who says he’s never asked God’s forgiveness for any of it,” she wrote in an article in November entitled “True Believer? Why Donald Trump Is The Choice Of The Religious Right.”
As previously reported, an estimated three dozen spiritual leaders, including a number of prosperity preachers, met with Trump in New York this past September, with some laying hands on him and praying for God’s wisdom and favor on the candidate.
“Father, we just secure him right now by the blood of Jesus. We thank you that no weapon formed against him will be able to prosper and any tongue that rises against him will be condemned according to the word of God,” Paula White, who leads New Destiny Christian Center in Florida, prayed. “I secure him. I secure his children. I secure his calling and his mantle.”
But both Peroutka and Whitney said that it is not wise for Christians to so blindly jump on the Trump train. They expressed disappointment that Trump was received so enthusiastically at Liberty University.
“I think that’s worrisome because there’s an implied endorsement,” Peroutka said. “Even if it’s not an official endorsement from the university, there’s an implication that somehow Christendom is somehow putting its stamp of approval on it. That’s regrettable.”
“It makes it appear that the Christian university is jumping on the bandwagon,” Whitney stated. “I think if the university had done it a way of not welcoming him as a hero but rather questioning him as a candidate, that would be a very different approach.”
Why is all of this important? The men note that Christians are commanded by God to select rulers that are “able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness,” (Exodus 18:21) and that possessing an “anyone but Hillary” attitude is not a biblical mindset.
“I think that approach is fundamentally flawed,” Peroutka said. “The lesser of two evils, of course, is evil. And when you choose the lesser of two evils, you [still] choose evil. And when you choose evil and you get evil, you are responsible because you chose it, didn’t you?”
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FALWELL NO THEOLOGICAL EXPERT EITHER
Jerry Falwell Jr. Takes to Fox News to Defend Donald Trump as Generous ‘Christian’
by HEATHER CLARK
EXCERPTS QUOTED IN FULL UNEDITED:
“He may not be a theological expert and he might say two Corinthians instead of second Corinthians, but when you look at the fruits of his life and all the people he’s provided jobs, I think that’s the true test of somebody’s Christianity not whether or not they use the right theological terms,” he stated.
“I would disagree with Jerry Falwell because although, yes, Trump has done many generous and good deeds, if he doesn’t have true living faith in Jesus Christ as his savior in understanding that he’s a sinner in need of salvation, then the many good deeds do not equate to the fruit that Jesus is talking about,” Pastor David Whitney of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church and the Institute on the Constitution in Pasadena, Maryland, told Christian News Network.
“After all,” he said, “the prophet Isaiah said that all our righteousness is as filthy rags. Until we come to faith in Jesus Christ, any good things that we do are not seen in God’s eyes as truly acts that are good. The only good that a person can do is after they come to faith in Jesus Christ, and I think that that is the measure of the fruit that Jesus is referring to.”
So someone who would say, ‘I don’t ever see anything that I need to ask God forgiveness for,’ would not have a biblical understanding of their status before God and their need for Christ to be their savior.”
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HYPOCRISY or BLINDLY JUMPING?
WHO ARE THEY TO CRITICIZE FALWELL OR TRUMP?
TRUMP CRITICIZED BY MEMBERS OF ANOTHER THOROUGHLY APOSTATE DENOMINATION
BOTH WHITNEY (PASTOR) & PEROUTKA ATTEND THE CORNERSTONE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, IN PASADENA, MARYLAND
SEE OUR PREVIOUS POSTS ABOUT THE EFCA DENOMINATION:
