Just look at the pictures and answer the question.
Yes, Muslims do believe in Jesus, but not the Jesus of the Bible. They refuse to believe that He was crucified, buried and raised from the dead. If Jesus is not raised from the dead then we are still in our sins and our faith is in vain.
In the ten years since the horror of 9/11 we have learned a lot about the “religion” Islam. Our media and our government have portrayed Islam as a religion of “peace.” President Obama and President Bush have said the same.
But is it? Is it simply a “peaceful religion” hijacked by extremists, or is it a monstrous and murderous worldview that makes people demons, filled with hate and devoid of reason?
My gift to you on this tenth memorial of 9/11 is to remind you of the violent ways of Islam. And to open your eyes to the hand that is wielding it. You may be surprised.
Over the past ten years, we have been privileged to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to several mosques across the country. This summer we stormed the gates of hell at the largest mosque in Central Florida and we noticed something very odd. They had just put up five signs, sponsored by the Islamic Society of Central Florida, on the large fence surrounding the mosque. It was an attempt to “Americanize” Islam and make it appear, well, …. Nice.
Only Jesus is God. Apart from Him there is no other. Muhammad is a false prophet.
These signs, however, are very revealing. Islam is doing its level best to cover its real identity and appear to be a peaceful, kind, and tolerant religion. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our media and government are part of this scam. Islam is a wolf trying to look like a lamb.
There is just something about Islam that turns precious people, whom God created in His own image, into wild grinning beasts that attack whatever moves. Islam is not just a religion, it is a nation. And every mosque is a headquarters for war. It has a political and religious philosophy where the church rules the state, a military plan called Jihad, and a governing ordinance called Shariah law. It has one god, Allah (not the God of the Bible), one prophet, Muhammad (an illiterate murderer and pedophile), and one cause – to dominate the world under the name of Allah. It is known as the nation Islam. It is a spawn of the devil and a breeding ground for “hate.”
Adherents to Islam, known as Muslims, have a sworn allegiance to their false god, Allah; to their false prophet, Muhammad; and to their false book, the Quran. No matter where Muslims are located geographically, they may never assimilate into another society. If they do, they become worse than an infidel and a fatwa is issued for their death. Their allegiance must always remain first and foremost to Allah and his prophet Mohammed.
There is no way that a true Muslim can become a good American citizen. To do so would be to deny Allah and his prophet Muhammad. The only time it is permitted to act like or become a citizen of another country is to be involved in Taqquia (one is allowed to lie to further the cause of Allah). Yes, Muslims can and do lie in the name of Allah. Sound like a religion from hell to you?
Muslims don't really believe this. They hate Jews, Christians and all that do not bow to Allah.
Yes, Islam is a nation birthed in the very pit of hell, through the drug induced visions of the prophet Mohammed in 622 A.D. It has brought untold chaos, murder, mayhem, slavery, and violence into the world. It is the devil’s instrument to rob, kill, and destroy. It is filled with fury and its drug of choice is hate. Hate is the driving force of Islam. It causes people to strap bombs to themselves and blow-up innocent men, women, children, and infidels. It causes mothers to surrender their children to do the same. God put it very succinctly in Proverbs 8:36, “…all who hate me love death.” Islam hates God.
Yet the devil that drives this religion of hate remains Almighty God’s devil. He is on a leash and can only go so far. Today, God is using Islam as His chastening rod to turn America back to himself. Surprised?
Yes, God can use even His enemies to accomplish His grand purposes. Islam is the rod God has chosen to bring His justice and judgment to America that she may repent and return to Him. But only those with eyes to see (not CBS, ABC, NBC, or Fox News) can see this truth. The tragedy of 9/11 was to bring us to repentance.
That’s right! America has turned her back upon the God of the Bible. Mayor Bloomberg is not inviting the God of our Founding Fathers (Jesus) to the tenth anniversary memorial of 9-11 in New York City . What does God have to do with anything? This God-hating Mayor; rabidly pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, and pro any religion but Christianity, is a frothing supporter of a mosque to be built two blocks from Ground Zero. God’s kindness over these past ten years has been meant to bring us to repentance. Instead, we have slapped Him in the face.
Quoting from the Quran. This is so utterly absurd and historically inaccurate that if defies all logic.
Yes, America has forgotten the One who has blessed her in so many ways and made her great and freer than any nation on the face of this earth. Today, we are living in a nation that is murdering God’s children (abortion), calling that which is evil good (homosexuality), and prostrating Christianity to the level of every other religion (Islam). These three; abortion, homosexuality, and Islam, are physical manifestations of the gates of hell. They are the most visible manifestations of God’s judgment upon us all.
If God is our problem, then we have a mighty big problem. Neither the Republican Party nor the Tea Party can get us out of this fix. Our enemies are now ruling over us, our wealth is being completely drained, we have become a laughingstock to the world. The smallest of nations can put us to flight. Oh, what to do?
The answer is simple. Children can understand it. We adults can’t because we say, “It’s complicated.” But it is not complicated at all. God makes it very clear in His Word, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14. This is God’s promise to all who call upon His Name. So what are we waiting for? Let’s join together in public repentance and cry out to the only One who can save us. If God is our problem there is hope, for He desires mercy, not sacrifice. Matthew 9:13.
But note this. We must turn from our wicked ways before we can expect any help from Him. We must confess that God is right and that we are wrong in three crucial areas: abortion, homosexuality, and Islam. If America is ever to be healed, these three sins must be publicly repented of.
This was showing on the mosque marquis. Which Jesus? The one in your imagination and Quran or the One true God of History found only in the Holy Bible?
Neither Republicans nor Conservatives want to deal with these sins. We know where Democrats stand. But our supposed “friends” shoot us in the back every time they are elected. They are pretend salt. They will not stand for Christ and have never found a cause for which they are willing to die.
They will never stand upon the Word of God. They run from it. They just want the election in 2012 to be about the economy. Just listen to Charles Krauthammer, Karl Rove, Dana Farina, ad nauseam. They want our vote but they don’t want our voice. Our government, no matter who is elected, is not able to save us from the judgment of Almighty God and the disaster that is coming, “for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:29. He has more disaster than our government has relief. Government cannot save us from God.
The rise of Islam in our nation over these past ten years has been meteoric. It has garnered for itself the most protected and “favored religion” status. Much the same as homosexuality has become the most protected and “favored life-style” in America . And the abortion industry has won for itself the most protected and “favored business” status. Indeed the enemies Of God’s church are ruling over her. Jesus told us this would happen if the salt lost its savor. Matthew 5:13. God is using all three of these enemies of Christ as a rod to chastise the sorry estate of His church and our nation. But we can repent. And true repentance will look like this:
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, …See what this Godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done…” 2 Corinthians 7:10-11.
1. We must declare that all children born and pre-born are living human beings at biological beginning and therefore have an innate right to life and are to be protected under the color of law. “Personhood!”
2. We must declare that homosexuality is a sin against God, our own bodies, and our fellowman. It brings destruction to those who practice it, and destruction to nations that approve of it.
3. We must declare that the willful prostration of Christianity to the level of every other religion is a sin that cries out to heaven and is a violation of the very 1st Commandment given by God to Moses. This syncretistic idea that all religions are the same is an affront to the only One and True God, Jesus Christ.
True repentance will be lived out like this: Personal Intervention
We are always at the abortion mills bringing the Gospel of Christ to the gates of hell and intervening on behalf of children being led away to slaughter. We are also at “Gay” Pride events wherever and whenever they may raise their ugly heads, bringing the theology of the church house into the streets and allowing it to become biography. We love those enslaved in homosexual sodomy enough to tell them the liberating truth that only Christ can set them free. Finally, we have been bringing the gospel of Christ headlong into the gates of hell at local mosques and Muslim gatherings. Jesus Akbar!
This past Wednesday morning, August 31, 2011, we attended the celebration of Eid UL Fitr (the end of Ramadan fast) held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte. Thousands of Muslims gathered at this convention center in Uptown to honor their false god Allah. We gathered to honor the only true God, Jesus. We carried signs and brochures into the battle. One sign read “Jesus Is the Truth,” the other, “Islam is a Lie.” As we began to preach about the God (Jesus) who made this nation great and free, the rage and hatred in the hearts of these “peaceful” Muslims began to manifest. Freedom of speech is not treasured in Islamic Shariah law.
From out of the abundance of their hearts, their mouths began to speak. “You are a Jew! You are gay! You are stupid! You are a homeless person! You are a clown!” I must say that I was astonished at their blatant anti-semitism and ad hominem (name-calling) attacks. They pushed, jostled, and bullied, trying to make the meanest “Arab street face” possible, but the preaching of the gospel continued. Richard Pope was on the other side of the building from me “givin ‘em heaven in Jesus’ name.”
Richard has been a great friend to this ministry, to his city, to his nation, and to Jesus’ precious preborn children. He was attacked and knocked unconscious while preaching the gospel of Christ on a public sidewalk outside the NASCAR Hall of Fame. His crime? Bringing the Word of God to those lost in the bondage of Islam.
After the event was over and most of the Muslims had left, a Charlotte policeman came up to me and informed me that Richard had been knocked out and was in an ambulance. Isaac Yoder and I immediately made our way around the huge NASCAR building to the ambulance. They would not allow us to see or talk with Richard until they were relatively sure he was OK. When he finally got out of the ambulance he was still a bit woozy but he recounted his story to us.
“I was preaching and the next thing I remember, I was on the ground in front of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I wondered why I was there. I called my daughter on my cell phone and asked her why I was at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and she said, ‘Daddy, you are there for the end of Ramadan fast. Don’t you remember? Are you all right? It was then that I got my bearings and realized that something happened to me. I was told by witnesses that a man stopped his car, got out and came up on my blind side and punched me for all he was worth. I never saw a thing. He then ran back to his car and took off. The police got his license plate number.”
“I feel so honored to be walking in the same steps as the apostles, disciples, and those in the great cloud of witnesses, who ran the race of faith before me.”
Our update as of September 7, 2011, is that the NASCAR Hall of fame has the video tape of three Muslim young men between the ages of 18-20 watching Richard for about 15 minutes. They talked to him and warned him that if he kept it up he was going to get hurt. It appears that two of them went to get their car and, when they drove up to the front door of NASCAR, the one left behind attacked Richard from his blindside.
He ran to the car and it sped off. This is obviously a “Hate Crime,” yet the Charlotte Police Department is treating it as if it were nothing. I assure you that if the shoe had been on the other foot….hmmmm!
If one is a Christian and heralds the claims of Christ at a Muslim gathering, he is an Islamophobe spewing “hate speech.” If one is a Christian and proclaims the name of Jesus at a “Gay Pride” event, he is a homophobe and quoting the Bible is considered “hate speech.” If one is a Christian and brings the gospel to the gates of hell at an abortion mill, he is a hate-filled stalker, shoving signs and literature into the faces of innocent folks desiring to kill their children. America has been turned upside down. That which is evil is being called good.
Is it any wonder then, that ten years ago nineteen men with box cutters brought this nation to its knees as they crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center , the Pentagon, and into the ground in Shanksville , Pennsylvania ? Over three thousand people were killed on that fateful September day – 9/11/01. That is approximately the same as the number of children killed every day by abortion. Was this a coincidence or was it the hand of God?
“See, the Lord is coming out of His dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no more.” Isaiah 26:21.
God has not been silent about the wholesale slaughter of His preborn children. Can we hear Him now?
Has our risen Lord and Savior Jesus not been patient with us? His delay in bringing His judgment of total annihilation upon America should not be mistaken as His approval of what we are doing. We are not getting away with anything. The Bible sums it up best in this way, “Or do you show contempt for the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?” Romans 2:4.
Richard Pope, a great friend of this ministry and of Jesus’ precious preborn children, was knocked out while preaching the Gospel of Christ on a public sidewalk next to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. We were bringing the Word of God to those lost in the bondage of Islam.
This past Wednesday morning, August 31, 2011, we attended the celebration of Eid UL Fitr (the end of Ramadan fast) held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte. Thousands of Muslims gathered at this convention center in Uptown to honor their false god allah. We gathered to honor the only true God Jesus. We carried signs and brochures into the battle. One sign read “Jesus Is the Truth,” the other, “Islam is a Lie.” As we began to preach about the God (Jesus) who made this nation great and free the rage and hatred in the hearts of these “peaceful” Muslims began to manifest.
From out of the abundance of their hearts their mouths began to speak. “You are a Jew! You are gay! You are stupid! You are a homeless person! You are a clown!” I must say that I was astonished at their blatant anti-Semitism and ad hominem (name-calling) attacks. They pushed, jostled, and bullied, trying to make the meanest “Arab street face” possible, but the preaching of the Gospel continued. Richard was on the other side of the building from me given ‘em heaven.
After the event was over and most of the Muslims had left, a Charlotte Policeman came up to me and informed me that Richard had been knocked out and was in an ambulance. Isaac Yoder and I immediately made our way around the huge NASCAR building to the ambulance. They would not allow us to see or talk with Richard until they were relatively sure he was OK. When he finally got out of the ambulance he was still a bit woozy but he recounted his story to us.
“I was preaching and the next thing I remember, I was on the ground in front of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I wondered why I was there. I called my daughter on my cell phone and asked her why I was at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and she said, ‘Daddy, you are there for the end of Ramadan fast. Don’t you remember? Are you all right.?’ It was then that I got my bearings and realized that something happened to me. I was told by witnesses that a man stopped his car, got out and came up on my blind side and punched me for all he was worth. I never saw a thing. He then ran back to his car and took off. The police got his license plate number.”
“I feel so honored to be walking in the same steps as the apostles, disciples, and those in the great cloud of witnesses, who ran the race of faith before me.”
Richard got sick to his stomach later that evening – more than likely a concussion. He went to his doctor today and I have not heard back from him yet. Please keep him in your prayers. ~ Flip
Rusty put together this report of just a few of the wonderful things God did as we allowed the theology of the church house to become biography in the streets of Orland this summer. The gates of hell did not prevail, nor will they ever, as the powerful church of Jesus Christ continues to storm the gates. What an absolute joy to join our Lord’s gentle warriors in Orlando and witness what God is doing through them. Our God is an awesome God! He is, by the way, the only One there is. And His Name has been specifically revealed to us as Jesus.
Enjoy! ~ Flip
Dear Champion of the Lord and the Preborn,
OSA’s Orlando Report
“You shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you” (2 Chronicles 20:17).
This was the Scripture verse Flip and I chose to lead us into Orlando for this year’s OSA national event. Little did we realize how significant it would become. Historically, this passage of Scripture records a time when Israel was threatened by three pagan armies who conspired to destroy their nation. King Jehoshaphat, rightly concerned about this national threat, sought the Lord and proclaimed a fast. All of Judah gathered together to seek deliverance.
The armies facing God’s people back then were Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir. Interestingly enough, the dangers facing America are also three-fold. The exposed areas Satan is using to destroy us are child-sacrifice (the shedding of innocent blood), the homosexual agenda, and Islam. The first two abominations are the idolatrous roots, while Islam is the dangerous fruit. The left in America has been quite successful in garnering for themselves the most favored business status, abortion, the most favored class, homosexuals, and the most favored religion, Islam. According to brother Flip, their favorites, however, are nothing more than “three different colored gloves (red, pink, and black) that contain the fist of the Devil.”
Each year as we prepare to enter a city for our national event, we also recognize the need to fast and pray. The enemies of the cross are growing bolder. They are filled with fury towards anything holy, righteous, or lawful. God haters on every front seek to eradicate the influence of Christianity in order to keep their most favored bloody, perverse, and deceptive status. This year in Orlando was no different. We set aside three days to fast and pray as we sought the Lord to rescue our nation from the battle within and without. Our prayers, I’m here to report, were gloriously heard from on high and in ways we could not imagine.
Casey Anthony’s Court Trial
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yes, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment” (Isaiah 59:14, 15).
When we chose Orlando, affairs were set in motion years ago that we had no earthly idea would come to pass during our national event in Orlando. Specifically, there were two court trials whose scheduling corresponded with our visitation. The first we became aware of was the tragic case of Casey Anthony and her murdered daughter Caylee. This particular case in Orlando started three years ago. Ironically, she was found “not guilty” and released on the same day we scheduled our Solemn Assembly.
- Caylee and Esther’s Memorial Service at the Orange County Jail
The following is Flip’s account of this providential timing:
God gave us an incredible platform to connect the dots between what Cayce Anthony did to her little Caylee Marie and what mothers are doing to their children in the womb via abortion. Cayce just waited two and a half years longer to get rid of Caylee (Late-Term Abortion) than the mothers who have aborted their children. All of the eyes of the world were on the Orange County Jail as Cayce Anthony was about to be released. National and international media were everywhere. The stage was set.
Early Sunday morning, we conducted a funeral service at the Orange County Jail for little baby Esther, a child aborted by her mother and father. We then held an open casket viewing of this precious little baby girl. Though all the media was there with their huge satellite trucks, no one came. No one cared. No one wanted to see.
The Bible tells us that God is not mocked, whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. We are reaping a horrible harvest of violence in America today, as blood is coursing down the corridors of our schools, workplaces, and streets. If we sow bloodshed in the womb, we will reap bloodshed in the streets. To stop violence in the streets, we must first stop bloodshed in the womb.
The world did not want to see nor did it want to hear God’s message to America. But it was proclaimed from the rooftops, nevertheless.
The media was too busy treating the symptoms of America’s injustice to report the root cause. The abortion culture has spawned incredible devastation upon the American family. It has turned formerly concerned parents into predators who prey upon their own children in order to obtain a better life. This was proudly displayed by Casey Anthony’s “Bella Vida” (the good life) tattoo. She sported this tattoo after Caylee was missing.
Millions of abortion-minded women display the same cavalier attitude when it comes to their own offspring. Children must be disposed of in order to continue the party life unhindered by parental responsibility. This is nothing less than the “all about me and I pity the fool who seeks to awake me from my deceptive selfishness” syndrome that leads to the murder of children. Flip commenting on this tragedy stated:
Justice has failed, but judgment remains!
God’s judgment for Casey Anthony began the moment she “chose” her right to “Bella Vida” (the good life) which eclipsed little Caylee Marie’s right to any life at all. There is a law of spiritual gravity that is as absolute as the law of gravity on this earth. It applies to all people, at all places, at all times. You may disagree with it, but that does not change its absolute effect upon you.
Yes, a final judgment remains for Casey Anthony but her judgment has already begun. It is a spiritual gravity as certain and as objectively true as the physical law of gravity. “A man tormented by the guilt of murder will become a fugitive until death; let no one support him.” Proverbs 28:17. That which Casey thought was going to set her free to do whatever she wanted to do, has already become a ball and chain around her neck dragging her into the depths of despair, despond, and depression. There won’t be enough Margaritas to assuage her guilty conscience, not enough lines of cocaine she can snort, not enough relationships with other men, not enough hours on a psychiatrist’s couch, not enough money, not enough education, not enough fame, not enough Zoloft or Prozac, to make her pain go away.
The way she thought would set her free, has made her a fugitive, a slave until death. God has given us Casey Anthony to bring us into a full blown realization of what happens when a mother aborts (kills) her own child. The courts of this world may say it is legal or give one a “Not Guilty” verdict, but in God’s court the judgment has already begun. (Editor’s note: Flip and I tried to visit Casey and minister the Gospel to her in the hopes she would recognize her wretched state, repent and find the salvation of God.)
Many were outraged by this verdict, but why should they be? Roe vs. Wade trained an entire generation with a demonic view towards life, babies, and family. The message is clear, if you cannot handle the responsibility of your actions then kill it. Now, we are upset that people are living out the lessons learned by this unjust ruling. Injustice begets more injustice. Except this time, it is spilling out of the womb in the light of day rather than hidden in American death camps that dot the landscape of our beleaguered nation.
God is going back to Church Campaign
“Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD…If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever” (Jeremiah 7:2, 6, 7).
After the memorial service to honor Caylee, Esther, and all the other Caylees and Esthers killed in America, we went to the gate of the Lord’s house. One team went to an apostate “church,” the First Unitarian Church of Orlando. This was the “church” who hosted all the pro-aborts of the National Organization of Women assigned to protect the altars of Moloch from the “domestic terrorists” and the “Christian Taliban.” The NOW gang put out a national call to protect their “sacred temples” and all they could muster was a pitiful collection of aging feminists, which amounted to about 5 or 6.
Another team went to a large seeker-friendly evangelical church called, Northland. Pastor Joel Hunter, a spiritual counselor to President Obama, is the senior pastor. We set up signs, praise and worship, and passed out a flyer called, Sing a Little Louder. We came to them with a Macedonian Call, “come help us,” and to remind them of their responsibility to rescue those unjustly sentenced to death and to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves (Proverbs 24:11, 12; 31:8, 9).
Solemn Assembly
“And why behold you the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5).
That evening we conducted our Solemn Assembly. This provided us the opportunity to point the finger in the right direction and set the proper spiritual tone for the rest of the week. The following is the prayer topics we covered. Our holy desire was to meet the righteous conditions set forth in God’s word and trust that the Lord would hear from heaven, forgive or sins, and bring healing to our land (2 Chronicles 7:14).
1) The doctrine of bloodguiltiness by Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas
Scripture Reference: Psalm 106:38, “They even sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Caanan; and the land was polluted with the blood.”
Prayer Thought: Leading the Church in repentance for her past failures of not actively opposing the shedding of innocent blood and to rescue those unjustly sentenced to death.
2) The compromise, indifference, and apathy of the Church by Pastor Victor Morgan
Scripture Reference: Proverbs 25:26, “A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a murky spring and a polluted well.” See also Lam. 4:12, 13.
Prayer Thought: The wicked cannot rise in power unless they first pass through the sins and compromise of the Church. A Church that has veered from or compromised the truth of God’s Word always empowers a tyrannical government and a wicked culture. God forgive us!
3) The failure of men by Doc Johnson
Scripture Reference: Psalm 78:9-11, “The men of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. They did not keep the covenant of God; they refused to walk in His law, and forgot His works, and his wonders that He had shown them.”
Prayer Thought: The failure of men to fight the battle against the prevailing spirit of lust (videos, magazines, internet, etc.) that rages from within and steals our moral authority to lead courageously in our homes, churches, and communities.
4) The fear of man and a man-pleasing spirit by Ante Pavkovic
Scripture Reference: John 12:43, “For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” See also Galatians 1:10.
Prayer Thought: We have become more concerned about offending men and keeping our reputations than our fear of offending God.
5) Return to God’s Law which is the standard that is binding upon all men, at all times, and in every nation by Cal Zastrow
Scripture Reference: Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
Prayer Thought: We are called to build our nation and its institutions upon the righteous foundations of His eternal law lest we be overtaken by wicked ideologies and our children fall prey to a profane and depraved culture.
6) The squandering of our costly, godly heritage by Rev. R.C. Sproul Jr.
Scripture Reference: Psalm 88:12, “Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?” See also Isaiah 51:1, 2.
Prayer Thought: We have disdained our godly forefathers by forfeiting their costly legacy and defrauded our children by wasting their righteous inheritance.
Weekly Street Activities
“And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled” (Luke 14:23).
Starting Monday morning, July 18, we organized several teams and sent them out to the highways and byways of Orlando. We had five teams cover the five death camps from Monday to Saturday morning. We had a sign team that covered major intersections throughout the city as well. There was a display team that set up at the University of Central Florida who passed out literature and engaged the students. They also set up the display in front of city hall in downtown Orlando for our special memorial service for baby Esther. Moreover, we sent out a special team that leafleted abortionists’ residences, offices, and other key locations. Needless to say, Orlando could not escape the charge God has against us for killing His babies (Hosea 4:1, 2).
Each night at our rallies, powerful messages and testimonies of divine appointments and open effectual doors of ministry were shared. Testimonies of souls surrendering their lives to Christ and families rescued at abortion mills glorified God. It was a time of refreshing and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord.
The other mission performed by OSA this year in Orlando was the Personhood petition drive to protect Florida babies in the womb by love and by law. To sweeten the deal, there were first place, second place, and third place prizes for those who gathered the most signatures. For the youngest person with the most signatures, the prize was to smash brother Flip with a pie at our Friday night rally. This honor went to little Gracia Campana. Many rejoiced as brother Flip received his just “deserts.” Altogether, OSA saints collected about one thousand signatures for the week.
The Second Court Trial
“Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner” (Proverbs 11:31).
The kingpin of the abortion industry in Central Florida is James Pendergraft. He is the one who gave the awful boast, “If the Church would stop frequenting my clinics, I’d be out of business.” Sad statement, but is it true? I suspect there is a basis to this wicked taunt. Regardless, unbeknownst to Flip and I, there was a case against him that started ten years ago. It just so happened to commence on Tuesday, July 19 at the Orlando County Circuit Court during our national event. Imagine the shock, when this notorious abortionist looked behind him in the court room and saw Flip Benham, Chet Gallagher, and me staring at him. He went over to his lawyer and complained, “The antis (Anti-abortion) are here.” His lawyer replied, “There is nothing I can do about it.”
That was not only true concerning us, but the lawyer was also hapless to help deliver Pendergraft from a civil lawsuit that plundered his abortion empire. Pendergraft was hit with 18 million in the civil suit itself and another 18 million in punitive damages, totaling over 36 million dollars.
During the trial we saw the latter part of our theme Scripture verse fulfilled in 2 Chronicles 20:17. All parties involved in this tragedy, Pendergraft, abortionist Randall Whitney, and the staff at the abortion mill scrambled to distance themselves from responsibility for failing to kill the child. She survived and as a result, they began to throw each other under the bus. This is exactly what happened to the pagan armies who threatened Israel. They eventually turned and devoured each other as Israel stood and saw the salvation of their Lord.
Special Venues
Brother Flip preparing the way to honor baby Esther
I will conclude this report with three special venues that took place on Friday, July 22. In the morning, we gathered at city hall to conduct our memorial service for baby Esther. As we pulled up to the area, the sights and sounds took our breath away. The pro-life display was fully set up and the praise and worship of God resounded off the downtown buildings. The presence of God energized the atmosphere. The sun was rising and its rays shined upon a church steeple mounted with a cross. We were literally standing in the shadow of the cross.
The stage was set to memorialize little baby Esther. Some young men acting as pallbearers carried the casket containing Esther. Others bore flags and were led by our bagpipe player, Nathan, who performed Amazing Grace. They escorted baby Esther to the table set up in the midst of city hall. A few men and women spoke passionately, lovingly, and firmly against the culture of death, which was responsible for Esther’s death.
“Thou dead, Esther still speaks” was the theme message (Hebrews 11:4). She has volumes to communicate to a nation staggering under the weight of bloodguiltiness and our divine purpose was to give her voice. After the speeches, folks filed by and placed flowers upon her casket, begging forgiveness for what we did and did not do for her and the nameless sons and daughters of America consumed by America’s bloodlust (Matthew 25:40, 45). May God have mercy and somehow end this holocaust without ending our nation.
Mosque
Preaching at Mosque
“And Elijah came to all the people, and said, how long halt you between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him” (1 Kings 18:21).
Friday afternoon, OSA Christian men experienced an old fashion Mt. Carmel showdown. We visited the largest Mosque in Orlando. This particular Mosque had been investigated for supporting the terrorist group, Hamas. Apparently to repair their image, they put together a deceptive sign campaign. Signs like, “Did you know that over 1,500,000,000 Muslims believe in Jesus?” “Truly, this nation of yours is one nation, and I am the Lord, so worship me -God (Qur’an 21:92),” “Jews, Christians and Muslims, same God- shared beliefs…let’s talk,” and, “There is only one God. Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad are messengers of God.” There were other signs as well, but you get the gist of their misleading strategy.
Our purpose was to set the record straight and dismiss the deceptive propaganda put forth by this Mosque. After dismantling and refuting their lying claims, we preached the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. It created no small stir. Cameras were running while a loud speaker with a siren blasting tried in vain to silence the truth and love of Christ.
Our message, however, was clear, “The Jesus you speak of is not the Jesus of the Bible. He is another Jesus. You are led by a different spirit and you follow a different gospel that is no gospel at all. Allah cannot save you. Muhammad cannot save you. Religion and good works cannot save you. Only the Jesus of the Bible can save you. Only God in the flesh, crucified and resurrected, can redeem your soul from hell.”
Abortionist Randall Whitney Visits our Church Service
“When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Mark 2:17).
In all the years of fighting the battle against the culture of death, never did we witness a practicing abortionist visit one of our church services. That dry spell ended in Orlando at this year’s national event. Flip commenting on this incredible visit stated:
Note this well. I have been privileged to share the Gospel of Christ with Randall Whitney on more than one occasion. He attended our last Rally session on Friday night, though most of you were unaware of his presence. He came as a guest of Mark Hall who has been sharing Christ with Randall for many years. Rusty preached that night and I know that God spoke to Randall’s heart. Please keep Randall Whitney and his wife in your prayers. Pray that God will save Him, through our wonderful Lord Jesus Christ!
After the service, Jo Scott followed Mr. Whitney in the parking lot to witness to him. This is her account:
I asked him what he thought of the service, he responded, “It was powerful.” “Do you believe that Jesus died for your sins?” I asked. He said that he didn’t believe that anyone could die for anyone else’s sins. He said that he believes in a god, but a god that is only love. I explained to him if his god loves the rapist and the raped there is no love, just chaos. Jesus loves intensely and he hates those who come against what he loves. I explained that He is always ready to forgive but he is also just and holy. Ps. 5:5, 7:11
Whitney believes in evolution so I asked him about his conscience. I explained, “In order for something to evolve it must have at least a cell, the conscience does not.” He agreed. Then I explained that God wrote the law on our hearts and that knowledge has no cell, or atomic weight. No scientist in the world can explain how all people everywhere innately know the difference between right and wrong. Then I explained to him that God gave him a conscience because that’s where God goes to talk to us. I looked him in the eyes and said with conviction, “That is why the first time you killed a child in his mother’s womb, you knew it was wrong.” It was one of the few points I made with the 77 year old abortionist that he did not have an answer for, he just let it go.
He told me that the Bible says nothing about the child in the womb. I quoted Exodus 21:22, “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follows: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
He seemed a little shocked at that, but quickly regained his composure and with a superior attitude and asked, “You believe in a god like that?” I answered you bet I do. He asked me if I’ve been watching what’s going on in the world. He said that the new democratic rule was leading the world to peace. He was very excited about it. I explained that salvation will not come from legislation. It’s a free gift and it comes from Jesus.
When talking about his abortion practice he said that he believes that he is truly helping women. He says he, “Really loves women.” And that he KNOWS that he is helping them. He refuses to listen to anything to the contrary. Our conversation went on for twenty minutes and what is interesting to me is he sees himself as a messiah of sorts, helping women in these tough times. But at the same time reality has smacked him upside the head lately. He slapped a woman in his office recently and he was arrested for it. He was called to testify at Scott Pendergaft’s trial this past week and he was probably the key witness to sink his colleague.
Abortionist Whitney is not “Board Certified” in seven critical fields and, while abortionist Pendergraft was in prison, he was left in charge of Orlando Women’s Clinic when a woman seeking a late term abortion received an exceedingly high doses of Cytotec (exceeding the standard dosage 50 times). No nurses or doctors were present at the time, only medical assistants. She complained that they would not give her anything for pain and then left the office, went to a hospital and delivered a child severely damaged by the botched abortion. Finally, he recently had surgery to insert a pacemaker. His whole image of himself may be shaken and this may be an opportunity to shine the light of Jesus through the cracks in his facade.