Is President Obama a Christian

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Is President Obama a Muslim? Is he a Christian? Is there any way to know for

sure?

Recently, President Obama made statements about his religious beliefs. Since he

made them public, it is certainly permissible to comment on them.

On the heels of stating, Islam is not the problem, Al Queda is the problem,

Obama defines for us, his own particular viewpoint of Christianity. How does it

stand up to the Christianity of the Bible? Lets see

We know that President Obama spent 20 or so years in a church that is based

largely on Black Liberation Theology (Trinity United Church of Christ, with

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.).

Black liberation theology maintains that African Americans must be liberated

from multiple forms of bondage social, political, economic and religious. This

formulation views Christian theology as a theology of liberation --

Suffice it to say that to the Black Liberationist, Christianity is a means by which the

Black person frees themselves from the rule of others. For many within Black

America, the perpetrators of bondage are mainly whites. This is true of the views

of Malcolm X, Minister Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton, among others.

We also know that President Obama stated that converting to Christianity was his

choice. We must remember that the Christianity he converted to was the one

taught by Reverend Wright.

Wright is also known for his anti-American statements based on racial difficulties

within this country specifically. Rev. Wright has made some extremely

provocative statements, which certainly smack of racism as well.

Beyond this, his church apparently gave their top award to an avowed anti-

Semite, Louis Farrakhan, from the Nation of Islam.

All of this plays into President Obamas version of Christianity, and it is from this

perspective that we begin to understand what he means when he says that he is a

Christian.



resident Obama points to Christs death as the epitome of humility. He stated,

understanding that Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all

have to have as human beings, that were sinful, and were flawed, and we make

mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God .

This is certainly all well and good to a point, but it does not say enough or go far

enough. President Obama is anything but stupid. He tends too often to speak

like a lawyer because of his legal training. Combine that with the fact that he is a

politician, and you have him saying things that can be interpreted any number of

ways, just as he did when he ran for office.

During his presidential campaign, we often heard three main things:

y Change is comin!

y Yes, we can!

y I will not raise taxes!

People ate up what Saddam Hussein Obama stated and literally became carried

away with all the hoopla surrounding these comments, in spite of the fact that

they said nothing.

Obama did not explain what change is comin meant, or yes, we can! nor did

he explain how he was going to help the economy without raising taxes.

Once he became the president, we soon began to realize what change is comin

meant. President Obama has made some tremendous changes. Because of these

changes, he has alienated most people who voted for him.

Since his presidency began, he has done quite a number of things that I believe

are fully detrimental to this country:

y Thrown Israel under the bus

y Allowed sanctions to be placed on Israel when no sanctions are placed on

any other nation regarding the peace process

y Defended Islam

y Come out in favor of the Ground Zero mosque



y Sued a state in the United States, and has submitted a report to the U.N.

that alleges human rights abuses by Arizona. This is unconscionable, yet it

is fact.

y President Obama has failed to protect this nations borders from foreign

invasion (Article. IV. Section. 4). This reads The United States shall

guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

and shall protect each of them against Invasion. Sided with Mexican

president Calderon against the people of the United States

y Passed a healthcare bill that will likely cost trillions of dollars to put into

effect. Where is the money coming from since he has promised not to raise

taxes?

y Has been working behind the scenes to circumvent Congress in order togrant blanket amnesty to all illegal immigrants in this country

y Continued to blame Bush and the Republicans in spite of the fact that

during Bush years, Congress was a democratic majority and remains such

today

y Denigrated the Tea Party and its advocates, calling them racist and bigoted.

y Moreover, in spite of the 39% overall approval rating of our current

president, he seems to think that his problems are the Republicans and the

Tea Party. In essence, roughly 70% of the American population stand inopposition to President Obamas policies, yet he ignores that as if the voice

of the people mean nothing. To him, the voice of the people do actually

mean nothing.

y When two members of the New Black Panther party blocked the entrance

to a voting precinct in Philadelphia one of the members wielding a large

wooden baton some voters were too intimidated to enter to vote.

Neither President Obama or Eric Holder of the Justice Department did

anything and in fact, the entire situation has been erased from record, in

spite of the video evidence that proves it happened.

My point to listing all of these items is that during his presidential campaign, no

one had any idea that this is what President Obama would do AFTER he became



president. He played his cards extremely close to his chest and because of that,

the public was not allowed to scrutinize anything.

The only thing he really let slip was what he said to Joe the Plumber that he

wanted to redistribute money.

I believe that President Obama is doing the same thing here with respect to his

definition of what it means to be a Christian. As a politician, he wants to put

people at ease because too many believe him to be a Muslim. Theres good

reason for that because he is the first president to cancel the National Day of

Prayer celebration at the White House saying he did not want to offend and

instead chose to pray with 50,000 Muslims not far from the Capitol that same

day.

President Obama constantly sends out mixed signals signals that can be

interpreted in a number of ways and allows people to come to their own

conclusions.

Maybe the question of whether he is a Christian or not does not really make a

difference to you. Maybe you dont care if hes Muslim, Christian, or nothing.

Thats fine, but I believe that the President of the United States if hes going to

say anything at all should say things that can be clearly understood.

In his reference to being a Christian, he focuses on the death of Jesus Christ and

he says that this is an example of the humility that all people must have within

them. What does that have to do with being an authentic Christian?

In reality, Jesus death did NOT speak to the fact that we all have to be humble. It

speaks to the fact that we are completely UNABLE to save ourselves and

therefore must depend upon and submit ourselves to Him in order to receive

salvation.

I do not see this understanding in President Obamas statement about his own

version of Christianity. He has taken Christs death and turned it into something

that is a social statement , not a spiritual statement. Because of that, he seems to

have missed the point entirely.



President Obama also stated, I think my public service is a part of that effort to

express my Christian faith. Really? If I were President Obama, I would not point

to my public service record as something to be proud of, nor do I believe his

record validates him as a Christian.

Frankly, Im not sure how he can equate his public service with Christianity,

especially given his public service record. Consider that he is pro-abortion to the

core. He also seems to disregard the U.S. Constitution at will. He completely

ignores the will of the people in his decision-making. He has ties with known

terrorists and questionable people. We are not even sure if he has a legal right to

be president, yet this is part of the record that he holds up to prove that he is a

Christian! Obviously, I must be missing something here.

Regarding how he lives, he stated that he since he believes he ismy brothers

and sisters keeper, treating others as they would treat me is the way to go. Of

course, we know that is from Christs Sermon on the Mount and yes, Jesus was

talking about how to live our lives. But Jesus stated much more than this as not

only the gospels, but the epistles bear out as well.

Christianity is not a social experiment as many are trying to make it today. It is

not teaching people to adopt ways of life that make it easier for them and others

to live. Certainly, in some cases, that may be part of it, but Christianity at its root,

is a spiritual transaction.

The third chapter of the gospel of John is where we read of the situation of Jesus

talking with Nicodemus. Nicodemus is a Pharisee, one of the religious leaders of

the time. He was obviously curious about Jesus and drawn to Him. Something

within his own life resonated when he heard Jesus speak. When Nicodemus was

around Him, something pricked at his conscious. He needed greater

understanding so he went in search of Jesus and found in, under cover of nightbecause he did not want other Pharisees or religious leaders to see him going to

Jesus.

In this third chapter of John, Jesus speaks of being born again, or born from

above as being necessary for salvation. This confused Nicodemus who had no



clue what it meant. Jesus chides him for his lack of understanding given that he is

a religious teacher to the nation of Israel. Lets look at the actual text, starting

with verse one:

1T here was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2T he same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou

art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest,

except God be with him.

3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be

born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

I like how Jesus ignores Nicodemus compliment. In spite of the compliments

given by Nicodemus, Jesus goes right to the heart of the matter by telling him

what was on Nicodemus mind. Jesus said that a man must be born again in order

to see God.

CONTINUING WITH VERSE FOUR

4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter

the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and

of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6T hat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is

spirit.

Jesus points out that unless there is a second birth, there is no salvation at all. It

is this second birth that provides the individual with salvation and that equates to

eternal life.

Once salvation is given, it cannot be rescinded. When this second birth occurs,

several things happen. Paul tells us in the book of Romans chapter 8, verse 9; 1

Corinthians three sixteen and six nineteen - the Holy Spirit comes to indwell the

person and in Ephesians one thirteen and fourteen, Paul tells us that the Holy

Spirit also seals that individual unto the day of redemption. In other words, the



seal as Paul states in Ephesians, is a guarantee of the full inheritance that we will

receive after this life is over.

I realize there are those who (in my opinion) mock God by believing that salvation

can be lost. I also realize that there are those who (in my opinion) mock God byeasy-believism, thinking that salvation is merely a life insurance policy against

hell, but life can be lived however now. Both of these viewpoints (in my opinion)

are completely erroneous.

In the former, someone or something would have to be strong enough to break

the seal of the Holy Spirit. Since the Holy Spirit is God, I know of no one who can

overcome Him. Some though believe that the Christian can simply choose to walk

away and that God would do nothing to stop that individual. This is absurd and is

not Scriptural, at least that I can find. The parable of the Prodigal Son does not

prove this point at all. The point Jesus was making there is completely different.

All that aside though, it should be clear that salvation is a spiritual transaction, not

a social one. It is something that happens within us based on our faith in who

Jesus Christ is and what He has accomplished for us. It is from that vantage point

that our life becomes new and things change. We have then entered the process

of having our lives remolded into the image and character of Jesus Christ. The

process continues throughout the remainder of our life only to culminate in the

next life, after death.

President Obama also stated that as he believes he is his brothers and sisters

keeper, he tries to live in a way that exemplifies that belief.

We pointed out that this Golden Rule from Matthew 5 is certainly the way

that Christ told people to live. However, we also indicated that in making this

statement, Jesus was clearly trying to show people that they were UNABLE to live

that way in and of themselves all the time. No one can do it and because no one

can do it, obviously something much more is necessary.

President Obama further stated that he believed his public service record proves

his Christianity.



We disagreed, indicating that if anything, his public service record far from proves

his Christianity, and in essence, might even prove that he is not a Christian.

We went onto explain how Jesus Himself defines Christianity, from the Gospel of

John, chapter three. In that section, Jesus tells Nicodemus the Pharisee whocame to find Jesus under cover of darkness that in order to see God (another

way of saying to have salvation) a person must be born again.

We explained that to be born again is a spiritual transaction that takes place in

the spiritual realm, and does a number of things for the individual:

y The Holy Spirit takes up residence inside the person

y The Holy Spirit seals the person UNTIL the day of redemption, which is

AFTER this life

We also talked about the fact that for many people today, Christianity is simply a

way of living your life, doing things that seem to be Christian or good. In other

words, for too many, Christianity is a social experiment, as opposed to a spiritual

transaction.

What President Obama has explained is merely a way of doing things or looking at

things. Just as someone can change their jacket, anyone can adopt a different

outlook on life. Anyone can decide to start doing things differently from how they

were done prior. Alcoholics can choose to work toward freedom from being

controlled by alcohol. People can quit smoking cigarettes, or do what it takes to

become drug free. People can go cold turkey with chocolatethough I would not

recommend it, or decide to no longer have caffeine.

While these may be good in themselves, they do not equal salvation because they

are all done from the outside of the person. In other words, a person sees

something in themselves they want to change, so they do what they can to adopt

an attitude that will bring that about. When a person becomes a Christian, the

Holy Spirit takes up residence within the person and causes the changes

necessary to come about. He does this from WITHIN the person, and He may do

this in any number of ways, such as through chastisement, external situations that



force the person to their knees, through the efficacy of Scripture, or other ways

besides.

Whether people like to hear this or not, what President Obama was referring to is

nothing more than the Golden Rule (treat others and you yourself wish to betreated), Matthew seven and Luke six. While this is an excellent way to live,

ultimately, it is merely a way to live. In and of itself, the Golden Rule does not

provide salvation to a person. It can only tell a person how to live.

Moreover, who among us can actually live the Golden Rule all the time? No one

can. If we could we would not need salvation. It is because we CANNOT live it

100% of the time that a need remains in our life.

Christ said these things to cause people to look at themselves seriously and to

take stock of themselves. It is only when we come to the realization that we are

completely unable to live the Golden Rule 100% of the time as Jesus Himself did ,

that we begin to understand that Jesus is saying Since you cannot live the Golden

Rule all the time without any discrepancy, then you need something that will allow

you to live it. T hat something is salvation.

Salvation through Jesus Christ provides the impetus and ability to live the Golden

Rule, however, in the remaining time of our earthly life, we will not live itperfectly. The one thing that salvation does not do is remove the sin nature. That

is what fights against us until we die, when at that point, Jesus will remove it from

us forever.

I dont see any of this in President Obamas definition of Christianity. I do not see

that he truly understands what it means to be a Christian. What he presents is a

watered-down, liberal, socialistic form of something he calls Christianity. It simply

does not stand up to the truth of Scripture.

President Obama must do this because it keeps people guessing. Just as when he

laments to a journalist recently that he cannot wear his birth certificate on his

forehead, he wants people to think what they want to think about him, as long as

it serves his purpose.



Regarding his birth certificate, that statement he made about wearing his birth

certificate on his forehead presumes that he has actually shown the world his

actual birth certificate. He has not shown a long form birth certificate and it

should be mandatory for EVERY person who seeks to run for the highest office of

this land that they PROVE they are natural born citizens of this country. I dont

believe he has done that. Had he actually shown a real birth certificate (not a

registration of birth, or anything of that nature), the question about his eligibility

would be moot.

He ACTS as though he has proven something when he has not. This is exactly

what he is doing here with respect to whether or not he is a Christian. He leaves

you to guess. If you support him already, then his answer about being a Christian

is fine fully acceptable. If you do not support him, then he assumes that nothing

he can say will satisfy you.

President Obama has at times stated that he is Muslim, while at other times

stated that he is not, that he was raised Christian. The facts speak for

themselves.

President Obama has continually addressed (or ignored) issues that are important

to this countrys safety as if they are not. Recently, he stated that Islam is not the

problem. Al Queda is the problem. This is absolutely incorrect because Al Queda

exists due to Islam. If we were talking about a handful of radicals, that would be

one thing. We are not. We are talking about thousands and thousands of radical

Muslims, who have all been taught by the Quran, the sacred text of Islam It is

clear that the thousands of radical Muslims have gained their understanding from

the Quran, which is the result of their upbringing and dedication to Allah.

President Obama has worked to downplay the term terrorist and has ruled that

the term cannot be used in interdepartmental memos throughout ourgovernment in Washington. Beyond this, he has given terrorists the impression

that he wants to do business with them, or that he can negotiate with them. This

is in spite of rhetoric from people like President Ahmadinejad, in which he

spitefully castigates the United States, Israel, and all who stand in the way of

Islams progression.



In short, with President Obama, we have a person whom I believe to be a usurper,

someone who is illegally our president, and who works to overthrow the very

system that this country was founded upon.

I believe that President Obama believes that as long as he can keep this country ina state of flux, it will eventually lead to overthrow. This overthrow will then mean

more government control, not less. A country that is controlled by a federal

government is a country of individuals that have lost their freedom.

The federal government was originally put in place to protect the individual

states. In the last how many decades, under Democratic Socialists like the

Clintons and others, it has meant more government control, and a greater loss of

freedoms for states and individuals. This is what President Obama is working

toward. He wants the overthrow of this country and he is working feverishly to

get us there.

President Obama needs to be ousted from office and the sooner, the better. We

can only hope that democrats with Socialist leanings will be ousted this

November, thereby breaking the strength of the Oval Office.

Even when the GOP comes out and promises to reduce taxes, repeal Obamas

health care bill and other things, the media is quick to say that it will have littleeffect on voters. Not sure how they arrived at that point, but it appears to be a

guess in favor of Obama. Just as the liberal media created the situation that

placed Obama in office, this same media seems to want to do anything to keep

him in office, in spite of what it means for this country.

The truth of the matter is that we can see that with a number of comments and

personal attacks on GOP members, President Obama is running scared. He knows

he has a lot to lose and this voter hopes he does lose.

President Obama has been good for this country in only one sense: he has made

the general populace aware of the fact that when a candidate runs for office, he

should not be elected based on what he does not say, or what he purposefully

omits, or based on how the media presents him.

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