Tracy Talk

Any parent, who has had the amazing privilege of witnessing a baby’s entrance into the world, will agree that life is a miracle.  Life is not only an extraordinary gift from God at the beginning, but the same could be said at every age of our existence.  Why does your heart continue to beat at your current age?  It is a gift from God.  We all have the God-given right to life.  We are all created equal.  Americans should value their fellow citizens at every age.  One life is no less valuable than another, whether in the womb, or in the nursing home.  The question addressed here is, when does life begin?

The Bible repeatedly declares that life begins at conception.  One example is God’s statement about the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5.  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”  David says in Psalm 139:13, 16:  “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”  Not only does life begin at conception, God already knows all about us before we are ever birthed into this world.

Science also proves that life begins at conception.  At the moment fertilization takes place, the unborn child’s full genetic makeup is already in place.  Already determined in that moment is the child’s gender, height, and even skin, hair and eye color.  Life begins at that moment of conception.

Since that is true, is one life more important than another?  Does one life have the right or power to take another innocent life?  Of course not.

Let us be very clear that, based on the unchanging Word of God, murdering an unborn child in the womb (abortion) is a sin that God has always hated and was punishable by death in the Bible. In fact, God condemns murder of all kinds, but particularly the murder of children. In Ex. 20:13 God says, “Thou shalt not kill.” In Lev. 20:1-5, God says that the one who committed the horrible atrocity of child sacrifice should “surely be put to death.” Exodus 21:22-23 is a specific example where an actual abortion is found:

“If men strive, and hurt a women with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: 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” (Ex.21:22-23).

This is just a sampling of the Biblical evidence on the subject of abortion, but the theme is consistent. What does God think about abortion? … “life for life.”

What does all of this mean for those who are governing the United Sates?

1)    No tax dollars should be spent on promoting and performing abortions or on assisted suicides (euthanasia).
2)    A constitutional amendment designed to protect the right to life should be written and passed as legislation. Ideally the practice of abortion, as well as euthanasia, in any form would be illegal and viewed just as seriously as the murder of any other human life.
3)    Roe vs. Wade should be overturned.  The Supreme Court should continue in the direction of the recent Gonzales v. Carhart case where the gruesome practice of partial birth abortion was forbidden.
4)    In the mean time, numerous legislation should be pursued on the federal level to deter the practice of abortion:  a ban on partial-birth abortion; a bill to establish a woman’s right to know the exact procedure done during an abortion; a mandate that parents be informed and provide consent before an abortion is performed on a minor; requirement that doctors inform the mother that the unborn child will feel pain, and provide the option to anesthetize the baby prior to the abortion.

Please watch the video below and consider the following.  Whether you like him or not, you must admit that President Obama has risen to an incredible place of success and has literally made history.  I wonder if he has ever stopped to think that his mother gave him the first and best gift of all…the gift of life.  Nothing that he has accomplished in life would have been done if his mother had chosen abortion.  Barack’s life was not terminated before birth and as a result he now has the tremendous privilege of leading the greatest nation in the world as the first African American President.  Shouldn’t everyone have that chance?

He has been President of the United States for two days.  What is his first priority as the new leader of the free world?  Sadly, today Obama announced that among his first three executive orders will be issuing “a reversal of a ban on federal funding for non-governmental organizations working outside the U.S. that offer abortions or abortion counseling. Obama will sign the executive order on the 36th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in all 50 states (CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE FROM FOX NEWS).”  Am I surprised?  Of course not.  Obama’s commitment to legalize and fascilitate abortion is no secret.  But I must say, it outrages me to actually see this particular agenda moving forward.  He is making it even easier for Americans to legally kill our own citizens!  God help us.

The following is one of a series of four posts (1/4) that pre-date the November ‘08 elections.  They were originally published on a different site.  I’m re-posting them here on www.JohnTracy.me for sake of consolidation.

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The following was written by a black concert pianist named Huntley Brown. There is a lot of stuff flying around about the election, but few better than this. I think it is great! This man understands that we are Christians first, Americans second. And, for those of you who care, I did verify with Snopes that it is legit: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/huntleybrown.asp

Please take a minute to read it.

JT

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Dear Friends,
A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it’s worth repeating…

First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support.  Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.

Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness.  I process my identity through Christ.  Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads I follow.  I can’t dictate the terms He does because He is the leader.

I can’t vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that’s who I am.  Christian first, black second.  Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity.  200 years from now I won’t be asked if I was black or white.  I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.

In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.

We need to follow Martin Luther King’s words, don’t judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.  I don’t know Obama so all I can go off is his voting record.  His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.

To beat Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing.  Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years.  I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.

There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating.  There is a reason the homosexual community supports him.  There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him.  There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court.  There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill.  There is a reason he voted No on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.  There is a reason he voted No on banning partial birth abortion.  There is a reason he voted No on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito.  These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion.  The same practice Obama wanted to continue.

Let’s take a look at the practice he wanted to continue

The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:

A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby’s leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby’s leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby’s entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby’s skull.  The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted.  The child’s brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse.  The dead baby is then removed.

God help him.  There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.

Think about this:  You can’t give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification.  This is insane.

There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years.

Obama tells us he has good judgment but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years.  Now he is condemning Wright’s sermons.  I wonder why now?

Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him.  A disciple is one in training.  Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Go and make disciples of all nations.”  This means reproduce yourself.  Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc.  The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?

Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a …

1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.

Would you support a President who went to a church like that?

Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama’s former church.  If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist.  Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.

This kind of church is a racist church.  Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church.  The church can’t be about race.  Jesus did not come for any particular race.  He came for the whole world.

A church can’t have a value system based on race.  The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate.  It does not matter if it’s a white church or a black church it’s still wrong.  Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.

Obama’s former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote:  “Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community.  If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.

Cone is the man Obama’s mentor looks up to.  Does Obama believe this?

So what does all this mean for the nation?

In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing – judgment.

Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king.  First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 “Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.”

Then God says:
1 Samuel 1:18 ” When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”

Here is what we know for sure.

God is not schizophrenic.

He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God.

Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.

For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion.  He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this.  I know I can look the other way because of the economy.

I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama’s positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.

Since we know someone’s value system has to be placed on the nation,

1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation.

2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?

Blessings, Huntley Brown