Our government and its secrets

Why The United States Governmenet is driving us to a doom of Biblical porportions

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

Isaiah wrote that unto us a child was born, unto us a Son was given. The government would be upon His shoulders. His name would be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, The Everlasting Father and The Prince of Peace. 

The Government shall be upon His shoulders. Let’s take a closer look at that statement. Upon Jesus’ shoulders rests the responsibility of all the governments of the world. This particular government that Isaiah is referring to is God’s Kingdom. 

The relevence of the U.S. government today in correllation with this scripture is that where this nation was founded on the principles of the Bible, not many representatives of government rely on the instructions within the Word of God anymore, but whatever popular ebb and flow that people are going with in today’s society. Or so one would think.

One would also think that the idea behind serving in political office would be to do what the majority of the people want as far as the direction of ideals and common goals. Here lately, that hasn’t been the story. There is rumor of an elite group of insiders that are allowed to run for public office. They are hoisted in the public eye by the mainstream media. 

Some call this faction of indiviuals the “Illuminati.” Conspiracy theories run rampant on the internet about the so called “Leaders of tthe Free World.” 

Some also say that talk is cheap when it comes to a candidate for public office making his or her campaign promises in which they build their platform. But still, people seem to keep voting the same politicians into office. Even when a politician has been put in the hot seat over a scandal surrounding their administration, for the most part, they seem to get re-elected again and again. 

In the 1980s, I used to hear a slogan around election time that went something like, “This fall, fire them all. Re-elect nobody.” That idea seemed to spread like a wildfire in a wheatfeild of angry voters. They were supposedly angry because nothing about the politician’s lawmaking ever changed. Yet, when it came time to fire them all and elect new seat holders to the political  office that they sounded interested in changing, the same people are still there in office making the same types of decisions that seem to only help them and their major contributors. 

Now, I realize that when I started this blog, I stated that I would not get political. That is still my policy. But, I do need to mention a meeting that I attended on Thursday, January 2 in Azle, Texas. You may have heard about the town. It has been in the news in North Texas for the past two months due to the earthquakes and siesmic activity that has been keeping residents on edge, including to very good friends of mine that I attend church with. 

The Texas Railroad Commission held the meeting at the high school auditorium, most thought, to give explanation for the seismic activity in the area.

A gentleman named Jim Lasater stepped up to address the panel from the Railroad Commssion and asked them how unbiased their investigation could be since it surrounded the oil and gas industry that puts money into their election campaign funds. 

Lasater was cut off by the railroad commissioner David Porter and was told that the panel seated on the stage was not prepared to answer everyone’s questions about the ongoing investigation because it would take all night and there was only two hours allotted for the meeting. That would have been a good thing to know going into the meeting. Porter’s statement was met with  boo’s and outbursts from the audience that asked why they were there in the first place, if they weren’t going to get any answers or explanations that the commission may have already gathered before calling the meeting in the first place. 

Most people were angry because they felt the meeting was a waste of time if no answers were available. No one was present from the U.S. Geological Survey Organization, or the oil and gas industry. (Many of the theories surrounding the earthquakes are that they are being caused by liquid injections to the wells that are being dug for the hydraulic fracturing (Fracking) process by which oil and gas companies retreive natural gas from the shale layer three to four-thousand feet under ground).

The Railroad Commissioner and his men dodged responsibility for the quakes as they control the oil and gas industry regulations in Texas. All the commission was there to do was hear from the people, the stories of the experiences they had been through. 

They offered no help whatsoever to people like Melanie Williams, who is living in a rent house and paying a mortgage on the house that she owns because that house is in disrepair due to the loud, thunderous booms that the residents in Parker  and Wise  counties  have been witness to. 

When government side-steps issues because they have no solutions of relsolve to the on-going issues, then they shouldn’t hold meetings to discuss people’s grievences unless they are prepared to answer questions Some thought they had a lot to hide. 

The panel seated upon the stage held their poker faces and sweated right through the meeting. Afterwards, the only peopel that talked to the media was the angry citizens. The panel of Railroad commission representitives walked out in silence with no more answers or direction as to where to go from there, than when they had arrived that night. 

That’s not what government should look like. They make our laws. They put things in motion that affect the rest of us. When they side-step issues and questions for the fear that the information that they don’t want leaked, might be, that’s when it is time for informed voting decisions. 

God wants us to take part in that process and He wants us to use sound judgement. It’s hard to do that when all government does is clam up when it is time to be responsible for the direction in which the world they are leading goes.

The government shall be upon His shoulders. I think we give most of the leaders of the day too much benefit of the doubt when it comes to  trusting them to lead us in a country that sings “God Bless America.” I think it’s time America blessed God back.

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.

Garbage in, garbage out

Things we often forget to clean in the spring

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

The days leading up to the end of February and the beginning of March are often used to perform annual “spring cleaning.” These days are quickly approaching and people all over the world will be throwing out the old and making way for the new. But rarely do people take a look in their own hearts and remove things in their lives that are holding back the blessings of God.

While cleaning windows that we use to look outside to see things like the weather, if the grass needs mowing or the leaves need raking up, we forget to go outside of the box and pray for our families focus of life throughout the year. While we dust off things like television screens or VCRs and DVD players, we rarely think about considering what we watch with those electronic devices. 

Are our videos that we watch age appropriate for everyone in the house? Do the shows we DVR on television fill our heads with junk instead of positive, thought provoking influences? OUCH! I even have to watch out on that one. 

As we dust off our book shelves, do we notice that most of our books have anything to do with God and His will for our lives, or are they the naughtier romance novels or adult humor books? Don’t get me wrong, I love a good story about romance, and I love comedy, but garbage in, garbage out?

When we clean the screen and keyboard on the computer, are we considering how we spend our time using it? What kind of sites do we look up on the Internet? What kind of posts do we make on Facebook, twitter or Instagram? What kind of e-mails do we forward? 

Okay, everyone check to make sure you all still have toes, as I check mine. These are just thoughts that I was pondering today. I’m getting ready to do some spring cleaning around the house and I feel that cleanliness needs to start within.

Things that we rarely think would make a difference in our thought process, our habits, our speech, our time spent working, our meal times and our family outings will be better spent with a mind for the things of God if we clean out the rubbish that won’t matter tomorrow if we keep or not. 

Colossians 3:8-13 says, “8 But now that you put off all of these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.  9 Lie not to one another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.  10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him. 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all and in all.  12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;  13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

Granted, not everyone struggles with everything mentioned in that passage. We all have our own individual struggles of sin to overcome. Each person’s struggles are different from another’s. But the attitude of the scripture that I shared is that we are new creatures in Christ if we have Him in our hearts. The old is forgotten and all things are made new. We shouldn’t be drawn to the same thankless habits we had when we were sinners. Our desire should be to run headlong into obedience to change ourselves from the things we once did and die to that sinful desire. 

God gives each of us a choice of what we allow into our lives. If we allow things that God sees as a disgrace, it is up to us, when we come to the moment of realization that it is sin, to remove those things from our lives and fill the holes with things that would please God. God desires fellowship with us, but He can not be where sin dwells. Sin can only dwell in us because we allow it to. God can only dwell in us because we allow Him to. 

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative. 

Spotlight church-House Of Prayer-Newark, Texas Part II

Why the Holy Ghost wants control of your heart

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

      For Christians, the belief of a Holy Trinity is the existence of three distinct holy persona being one Triune God. Even though the New Testament has no formal doctrine of the Trinity and contains no explanation of such, it does speak of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The New Testament does not become tritheistic; meaning it does not talk of three gods or even two. The Shema (or first two words of a section of the Torah) of the Old Testament belongs to the New Testament.
      There are Christian denominations that do not share this doctrine. They are called "non-Trinitarians." For Pentecostals and other Christians, the Holy Ghost is the third person of the Holy Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and is Almighty God. The House of Prayer-Newark, like other Pentecostal churches, see the Holy Ghost as the convictor of sins and the comforter in times of trials and tribulations, such as personal or global tragedies, sickness, hardships, loss of loved ones or catastrophes that try the faith and appear as valleys that the Christian goes through.
      James 1:1-6 says, "1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
² My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
³ Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
⁴ But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
⁵ If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
⁶ But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."
      It's those times in the valleys that the Holy Ghost can move in and take over a situation to grow our faith when we seek God's perfect holy will. It isn't necessarily because of anything one may have done to quench the spirit. It is all to often that this is the opinion of those who witness trials that a brother goes through.
      The Apostle John wrote in Chapter 9 about the day that Jesus healed the blind man on the side of the road. His disciples were all to quick to judge the man and asked Jesus if it was his or his parent's sin that caused his blindness. John writes, "¹ As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
³ “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
      The Holy Ghost was in Jesus as He walked the earth and performed the miracles that He did. The power that He possessed, was the same power that He gave to his disciples at the Day of Pentecost, or 50th day after His Ascension. He left His Holy Ghost as a comforter to act in His stead, even though, it was God Himself in all three persons, because He is Omni-present (meaning that God is everywhere at once).
      At House Of Prayer-Newark, the power of the Holy Ghost is just as present today as it was at the Day of Pentecost, with one miracle after another in 2013 being witnessed. Now that 2013 is coming to a close and we are ringing in the New Year, 2014, on behalf of Pastor Rick Neathery, it is our prayer corporately that the Holy Ghost reveals itself to you and yours in a big, big way. What a blessing it is to come to a point in your life where God proves to you that He will supply all of your needs according to His riches in Glory. Many people from House Of Prayer are walking testimonies that God will do for you what He said He will.

                                                 Pastor Rick and Sister Julie Neathery
                                                      House Of Prayer-Newark.
                                               Photo Courtesy of Rick Neathery.

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.
     
           

Spotlight Church - The House Of Prayer-Newark

Championing the movement of the Azusa Street Convention

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

      Just off the main highway F.M. 718 in Newark, Texas, The House Of Prayer-Newark is tucked away on an old County Road 4859. Pastor Rick Neathery has been pastor of the church for a year-and-a-half, with wife, Julie Neathery and Daughter, Bethany, and her husband, Tim Anderson, the music worship and messages delivered can get energetic, yet thought-provoking and can set a soul on fire for God when the Holy Ghost shows up for church.
      The music service is Christ-centered, with rock/country infused Christian standards, as well as contemporary song. Pastor Neathery is the preacher, as well as worship leader, and can jump from keyboards to lead or rhythm guitar at a moment's notice as the Holy Ghost leads him. Lead singers, Julie Neathery and Bethany Anderson bring the vocals full circle in this musically-talented/spirit-filled family, with Tim Anderson, Yogi Ramirez, and R. Douglass Mahaffey delivering the percussive sounds. Harold Norris sings Tenor, Regina Meredith sings Alto. Steve Meredith plays acoustic guitar, Angela Finch sings back up vocals and plays Bass. R. Douglass Mahafey plays tambourine and sings bass, and last, but certainly not least, Brother Stan Nowlin plays classic electric lead guitar. It is a very full sound that is technically managed by Noel Finch, husband to bassist, Angela Finch.
      The Neathery/Anderson family also make up what is the Christian Country Band, Victory Road, along with Angela Finch on Bass and Harold Norris singing tenor harmony vocals. Victory Road is well traveled in the North Texas area and Oklahoma regions of "The Bible-Belt." Neathery and Norris both once performed along side two other rather well known Christian artists of the North Texas area, Cleve and A.J. Clark of Alvaredo Road Show, an upcoming Nashville Gospel Music duo.
      The House Of Prayer is a Pentecostal place of Spirit-filled worship, that, because of the historical event of the Azusa Street Convention on 1906 in Los Angeles California, is home to a Pastor who preaches what he practices, and doesn't apologize for the times that the Holy Ghost comes upon him and inspires him to deliver God's message in a time where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a very Popular one. His main focus is based on a determination to reach others for Christ and lead in the development of a healthy prayer life.
      Pastor Neathery once said, "You show me a person with a drama-filled life, and I'll show you a person with no prayer life."
      2013 has come and gone, and there have been many trials that have hit the Neathery family, as well as other members of The House Of Prayer. From bouts with cancer, Bell' Palsy, near loss of sight, partial paralysis of one church member, hosts of aliments that have almost taken its toll on the church, the one thing that remains is a faithful prayer life of its families. God has been invited into those circumstances and healing has been an ever-present reminder that "the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."-James 5:16.
      The House Of Prayer-Newark is located at 257 County Road 4859 Newark, TX 76071. Worship Service times on Sunday are at 10:45 a.m., right after Sunday School at 10:00, taught by Brother Stan Nowlin. Sunday evening service begins at 6:00 p.m. and Thursday night service begins at 7:00 p.m., directly after the Thursday night fellowship dinner (AND BOY, THE PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH COOK!).
      Speaking of prayer life though, if you are in Wise County and are looking for a good church that loves and teaches love, call the church at (817) 489-3638 to find out more about the church's location, directives and ministries that The House Of Prayer-Newark (HOP-N) has to offer. Come and join them in service for the Lord and learn how to enrich your prayer life and your search for God's will of your life. Go to the church's website at http://houseofprayernewark.org/Home_Page.html

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.

       

Who are the 144,000?

Twelve thousand sealed from each tribe of Israel

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

      I once had a man of Hispanic decent knock on my door and asked me if I had ever heard of the prophesy of the Revelation of God. I told him that I had, that I was a child of God and I had given my heart to him in 1992. He asked me if that was when I joined the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. I told him that I had not, that I made Jesus Lord of my life and was a Christian who, at the time, went to a Baptist church.
      He then proceeded to tell me that unless I was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, I would not be one of the 144,000 that would make it into heaven. I then did what every non-Jehovah's Witness in America would do. I bid him good day and closed the door. I missed an opportunity to utilize scripture to show this man where he had been misled.
      Revelation 7 tells us that John sees four angels in a vision, standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind blows anywhere on the earth. Then he saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. The angel cried with a loud voice to the four angels, who were there to hurt the earth and sea.
      The fifth angel told the other four angels not to hurt the earth, the sea or the trees until they had sealed the servants of God on their foreheads. John then heard the number of them which were sealed was one-hundred-forty-four thousand of all the tribes of Is'-ra-el; the tribe of Ju'-da, Reu'-ben, Gad, A'ser, Nep'-tha-lim, Ma-nas'-ses, Sim'-e-on, Le'-vi, Is'-sa-char, Za-bu'-lon, Jo'-seph and Ben'-ja-min were all sealed, twelve-thousand from each tribe.
      Had I had the knowledge then, that I have now about the 144,000 sealed, I could have gotten my Bible and showed this gentleman where the church that he had put his faith in had misled him. First of all, our faith should never be put in a church or a preacher, but in the God who established His church and called the preacher to send the message. How else will people hear, unless God calls someone (a preacher) to tell them.
      This man was not Israeli descent, he was Hispanic. I later found out that these men will also be virgins, who pure in heart, will be the last people after the rapture, during the tribulation, who will tell the people in the deepest, darkest parts of the earth, who haven't heard the gospel. These will all be males too. This man was married, had three children with him. He was not a virgin, Jewish male. He had been lied to. The Bible tells us that there will be people in the last days who will twist and pervert the gospel and try to pass off a lie to lead others astray. The Bible says not to let them darken your door-step, neither bid them God's speed. II John 1:10.
      In the case of the new Christian, this is very important to adhere to, which, at the time, I was. When we are babes in Christ and the grace of salvation is new to us, it is easy to get confused and mix words that won't help the matter. God has equipped those who are mature in their Christianity and their growth in the spirit, who can handle such a situation. The best thing to do is ground yourself in the word and make sure you know the difference between false teachings and teachings that are Holy Ghost inspired.
     On the other side of that, I have also been approached by people in spirit filled services and was told (before being Baptized in the Holy Ghost) that if I didn't have the gift of speaking in tongues, that I wasn't a Christian. That man was obviously misled as well. That's probably the reason why that church didn't last. It's foundation was not based on grace through faith, but rather works. Salvation comes first, to the accepting heart. Then the gifts of the Holy Ghost follow afterwards.
      It is best to stay grounded in the Word or God and have a good prayer life. The best way to tell that a Christian doesn't have a good, strong prayer life is if they transplant from one church to the other due to doctrine. I should know, I have been guilty of that in the past. The Word of God is the cornerstone as to which growth in our knowledge and discernment of the truth comes from. The truth is in there and it is up to us to seek after it. When inspiration comes to us by way of the Holy Ghost, the truth will be seen in our daily walk. We won't have to walk around touting that we are Christians. Others will see in in our witness and example we set.
       So, if someone comes and knocks on your door talking about being the 144,000, ask them if they are virgin, Jewish males. If not, break open your Bible to Revelation 7 and lead them in the right direction. Then take them to Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the grace of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
      If a Jehovah's Witness works (or any man's works) could save them then God would have never had to leave His perfect heaven and come down to the earth and be crucified for our sins. That salvation is free. Grace paid the price and became the sacrificial lamb to cover our sins completely with His blood. We have no other way unto heaven, but through Jesus.

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.

Protecting our Bill of Rights

The sleeping giant called the Church needs awakening

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

There are 52 furious fourth-grade students in Prosper, Texas who attend Grace Christian Academy, due to the political correctness, or in my opinion political ignorance of the policies of the North Texas Veterans Administration System. The students worked hard on creating a kind gesture in the form of Christmas cards to hand out to wounded and sick veterans at the Dallas VA Hospital.

Representatives from the VA told the fourth grade teacher that they could bring the cards to hand out to the veterans as long as they didn’t reference Christmas (in other words they had to say, “Happy Holidays,” or “Season’s Greetings,” or something of the like), could not be religious in nature and could not include any Biblical scriptures. I bet passages from the Quran would have been okay though.  

It is long over due for the church to wake up. In fact, over the last 21 years of my Christianity, I have heard cliche` after cliche` explaining that very need. No more cliche`s; it’s time for action. 

My say on the subject is this; there needs to be a “Million-Man-March on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. in the next coming months of 2014. If I’m the one that has to call for it, set it up, organize and lead it, then so be it. There will either be a Million-Man-March or a One-Man-March on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. I don’t know the date or the time as of yet, but I am doing it. MARK IT DOWN!

The march will be a peaceful one with the message: "We Will Carry Out The “Great Commission!” 

God told us to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father, The Son and Holy Ghost. That was no more a request than the 10 Commandments were suggestions. 

The Bible clearly defines the consequences of a nation not seeking out and following the will of God. Blessed is the nation that makes its Lord the God of the universe. It doesn’t get more clear than that., despite the differences in points-of-view in this country. 

My own friends on my Facebook are very diverse, with different beliefs and all sorts of walks of life. I have yet to be told that sharing Christ with my blog on my Facebook page was offensive. It’s as easy as this; if the truth of God’s word offends you, you have just as much right to click on the “Back” button and continue surfing, as I have to post my Christian Conservative blog in the first place. 

For the kids, there was no “Back” button on their cards. Their efforts were completely shut down and flat out denied. Their voices were silenced from wishing these veterans a Merry Christmas and sharing their faith as that God of the universe commanded them to do. 

For these kids, the rights and freedoms that these veterans were wounded for and for the sake of Jesus, who is the reason why we celebrate Christmas in the first place, I am calling on the Christian churches of this nation, regardless the denomination, to stand up and assist me in organizing the march and telling Congress, the Senate, the cabinet and this President of the United States that we are serious! We are here in the name of God and we will defend our rights to carry out “The Great Commission” of Jesus Christ!

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative. 

Unto us a Child is born

The virgin born Son of the Living God

by R. Douglass Mahaffey

The Messiah that was to come into the world to save all of humanity from the deceiver, Satan, was prophetically foretold by the Prophet Isaiah. Isaiah wrote that unto us, a child was born and the governments would be upon His shoulders. He was to be born of a virgin and would be in the lineage of King David. His name would be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

For some reason, people believed then as they do now, that the Messiah would come and did come to do away with the law, so that the grace of God abounds. Paul wrote in Romans 3, that God forbid we live in such negligence toward sin. 

Jesus came so that the law would be fulfilled. Therefore, we are not under the pressure of laws, but under the grace that living according to the law gives us, if we make Jesus Lord of our lives. 

John, the Apostle wrote that ‘in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (Jesus).’ John goes on to say that the world knew Him but knew Him not. They saw the carpenter’s son that moved to Nazareth when He was a young boy. 

Luke actually told the story that we now refer to as  ‘The Christmas Story.” In the days of Caesar Augustus, a decree came to all the people that the nations of the world should be taxed. Rome was the dominating empire and those who followed after one another as emperor were looked at as gods. So the tax was to pay tribute to Caesar.

So it was ordered that every family went to their hometowns to be counted for the census for taxation. Joseph had been betrothed to marry Mary, who was a virgin, but through the power of the Holy Ghost, became pregnant. 

Joseph considered divorcing Mary because of possible infidelity, The angel of God came before Joseph and explained that the baby she was carrying was the Messiah that Isaiah spoke of in the prophesy because Mary had won God’s favor. 

So when it was almost time for Jesus to be born, Joseph put Mary on donkey-back to make the estimated 80 mile trip to Bethlehem, because Joseph was from there in the house of David.  (Side note: When King David was a boy tending Jesse’s sheep, he did so in a place that he later wrote about in the 23rd Psalm, “Yea through I walk through the Valley of The Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.” This same valley, between Jericho and Bethlehem, according to tradition in Jerusalem, is a place that Mary stopped to rest on hers and Joseph’s long journey from Nazareth.)

When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem, the city was filled with people who had come to register for the census as Augustus had commanded. Therefore, there was no room for them in any of the inns in the town. Joseph talked to an inn owner who told Joseph of the stable that was available next to his inn. There were animals in the stable, but the manger could be cleaned out so that the couple would have a place to lay their newborn baby.

I know you’re asking yourself, “What? The Creator of the Universe was born in a feed troth in a smelly stable where horses, cows and sheep ‘do their business?’”

Most definitely! See, Jesus didn’t come as a military conqueror as the Jews would have liked. They only wanted to get the Romans out of their business so they could continue corrupting the Jews and leading them away from the one God sent to save them. The Pharisees were the immediate law of the Jews and kept them under a tight fist, that is, when the Romans weren’t looking. 

Jesus came as a humble servant of man, who was there to do the will of His father who sent Him. He came to teach the Jews that they were to love their enemies and pray for those that spitefully used and mistreated them. It was a very inconvenient message for that time, as well as today. The truth usually is. 

The “Gift” came into the world to basically save it from itself. The contrite and self-centered heart is one that is like beast that is hard to tame. It is hard to convince a person that it is holier to give up one’s life so that other’s may see the love  of God through their actions when a person’s first instinct in a crisis situation is to save their own life by throwing others under the bus. 

But still, the “Gift” came to give life, and life more abundantly than most people are used to living. What do you want for Christmas this year? That’s a good question considering the unlimited possibilities we have as a civilization. As for me and my house, we choose Christ, the reason for this Christmas season to begin with. 

R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.