Christians
'drinking the Kool-Aid' on church-state separation, Ted Cruz's father cites 'awesome
responsibility' to elect 'righteous leaders', by Paul Bremmer, 1/24/16, WND
Christians in America
should not hesitate to engage in national affairs, according to minister and
national speaker Rafael Cruz.
“Christians have been
lied to and have believed the lies, have been drinking the Kool-Aid for too
long with things like so-called separation of church and state, which of course
is neither in the Constitution nor in the Declaration,” Cruz said Thursday on
the Breitbart News Daily radio program.
Cruz, the father of GOP
presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and the author of the new book “A Time for Action: Empowering the Faithful to Reclaim
America,” believes too many
pastors interpret Jesus’ commandment to “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s”
to mean they must divorce themselves completely from civic society.
However, in doing that
they ignore something else Jesus commanded, according to Cruz. “If we follow
the teachings of Jesus, he said that we are to be salt and light,” Cruz stated.
“Well, light is worthless unless you point it to darkness.”
He believes too many
pastors for too long have been “hiding behind the pulpit,” refusing to address
political issues for fear of losing their tax exemption or driving angry
congregants away from the church. These pastors are afraid of being criticized,
but as Cruz noted, the only surefire way to avoid criticism is to not make an
impact.
“When you make an
impact, you can be sure that those that disagree with you will be speaking
loudly, so persecution is something that shows you that Christians are making
an impact,” Cruz said. “I mean, the reason why there’s so much persecution of
Christians is that the message of Christ is a life-changing message, and it
threatens those who don’t believe in Christ.”
The minister urged
Christians to take the message of Christ outside the church and “shout it from
the rooftops.” He said it’s especially important for American Christians to get
involved in civic affairs given the unique history and structure of the U.S.
government.
Cruz pointed out that
throughout history, most governments have followed the same man-made model:
Authority flowed from God to the government to the people. Kings and tyrants
used that model to justify oppression of their people, claiming God gave them
the authority to do whatever they wanted to do.
On the other hand, the
framers of the U.S. Constitution, whom Cruz believes were inspired by God,
instituted a different model of government.
“No longer does
authority come from God to the government to the people, but rather authority
comes from God to the people to the government,” Cruz lectured. “All authority
under the Constitution is placed upon ‘We the people.’
“And I’ll tell you what,
with that authority comes an awesome responsibility for us to elect righteous
leaders, elect leaders that have a love for America, a love for the people of
America, that want to be servants – not dictators, but servants – to we the
people.” Cruz said he thinks humility is a key trait an American leader must
possess, and Barack Obama is not a humble man.
“If you listen to any
speech of Obama, the word that most often he says is ‘I,'” Cruz noted. “And
he’s all about himself; he’s very egocentric. And, you know, Jesus said he who
wants to be the greatest must become the servant of all. And I think the
greatest quality of leadership is servanthood. It needs to be a purpose of
leadership to serve others, and when we look at the highest position in the
land, it’s to serve every citizen of the United States of America.”
In the late 1970s and
1980s, Cruz helped mobilize millions of Christians to elect a man he considered
a great servant and great leader: Ronald Reagan. Cruz emphasized that
Christians were able to elevate Reagan to the presidency back then without many
of the resources they have today. “In 1980, we didn’t have
Internet, we didn’t have Facebook, we didn’t have Twitter, we didn’t have
bloggers, we didn’t have email, we didn’t even have conservative radio; but we
the people elected Ronald Reagan,” Cruz recalled.
Therefore, Christians
today, with so many outlets at their disposal, have no excuse to not band
together and elect another faithful and principled president.
“We need for the church,
we need for people of principle, people of faith to unite and coalesce around a
candidate that upholds the principles that have made America great and that
will stand and fight for those principles,” Cruz declared.
Comments
The US federal
government is responsible for the unconstitutional laws, court opinions and
executive orders. The Congress holds the keys to correcting these errors by
passing new laws that honor the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights (as
written). A federal law reaffirming the
1st Amendment rights of churches is long overdue. Education needs to
be a free of all government influence.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA
Tea Party Leader
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