Pastor: Can you live with
knowing you allowed a President Hillary? 'That's
the real question for all of these people talking about their 'conscience'',
8/6/16, WND
Sen. Ted Cruz told conservatives at
the Republican National Convention to “vote your conscience.” Republican
strategists linked to establishment figures like Jeb Bush are leaving the GOP because
they can’t bring themselves to vote for Donald Trump. Elected Republicans, cowed by the media, are piling
on Trump in defense of Khizr Kahn. And
Marvin Bush, brother of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, has
endorsed Gary Johnson for President
because he “wants to have a conscience.”
But pastor Carl Gallups, author of “Be
Thou Prepared” and a prominent Christian supporter
of Republican nominee Donald Trump, suggests the real moral burden lies with
those who refuse to oppose what he believes is the frightening candidacy of
Hillary Clinton.
“Will my conscience allow me to act
in a manner so that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency and thus destroy
this nation and the future of my children and grandchildren?” asked Gallups
rhetorically. “That’s the real question for all of these people talking about
their ‘conscience.’ Everyone else is going to have to live with the
consequences of all of those who simply opt out of this election by not doing
what they can to stop Hillary Clinton.”
Gallups recently appeared on The Jim
Bakker show to explain what he said was the critical importance of Christian
participation in politics. He was critical of those who said Christians should
stay out of the political process.
“We’re citizens and we have a right
to be a part of the political process but more than that, we have a
responsibility to be a part of all of that,” he said.
Gallups suggested many pastors have
been convinced, incorrectly, they don’t have the right to speak out about
political issues from the pulpit. The leader of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church
in Florida said the difference between “political: and “spiritual” issues is
often overstated.
“Pastors have been brainwashed, not
all pastors, but a ton of them have been brainwashed or intimidated into
believing that they can’t stand in their pulpits and say, ‘Thus sayeth the
Lord,'” said Gallups. “Regardless of what the government says about it.
“That’s the dirty little trick
that’s been played on the church, the pervasive politically correct atmosphere.
Let’s take an issue like abortion – is that not a biblical issue? That’s a
biblical issue, that’s a deeply spiritual issue. It goes to the demonic. But
the government has stepped in over the decades and said this is a political
issue. And we always hear the phrase ‘separation of church and state.'”
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Gallups argued Christians need to
understand they are not electing a pastor but someone who will set policies for
the nation. The best they can hope for, said Gallups, is to have a leader who
can provide space for Christians to promote their faith and create a revival.
“We need people who love America and
love the Constitution,” said Gallups. “We need people who understand America’s
history and its foundation, who love the rule of law. And who will protect
that, because if that’s in place, then we are free to do what we’re supposed to
do. It’s not the president that’s supposed to be preaching the Gospel, it’s you
and me. But we can’t do it if we have people in power who are constantly
holding us down and trying to crush us out of existence.”
Gallups told WND that is precisely
what Hillary Clinton is trying to do. He urged Christians to understand the
dire consequences which will result if another President Clinton gets to
determine the Supreme Court.
“These are just the facts – Hillary
Clinton would replace Justice Scalia with another liberal, perhaps even
ultra-liberal justice,” he said. “This devastating maneuver would give the
‘progressives’ a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court. And that doesn’t count the
times that Justice Kennedy might vote with the liberals (as we have seen him do
on several occasions), giving them a 6-3 majority decision.
“And don’t forget: Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg is 83. She has had numerous and serious health problems,
including pancreatic and colon cancer, and heart problems. Justice Breyer is
78. Justice Kennedy is 80.”
Gallups said the ironic result of
Christians sitting out of the election because of “conscience” could be the end
of America itself.
“It is entirely within the realm of
possibilities that the next president could nominate up to four justices to the
Supreme Court in the next few years,” Gallups warned. “If that president
happens to be Hillary Clinton, because millions of Christians ‘couldn’t vote
against their conscience’, she would seal a far-left activist Supreme Court for
many decades to come. And don’t forget, she will be appointing numerous lower
federal court justices on top of that! America as we have known it would be
toast. Plain and simple. And the end would come like a flood.
“Our nation would be ruled by
unelected and largely unaccountable far-left judges. An uncooperative
legislative branch would be ignored, as Hillary’s government would merely rely
upon liberal judicial fiat for its law.”
Gallups cautioned Americans against
assuming the Constitution would protect their rights, as the Supreme Court has
shown it is willing to radically reinterpret the supreme law of the land.
“If you have a Hillary Clinton
Supreme Court, for starters, many of your First Amendment rights would be
gone,” Gallups said of the consequences. “Your right to bear arms would be
ancient history. Whatever privacy rights you have left now will also evaporate.
Government intrusions and atrocities, all committed with the Supreme Court’s
sanction, will sweep down upon us. Look what has happened, even without a
liberal majority on the Supreme Court. Listen to what Hillary is openly and
currently boasting about doing should she become the president. Her agenda is
evil – and it is clear.”
Gallups urged Christians to examine
their conscience in a different way. He asked believers to really ask
themselves if they are willing to inflict such a fate on their fellow Americans
and fellow Christians.
“Do you really want to take this
chance?” he asked. “Do you really want a president that couldn’t even pass an
FBI background check to be employed as an agent? Do you really want Bill
Clinton back in the White House and thrust onto the world scene as a world
leader? Do you really want all the Clinton baggage we were so glad to see leave
the White House years ago simply step back in for four or, perhaps, eight more
years?”
Gallups told Jim Bakker he doesn’t
believe Donald Trump will somehow save the country by himself. But he said as a
Christian the stakes are too high to do anything but stand with the Republican
nominee.
“I don’t think Donald Trump is the
savior of America,” concluded Gallups. “I don’t think he is the perfect
candidate. There are parts of his platform I don’t agree with. But I’m saying
on November the ninth, after the election, it is going to be one of those two
people, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. So that’s what I tell Christians – get
out, get engaged, be the salt, be the light, or we’re going to lose everything
we have.”
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