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Thursday, February 19, 2004
Virginia House affirms Ten
Commandments resolution
By Justin Bergman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. - The
Virginia House of Delegates
passed a resolution Monday
urging Congress to allow
states to decide whether to
display monuments of the
Ifen Commandments similar
to the one that caused a judi
cial stalemate in Alabama.
The measure passed 70-30
along party lines after
Democrats attempted to kill
it by sending it back to com
mittee. Del. Robert Brink, D-
Arlington, called the resolu
tion "an embarrassment to
the House, to the General
Assembly and to the com
monwealth” and accused
Republicans of “throwing a
little red meat to its political
base.”
Republicans said the mea
sure was necessaiy to pro
tect the sovereignty of states
when it comes to public
expressions of religious faith.
Also included in Del.
Richard Black’s resolution
was the Pledge of Allegiance
and the National Motto,
which reads “In God we
Trust.”
“Over recent years, the fed
eral courts have begun to
issue conflicting. and
ambiguous decisions in this
area,” said Black, R-
Loudotm.
Black was referring in part
to a federal judge’s order in
2002 to remove a massive
granite depiction of the Tfen
Commandments from the
Alabama Judicial Building
in Montgomery. Alabama
Chief Justice Roy Moore was
ousted from his position by a
judicial ethics panel in
November for defying the
order.
Since then, two U.S. sena
tors have introduced legisla
tion drafted with the help of
Moore that would prohibit
federal courts from overrul
ing state courts when it
comes to an “acknowledg
ment of God.”
But Democrats in Rich
mond questioned the ratio
nale for the Virginia legisla
ture to get involved in the
controversy.
“This resolution isn’t about
religion,” Brink said. “It’s
about the Constitution, it’s
about the rule of law and it’s
about politics. This could be
called the ‘Justice Roy Moore
Memorial Resolution.’ “
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J. M. LITTLE - TEACHER
Under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, every sinner is taught that God is
Sovereign and does not have to save him. Have you ever admitted to the Lord
that He does not have to save you? if not, you are not saved! Preach, teach, and
evangelize all you want to, but if you have never taken your place in the dust of
repentance at the Feet of the Sovereign Lord admitting that He does not have to
save you, you are not saved! And all your preaching and teaching will be all the
more kindling wood to burn you in hell. No sinner is ever saved until he is brought
there; broken at the Feet of the Lord begging for mercy from the Sovereign God
who can save him or damn him. Now, you keep saying; “I accepted Jesus as my
Saviour." That is the concrete sign you know literally nothing, absolutely nothing
about the Sovereign God who saves or damns as He pleases. You have a “god”
of your own imagination and when the Blood Avenger drops the sword on you,
you will lift up your eyes in hell. You will not call me crazy then. Six times this
year, according to my count, a member of my family has told me to shut up. She
does not want to hear one word about the Lord Jesus Christ. She has been in the
church some 80 years but does not want to hear one word about the Lord. How
sad. Is that your case? You are being reprobated if you remain in that condition.
Oh, may the Lord have mercy on your poor, lost soul. Now, let’s look at some
more Scriptures which clearly set forth God’s Reprobation. “For there are certain
men crept in unawares, WHO WERE BEFORE OF OLD ORDAINED TO THIS
CONDEMNATION, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lascivious
ness. and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord JesUs Christ." (Jude 1:4).
Note those words; “Who were of old ORDAINED TO THIS CONDEMNATION."
Now, who ordained them to condemnation? Not the angels nor men but God
ordained them to condemnation.
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