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First Night of the More Passover Conference

This is the first night of the More Passover Conference held by Covenant Fellowship Church International under the leadership of Apostle Collins Dhlomo who is the Senior Pastor and responsible for the apostolic direction of CFCI.

Bishop Robert E. Smith was invited as the host speaker of the conference, and oh what a treat. Please stay tuned to all the upgrades of the conference as well as photos and videos to come soon. Thank you and God Bless You.

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The New Man's Equality, Theology and Policies

Bishop R. E. Smith - on The New Man's Equality, Theology and Policies!

The Equality of the New Man is his union with Christ

He is only a New Man if he is joined to the Lord, I Corinthians 6:17
If he has been made part of the "One New Man" Ephesians 2:14-18
If the Spirit of Christ dwells in him, Romans 8:9.

The Theology of the New Man is based on Revelation, Investigation and Transformation of the Mind, Will and Emotions

The scientific and philosophical minds of discovery and reason are not good enough to produce a system of sound theology: "...I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent...Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men" I Corinthians 1:19, 25.

Religious training of the highest caliber is no guarantee of sound theology: "...Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?" John 3:10.

Being an "A" student of a minister or ministry in transition can come short of a matured and balanced theology, "...Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures...was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly...they [Aquila and Priscilla] took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly" Acts 18:24-26.

There are sincere believers in Christian service, politics and business that are the by-product of "HOW" they received Christ, and "WHO" they are being discipled by.

"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him" Colossians 2:6.

"...continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them" II Timothy 3:14.

The Dual nature of the New Man's Policies

The policies by which the New Man lives are much higher than the policies of the general public. The difference lies in the laws that God made for the old man and the laws for the New Man. Jesus said,

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time" (old covenant) St. Matthew 5:21,27,31,33,38,43.

"But I say unto you" (new covenant) St. Matthew 5:22, 28, 32,34,39,44.

In making polices for the general public, the laws must be in compliance with the moral laws of God as stated by Paul.

"...the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth" Romans 7:1b.

"But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not make for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For Whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine" I Timothy 1:8-10.

This includes capital punishment, as brother Paul says of himself; "For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die...." Acts 25:11.

The Moral Compass Of President Barack Obama

The scriptures tell us, “that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:1-4).

With the non-stop incoming calls, e-mails and personal visits since the inauguration of the 44th
president of the United States, I am more than impressed to give a quick overview and some
directives to all “them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Tim. 2:22).

There are far too many “Christians” who are now laying back with a sense of relief, now that Mr. Barack Obama has taken office. The statement made to me by many is, “He is now our president and we must pray for him.” Others ask, “How and what should we pray for concerning him?” While even others are running for cover. As our opening text directs, we should pray for his salvation and that he will come to the knowledge of the truth.


The Moral Compass of President Barack Obama



January 2009
Total Outreach for Christ Ministries



Some Christians (those who voted for him) might suggest that he is already born again and has come to the knowledge of truth. This writer objects on the grounds of his (Obama’s) words and actions. Jesus said, “…for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh…For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned” (Matthew 12:34b-37).
Solomon said, “Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be
right” (Proverbs 20:11).

The infamous words of Barack Obama, at the famous Saddleback Church (full of believers?), as he answered the most familiar question asked (when does life begin?) of any formidable candidate (lawyer, author, legislator, church member) seeking the office of president were these:
“…to answer theologically or scientifically with any specificity is above my pay grade.” Go to the
below link and click on the August 16, 2008 interview:

http://cwebtv.net/content/view/135/2/

Once in office, the first of his doings from day one was to restate his support for the LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered) Community. You can visit, http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights/

His words and actions direct our prayers for his salvation and proper knowledge of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures.

So, what is the President’s Moral Compass by which he interprets salvation, law, the constitution, and et cetera? His Compass stems from a mixture of Black Liberation Theology (James H. Cone),
Philosophical & Ethical Elitism (Harvard Law School) and the Physiological influences of a DNA
from Nimrod, the Cushite (Genesis 10:8-10). Black Liberation Theology

Black Liberation Theology (BLT) removes salvation out of the Cross of Christ and puts the crucifixion of Christ on the level of a modern day lynching. Jesus said, “…I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay
it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father” (John 10:17b18).

Go to the link below to hear a conversation with James H. Cone:

http://fide-o.blogspot.com/2008/04/errors-ofjames-
cone-and-blt.html

Therefore, Black Liberation Theology is left to fend for itself by imposing upon its black-power theologians to tell the story in a sympathetic (dual lynching) way, rather than in an empathetic (crucified with Him) way. The difference between the two is not only the great chasm between heaven and hell for the sinner, but also for the believer. The believer must choose whether he will live unto himself and see everything from the tinted spectacles of race, class and culture, or be able to say as Paul, “But may it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14 New American Standard Bible). The apex of BLT can only energize the flesh, thus enabling it to take on a form of godliness while denying the power of divinity (2 Timothy 3:5).

Philosophical & Ethical Elitism

The Harvard-Unitarian elite takeover of 1805 made the university the citadel of religious and moral liberalism (Samuel L. Blumenfeld, NEA, Trojan horse in American education). It produced persons such as Horace Mann, a talented lawyer legislator, who along with many others would provide the philosophical and ethical incubator for people like the impressionable young Barack Obama. Liberalism leads to relativism to socialism to dictatorship. Listen to the now president Obama’s take on the US Constitution as noted in his book “The Audacity of Hope”. “No law is ever final” “Partly it’s the nature of the law itself” “For in the end laws are just (crucified with Him) way. The difference between the two is not only the great chasm between heaven and hell for the sinner, but also for the believer. The believer must choose whether he will live unto himself and see everything from the tinted spectacles of race, class and culture, or be able to say as Paul, “But may it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14 New American Standard Bible). The apex of BLT can only energize the flesh, thus enabling it to take on a form of godliness while denying the power of divinity (2 Timothy 3:5).

Philosophical & Ethical Elitism The Harvard-Unitarian elite takeover of 1805 made the university the citadel of religious and moral liberalism (Samuel L. Blumenfeld, NEA, Trojan horse in American education). It produced persons such as Horace Mann, a talented lawyer legislator, who along with many others would provide the philosophical and ethical incubator for people like
the impressionable young Barack Obama. Liberalism leads to relativism to socialism to dictatorship. Listen to the now president Obama’s take on the US Constitution as noted in his book “The Audacity of Hope”. “No law is ever final” “Partly it’s the nature of the law itself” “For in the end laws are just “words on a page “words whose meanings are subject to erosion, sometimes collapsing in the blink of an eye” (Pgs. 76,77). So much for the constitution!

Listen to his ethics on parenting, pregnancy and moral responsibility. In a television interview, he was asked what his response would be if one of his daughters were to get pregnant out of wedlock. He answered, (paraphrased) “my daughter should not have to suffer the ask of raising a child under such circumstances. She should have the right to an abortion.”

To this I say the following: The liberal lawyer wanted to be (and now is) the president of the United States of America, but would refuse to assume the responsibility of failed fatherhood, with no desire to be a grandfather at such an early age. The mentality of elitism has the “audacity” to think this way and expect others to accept it. Sadly, too many church goers have endorsed it and the judgment seat of Christ is going to be a horrifying experience for many of the redeemed!

The DNA from Nimrod the Cushite

A great teacher once said, “There are racial memories which obtrude themselves into our consciousness whereby a person may be distinctly conscious of a form of life he never lived, it may be a form of life centuries past. The explanation of this does not lie in the fact that that particular individual lived centuries ago, but that his progenitors did, and there are traces in his nerve substance which by one of the incalculable tricks of individual experience may suddenly emerge into consciousness” (pages 85, 86 Biblical Psychology by Oswald Chambers )

In the context of a person’s moral compass, decisions are made not just from the influences of the immediate, but if he lives, walks and works according to the flesh; he takes on the incalculable tricks hidden in his nerve substance. And in the case of President Barack Obama the Cushite, he was the first king of Babylon (confusion). With being celebrated as the first African American (Black) to become president, the question remains, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil” (Jeremiah 13:23).

Conclusion

If we consider the three components which make up the moral compass of president Obama, there is much to pray about. First, that he will discover the true meaning of the cross of Christ for the redemption of his spirit. Then, that he will come to know that there is knowledge higher than college, for the renewing of his mind and transformation of his soul. And finally, he will come to know, that in Christ there is neither Black nor White, elitism or defeatism, and that the Scriptures have a lot to say about government and those in authority.

Racial Profiling Is The Order Of The Day

Bishop Robert E. Smith - On Racial Profiling

Some have said that racial profiling is unlawful, unethical and un-American. I say Racial Profiling is only Natural, National and Necessary.

As a Christian, it should be understood that there is a big difference between “Discernment” (1 Corinthians 2:14,15) and “Racial Profiling” (1 Corinthians 10:32; John 4:9,22). A mature Christian discerns the spirits behind the communications and actions of others (1 Corinthians 12:10) and discerns by a sufficient knowledge of the Word of God, the thoughts and intents of the heart of others (Hebrews 4:12). However, most of the world is not Christian and those who are, for the most part, are not spiritually mature.

On the other hand, Racial Profiling carries with it a degree of hostility, which is only natural (Ephesians 2:15,16) and one should not be greatly disturbed by the uneasiness that is associated with it. For instance, one could be highly upset with Jesus’ words to the woman of Canaan, when He said, “It is not meet [fitting] to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs” (Matthew 15:26). A person who understands Jesus’ mission, knows that those words were only the means to an end; “O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt” (v28).

I was privileged some years ago, to be commissioned to the Governor’s Task Force on Racial Profiling in the state of Arkansas. The commission consisted of attorneys, civil rights workers, city, county and state law enforcement representatives, the business community and a couple of pastors. After two years of circuit riding the state, holding hearings and fielding questions and complaints regarding Racial Profiling, by law enforcement agencies, I concluded, that it is best to teach people how to use the “Natural Propensity” for Racial Profiling as a means to an end; the end being “National Security”.

That brings us to the question of other aspects of profiling, such as “sectarianism, class and etc... When it comes to National Security, pages 26 and 27 of an American Passport reads as follows: “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class – it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity”. Therefore, any race, sect, party or class of people who undermines our birthright to live and maintain the cause of freedom, is suspect!

As we continue to profile people in areas such as “sectarianism, class and etc...; we know that many embrace the idea, that “all religions, roads and ways lead to God”. To be technical, or scriptural, it is very true; all of the above do lead to God. However, if you packaged all of the diversities of religions, roads and ways to God, there would be of necessity philosophical melt downs of: “maybe, maybe not” “it’s either or” “you are right or you are wrong”.

Jesus said that, there is a broad way and there is a narrow way; that fits the “either or”. Jesus also said to, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life…” that fits the “maybe, maybe not”. And finally He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” and that fits the “you are right or you are wrong”. But whether people are, either or, maybe, maybe not, right or wrong; everyone will get to meet God. We will meet the God of love, or a consuming fire (John 3:16; Hebrews 9:27;12:29).

In further profiling, there is a religious system (Islam) among the many that are on the broad road that leads to destruction, which all others had better be aware of. It is a system that is wild (that is violent), and against all others (Genesis 16:12). It started with a man by the name of Ishmael (not Mohammad). As the apostle Paul declared to the Galatians, “But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now” (Galatians 4:29). Mohammad was the thesis writer of, as Paul puts it, “another gospel” preached to Mohammad by an angel (fallen) from heaven, that is accursed (Galatians 1:8,9).

When profiling, it behooves us to ask the question; “Who is your mother?” Is she mount Sinai in Arabia (Arab) which genders to bondage; or is she Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children (natural Jews); or is she the Jerusalem which is above and free which is the mother of us all (Christians) Galatians 4:24-26. For the sake of national security, a “Christian nation” is not a threat to freedom. A Jewish nation is not a threat to freedom, mainly because she is in bondage with her mother wanting to be free. But an Arab nation “genders (procreates; conceives and bring forth) bondage, which is a threat to “the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity”. In short, those who know not how to profile will become defiled, compromised, neutralized and finally pulverized into a powdery nation blown away with the winds of CHANGE!

Should Christians Respect Barack Obama?

Dr. David Barton - on Obama

Respect the office? Yes.
Respect the man in the office? No, I am sorry to say.
I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and Republicans, called upon America to unite behind Obama.
Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I AM NOT uniting behind Obama.

I will respect the office which he holds, and I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray for him, BUT that is it.


I have begun today to see what I can do to make sure that he is a one-term President.

Why am I doing this? It is because:
- I do not share Obama's vision or value system for America ;
- I do not share his Abortion beliefs;
- I do not share his radical Marxist's concept of re-distributing wealth;
- I do not share his stated views on raising taxes on those who make $150,000+ (the ceiling has been changed three times since August);
- I do not share his view that America is Arrogant;
- I do not share his view that America is not a Christian Nation;
- I do not share his view that the military should be reduced by 25%;
- I do not share his view of amnesty and giving more to illegal’s than our American Citizens who need help;
- I do not share his views on homosexuality and his definition of marriage;
- I do not share his views that Radical Islam is our friend and Israel is our enemy who should give up any land;

- I do not share his spiritual beliefs (at least the ones he has made public);

- I do not share his beliefs on how to re-work the healthcare system in America ;

- I do not share his strategic views of the Middle East ; and
- I certainly do not share his plan to sit down with terrorist regimes such as Iran .


Bottom line: my America is vastly different from Obama's, and I have a higher obligation to my Country and my GOD to do what is right.


For eight (8) years, the Liberals in our Society, led by numerous entertainers who would have no platform and no real credibility but for their celebrity status, have attacked President Bush, his family, and his spiritual beliefs.

They have not moved toward the center in their beliefs and philosophies and they never came together nor compromised their personal beliefs for the betterment of our Country.

They have portrayed my America as a land where everything is tolerated except being intolerant.
They have been a vocal and irreverent minority for years.
They have mocked and attacked the very core values so important to the founding and growth of our Country.
They have made every effort to remove the name of GOD or Jesus Christ from our Society.
They have challenged capital punishment, the right to bear arms and the most basic principles of our criminal code.
They have attacked one of the most fundamental of all Freedoms, the right of free speech.

Unite behind Obama? Never.


I am sure many of you who read this think that I am going overboard, but I refuse to retreat one more inch in favor of those whom I believe are the embodiment of Evil.


PRESIDENT BUSH made many mistakes during his Presidency and I am not sure how history will judge him. However, I believe that he weighed his decisions in light of the long established Judeo-Christian principles of our Founding Fathers.


Majority rules in America, and I will honor the concept; however, I will fight with all of my power to be a voice in opposition to Obama and his "goals for America".


I am going to be a thorn in the side of those who, if left unchecked, will destroy our Country. Any more compromise is more defeat.


Pray that the results of this election will wake up many who have sat on the sidelines and allowed the Socialist-Marxist anti-GOD crowd to slowly change so much of what has been good in America.


Error of Opinion may be tolerated where Reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson


GOD Bless you and GOD Bless our Country!




"If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan