Why I Love Barack Obama

First A Word To Non-Christians

If you are not a Christian, there are still LOTS of reasons for you to vote against Barack Obama and for Mitt Romney.

And I hope you do.

But as a Christian, it would be a mistake for me to totally emphasize economic and social/moral issues without undergirding those things with an appeal to you to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

To paraphrase a verse from the Bible, as Jesus said, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole [political] world, and forfeit his soul?"

Because all of us have been born with a sinful nature, and have sinned repeatedly against the holy and good God, our Creator, He would be perfectly just to condemn us all to hell forever.

But instead, He came to Earth as a baby, Who grew into a man, and He became the sacrifice Lamb of God. As such, He shed His blood, dying on a Roman cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead on the third day.

Alive today, this Jesus Christ offers forgiveness of sins, to ANYONE who will believe in Him, admit the wrong of their sins, and come to Him as their Lord and Savior.  And it's a free gift.  It can't be earned by good works or religious practices.

And then they (you) will not perish in everlasting torment without God, but instead have everlasting life with Him.  This is the Gospel (Good News).

The Bible says, "He who has the Son [Jesus] has life."  And this life brings what the Bible calls the "fruit" of His Spirit, which includes Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.  In addition to the wonderful forgiveness of sins from Jesus, who loves us.

Millions of us who have come to Him, and love Him, will readily testify what a great and life-changing Savior He is.

If your heart is drawn to learn more of Him, I recommend you begin by reading the Gospel of John in the Bible.

Here is an online version:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NASB

Why I Love Barack Obama

I hope and pray that Barack Obama is not elected for a second term.

I'm not the least bit ashamed to say that he is a horrible and destructive President in everything from economics and job production, to his support for the Holocaust of the Unborn and homosexual marriage.

But I cannot hate him.  I love him.  Seriously.  I wish him the very best in his life, beginning with a desire for him to truly know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and going on to wish blessings on his family and non-political pursuits.

1. God tells us as Christians to love even our enemies.  Just as He sends rain on the just (believers) and the unjust (unbelievers), he calls on us to be like Him and love.

2. Barack Obama is made in the image of God, as are all of us.  Though that image of God in us is marred by the entrance of sin in our world, way back in the Garden of Eden, yet there is something of worth and dignity in every man and woman.

This is the foundation of the concept of so-called Pro-Life.

There is value in the very life of a person.  This is to be respected, even in the meting out of justice (for example in sentencing a murderer to death, which should be done with sorrow and gravity at the loss of a human life made in the image of God -- the Lord Himself said, "I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked.").

3. The fruit of the Spirit is love.  When we as Christians walk by the Spirit of God, love is the normal by-product, including love for President Obama.  To hate him, or any man, is simply wrong.

Yet love is not hoping someone gets whatever they want, as we parents should know, and I hope with all my heart that Barack does not get what he wants...a second term :)