Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. (Proverbs 14:34)
The name “Abraham Lincoln” enjoys a boundless shelf life. The 16th president of the United States is more popular today than ever. The blockbuster movie “Lincoln” recently took home two Oscars, with Daniel Day-Lewis earning the “Best Actor” nod for his masterful portrayal of the Civil War president.
In his outstanding biography “Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage,” author Joe Wheeler observed that “Lincoln has had more books written about him than all our nation’s presidents put together.”
Love him or hate him, Abraham Lincoln remains, far and away, the most admired president in U.S. history.
It’s little wonder, then, that President Obama seeks to associate himself with this great man at every possible turn. Even so, in terms of worldview, political philosophy, integrity, and honorability, the two men are as north to south. Their similarities both begin and end with an Illinois mailing address.
Consider, for instance, that whereas Lincoln was both a Republican and a strong social conservative by modern standards, Obama is a hard-left Democrat and radical Marxist by any standard. Whereas Lincoln ultimately united a nation brutally divided, Mr. Obama brutally divides a nation once united.
While, as noted by Wheeler, Abraham Lincoln was a man singularly driven by unfettered fidelity to both biblical principles and the one true God of the Bible, Mr. Obama is hell-bent on undermining, if not outright defying, every jot and tittle of the Holy Scriptures.
By placing his hand on the Lincoln Bible and swearing to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States … to the best of my ability,” Mr. Obama sought to draw some symbolic connection to President Lincoln.
Instead, and due to his counter-biblical public policy, he not only engaged in brazen duplicity, but managed to underscore the stark contrast between the two leaders. As compared to his pious predecessor, “the best of [Mr. Obama's] ability” has been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln observed: “Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.”
I believe that, due to our nation’s near total rejection of God and our government’s official stamp of approval on that which Scripture unambiguously calls mortal sin (i.e., homosexuality, the deconstruction of legitimate marriage, abortion on demand, and the like), God has, for the first time in our relatively brief history, “forsaken this favored land.” I believe we are a nation under judgment and that Barack Obama is part of that judgment.
Lincoln also declared: “The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time.”
Let that sink in. “God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time.” God declares homosexual behavior “an abomination.” Mr. Obama celebrates it. God says “thou shalt not murder.” Mr. Obama and his ilk are responsible for the cold-blooded murders of 55-plus million American babies at the callous hands of abortionists.
Jesus, in His own words, reaffirmed the definition of legitimate marriage, saying, “Haven’t you read that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” (Matthew 19:4-6)
Mr. Obama has called Jesus a liar, saying, in effect, “At the beginning the Creator made them lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). For this reason a male, female or shemale will leave his, her or whatchahoozie’s father and mother, father and father or mother and mother and be united to his or her wife – and/or husband – and the two or more will become one flesh. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”
Contrast Mr. Lincoln’s reverence for God and Christianity with Mr. Obama’s declaration that “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation.”
Or consider these words, where Mr. Obama both defamed the Bible and mocked Christ’s Sermon on the Mount: “Which passages of Scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is abomination? How about Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount – a passage that is so radical that it’s doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application?”
The Sermon on the Mount – a passage so radical that its application the Defense Department would not survive? No, Mr. President, you simply desire it not survive.
Indeed, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.” This is not just a flowery aphorism. It’s a self-evident truth – an objective reality. We as an American people have embraced sin and are thusly condemned.
Lincoln said, “The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.” As individuals, we will each stand before God and give an accounting – we will all face judgment. As a nation, we can only be judged in the temporal – in the here and now.
Lincoln also said, “let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.” This sage admonition, though certain to infuriate modern-day feminists, is in perfect keeping with 2 Chronicles 7:14, which declares, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Because, as the psalmist observed, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” (Psalm 33)
And cursed is the nation whose god is man.
Matt Barber (@jmattbarber on Twitter) is an attorney concentrating in constitutional law. He serves as Vice President of Liberty Counsel Action.
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@Daniel Noe
How far do YOU wish me to go in DESTROYING your article?
This is one of the very rare times you have wrote a POS.
In short, I do like the way you closed:
“And cursed is the nation whose god is man.”
And you see which way Lincoln turned America….
He was NONE of things you painted him out to be…. but quiet the opposite…
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
Mike, this is not my article. This was written by a man named Matt Barber. Stop blaming me for stuff I don’t do, especially when I agree with every single thing you have said about Lincoln.
My bad… I apologize…
I thought it didn’t sound like you, but then again I’m not me today either…
I just saw your name under the article and thought you wrote it….
Wished you had commented on the article saying you didn’t agree with what all was wrote about Lincoln in it.
Anyhow, all is well, you’re still batting .999 with me… Still the best here…
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
Hallelujah, Amen! The truth is the truth and it can’t be changed…. Pres. Obama comparing himself to Pres. Lincoln is so silly it would be like comparing a “Old sow’s ear to a silk purse,” which would be a very accurate comparison.
Excellence article Mr. Matt Barber and may the Good LORD continue to bless you in all of your efforts in speaking the truth.
@watchman48
Just a few things you didn’t know or believe about Lincon just to start:
Launching an invasion of the South without consulting Congress, as required by the Constitution
declaring martial law
blockading the Southern ports. Also Unconstitutional
suspending the writ of habeas corpus for the duration of his administration
imprisoning without trial thousands of Northern citizens & Southern citizens
arresting and imprisoning newspaper publishers who were critical of him
censoring all telegraph communication
nationalizing the railroads
creating several new states without the consent of the citizens of those states
ordering federal troops to interfere with the elections in the North by intimidating Democratic voters
deporting a member of Congress, Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio, for criticizing the administration’s income tax proposal at a Democratic Party rally
confiscating private property
confiscating firearms in violation of the Second Amendment
effectively gutting the ninth and 10th amendments to the Constitution, among other things.
Other Lincoln notables:
Lincoln was a drunk, heavy drinker.
Was addicted to medicines.
Was a manic depressive.
Was a narcissist.
He was bi-sexual if not totally gay.
He was strictly a populist president, doing whatever favored him the most votes from people. This effectively made him the first statist president of this country.
He was actually irreligious, never joining any church.
He got his nickname “Honest Abe” because he was so dishonest.
He was a high profile lawyer, not a backwoods lawyer, although he grew up in the backwoods.
He was a bastard child, his mother not knowing who his daddy was.
It is said Lincoln was actually born in North Carolina.
Lincoln is responsible for the deaths of app. 2 million Americans and Southerners. Figures vary from 600,000 to over 3 million. Either way Lincoln was responsible.
Watchman48,
You call yourself a christian. I would certainly give that more consideration since you obviously support a tyrant and what he done to so many people. I don’t guess in this day and age there is anything wrong with Christians supporting tyrant and despots.
As for Obama; can’t you make a few connections between the two now? Just connect the dots…
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
Lincoln was
Amen brother. Good post.
“Obama is no Abraham Lincoln”. Well, let’s see, there are some similarities.
1. Both have a tyrannical nature.
2. Both have used military force without Congressional approval.
3. Both declared war on civilians.
4. Both instituted massive tax increases.
5. Both professed to be Christian, but their actions proved otherwise. (Lincoln even mocked preachers and denounced the deity of Christ. Lincoln even wrote a book denouncing Christianity, but a close friend threw it into the fire and told him it would be political suicide if he published it)
6. Both have sought more power, and grown a bigger government.
7. Both are in tune with communism. (Obama has a strong Marxist history, and Lincoln was admired by Karl Marx for accomplishing in the U.S. what had failed in Europe’s socialist revolution of 1848).
Lincoln quoted scripture when it was politically expedient to do so. Matt Barber needs to get out of the rewritten history and get into true history. Lincoln has been deified and turned into a saint and revered as the greatest president. He destroyed the Constitutional Republic and laid the foundation for the fine mess we have today. But those who are brainwashed by the government/communist school system seem to have no desire to learn the truth about our history. Here are some factual books that need to be read by those seeking truth: “The Real Lincoln”, by Charles L.C. Minor, (Also, the same title by Thomas DiLorenzo), “The South Was Right”, by James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy, “Red Republicans and Lincoln’s Marxists” by Walter D. Kennedy and Al Benson, Jr., ”The Un-Civil War” by Leonard M. Scruggs, “Truths of History”, by Mildred Lewis Rutherford (1920), and “Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South 1861-1865”, by George Edmunds.
If you don’t know and understand your history, you will repeat it. It is 1861 again, and again the government is the enemy. Let the hate replies begin from those who are ignorant of the truth.
Look at what the Obama’s cost the tax payer each year!
AMAZING!
http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2013/03/obamas-cost-of-living-in-white-house-14.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZUzRG+(Free+North+Carolina)&utm_content
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
I don’t compare him to Lincoln………… He’s more like an Edsel.
Say Obama and Lincoln ain’t near clones?
Lincoln started a war that was unconstitutional which ended up killing up to 3 million Americans. Obama says he can do that too! Lincoln tricked South Carolina into firing on Ft Sumter which made it look like South Carolina was the aggressor. It was a black flag event. Japan was similarly forced into attacking Pearl Harbor, again by the US Government covering up history and repeating a lie often and loud enuff until everyone believed it. Obama is doing the the same! read this FULLY and CLOSELY :
http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2013/03/worth-reading-federal-action-against.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZUzRG+%28Free+North+Carolina%29&utm_content
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur