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THIS IS KENNEDY CLASSICS WITH DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
WELCOME TO KENNEDY CLASSICS
WELCOME TO KENNEDY CLASSICS. I'M JERRY NEWCOMBE.
AND I'M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
ALL AROUND US, THERE ARE FALSE GODS.
IN BIBLICAL TIMES, THEY WERE OFTEN CARVED OUT OF
WOOD OR MADE OUT OF GOLD.
TODAY, THEY TEND TO BE DANGEROUS POLITICAL
MOVEMENTS AND PHILOSOPHIES.
AS THE REFORMED JOHN CALVIN SAID, THE HUMAN
HEART IS AN IDOL FACTORY.
WE'LL EITHER WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD OR A FALSE ONE.
BUT WE'LL ALL WORSHIP SOMETHING.
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE'LL EXPOSE SOME OF THE
FALSE GODS OF THE MODERN AGE.
WHERE MIGHT YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN BE LED ASTRAY?
LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE'LL HAVE AN IMPORTANT
REPORT ON HOW ONE DANGEROUS PHILOSOPHY
COULD IMPACT YOUR HEALTH CARE.
AND WE'LL SHARE AN EXCELLENT NEW RESOURCE
WITH YOU THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE
BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED
UPON AND IS DEPARTING FROM.
AND I'M JOHN SORENSEN.
WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE TRUE GOD WANTS
YOU TO KNOW TO FOLLOW HIM?
I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT LATER IN THE PROGRAM.
BUT FIRST, MY FATHER, THE LATE DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
EXPOSES SOME OF THE FALSE GODS OF OUR
OWN DAY BY LOOKING AT THE FALSE GODS THE PROPHET
ELIJAH CONFRONTED, IN HIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE,
"IF THE LORD BE GOD."
EXAMINE ALL OF HISTORY, SACRED AND PROFANE,
AND YOU WILL NEVER FIND A CONTEST COMPARABLE TO THE ONE
BEFORE US TODAY. NOTHING IN THE OLYMPICS,
SUPER BOWL, THE WORLD SERIES, THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP,
EVEN THE TRIPLE CROWN BEGINS TO COMPARE WITH THIS.
THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF TROPHIES OR WREATHS,
BUT IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED,
AND NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT ALSO FOR
THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL,
WHICH WAS BEING WIPED OUT FROM WITHIN
BY THE INVASION OF AN ALIEN PHILOSOPHY
AND RELIGION BAALISM, THE WORSHIP OF THE GOD,
THE PHOENICIAN GOD BAAL OR BAALAH IN HEBREW.
AND THIS HAD FOUND ITS GREAT SUPPORT THROUGH
THE QUEEN THE WIFE OF AHAB, WHO WAS PHOENICIAN HERSELF,
BROUGHT INTO ISRAEL. SHE BROUGHT HER RELIGION
AND 450 PRIESTS OF BAAL WITH HER.
AND NOW THE RELIGION OF JEHOVAH WAS BEING OVERWHELMED
BY THESE FALSE TEACHINGS, AND THE PROPHETS
OF THE TRUE FAITH HAD BEEN PERSECUTED
AND KILLED BY THE QUEEN,
AND THERE WERE A FEW THAT WERE LEFT,
AND SO GOD DETERMINED TO BRING THE PEOPLE
TO REPENTANCE.
THIS WAS AN INWARD STRUGGLE -A SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE,
A STRUGGLE OF THE HEART AND SOUL,
A STRUGGLE OF THE MIND, LEST THE VERY TRUE RELIGION
SHOULD BE ABORTED AND THE MESSIAH NOT BE BORN.
THIS IS THE GREAT EFFORT, ANOTHER GREAT EFFORT OF SATAN
DONE TO PREVENT THE MESSIAH FROM EVER COMING AND FULFILLING
THAT GREAT PROMISE MADE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
THAT THE CHILD, THE SEED OF THE WOMAN, WILL DESTROY
THE HEAD OF THE SEED OF THE SERPENT.
VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE FACE TODAY, I BELIEVE.
NOW WE DON'T HAVE A PAGAN RELIGION, AS SUCH,
OVERWHELMING OUR NATION, BUT WE HAVE ALL MANNERS OF UNBELIEF.
FOREIGN RELIGIONS OF VARIOUS KINDS HAVE TAKEN UP
RESIDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT MORE THAN THAT
WE HAVE SECULARISM, ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM.
WE HAVE HUMANISM, AND EVOLUTIONISM
AND ALL MANNERS OF UNBELIEF, ALL OF WHICH AGREE
IN DENYING CHRIST AND THE SCRIPTURES
AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR
TO WHAT ISRAEL WAS FACING AT THAT TIME,
A RELIGION ALIEN TO WHAT THEY HAD KNOWN.
NOW BAALISM WAS NOT THE RELIGION SIMPLY OF
THE PHOENICIANS, BUT IT WAS WIDESPREAD
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. IT WAS A GREAT RELIGION.
IT WAS THE RELIGION OF BAAL, OR BA'AL, THE LORD,
A RELIGION THAT WAS NOT ONLY IN PHOENICIA,
BUT ALSO IN BABYLON,
KNOWN THERE AS BAL OR BAAL-MERODACH.
IT WAS KNOWN IN GREECE UNDER THE NAME OF ZEUS.
IT WAS KNOW ALL THE WAY OVER TO CARTHAGE
THAT CHALLENGED THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
BAALISM WAS WIDELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE MEDITERRANEAN AREA, AND IT WAS A POWERFUL FAITH,
AND IT WAS A GREAT THREAT TO THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ISRAEL.
IF THIS ONE MAN WHO HAD THE FAITH AND COURAGE
TO STAND UP TO IT HAD NOT DONE SO,
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY,
AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE PREACHING EITHER,
BECAUSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO BELIEVERS
TO BRING FORTH A MESSIAH.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF RADICAL UNBELIEVERS TODAY,
INCLUDING THE RADICAL UNBELIEVING ECOLOGISTS,
THAT'S A FINE THING, UNLESS IT'S TAKEN TOO FAR.
ONE OF THE PROFESSORS IN A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY
SAID THIS. SEE IF YOU THINK THIS IS RADICAL.
HE SAID, "THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO THIS WORLD
WOULD BE THE UTTER EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN RACE."
NOW THAT'S NOT RADICAL, IS IT? WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RADICALS,
ACCORDING TO THEM. AND HE SAYS,
"THOUGH THAT WOULD BE PAINFUL, JUST THINK HOW MANY
MILLIONS OF SPECIES COULD LIVE AND THRIVE,
IF WE HUMANS, WHO ARE THE PLAGUE OF THE EARTH, WERE REMOVED."
NOW, I TELL YOU, I'D LOVE TO MEET THAT FELLA;
HE WANTS THE WHOLE WORLD TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
I THINK I WOULD TELL HIM,
"SIR, YOU ARE A BOLD AND FEARLESS LEADER.
I AM SURE THAT THE WORLD IS WAITING TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD.
SO, NOW IF YOU WILL JUST KILL YOURSELF,
THE WORLD WILL NO DOUBT FOLLOW IN YOUR TRAIN.
IF NOT, THEN SHUT UP, YOU HYPOCRITE."
WELL, THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE RELIGION OF BAAL,
WHICH IS A RELIGION OF DEATH, WHICH DID INVOLVE
THE SACRIFICE OF HUMANS BACK THEN.
BUT, OF COURSE, TODAY WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TOLERATE
ALL THINGS LIKE THAT, AND HOWEVER,
ELIJAH DID NOT BELIEVE THAT.
AND THE LORD TOLD HIM TO GO TO AHAB, THE KING.
NOW AHAB HAD SOME GOOD QUALITIES ABOUT HIM,
BUT HE WAS ALSO A WEAK AND VACILLATING MAN AND HE,
UNFORTUNATELY, MARRIED A PAGAN,
INVITED HER INTO THE COURT AND ADOPTED HER RELIGION,
BUILT A TEMPLE TO BAAL RIGHT THERE IN THE CAPITAL OF SAMARIA,
WHICH WAS OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM,
WHICH WAS THE CITY OF SAMARIA,
AND HAD OTHER CAPITALS THROUGHOUT THAT LAND.
AND SO AHAB, IS CONFRONTED BY THE PROPHET ELIJAH,
WHO APPEARS AND SAYS UNTO HIM, "BY THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,
BEFORE WHOM I STAND, THERE SHALL BE NEITHER DEW NOR RAIN
THESE YEARS BUT ACCORDING TO MY WORD."
AND HE SPINS ON HIS HEEL AND STRIDES AWAY,
NO DOUBT LEAVING AHAB SPEECHLESS.
BUT THEN THE DAYS PASSED AND THE WEEKS AND THE MONTHS.
ALREADY, WHATEVER CLOUDS WERE IN THE SKY HAVE DISAPPEARED,
AND NOW THE SKY IS A COPPER SKY OF BRASS
THAT SEEMS TO HAVE LOST THE UNDERSTANDING OF RAIN.
NO CLOUD IS SEEN WEEK AFTER WEEK AND MONTH AFTER MONTH.
THE WHITE BONES OF THE CATTLE AND SHEEP
GLISTENED IN THE RELENTLESS SUN. IT WAS A TIME OF DEATH;
IT WAS A TIME FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER THEIR GOD.
SO AHAB IS TOLD WHERE ELIJAH IS, AND HE GOES OUT
TO CONFRONT HIM, TRYING TO SUM UP ALL OF THE
ROYAL DIGNITY HE HAS LEFT, AND HE SAYS HAUGHTILY,
"ART THOU HE THAT TROUBLETH ISRAEL?"
AND ELIJAH SAID, "I AM NOT HE THAT TROUBLETH ISRAEL;
BUT THOU, AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE, FOR THOU HAST
ABANDONED THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD."
AND SO ELIJAH SETS BEFORE THEM A TRIAL
TO SEE WHO IS THE TRUE GOD.
HE SAYS TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL:
"IF THE LORD BE GOD, FOLLOW HIM;
BUT IF BAAL BE GOD, THEN FOLLOW HIM."
HE DID NOT SAY THEY COULDN'T FOLLOW BAAL,
BUT THEY COULDN'T DO BOTH, AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
SOME OF THEM WERE WORSHIPING JEHOVAH
AND SOME OF THEM WERE WORSHIPING BAAL,
AND SOME OF THEM WERE WORSHIPING BOTH.
WELL, MY FRIENDS, THERE ARE MANY LIKE THAT TODAY
-HALTING BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS. OH, THEY DON'T WORSHIP
OUTWARDLY SOME PAGAN GOD, BUT THEY HAVE ONE FOOT
IN THE CHURCH AND ANOTHER FOOT IN THE WORLD.
THEY DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THE GOODIES OF THIS LIFE.
"I MEAN, MAYBE THERE'S NOT A GOD,
AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUT ON THIS LIFE TOO,
AND SO I'LL GET ALL THE GUSTO I CAN GET,
AND I'LL STILL GO TO CHURCH AND WORSHIP GOD
AND THEN I'LL BE ALL RIGHT IN EITHER CASE,
HOWEVER IT WORKS OUT."
I WONDER IF THERE ARE ANY HERE HALTING BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS?
NOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ELIJAH WAS TALKING TO
WERE NOT PAGANS.
HE WAS TALKING TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
AND WAS HE TALKING, NOR AM I TALKING TO THOSE
WHO ARE SOLD OUT FOR CHRIST, THOSE WHO ARE LIVING FOR HIM,
THOSE WHO ARE SERVING HIM WITH THEIR LIVES,
WORSHIPING HIM IN TRUTH, LIVING FOR HIM
DURING THE WEEK, FOLLOWING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
AS GOOD SOLDIERS OF HIS.
NO, IT'S THAT GREAT MASS IN BETWEEN
THAT HALT BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS.
THEY'VE GOT JUST ENOUGH RELIGION TO MAKE THEMSELVES
MISERABLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY,
AND SO THEY COME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY,
AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY HARDLY GIVE IT A THOUGHT
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, AND THEY LIVE FOR SELF,
THE KINGDOM OF THEIR OWN DESIRES, THEIR OWN WISHES,
AND THEIR OWN KINGDOM THAT THEY'RE BUILDING.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU, MY FRIEND, YOU'RE PROBABLY
NOT A PAGAN. YOU MAY BE A DEVOUT FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
I HOPE YOU ARE, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THERE ARE
SOME HERE WHO ARE HALTING BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS.
YOU HAVE NOT EITHER REJECTED CHRISTIANITY WHOLEHEARTEDLY
AND BECOME AN ATHEIST, MAYBE BECAUSE OF CUSTOM,
TRADITION, OR MAYBE FEAR THAT IT MIGHT BE TRUE.
NOR HAVE YOU SURRENDERED YOUR LIFE COMPLETELY TO HIM.
MAY WE PRAY.
FATHER, GET US OFF THE FENCE.
HELP US TO TAKE A STAND FOR THEE OR AGAINST THEE,
FOR YOUR KINGDOM OR THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BRING US
TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, FOR WE KNOW THAT
THOSE WHO ARE UNDECIDED AND LUKEWARM
WILL BE SPEWED OUT OF THY MOUTH AT THY COMING.
WE PRAY THAT SOME WILL SAY EVEN RIGHT NOW:
"LORD JESUS CHRIST, I HAVE BEEN VACILLATING IN MY LOYALTY.
I HAVE TRIED TO LIVE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE
AT ONCE, BUT NOW I WHOLLY COMMIT MYSELF UNTO THEE.
I KNOW THAT THE FIRE OF YOUR WRATH HAS FALLEN AGAIN
UPON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ON ANOTHER HILL
SCATTERED WITH BLOOD AND THAT HE PAID THE PENALTY
FOR MY SINS THAT I MIGHT BE FORGIVEN AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
COME LORD JESUS CHRIST, TAKE OVER MY LIFE FULLY.
I SURRENDER MYSELF TO THEE, IN THY NAME.
AMEN.
I THINK A MODERN TRANSLATION OF ELIJAH'S
WORDS WOULD BE, "HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO LIVE WITH
ONE FOOT IN THE WORLD AND ONE FOOT IN THE CHURCH?"
PERHAPS IT'S A QUESTION YOU NEED TO SETTLE TODAY.
MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK BUT FIND
YOURSELF JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS AND
NOW REALIZE IT'S TIME TO MAKE A DECISION TO TRULY
FOLLOW THE LORD.
THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO SETTLE IT, THAN RIGHT NOW.
AND WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER IN PRAYER.
I CAN LEAD US AND YOU CAN TELL GOD WHAT'S ON YOUR
HEART BY SIMPLY PRAYING, "LORD JESUS CHRIST, THANK
YOU FOR REVEALING YOURSELF TO ME IN THIS MESSAGE TODAY.
PLEASE FORGIVE MY SINS AND SHOW ME HOW I CAN LIVE IN
A WAY PLEASING TO YOU - FOLLOWING YOU AND ONLY YOU
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME ENOUGH TO DIE FOR MY SINS
SO THAT I MIGHT HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU FOR
ALL ETERNITY.
IN YOUR NAME I PRAY, AMEN."
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AS MY FATHER SHARED IN HIS MESSAGE TODAY, THERE IS NO
MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN THE TRUE GOD OF THE BIBLE AND
THE FALSE GODS OF OUR OWN MAKING.
IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DABBLE IN THE MODERN
RELIGION OF THE "ISMS," WHETHER IT BE SECULARISM,
ATHEISM, EVOLUTIONISM, OR MATERIALISM.
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS "ISMS" IS
STATISM-THE NOTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO
REGULATE EVERY AREA OF LIFE AND PROVIDE FOR EVERY NEED.
YET TODAY IN AMERICA, STATE CONTROL
IS INCREASING WILDLY.
THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE IS
SET TO TAKE FULL EFFECT-THOUGH THE LEGAL
CHALLENGES CONTINUE.
AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, IN A NATION WHERE
THE GOVERNMENT LARGELY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
TRUE GOD ANYMORE, THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF
HUMAN LIFE IS DIMINISHED.
IF THE OFFICIAL PHILOSOPHY IS THAT WE ALL EVOLVED
ACCIDENTALLY BY A BLIND PROCESS, THE IMAGE OF GOD
IS NO LONGER RECOGNIZED IN HUMANS.
COMBINE GOVERNMENT CONTROL WITH LIMITED HEALTH CARE
RESOURCES, AND THERE'S REASON FOR INTENSE CONCERN.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS SOCIETY
-MATERIALISTS, UTTER MATERIALISTS-
WHO THINK THAT ALL WE ARE IS SO MUCH MEAT ON THE HOOF.
IF ALL WE ARE IS JUST ANOTHER ANIMAL IN THE FOREST,
THAT'S HOW WE'LL TREAT EACH OTHER.
WHEN WE SAY A HUMAN BEING WHO IS VERY ILL
SHOULD RECEIVE LESS TREATMENT OR SHOULD BE CUT OFF OF CARE
AS SOMETIMES IS NOW ASSERTED TO CONTROL MEDICAL COSTS,
AREN'T WE TREATING THAT PERSON LIKE A WOUNDED ANIMAL
IN THE FOREST?
IN 2010, AGAINST POPULAR OPPOSITION, CONGRESS PASSED
-AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNED- THE SO-CALLED
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, MAKING GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE
A REALITY. THE HEALTH CARE LAW
IS BEING GRADUALLY IMPLEMENTED THROUGH 2014.
IF YOU HAVE THE GOVERNMENT CENTRALLY DECIDING
WHAT GETS PAID FOR, AND IN FACT EVENTUALLY,
WHO RECEIVES THE BENEFIT
AND WHO MIGHT NOT RECEIVE THE BENEFIT
-AND YOU HAVE THE SITUATION OF
MONETARY DIFFICULTY AS WE DO TODAY,
RATIONING IS A NATURAL OUTCOME.
WESLEY J. SMITH IS THE AUTHOR OF CULTURE OF DEATH
AND WRITES EXTENSIVELY ON BIOETHICS ISSUES.
I'M AFRAID WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A SHIFT IN HEALTHCARE ETHICS
MEDICAL ETHICS, AWAY FROM A SANCTITY OF LIFE
HIPPOCRATIC VALUE SYSTEM INTO A MUCH MORE UTILITARIAN SYSTEM
AND EVEN A CONSUMER-ORIENTED SYSTEM.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE AN ASSERTION THAT DOCTORS OWE
JUST AS MUCH DUTY TO THE STATE
OR TO THE SYSTEM -IF YOU WILL-
THAN THEY DO TO THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS.
THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE
CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
AS A RESULT, HUMAN LIFE IS INHERENTLY VALUABLE.
BUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN THAT VIEW IS JETTISONED
IN FAVOR OF PRAGMATIC CONCERNS IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY?
HITLER HAD MANY PEOPLE PREPARE THE WAY FOR HIM.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT ALL GERMANS BOUGHT INTO
THESE IDEAS. MANY GERMANS DIDN'T BELIEVE IN EUGENICS,
MANY GERMANS DIDN'T BELIEVE IN COMPULSORY STERILIZATION.
BUT THERE WERE MANY IN THE INTELLECTUAL ELITES,
ESPECIALLY, WHO DID, AND WHO WERE PROMOTING
THOSE IDEAS LONG BEFORE HITLER CAME ON TO THE SCENE.
HISTORIAN RICHARD WEIKART IS THE AUTHOR OF THE
GROUNDBREAKING BOOK FROM DARWIN TO HITLER.
HE NOTES THAT A SHIFT AMONG DOCTORS TOWARD THE
DARWINIAN CONCEPT OF "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST"
HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR HITLER'S ATROCITIES.
MANY OF THE VERY EARLIEST PROPONENTS OF EUTHANASIA
OF ABORTION AND INFANTICIDE, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE MENTALLY ILL AND CONGENITALLY DISABLED,
WERE FORTHRIGHTLY USING DARWINIST IDEAS
AND ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR VISION OF LIFE AND DEATH.
AND VERY CLEARLY, HITLER DREW ON THESE IDEAS.
NOW THIS OF COURSE PRECEDED HITLER.
THERE WAS A BOOK THAT CAME OUT IN 1920 CALLED:
PERMISSION TO DESTROY LIFE UNWORTHY OF LIFE.
IT DEPOSITED THREE KILLABLE CATEGORIES:
THOSE WHO WERE TERMINALLY ILL;
THOSE WHO WERE UNCONSCIOUS AND IF THEY WOKE UP
WOULD BE APPALLED AT THEIR CONDITION;
AND, THE SO-CALLED IDIOTS WHICH WAS THE TERMINOLOGY
AT THE TIME, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS,
IN GERMANY DURING WWII, DOCTORS
-AND THEY WEREN'T FORCED TO BY THE NAZIS,
THEY DID THIS VOLUNTARY-
DOCTORS MURDERED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES STARTING WITH INFANTS BORN WITH DISABILITIES
AND EVENTUALLY ENDING UP WITH ADULTS
IT WAS KIND OF THE PRACTICE FOR THE HOLOCAUST.
ONCE THE KILLING BEGAN, IT WAS EASY TO BROADEN
THE CATEGORIES OF THOSE DEEMED "UNFIT."
UNDER THE THIRD REICH, INSTEAD OF TAKING
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH, DOCTORS TOOK A VOW
OF LOYALTY TO THE STATE.
THEY OWED AN OBLIGATION TO THE STATE,
AND THEY OWED AN OBLIGATION TO THE PATIENT.
WELL, ONCE YOU START HAVING A MIXED MANDATE;
EVENTUALLY... I THINK IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS:
YOU'LL EITHER SERVE MAMMON OR YOU WILL SERVE GOD.
WELL IN THIS CONTEXT YOU SERVE THE STATE
OR DO YOU SERVE THE PATIENT?
AND EVENTUALLY THE STATE PREVAILED
OVER WEAK AND VULNERABLE PATIENTS
WHO WERE DEEMED A DRAIN ON THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS CRINGE WHEN PEOPLE SAY,
"WELL HITLER DID THIS" OR "HITLER DID THAT"
OR "THAT'S HITLER". WE'RE NOT HITLER.
THE CURRENT UNITED STATES HEALTH CARE LAW IS NOT HITLER.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO FALL OFF THE MORAL CLIFF
THEN BEING HITLER. WE CAN, WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS,
END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE WE TREAT SOME PEOPLE
LESS EQUALLY THEN OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THE MINUTE YOU BEGIN TO DO THAT
YOU BEGIN TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR OPPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION.
UNLESS YOU REALIZE HUMAN BEINGS HAVE
A SPECIAL AND ULTIMATE VALUE, BASED MERELY ON BEING HUMAN,
NOT EARNING IT THROUGH HAVING A CAPACITY,
THEN THOSE WHO ARE DEEMED WEAK AND VULNERABLE
ARE VERY MUCH THREATENED.
SUCH SCENARIOS ARE NOT MERELY POSSIBLE.
THEY'RE ALREADY HAPPENING UNDER HEALTH CARE RATIONING
IN AMERICA.
THERE WERE 2 CASES IN 2008, AND THIS IS REALLY INSIDIOUS:
BARBARA WAGNER AND RANDY STROUP.
BARBARA WAGNER HAD A RECURRENT LUNG CANCER,
RANDY STROUP RECURRENT PROSTRATE CANCER -BOTH WERE TERMINAL.
BUT THEIR DOCTORS PRESCRIBED FOR THEM
CHEMO THERAPY TO EXTEND THEIR LIVES.
THE OREGON STATE MEDICAID SYSTEM
SAID "NO", WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY
TO EXTEND THEIR LIFE, BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER...
WE WILL PAY FOR YOUR ASSISTED SUICIDE."
UNDER THE NEW NATIONAL HEALTH CARE LAW,
AN INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD IS BEING ESTABLISHED
TO CONTROL MEDICARE COSTS,
WHICH WILL ESPECIALLY AFFECT SENIORS.
CRITICS HAVE CALLED THE BOARD A "DEATH PANEL."
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR
CURRENT TRAJECTORY OF HEALTHCARE FOR THE ELDERLY.
IF YOU HAVE A UTILITARIAN MIND SET, IF YOU HAVE
A QUALITY OF LIFE MIND SET AND YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE,
FOR EXAMPLE, MAY HAVE TO REQUIRE A LOT OF CARE
AND IS DEBILITATED AND THEY SAY
"WELL THERE'RE NOT GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY,"
WELL FIRST THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CRITERIA IN HEALTHCARE
AND SECOND WHAT ABOUT A LIFETIME OF GIVING TO SOCIETY?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GREATEST GENERATION.
THIS IS THE GENERATION THAT OVERCAME THE DEPRESSION;
THIS IS THE GENERATION THAT WON WWII.
THEY SHOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE CAUSED TO SUFFER
AND BE LOOKED UPON AS SOMEHOW THE BAD GUYS
IN HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR WHOM TO CARE.
AS YOU'VE JUST SEEN, WHEN THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE
IS UNDERMINED, THERE CAN BE DRASTIC CONSEQUENCES.
WHEN THE LEADERS OF A NATION SEVER THEMSELVES
FROM BIBLICAL TRUTH-EVEN IF THEY OCCASIONALLY PAY
IT LIP-SERVICE FROM TIME TO TIME-THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT TO PROTECT THE WEAK FROM THE POWERFUL.
RATHER THAN BEING BASED ON THE INHERENT VALUE OF ALL
HUMAN LIFE, DECISIONS ABOUT WHO LIVES AND WHO
DIES, WHO GETS HELP AND WHO DOESN'T ARE MADE
ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC OR PRAGMATIC CONCERNS.
IF YOU'RE NOT SEEN BY BUREAUCRATS AS BEING
WORTH IT, YOU LOSE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO RECLAIM THE
BIBLICAL VIEW OF THE WORLD UPON WHICH THIS NATION
WAS FOUNDED AND BUILT.
THE FACT IS, THOSE WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE AND OUR CONSTITUTION WOULDN'T
RECOGNIZE THE AMERICA OF TODAY.
THEY ARGUED FORCEFULLY THAT OUR VALUE AND OUR
RIGHTS CAME FROM GOD THE CREATOR, AND BECAUSE OF
THAT FACT, THOSE RIGHTS COULDN'T BE TAKEN AWAY
BY THE GOVERNMENT.
NOW IT'S SCANDALOUS FOR A POLITICIAN TO MERELY PRAY
PUBLICLY IN JESUS NAME, IN OUR DAY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO RECLAIM OUR FREEDOMS, IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE ELECT PEOPLE TO PUBLIC
OFFICE WHO HAVE A VIEW OF GOVERNMENT AND HUMAN
BEINGS DRAWN FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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