House Democrats change course, vote to keep ‘God’ in committee oath
The Democrat-controlled House Natural Resources Committee will not remove “so help you God” from the oath taken, reversing course on a proposed rules draft that would have done so.
Fox News reported earlier this week on a draft of proposed rules for the Democrat-controlled committee that showed the phrase “so help you God” being deleted from the oath. However, on Wednesday both Democrat and Republican members of the House committee agreed to keep the phrase in the oath.
Democrat Representative Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey, a member of the committee, said in a statement that it would be “hurtful and harmful” for the committee “to go out of our way to take it out.”
However, Democrat Representative Jared Huffman of California argued against the inclusion of God in the oath, saying that it violated the separation of church and state.
“All of these trappings of religion and God in these oaths certainly have not kept an awful lot of people from lying under oath,” stated Rep. Huffman, as reported by EWTN.
Headed by Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, the Committee on Natural Resources seeks to help preserve the environment and defend the rights of indigenous populations.
When news broke about the proposed removal of God from the oath, many, including Representative Liz Cheney of Wisconsin, a Republican committee member, denounced it.
“They really have become the party of Karl Marx,” said Rep. Cheney to Fox News. “It is incredible, but not surprising, that the Democrats would try to remove God from committee proceedings in one of their first acts in the majority.”
In his “Washington Update” on Wednesday, Family Research President Tony Perkins referred to the oath controversy as proof that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other elected Democrats have a “God problem.”
“In a nation whose motto is ‘In God We Trust,’ it is a sad commentary on the mindset of House Democratic leadership that removing God would even be considered,” stated Perkins.
“Although the House committee has reversed course, I believe it’s important that Speaker Pelosi be put on notice that as Americans, we want and need the presence of God in our government.”
Many federal oaths reference God. However, the oath of office for the president of the United States does not include the phrase; instead, figures taking the oath have added it by tradition.
their motto is ” in gold we trust”
Wow! Good for them, good for Us! Us And Them! I guess they had enough people praying for them! It’s AMAZING, the Power of Prayer, as opposed to the “power” of calling them names. It’s one thing to call someone out on something and another thing to call them names like blah blah whatever. Now THAT is being SALT AND LIGHT!!! GREAT JOB CHURCH BODY!!! ♥️ ♥️
Look, I totally agree with you. At the same time, there is a time and a place to call names. The Bible is clear on this!!!!! The Bible is also clear that one has to be led by the Spirit in everything that one does.
Let me give you some examples from Scripture:
First, there is general name calling that applies, not to specific people, but to general groups of people. The Bible uses such terms as “the fool, the wicked, the proud, Gentiles, the simple, evil doers, etc., etc.” in this case. To say forbid one from name-calling at appropriate times is not only unbiblical, but it is ripping pages out of the Bible. I for one will not be castrated or Jezebelized by an apostate, lukewarm, ear-tickling, and all too often politically correct Babylonian church system that often takes its marching orders from the world and not from the Bible, and that teaches a twisted meaning on the Hebraism “turn the other cheek”!
Second, there are numerous biblical examples of righteous individuals calling specific people names. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, when the wicked are beyond wicked, it is the duty of the righteous, biblically-mandated to stand up to them and to make righteous judgments (John 7:24), and to call them out on it. John the Baptist, Yeshua, Paul and others did it when they called the wicked “vipers, serpents, foxes, sons of devils, fools, faithless, dogs, whited sepulchers, etc., etc.” Yeshua even looked at Peter and called him “Satan” when he was doing Satan’s bidding. Yes, I know that was Yeshua, and he’s in a special class. but Paul instructs us to follow or imitate Yeshua as he himself did (1 Cor 11:1). We must be led of the Spirit and not do anything through carnal passions——EVER! Yah help us to grow a pair and to do this to bring glory to your name. Amein.
Yes, we are to be salt and light. But what is salt? It is salty. It’s not sugary sweet. Salt sometimes stings when applied to a wound for cleansing purposes. Let’s not forget this.
No, I will not succumb to the unbiblical, politically correct ways of this world that tell us we can’t say anything to offend anyone if we’re a Bible believer, but if we’re a Satanic leftist, we can say anything we want without any recrimination. That may be the next guy’s cup of tea, but it ain’t mine to drink! After all what got nearly all the prophets and apostles martyred? By being Mister Rogers? Highly doubtful.
One of the kindest things one can do to someone asleep in a burning house is to yell and scream at them to them to wake up and come out quickly before they’re burned to death. Sometimes you might even have to use some strong language to get their attention. How much more so when it comes to people’s eternal salvation? Paul certainly did this with the Galatian church. “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you…”
Love and blessings to all.
Natan: Actually the following comment is a direct quote from an article I wrote and published on this blog a year ago (https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/2018/01/12/be-not-a-mocker-or-a-scorner/).
Yes, I totally agree:
[Natan wrote]
“Proverbs 9:7, Scoffer. Heb. luwts meaning “to scorn, to deride, to mock, talk arrogantly; to be inflated.” (See also Ps 1:1; Prov 9:8; 13:1; 14:6; 15:12; 19:25, 29; 21:11, 24; 22:10; 24:9; 29:20.) One’s propensity to scorn or to mock others is born out of a spirit of pride and self-inflation or self-importance (Prov 21:24; Ps 119:51). It’s about building up oneself in one’s own eyes at the expense of other. This is done through engaging in the destructive habit of mocking, ridiculing, scorning, criticizing others or by, in one way or another, putting or tearing others down.
Scoffers are contentious people (Prov 22:10) because they’re always attempting to exalt themselves at others’ expense. This leads to argumentativeness—the “I’m right, you’re wrong” syndrome, which is the scoffer’s trademark. This engenders strife, reproach and contention in relationships. They blame others and refuse to take personal responsibility for their own sinful actions. For this reason, they seldom admit guilt, culpability, and you seldom hear the words “I’m sorry” come from their lips.
The Bible says that who scorns or mocks another person is a fool. Because of this their own sin of pride and self-importance causes them to mock sin (Prov 14:9).
Because of their failure to recognize their own pride, a scorner brings Elohim’s disfavor, curse and judgment upon themselves and those in their own house (Prov 3:33–34; 19:29). Eventually a scoffer brings about their own demise or is brought to an end or consumed (Isa 29:20).
Because of pride, the scorner will not find wisdom (Prov 14:6). This is because they’re blinded to receiving wisdom because of their own ego, that is, by their own pride and sense of self-importance and by the beam in their own eye. Wisdom comes as a result of receiving correction and then repenting of sin, which is something that a mocker isn’t able to receive because of pride (Prov 15:12).
The more one gives oneself over to a spirit of mocking and scorning others, the more they strengthen their bands of enslavement to this evil spirit, and the more they bring YHVH’s judgment upon themselves (Isa 28:22).”
Thank you for reminding me of my own words that I wrote and published a year ago on this blog (https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/2018/01/12/be-not-a-mocker-or-a-scorner/).
I fear, and I include myself in this, that we all have been scoffers at times—probably more than we care to admit or realize. It’s an aspect of our carnal, human, sinful condition. Yah, help us to overcome this onerous, sinful trait and to walk humbly before you and one another. Amein.
In the process of preaching the gospel of repentance from sin, we are identifying the sin in others, and, at the same time we are guilty of the same sin, this is hypocritical judgment and pride. At the same time, if the apple tree has apples on it, and we call it an apple tree, or a thorn bush a thorn bush, this is judging a tree by its fruits. This is a biblically acceptable behavior if we do it righteously, unhypocritically and in an attempts to call people to repentance.
The problem is that the mainstream church is largely no longer preaching the message of “repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” as John, Yeshua and the apostles preached it, but, instead, is often preaching the message of “Jesus loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.” Therefore, when one preaches the true gospel message of calling sinners to repentance from sin, they are often criticized by those who have forgotten what the true biblical gospel really is—–a call to repentance from sin.
“Zeal for your House hath consumed me” ! 😉 John 2:17 , Psalm 69:9