The Truth Manifesto

Back in the beginning of November, Glenn Beck had a cadre of black conservatives on his program called Time To Be Heard which you can find here at the Truth Manifesto. One of the panelists, Charles Payne, made an interesting comment as he was explaining to Glenn why he voted for Obama. His reasoning was, and I quote:

“I was torn…I did it mostly out of a sense of obligation to Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, people of my family who came up through Alabama.”

The comparisons that have been made between Obama and Martin Luther King Jr. has been myriad. Invoking his name in the American black community is akin to the Jews invoking Moses as the lawgiver. Extremely sacred and serious.

The people that Payne mentioned were influential in advancing the cause of American black men and women. Their work and sacrifice should not be downplayed in any sense. I applaud their sentiments and effort. Their cause was just.

That being said, I say this which as much candor and respect as I can without compromising my conscience: I owe them nothing.

I am in no way obligated to them. I do not owe them my fidelity nor allegiance. I am not driven to uphold their cause as something that’s central to my existence.

I Pledge Allegiance…

Everyone will choose what are the most important things in their lives and who and what they are obligated to. Some people pledge allegiance to their country to a fault. Some, as has been alluded to above, to their race. For those who are called by the name of Christ, our allegiance should be to Him and Him alone. This is proclaimed in the scriptures themselves:

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. (Matthew 10:38)

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor. (John 12:26)

We are to hold on to those things which the word of God says is good (1 Thessolonians 5:21) and resist all that is evil (James 4:7). That includes laws that are against the word of God, actions and attitudes that man calls good but God calls evil, irrespective of race. We are the light of the world (Mathhew 5:14) and darkness can’t stand us. We bring the heat and they can’t stand in the kitchen because they love their evil and don’t want it exposed. (John 3:19)

In closing, Mr. Payne felt obligated to other black people. I’m obligated to God and God alone. My allegiance and fidelity is to Him and Him alone. I’m driven to uphold His cause because it is central to my existence.

The American political system has been dominated with the two pronged party model for over 150 years. What we’ve found during that time is that neither party is infallible or even near it, much to each party’s chagrin. It will always be that way and there’s a reason for that.

A MARRED IMAGE

Normally, what we see when we see a politician is an image of what they think the people want to see and hear.  An image lacks substance. It can be a reflection at best. However, as much as we want to try to make it so, an image is not the real thing.

Recently, we’ve seen two images of politicians shattered.

The first is Nevada Republican front runner for president of the United States in 2012, John Ensign. Ensign recently admitted that he had an extramarital affair with a campaign aide.

The other is Monica Conyers, chairwoman of the Detroit city council and wife of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.). She’s just accepted a plea deal concerning federal bribery charges. I think the following video of a council meeting speaks volumes.

MAJORING ON THE MAJOR

It’s sad to see this happening. Yet, this is a prime example when people get caught up in their image instead of building their character. We’re all susceptible to this. No one is exempt.

The problem today with people, not just politicians, is that they’re more concerned about their image instead of their character.  So when the rubber meets the road behind closed doors or otherwise, their true self is reveal.

Booker T. Washington is known for saying,

Character, not circumstance, is makes the person.

Baron Thomas Babington MacAuley defined character as

The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.

THE HEART OF THE MATTER

The one thing that no party or person on the face of the planet can escape from is summed up in one word.

Sin.

The prophet Jeremiah said:

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)

Two points to consider:

1. This is a rhetorical question. The answer is obvious. No oine can, not even

Heart Of True Character

the person who owns the heart. It means that the person’s heart is the first one to deceive an individual into thinking that they’re more than what they are.

The societal phrase, “Follow your heart,” is dangerous. It’s suicide. Follow God.

2. It didn’t say the heart of an evil man. It said the heart of man, meaning mankind. Everyone. Man. Woman. Child. Everyone.

Jesus says it like this:

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.  For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings: (Matthew 15:18-19)

Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (Matthew 12:34-35)

People must come to the realization that they are useless, condemned, sinful, evil, hopeless, hell bound souls. This is the character of man without the Lord Jesus.

However, with Him, our character will begin to produce the fruit of the Spirit:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

The only way we can be what God has called us to be is in dependence on Jesus Christ. To imitate Him. That way when people see us they’ll see two things: the image and character of Christ.

I think that it’s very important to understand that all black people did not vote for Barack Obama. As a matter of fact, when we look at the results of the popular vote, it came down to a 52% to 48% split which means that pretty much half of the nation did not want Barack Obama to president. I’m going to take a wild guess and say that a good portion of those were black Americans.

Being black and conservative appears to have some kind of Pariah complex tied to it in the black culture. However, more and more are bucking that mindset as they actually begin to educate themselves on what it means to be a conservative. If you’ve missed that then you may want to check out my series answering the question What’s A Conservative Christian?

That being said, I’d like to provide some proof of my statements.

Below is a young black man that’s a conservative republican. I know that some people are just stunned but there are many out there. He has a series of videos out that I follow and some of are very good. This happens to be one of them.

It all goes to show that not all black people fell for the ruse.