IS PRESIDENT BUSH A BLUES BROTHER?
In October 2005, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ran
a documentary which alleged that President George W. Bush (Bush)
made certain claims of divine revelation concerning the United
States actions in the middle east. He may well be practicing his
act in hopes of joining the Blues Brothers after his retirement.
Not unexpectedly White House spokesman Scott McClellan's
response, on behalf of BUSH 43 was; "That's absurd. He's never
made such comments". See Breitbart.com article of 7 Oct 2005.
Regardless of the content of Bush's alleged statements, my
immediate question was 'Did he really say that?'. Apparently the
people inside Washington, D.C. never thought Bush made the
statements. I say this because the majority of the buzz about
the statements has been from Blogs and internet articles. So the
fact that the Washingtonians never seriously believed Bush to
have made divine statements, this alone is a big condemnation of
Bush and his personal pastor.
To put it another way, the enemies of God have seen so little of
Christ in Bush, that they by their silence concerning the
alleged claims are in effect saying that "He's [Bush] is one of
us. There is negligible condemnation of us in his presence". To
which we can all say to his personal pastor, "Great job
shepherd!"
So what were the alleged claims that Bush made? They are as
follows:
1. I'm driven with a mission from God. 2. Go and fight those
terrorists in Afghanistan. 3. Go and end the tyranny in Iraq. 4.
Get the Palestinians a state, get Israel their security, and get
peace in the middle east.
How does a Christian determine if Bush heard from God and made
those statements? I will list the ten ways now and leave them to
the reader to apply.
1. Do the statements agree with the Bible? 2. Do the statements
glorify God, man, or Satan? 3. Does the Holy Spirit within you
(if you are a Christian) bear witness to the truth of the
statements? 4. What is the fruit of the Spirit in Bush's life?
5. Is Bush really in submission to the leadership of a pastor?
6. Who is the reported audience of Bush's statements? Hint:
Muslim leaders of a muslim country. 7. Are the words predictive
in nature? If so are their conditions to their fulfillment? 8.
Are the words encouraging, edifying, or correcting? 9. Are the
words a gospel message or a call to repentance? 10. God
supposedly addressed Bush by his first name. This form of
address implies a closeness of relationship such as Moses had.
What evidence is their that such close relationship between God
and Bush exists in reality?
Regardless of whether the BBC documentary is true or not, it
does bring center stage the idea that even in 200, God can talk
to humans. To learn more about this go to www.sgtrepo.com.