THE HARDEST DECISION OF MY LIFE
By Chuck Baldwin
September 1, 2010
NewsWithViews.com
Last Sunday, August 29, 2010, was the hardest day of my life. Even when my father made me promise that I would preach his funeral (which I did–twice: once in Indiana where he lived, and again in Florida where I live and where he is buried), that was not as difficult and gut wrenching as what I had to do last Sunday. Last Sunday, I retired as the pastor of the church that my wife and I founded 35 years ago: the Crossroad Baptist Church of Pensacola, Florida.
Think of it: all of my adult life (after college) has been spent pastoring this wonderful congregation. And the people that I spoke to this past Sunday evening are, without a doubt, the finest group of people I have ever known. They are my friends. Many of them I had led to Christ, or were saved under my preaching. Some have stood with me for twenty years; some for over thirty years. My vocabulary is too limited to express the love and appreciation I have for these wonderful people! They stood by me through thick and thin. Even when God opened the door for me to run for President of the United States on the Constitution Party ticket, they stood by me. They stood by me when enemies attacked me; they stood by me when friends forsook me.
And last Sunday evening, I had to tell them that, after 35 years as their shepherd, God had led me to leave them. I can tell you, tears flowed like rivers; and I believe my family and I cried more than anyone.
When I was 18 years old, I told the Lord that I would do anything He wanted me to do; I would be anything He wanted me to be; and I would go anywhere He wanted me to go. And I mean that today as much as I did then. Therefore, the only thing that could move me from the pulpit of Crossroad Church was a clear and definite call and leading from God. 35 years ago, that call led my wife and me to Pensacola, Florida. Today that call has led us to the Flathead Valley of Montana, some 2,500 miles away.
The Rest…HERE
“Even when God opened the door for me to run President of the United States on the Constitution Party ticket, they stood by me.”
The God I serve did not open that door for you: “My kingdom is not of this world…”John 18:36
“Love not the world or the things of the world (i.e. politics). Whoever loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life–is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” (1 John 2:15-17)
Worldly government is of and controlled by Satan: “The whole world is under the sway of the wicked one…..” 1 John 5:19
Government yoked (501c3) churches are serveing TWO masters. Jesus said you either serve Him or Satan. You cannot serve two masters. Denominations such as Baptist are part of the religious Harlot that rides the Beast (government) in Rev Chpt. 17. That is why God calls His own out of her (Rev 18:4). His flock is a little and scattered flock (Luke 12:32), not false manmade “church” denominations such as Baptists who teach false doctrines such as “once saved always saved” contrary to 2 Pet 3:17 and Matt 5:22 and also glorify the antichrist military who kill their enemies in the name of God instead of loving their enemies as Christ commanded. Baptists are not Christians. They are part of the Beast ecclesiastical system controlled by the Trilateral Commission and freemasonic secret societies.
“The Trilateral Commission is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the United States. The Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power–Political, Monetary, Intellectual, and Ecclesiastical.”–U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater from his 1964 book “No Apologies”
They did that a long time ago.