Hagee...what were you thinkin', brother???
Huckabee and McCain both campaigned in Texas to be the Republican nominee for the 2008 General Election for President of the United States of America.
Let's look at the facts:
1. The Presidential position is an executive position.
2. McCain is known widely as a liberal Republican with very little executive experience.
3. Huckabee is known widely as a conservative Republican with much executive experience.
Who did Hagee support? McCain.
Why did Hagee support him? Because he assumed that McCain was going to win the nomination.
I looked at those words and could not believe what I was reading.
Here is John Hagee, a person esteemed as a evangelical leader. He has a 19,000 +/- following in San Antonio, TX. I've listened to the man preach, and while I don't agree with everything he believes, I generally agree with his theology...but not with his politics.
John, you are supposed to be a man of faith. Where was your faith? Who is more like Christ? Huckabee or McCain? Granted, no one is perfect as the Messiah is, but I ask you to honestly tell me: Is Huckabee or McCain more like Christ?
When David went to face Goliath, he was met with opposition. His own brothers tried to send him away. They basically asked David, who was still young, "What do you think you are doing here?" David responded, "Is there not a cause?" Outstanding response!
They didn't think David could defeat Goliath. Granted, Goliath was a battle-hardened giant, and David was a small shepherd boy. Physically, the odds stacked against David...but spiritually and in measure of faith, David greatly overpowered Goliath and defeated him. He cut off Goliath's head with Goliath's own sword for crying out loud!!!
Is that not what we are seeing today? Huckabee as David, and the Democrats as the Goliaths?
Who will defeat the Democrats?
The liberal-minded McCain? I don't think so. The Democratic voters will view him as Democrat wannabe, and the Republican voters will see him as a sell-out. McCain in the White House? I don't think so.
I can almost see John Hagee looking at David as he approached the battlefield with a smirk on his face. I can almost hear Hagee ridiculing David for even showing up. "Who do you think you are? Forget how small you are compared to a Philistine giant. Have you considered how small you are compared to the average full-grown man? Go home, boy..."
King Saul tried to outfit David in his own armor, but David refused it. He wasn't used to those things. David was more accustomed to facing the enemy as he had faced the enemies of his flock of sheep. Wearing shepherds clothing and armed with a sling and a few rocks.
Hagee, you made the wrong choice, bubba.
David won the fight.
Ask yourself: Would Jesus have chosen McCain or Huckabee? Would Goliath have been defeated if David had gone home?
"Victory is within our grasp because John McCain knows it's never wrong to do the right thing," Hagee said.
(Read: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/proisrael.evangelical.leader.hagee.endorses.mccain/17105.htm)
Ok nevermind that Hagee's statement is only stating the obvious ("it's never wrong to do the right thing"?? ok, I will put that in the "no duh" category).
The right thing for Christians, according to our Christian theology, is to place our support behind leaders who most resemble and imitate Christ and stand behind them.
You should always, always, always stand for what is right. Even if you think you might lose...even if you think you might die for it. That's what David did. That's what Mike did.
Hagee, what did you do?
Think about it...seriously.
Sincerely,
Rayburn
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