A Publication of Faith On The Earth June 2010

A Publication of Faith On The Earth June 2010

The following is taken from a 4-chapter booklet by days ahead. The real battles will be in the spiritual
Pastor Jackson Morro called Obama Vs. The Good realm. If Christians are being guided by deception
Guys. You may obtain a free copy by writing to Pastor instead of discernment, they will suffer many spiritual
Jackson Morro, PO Box 3182, Fall River, MA 02722. blows.

EXCERPTS FROM I personally believe Obama obtained his political
OBAMA VS. THE GOOD GUYS power by making a spiritual deal with Satan. I believe
Obama fulfills 2 Thessalonians 2:9, “the one whose
by Pastor Jackson Morro coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all
power and signs and false wonders.” If this is so, then
As a born again and Holy Spirit-filled Christian, I anyone who agrees or approves of ANYTHING
am very disturbed and distraught by what I am seeing Obama does is actually agreeing with Satan and his
in our world today. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord power. A deceived Christian will actually be opening
and Savior in November of 1974 and I was baptized the door to an attack from Satan if he or she agrees
with the Holy Spirit in February 1975. I am currently with the work of one of Satan’s agents, in this case,
seeing many of the prophetic events we often studied Obama. God’s hedge of protection will not protect a
in Bible studies in the 1970’s being rapidly fulfilled Christian who comes into agreement with Satan.
before our very eyes. Yet few people, even many
Christians, seem to be fully aware of what is really In 1 Chronicles 21:1-17, King David learned a very
happening. costly lesson that believers must NEVER come into
agreement with Satan. Satan put it into David’s heart to
My real concern is two-fold: take a census of his soldiers. Even though David had
FIRST - There is a major crisis of discernment in many times been a faithful, tenderhearted servant of
the Body of Christ. During the summer of 2008, a God, he nevertheless listened to Satan’s lie and ordered
religious phenomenon occurred in Lakeland, Florida a census. His top, most loyal commander Joab had
which was actually a counterfeit spiritual revival. The enough discernment to advise David against taking the
leader, Todd Bentley, actually operated in the power of census. David’s obstinacy in agreeing with Satan’s
the new age demonic spirits, but claimed he was in the deception brought a costly punishment, the death of
power of the Holy Spirit. Sadly, many Christians were 70,000 Israeli men, and the near destruction of
deceived and fooled by this counterfeit. Bentley was Jerusalem. I am very concerned that this same type of
soon exposed and sadly, many Christians were embar- disaster awaits the Christian who does not properly
rassed. The whole affair would not have gained the discern what is happening in our world.
prominence that it did if the Body of Christ had been
moving in the lead of spiritual discernment it should Revelation 18:4 warns God’s people: “Come out of
have had. A demonic spirit of deception was fighting her [the world and the world system], my people, that
against the true recognition of what Bentley was doing. you may not participate in her sins and that you may
The same spirit of deception coupled with a continued not receive of her plagues.”
lack of proper spiritual discernment is now causing
many Christians to be deceived about the true spiritual Please, Christians, do not say that you agree with
nature of Obama and about the true wickedness of this anything Obama does. I believe your agreement with
man. him will put you at risk for an attack from Satan. Satan
After the collapse of the Bentley fiasco, J. Lee hates you and will use any opportunity to steal, kill or
Grady, an editor of Charisma magazine, stated that a destroy. Hosea 4:6 tells us that God’s own people
prominent Christian leader told Grady privately that he perish from lack of knowledge. God’s own people
believed many Christians would embrace the Anti- suffer defeats because of lack of discernment in
christ because of this same lack of discernment. spiritual warfare.
SECOND - It is important for Christians to have a
correct spiritual discernment about our times so we can Sadly, as I have been investigating, I have found
be successful and victorious in spiritual warfare in the cases where undiscerning Christians who either voted
for Obama or support some of his policies have been or
are being “blindsided” or “sucker-punched” by satanic
attacks. I know of Christians who voted for Obama that

have lost court cases they should have won, have bisexual affair in 90’s)… The list continues, and will

suffered unexpected financial setbacks, have been hit surely continue to grow. Again, do we expect anything

by reoccurrence of cancer that was healed miracu- better from Hollywood?

lously a decade ago, and even have had loved ones die The real, sad issue is that they have tremendous

in violent accidents. Spiritual warfare is not to be influence on young people. We hear often now of

taken lightly. WE must never open a spiritual door of some lesbian high school student insisting on wearing

opportunity to Satan, who hates us with all his being. a tux to the prom, or some other homosexual student

PLEASE, CHRISTIANS, NEVER AGREE WITH crying some sort of discrimination. Boston Children’s

ANYTHING OBAMA DOES, EVEN IF IT LOOKS Hospital now enables children as young as 12 to go

REASONABLE OR “GOOD.” EVEN IF YOU DO through “transgender treatment.” A WorldNet Daily

NOT OPPOSE HIM AND WHAT HE SPIRITU- article a few years back reported on this, and quoted a

ALLY REPRESENTS, IT WOULD BE FAR Mass Resistance commentary:

BETTER FOR YOU TO SIMPLY REMAIN SILENT “Dr. Norman Spack runs a clinic for young chil-

ON A SUBJECT AND LIVE IN THE WORD OF dren who have ‘decided’ they are transgendered.

GOD. Among other things, the clinic administers powerful

hormones to delay (or even stop) puberty in order that

CHRISTIANS COMING the children more easily undergo operations that muti-

OUT OF THE CLOSET? late their bodies to ‘change’ them to the opposite sex.

I DON’T THINK SO This is going on at the world-renowned Children's

by Paula Leanues Hospital in Boston – not some backwater clinic. This

is the elite of the medical profession.”

Lately we’ve been hearing of (whether we want to Was “gender identification” even an issue a

or not, it’s all over the news) more and more Holly- century ago in our nation? 50 years ago?

wood types “coming out of the closet.” Now we come to “Christian celebrities.” Several

“Celebrities” (I’ll use the term even though there is years back Roberts Liardon made some unfortunate

nothing worth “celebrating” about them) who have headlines after he admitted to having a homosexual

been married to a spouse of the opposite sex for years, affair with another “Christian” on his staff.

and who have children, are all of sudden waking up to Roberts Liardon wrote several books on Pentecos-

their newfound homosexuality. Or rather, they say tal history, the Reformers, and some notable forefa-

they’ve been this way all along but suppressing it. thers (and mothers) of the Church. He compiled

Of course, the moral fiber of Hollywood has sermons from great old-time preachers such as Smith

always been about as strong as tissue paper in a rain- Wigglesworth, John G. Lake and Maria Woodworth-

storm, but this homosexual uprising is something new. Etter. He did a good thing. I have some of these books

Once there were straight people and there were gay myself and they are excellent.

people. Now there are straight people who suddenly So what went wrong?

become gay, or those who can’t make up their minds The devil’s minions have been hard at work

what they are, so they go both ways. turning the tide of the world since its beginning, and

In God’s eyes, it’s all abomination - if you’re with corrupting the hearts of mankind from the womb,

someone of the same gender, or if you’re what is when possible (the antidote to this is to keep your chil-

called “bisexual.” dren under God’s protection with prayer and the

One of my friend’s husband left her after 12 years Word). Some fall prey to certain temptations while

of marriage and after having two children with her, others resist. The devil is always looking for an open

because he apparently was “closeted” for those 12 door.

years and earlier in life, and now is living in sin with With children of non-believers, the door is wide

his homosexual partner. While still married to my open. With children of Christians, the door should be

friend, he was secretly going to meetings for married shut and sealed tightly with the blood of Christ.

homosexual men struggling to “come out.” I think of Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. Many Christians

all those wives whose lives were ruined because they have gone the way of the world through compromise,

didn’t know. That there even is such a group for and often through outright rebellion and inability to

married men struggling to come out is outrageous. admit that sin is sin. These are either falls from grace,

Some of the more recent Hollywood-types to or instances of borrowing the term “Christian” while

“come out,” after once being heterosexual (or rumored they never truly have known salvation.

to be) are (you may or may not know some of the In the case of Liardon, he openly confessed and

names) Ricky Martin, Cynthia Nixon, Meredith 2 sought counseling. He called sin what it is: sin. I
Baxter, Kelly McGillis, Fergie, Megan Fox, Angelina wouldn’t begin to speculate on his heart or status with

Jolie (currently involved with a man, had previous God, or his heterosexual or homosexual tendencies

now. That is between him and God. I personally Since when does man have the right to decide what sin

cannot understand any true child of God committing is, based on his own value system?

such an act, but again - that is between him and God. Man’s value system is sinful!

What we have now are Christians just “coming I go the way of discussion of sin because I want to

out,” agreeing with the homosexual lifestyle and bring out the case of Jennifer Knapp, whose CDs from

refusing to call it the sin and abomination that it is. the early 2000s I previously owned. While some of the

In 2004, “Christian” music artist Ray Boltz left his music wasn’t good at all (should Christians “rock,”

wife and children and embarked on his newfound really?), there were actually some - can I even say

homosexual lifestyle and now lives with his sodomy this? - beautiful songs on them that I thought were

partner in southern Florida. According to him, he from someone who loved the Word of God.

struggled with being gay since he was a teenager, but Since coming out of the oh-so-crowded Christian

he couldn’t tell anyone because of the Christian “closet” a few months back, Knapp did an interview

atmosphere he grew up in. with Christianity Today, the ever-liberal magazine for

According to a May 2010 New York Times article half-baked Christian pop culture. She said that in 2002

that interviewed Boltz, he simply one day told his (this is after her successful Christian CDs), she “was

family at the dinner table, “I’m gay.” And they still starting to contend with this newfound issue” in her

love him and they still support him. So, is Mr. Boltz a life. In other words, the devil started telling her she

true Christian? Can his family members be true was gay, and she was open to believing it.

Christians while condoning his departure from hetero- She said that during the writing of her earlier

sexual life? Christian songs, homosexuality “never occurred” to

His wife of 30 years, Carol, seems to be just fine her. So she was a late bloomer in this area, which is

with it. He’s “free” now to be what he always knew he different from others who say they were born gay and

was. She runs his website and says when she hears his just hid it from the world for much of their lives. The

new songs, “I hear Ray’s heart.” fact remains, however, she let the devil in. And she

I can answer that with Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is says today, “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.”

deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked…” During an interview with Larry King, which I only

The New York Times reported that even though saw about a 5 minute clip of before I couldn’t take

Jennifer Knapp, a former Christian artist, and gospel anymore, she was very hostile towards the other guest

singer “Tonex” have also recently admitted to being that was on, a pastor who just wanted to present the

gay, that “the Christian-music closet [still] remains a biblical (and correct) view of homosexuality as sin.

crowded place, the cost of emerging from it so She is truly brainwashed, as is Ray Boltz, and is most

punitive.” likely lost forever. Once a person crosses that line

Should we expect to see more “Christians” coming where they now stand in favor of homosexuality, or

out of this supposed, crowded closet? are homosexuals themselves, they have been given

It is impossible for me to believe that they were over, by God, to the “reprobate mind.”

ever truly Christians - belonging to Jesus Christ - to Knapp also said that her “struggle” was not with

begin with. Today’s global culture is such that it “who she was,” but with the Church and the Christians

allows anyone to throw the word “Christian” around around her. When asked if she felt like she had to

and also be gay, or also fornicate, commit adultery, be choose between her faith and her gay feelings, she

entertained by prostitutes, get hooked on drugs and answered, “Yes. Absolutely.”

alcohol, and so on. The only thing a world citizen is The devil has twisted her thinking regarding homo-

not allowed to do is to not accept his neighbor for sexuality. She said, “The Bible has literally saved my

“what he is.” Everything’s OK, everyone’s OK, and life. I find myself between a rock and a hard place -

everything is acceptable, except any kind of prejudice between the conservative evangelical who uses what

against anyone’s sin of choice. After all, this last- most people refer to as the ‘clobber verses’ to refer to

days’ culture believes there really is no sin. this loving relationship as an abomination, while

That is the problem. they’re eating shellfish and wearing clothes of five

If we take Obama’s view of sin, by the way, we different fabrics, and various other Scriptures we

understand that sin is only, as he stated, “being out of could argue about.”

alignment with my own values.” This pretty much These are the lies that make a former Christian, or

describes much of our society today also. If this defi- a Christian in name only, believe that homosexuality

nition is true, then why does the Bible tell us to work is just fine with God. They see what they want to see

out our own salvation with fear and trembling? in scriptures. The devil feeds them lies as to interpre-

Doesn’t that mean to adhere to God’s Word and His 3 tation, and that’s all they need in order to justify what
principles, staying away from things that He calls sin? they want to do.

There must be countless websites of organizations being faced in the modern church. ... For Paul, neither
now that tell people they can be both gay and homosexual practice nor heterosexual promiscuity nor
Christian, and that God loves them no matter what. any other specific vice is identified as such with “sin.”
We will see more of this until we see Jesus return. I In his view the fundamental sin from which all
found one website recently while doing some research particular evils derive is idolatry, worshipping what is
created rather than the Creator, be that a wooden idol
that is for “Evangelicals Concerned Inc.”
Their home page boasts: “Proclaiming the Good an ideology, a religious system, or some particular
moral code.’
News of God's Love for Gay and Lesbian People.”
“In Romans 1, Paul is ridiculing pagan religious
Have they not read Psalm 5:5? “The foolish shall
not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniq- rebellion, saying that the pagans knew God but wor-
uity.” Psalm 11:5 also tells us that God hates the shipped idols instead of God. To build his case -
wicked. It is not just the sin of the wicked, or the fool- which he’ll turn against judgmental Jews in chapter 2 -
ish, or the workers of iniquity - it is the wicked and - he refers to typical practices of the fertility cults
the foolish and the workers of iniquity that God hates. involving sex among priestesses and between men and
But those who are OK with being both “gay and eunuch prostitutes such as served Aphrodite at
Christian” do not believe they are wicked, because Corinth, from where he was writing this letter to the
Romans. Their self-castration rites resulted in a bodily
they do not believe they sin.
Here is the greeting of the Evangelicals Concerned ‘penalty’…. Doesn’t what Paul says in the beginning
Inc.’s website: “Welcome to the web site of Evangeli- of Romans better describe these pagan orgies he
cals Concerned Inc. We are the national network of meant to ridicule than it does the mutual love and
gay and lesbian evangelical Christians and friends. A support in the domestic life of lesbian and gay male
non-profit organization founded in 1975 by Dr. Ralph couples today?” [End quote.]
The writers of this lunacy are imposters, actually
Blair, EC has served the gay community for a quarter
century, providing hope, encouragement, teaching and believing that a righteous God approves of their life-
fellowship to women and men seeking to integrate styles.
This is where we are in our world today. This goes
their faith and sexual orientation.”
Sorry, E.C. There is no possible way to integrate beyond compromising Christianity. This is an Isaiah
5:20 kind of world: “Woe unto them that call evil
faith in the One True God with homosexuality.
They also interpret what they call the “clobber good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and
verses” very strangely in order to justify their sin. light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet
Regarding Leviticus 18, they write: “Abomination for bitter!”
As Christians - real Christians - we must stay on
(TO'EBAH) is a technical cultic term for what is
ritually unclean, such as mixed cloth, pork, and inter- the right path, which is still the narrow path, and
course with menstruating women. It's not about a growing narrower by the minute. We cannot let
moral or ethical issue. This Holiness Code (chapters anything steer us away from God so that we do
17-26) proscribes men ‘lying the lyings of women.’ become compromising. If we begin compromising, we
Such mixing of sex roles was thought to be polluting. will open a door to Satan’s lies, and perhaps we will
But both Jesus and Paul rejected all such ritual distinc- believe them ourselves.
We must stay in the Word and keep the world
tions (cf. Mark 7:17-23; Romans 14:14,20). The Fun-
damentalist Journal admits that this Code condemns system out of our hearts, no matter how friendly and
‘idolatrous practices’ and ‘ceremonial uncleanness’ fluffy the talk is, no matter how many times people
and concludes: ‘We are not bound by these commands say, “God loves you just the way you are.” He loves
His people, yes - and He needs us also to honor our
today.’”
They also reinterpret Romans 1:27: “Pagan moral obligations to Him based on His perfect moral
‘women exchange natural use for unnatural and also principals, not anyone else’s.

the [pagan] men, leaving the natural use of women, The Sackcloth Times / June 2010
lust in their desire for each other, males working Printed by Faith On The Earth
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