On my best day, I will never be NEARLY the exemplary Christian and MAN that Franklin Graham is!! But his public Facebook post yesterday represents Franklin's WORST day. I have used this blog in the past only to COMMEND him and his "Decision" magazine but I disagree strongly with his "decision" to post what he did appx. 24 hours ago. And sadly, this public post of his deserves a public rebuke, so I offer the following.
To start: in case you missed it, here's what he wrote, and then I'll respond (click to enlarge)....
Looking at where I've underlined, the GIST of what Franklin is saying is that Christians should pray for all those in authority, quoting 1 Timothy 2:2-3. And OF COURSE I agree with God's Word!! The problem is that JOE BIDEN HAS NO AUTHORITY YET. I will concede that he is now, since Monday, OFFICIALLY the "President-Elect," yes, but that is NOT an "office," Biden has NO authority at this moment. None. President TRUMP has full authority, until Inauguration Day of next year, over a month away. Graham should be asking prayers for TRUMP right now if he wants us to follow this passage he quoted...instead, he seems to have DUMPED the President. He (Trump) isn't even mentioned.
And there are ongoing legal challenges and political actions and options which may STILL yield Trump (a pro-life President) a second term while denying Biden (a pro-ABORTION President) from getting ANY authority if God should grant success to those efforts. Franklin's prayer, up until the very second Biden becomes President, should be that God would somehow SPARE OUR NATION, IN WRATH REMEMBER MERCY, AND PREVENT THIS EVIL, CHEATING COUPLE, BIDEN AND HARRIS, FROM TAKING OFFICE AND GAINING POWER. There is no warrant in Scripture to pray for those who oppose Scriptural principles but are NOT in authority yet!! If there IS, someone please show me. What should we pray for Biden-Harris, that there'd be a "smooth transfer of power"?? That very prayer NEGATES praying for them because it's an admission they do NOT have power yet, they do NOT have authority yet...it still has to be legally transferred to them. And we're specifically told that we should pray for those IN authority, in the passage Graham quoted.
It is REALLY SAD to see Mr. Graham then go on to urge US not to waver while HE is wavering (again, see the underlined part of his post). And note that he used the word "waiver" when he should have used the word "waver." This is a HUGE spelling error and he really should proofread, or use spellcheck, when writing a post like this. He runs a MAGAZINE, in which I've never found a mistake...couldn't he get someone to take a peek at this post BEFORE he posted it?? Doesn't he go back and RE-read what he writes, at some point?? So his Facebook post, sadly, misapplies Scripture and misapplies WORDS in his half-hearted attempt to get us to give up the fight like he has. Sad.
And instead of urging us to pray that Biden would "not act in self-interest" and "listen to the still, small voice of God," why not just ask us to pray that he'll get SAVED?? Why beat around the bush?? Does Franklin think Joe IS saved?? The part about Jesse Helms saying Biden will work with Republicans is INCREDIBLY naive. I don't think FRANKLIN believes that, yet he wants US to.
And then, that LAST sentence. Note that Franklin closes by asking us to pray that God would direct his (Biden's) decisions....but he uses a capital "H" as if Biden is DEITY!! No, I will NOT pray for "Him" (Biden) as if he's God. Franklin Graham reads a proofreader and someone who understands the Bible, and the Constitution well enough to help him be more believable. And if you're going to pray that Biden's decisions would be guided, why not mention his DEMENTIA, that God would HALT that obvious process?? Makes me wonder...is Franklin Graham acting in HIS self-interest....is he lobbying...sucking up... to do the pastoral prayer at Biden's INAUGURATION (if that Inauguration even happens)?? Is Facebook threatening to censor his SPIRITUAL posts if he keeps supporting TRUMP?? Has Fox News, as THEY have declined, threatened to censor his commercials there like they did to Mike Lindell's BOOK?? Has he been hanging around the cowardly MITCH McCONNELL?? Hmmmm....
The part that's circled up above is a response he got that I "Liked" and agreed with. Below is my OWN comment to Franklin...
If and when Biden gets Inaugurated and is officially IN power, I will pray for him as one "in authority." I'll pray for him NOW, that he'll get SAVED, but up until the very last second, I'll pray that TRUMP will get a second term and that God would save US from Biden-Harris getting Inaugurated. In closing, we should not be surprised that Franklin Graham is deserting President Trump. In Scripture, we read that the DISCIPLES deserted JESUS the sinless Son of God and GRAHAM is a sinner and TRUMP is, TOO.
We should NOT be surprised....yet I am.
This is one of the WORST flip-flops I've ever seen....seriously!!
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