Post by GypsyMoon on Jan 19, 2011 13:57:41 GMT -5
New Alabama Governor Says Non-Christians 'Not My Brother, Not My Sister'
Alabama's new governor, Robert Bentley, told a Martin Luther King Day crowd that he plans to be a governor "of all the people," but then added that anybody "who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister."
Bentley's remarks came after he delivered a warm tribute to Dr. King at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, where the slain civil rights leader once served as pastor.
"I was elected as a Republican candidate. But once I became governor...I became the governor of all the people. I intend to live up to that. I am color blind," Bentley said in a short speech given about an hour after he took the oath of office.
But then Bentley, a longtime deacon at First Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, gave what The Birmingham News said "sounded like an altar call."
"There may be some people here today who do not have living within them the Holy Spirit," Bentley said. ''But if you have been adopted in God's family like I have, and like you have if you're a Christian and if you're saved, and the Holy Spirit lives within you just like the Holy Spirit lives within me, then you know what that makes? It makes you and me brothers. And it makes you and me brother and sister."
He added, ''Now I will have to say that, if we don't have the same daddy, we're not brothers and sisters. So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister, and I want to be your brother."
That's nice of him. ;D
Just because he doesnt want to be my brother doesnt mean he has to be my condemner. I looked for a email for this person and he does not have one. Not even a Goverment email or I would have linked. I am so clearly disapointed.
Alabama's new governor, Robert Bentley, told a Martin Luther King Day crowd that he plans to be a governor "of all the people," but then added that anybody "who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister."
Bentley's remarks came after he delivered a warm tribute to Dr. King at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, where the slain civil rights leader once served as pastor.
"I was elected as a Republican candidate. But once I became governor...I became the governor of all the people. I intend to live up to that. I am color blind," Bentley said in a short speech given about an hour after he took the oath of office.
But then Bentley, a longtime deacon at First Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, gave what The Birmingham News said "sounded like an altar call."
"There may be some people here today who do not have living within them the Holy Spirit," Bentley said. ''But if you have been adopted in God's family like I have, and like you have if you're a Christian and if you're saved, and the Holy Spirit lives within you just like the Holy Spirit lives within me, then you know what that makes? It makes you and me brothers. And it makes you and me brother and sister."
He added, ''Now I will have to say that, if we don't have the same daddy, we're not brothers and sisters. So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister, and I want to be your brother."
That's nice of him. ;D
Just because he doesnt want to be my brother doesnt mean he has to be my condemner. I looked for a email for this person and he does not have one. Not even a Goverment email or I would have linked. I am so clearly disapointed.
