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ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, JESUS REQUIRES "YOU" TO PAY HIGHER TAXES! IS IT TRUE?

President Obama, at a prayer breakfast on February 2, 2012, quoted Jesus Christ, which coincidentally promotes his political agenda. The particular verse was:

Luke 12:48 - For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

That is the second half of Luke 12:48. The first half reads: "But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows".

So then, to put this totally into the context Mr Obama meant it, if you do not pay the taxes "required" by the Obama plan, you would be flogged (whipped), but only with a few blows if you did so unknowingly!

What do "you" think? Is this what Jesus meant? The truth is, Jesus was talking about the second comming, and that you should be ready, even if it should happen in the middle of the night. When Jesus said that, he was talking to his disciples, but it also applied to everyone listening.

Jesus was telling them that to be a dedicated "Follower of Christ" much would be given to them, and to his disciples, much was given! They were sent out with the power to heal and even raise the dead in some cases. They also had the honor of being disciples of God himself, in the flesh.

Jesus also told them that much would be required of them, as with any true dedicated "Follower of Christ". In the disciples cases, they left their homes and families and lived a life of near poverty, having only their basic needs taken care of by God. To put in perspective just how much was required of them, they eventually died painful and sometimes humiliating deaths!

A prayer breakfast is hardly the time or the place to be promoting a political agenda, however, to twist the words of Jesus Christ so they will be guilted into supporting his political agenda is probably the most dishonest and shameful thing I have ever seen a politician do!

To try and use this scripture to convince people that Jesus would have "you" pay more taxes, I can only point out that Mr. Obama himself only gave 1% of his earnings to charity! As president of the United States, is this the example we should follow? Do we do as he says? Or do we do as he does?

As to whether Jesus paid taxes, read my article "IS CUTTING TAXES IMMORAL?" read it here: http://www.powerofaith.com/blog/blog1.php/2011/04/24/is-cutting-taxes-immoral

You might be surprised!