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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
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If it waddles like a goose: if it honks like a goose: if it attacks like a goose it is a Canadian goose.
That's Canada's vicious, not so secret back up air force.😂👍
Them dang Canadians lol
I retired from a major international IT outfit whose standards of business practices were centered around avoiding the appearance of collusion and malfeasance. Every year all 300k employees from the executive to the line worker were required to cimplete, pass, and sign a Standards Business Practice program that was tailored to the business practice of the individual and/or team the individual was on.
I can't understand how especially a Supreme Court Justice isn't required to adhear to such a basic practice.
It enfuriates me that I as a school bus driver have to adhere to a higher code of ethical conduct than a US Supreme Court Justice.
I’m 60. Since I took Government in 12th grade, as Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as a SC justice, I have had the utmost respect for the SC of the U.S. Here we are, not-counting years later, and I have the distinct impression that at least half of the justices are extremely corrupt. We need authentic checks and balances, in all 3 branches. Because of the kind of country we are, Americans deserve to have the utmost confidence in our government officials. 🇺🇸💙
The supreme corrupt court is as bankrupt of any virtue as the party who schemed for that court to come into being. This pseudo-theocratic fascist autocratic apartheid move is to benefit one section of the country, the rich, so the others can become a cheaper source of labor and in endless debt to them, and the dupes can not see past their hate and fear to see that.
I took Civics in the 9th grade. I’ll be 51 in two weeks. I had the utmost respect for the Supreme Court until recently. I had the utmost respect for the Congress until recently. I even had respect for the Executive branch until recently.
Vote them all out. Impeach the ones that don’t have to stand for re-election. Clear the slate. Outlaw political parties. Outlaw PACs. Outlaw lobbying. That’s the only way to restore both the faith and consent of the governed.
Being a Supreme Court judge you have a moral duty to look impartial. Justice has to look blind to outside influences.
Unfortunately the current Supreme court Justices do not care
Some on the court these days are getting bribed way too much to care about blind justice, impartiality & no one is stopping them. 😭
The right-wing of our politics in America has me so embarrassed. Thanks for your input, Rev Ed, I look forward to your videos as your voice is always so comforting and you make so much sense. 🙏✝️
Please rethink your feelings about the right wing. Don't "own" what is not yours. It is they who "own" embarassment, shame, guilt, fear, and destructiveness. Don't take on that burden. Allow them to wallow and allow yourself to be secure in the knowedge that regardless of what happens, you are on the side of truth and justice, both of which are modeling Jesus.
My grandfather said - the only thing we get when we are born, is our NAME, and the only thing we leave behind when we die is our NAME, and all that is attached to our name, by the things that we have done through our lives! Both good AND bad! It kind of goes along with these thoughts you are talking about.
This SCOTUS is waaaaay beyond the appearance of being squeaky clean. Somewhere between the barrel of used grease and septic tank.
The blessing you share at the end of your messages sustains me through this season of political chaos
After the vote that was taken today I give up thinking there is any chance of them being impartial! They voted that bump stocks are no longer illegal! I'm horrified that those things will be available to the public again! What we have for a supreme court is scary!
They did WHAT?
@@UnashamedCaliforniagirl Obama had the bump stocks made illegal after the horrific shooting in Vegas at that concert. Well today the Supreme Court have now made them legal to purchase. They said Obama’s law was not legal!
That admonition is even older than St. Paul, Ed. According to Suetonius, Julius Caesar's divorce from his wife Pompeia gave rise to the saying, "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion." It's as valid today as it was a couple of thousand years ago, as the mess surrounding our Supreme Court more than amply demonstrates. We need--everybody needs--rules and ethics. Without them, too often, self-interest wins out over honesty.
I love being at home too. It’s safer 🙂
I’m happy you’re home safe ✌️
Thank you as always 🙏 You are truly a good man.
Clarence Thomas has always wanted to be rich. His salary is $300,000, but that doesn’t cover the lifestyle he desires. He wants more and more and has hidden his lifestyle until recently. Some people can rationalize or blame others for their wrong behavior. He knew it was wrong but choose it anyway. He is still excusing all the laws and rules he broke. We need people of moral character in our government.
Great commentary. Thanks!
Thank you Rev. Ed Trevors, appreciated.
Welcome home, Padre.
Glad to see your Home Rev Ed, Love your message this was a perfect discussion with corruption..With the Supreme Court when a justice is on the Court they need to be impartial and for the truth and justice, They can't think as a political party. . God Bless 🕊️
Once they've sold their soul....I guess all bets are off.
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Glad to be home safe. 🌈💙🏳️🌈
I pray everyday that all people of authority has the humbleness and faith of Abraham, the love David had for God, and the wisdom of Solomon. What a wonderful world. ❤😊
Thank you Rev. Ed for refreshing my spirit. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amen!
My Dearest Rev. Trevors, as I stated on your last video. The Lord has called us to speak the truth, even when the world may not want to hear it. The Lord will always guide His chosen in everything that we do. Forever Love 🙏🏾💕Evangelist Tracy!
Please continue to speak your truth!
Us bottom of the totem pole government employees have to take annual ethics training. Our policy is anything that appears unethical IS unethical. We can be punished for accepting gifts more than $20.
Too bad that they don't apply that same energy to the " highest court in the land" . That's the real 2 tier Justice system.
Don’t worry naming it, they are corrupt.
AMEN 🙏 Witness and live by example
Sadly, the gop doesn't care about any of this.
Bottom line is our current supreme court is as bad as our current house of representatives! It’s just a really bad joke at this point! 😢
You think the Senate and the White House are any better?
@@ingehansonThe USA was born of corruption. It has always been so.
In this world of “Who’s Your Daddies”, THANK YOU 🙏🏻 For actually being a Father.
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(I meant to say...) Our Statue of Justice knows about the need to appear impartial. Wish Alito's wife would dream up a flag with her image on it.
(Welcome home and thanks for the lesson. It's a good one to ponder.)
You lost me when you cited Billy Graham as an example. The appearance of corruption wasn’t his problem. Making millions of dollars as a televangelist pretty much gave it away.
SCOTUS should HAVE TO- BY LAW- uphold the laws & ethics that ALL OTHER Federal judges have to live by! This is the LEAST that they should do for the LIFETIME APPOINTMENT of the highest court in America!
oh, that case is a bit more than appearance but your point is exactly correct. sometimes when it quacks like a duck, we have to admit the possibility that we are dealing with a bird in the family of anatidae!
but on your point, the problem with just not being evil is that only your familiars would know you are not evil. they would have to know you. by also not appearing of being evil, even those who do not know you see you as honest. then as you say, even those who do not know you well understand your integrity. more importantly as followers of God, our conduct will be a representative of our faith. hypocrisy is the worst enemy of sharing the teachings of God.
Billy Graham didn't want to get caught in a "gotcha" moment.
None of us should ❤
It makes me wonder how corrupt they really are or why wouldn't they support ethics rules.
This is clearly a response to oath breaking becoming the norm in our politics, for example the last president swore oaths to the people and constitution, yet he lied to the people daily not to defend them or the constitution, but for himself and hubris, the 14th Amendment was supposed to protect us, as were Congress who swore similar oaths, but they let him see the next election because they found following their oaths to the letter too hard, the voters let him see it as acceptable by letting the next election remain within normal range of acceptance, the SC further ignored their oaths in the same way.
Any time a politician is allowed to ignore their oaths by pretending the wording must be exact to matter, it causes great harm.
My grandson is so proud to go to LSU, smart kid! Good kid.
He is mixed. Yesterday, we went eat lunch just he and I, he told me he was saving money to buy himself a gun. “Now that everyone will have one, I will need one!”
Seems like a war here at home will be inevitable!
I sincerely hate this ❤ we shouldn't be at war with our neighbors
Amen....
I wish more people would do as Billy Graham did to protect his "image." I don't see how it's "distrust of women" since the same thing now would be done by using a man or a woman. It was avoiding a "set-up" (which is not a reflection of women so much as the people who might set it up.) It was recognizing that if one allows oneself to get into a compromising situation, one is complicit in it. (Rudy Giuliani and the Borat set-up comes to mind.)
Glad to see that I am not the only woman who thinks that the Billy Graham rule is sensible.
As a recently widowed woman I am very careful not to be alone with a man who isn't family either ✌️
A reminder of the teaching "awe are the only Bible most people will ever read. They will judge God and His word by what we say and do."
Thank you ❤🙏
Thanks. Rev Ed ❤ 😎
I hope you all see a beautiful flower today🌻🤗
I agree with you, Paster. I, too, need to apply this to my life. I can't change other people; I can only change myself.
Psalm 121: 8 For one & all who visit here Amen!
thank you Rev. Ed - we all need to remenber that 🙏
another great video, and agree completely.
This is only tangentially related, but it popped in my head while listening.
Satan fell because of the argument of free will versus universal redemption, it seems like there are several people trying to make the same arguments in regards to religion.
Amen Rev, Amen....
My Mom went to Jesus a week after Christmas past. Oh how I would of loved to come across your channel in time to share with her. You talk sense. Christ inspired sense.
Amen 🙏 thank you ❤
This one is problematic for me. If I took it to heart I would be paralyzed. I can’t possibly know how I look to others and I shouldn’t be held accountable by their perception.
I understand your point 👉 but because of this I am very careful with my actions and my public behavior. I still have my intentions misconstrued but I still believe ( for me" ) that I have a responsibility to do my part to behave in an " upright manner" in public and even more so if I were in such a powerful position as a " Supreme court Justice " .
I'm always judged as evil because I wear Metallica shirts. Now, you hear Master of Puppets on the classic rock station.
Awesome. Preach it.
Welcome home you were missed!❤
Abstain from all appearance of evil, because we are carrying God's Name with us. We are the witnesses of Jesus on Earth, and if we appear to be corrupted, we're trashing Jesus' Name along with us. Billy Graham's practice was an extreme example, and sounds almost as prissy as our former VP Pence and his well-documented purity practices, but I certainly see your point.
You must be so glad you live in Canada!
I agree Rev Ed. Also, just because your job CAN be a lifetime appointment, doesn't mean it HAS TO BE a lifetime. They can resign. They can give benign reasons like "I'd like to drive my rv around the country while I'm still young enough to do it. But also, let's remember that our appearance is also controlled by the media and clearly that is a wild card. I'd say if he's really that honest he'll make his excuses and leave, to preserve whatever is left of their reputation. But if he stays in there for one last juicy vacation, may he reap his reward for greed.
These justices must be investigated and removed until the truth is known.
Amen!❤
I happened upon your channel yesterday, and I'm very impressed with its content. I am an Episcopalian in a small church. We are going to be looking for a new rector soon, and I pray that we will be able to find a priest with even half of your insight.
Prayers for your search committee.
Don Corleone had judges in his pocket. this is a whole new level
I'm beginning to wonder whether what the few knows is evil... the many are no longer of the belief it is evil... because they believe it is what they have now been taught in the churches of the many as the will of God. Now, the will of God is to - force - belief on others. Not to get them to believe, but to say they better believe, or else.
the thing about abstaining from all appearances of evil: without the actual fruit of walking with God and Christ is just hiding in marketing strategy. marketing "goodness" without real fruit ... it makes me crazy.
Amen👍👍👍👍👍
When my son was in his teens there was an incident that was reported on the news, Supposedly, it happened at the school. Right away, the boy was "convicted" by the court of public opinion. Supposedly, the court gave the boy in question a sentence for 5 counts of SA. Later, the girl would be overheard saying, she made up the story because the boy wouldn't date her. His record doesn't go away. I asked my son, what the lesson was. Of course, he said, "Don't have sex". My response was, that the lesson should be: Don't put yourself in a compromising position.
But there sure is a boatload of circumstantial evidence.
I'm wary about focusing on keeping up appearances since this is a norm within large institutions. Case in point the Roman Catholic Church, which sought to silence victims of child sexual abuse by its clergy. It turns out a lot of large ministries suffer from a youth pastor problem. I wonder if this extends to all large ministries, and I wonder if sexual predator issues which are then covered up by Human Resources, are consistent with all large corporations, just from sheer numbers. It does show the human animal struggles to preserve the integrity of large organizations, which figures largely in the collapse of empires. So I'd rather promote a culture of transparency _first,_ and then push for a policy of handling and learning from scandals and being able to point to a low (or at least dwindling) rate at which such issues emerge.
But then even the Greeks knew we were prone to voting King Heron over King Log. I'm frustrated how simpleton and irrational human society can be (case in point, paparazzi with women and hotel rooms -- this shouldn't work on a rational, thinking readership).
My greatest criticism of Alito is his failure to fairly adjudicate. The _Dobbs_ decision is notorious for its wrought, twisted logic that takes precedent from witchfinders and implies the incompetence of countless jurists who had affirmed _Roe_ across decades. When SCOTUS makes a ruling, I expect it to be logically ironclad, and when it churns out product like _Bush v. Gore_ or _Citizens United,_ what are obviously rulings based on partisan interest, _that_ is the first appearance of evil. The investigations that follow that show corruption (or what would be interpreted as corruption if it were done by any other office in the land) comes down to debugging, rooting the consequences back to potential causes. Alito was appointed in haste, after George W. Bush's unqualified friend was quietly rescinded and Roberts' selection was transferred to the Chief Justice bench.
Similarly, Thomas was a known quantity even as he was sworn in, obsessed with porn, starved for more money and recognition.
Thomas was always an easy mark for corrupting influences, rammed in for being a black conservative (a rare bird, the GOP favors to counter accusations of racist policy). So while the post-appointment befriending by Harlan Crow was shocking to witness, it was not a surprise to those who knew or ever worked with Thomas. His opinions are consistently unsympathetic, sometimes downright cruel, and like Scalia, the legal sector just learned to normalize his anti-public positions.
I have had several visions of SCOTUS. The first involved Brett and that encounter way back. I looked through his eyes in that 70s bathroom with wood panel. I thought his unpure thoughts..his evil. The second was of RBG. Her death was shown as an old worn leather chair...short and of the 30s embossed on a beautiful piece of granite. The words spoken were She is dying. I knew who the she was instinctively. My 3rd vision was shortly afterwards...it was a pencil drawing of a pretty lady except she had Medusa type hair. Instead of snakes the hair was tentacles. The words spoken were...the tentacles run deep. Jesus knows what these people are all about.
I can't help but think there's a bit right before this where Paul says "I can't believe I have to tell you guys this but..."
The reason we study Paul's letters is because the church was so new at the time it needed a lot of basic guidance. In this instance, it was a case of the Thessalonians needing to have the best possible appearance in thought, word and action in order to be taken seriously. To lead properly, you need to be above reproach. Yes, the current situation would tend to suggest otherwise, but that's a separate but related problem. I'm sure Paul also has something to say about not twisting yourself into a pretzel to follow someone who is clearly not a leader.
I love a good routine too Rev ❤
I like the language of the King James and how it can be made to flow off the tongue when citing verses. Can't say I know too many verses to cite, but King James flows as if made for a Charleston Heston script.
It’s the best Supreme Court that money can buy.
I would go so far as to say avoid *both*. There are this who would take the admonition about the appearance of evil to mean "don't get caught".
I highly doubt if Clarence Thomas was a manager at Walgreens that Harlan Crowe would even know or even care if he even existed.
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People often determine the appearance of evil based on affiliation and a particular belief. Religion is especially good at pointing out various groups' appearance of evil to create a sense of fear, and loathing as well as feelings of moral superiority and self-righteousness. Religion has always been about a struggle between good and evil centered around their particular beliefs. It would be impossible to persuade and recruit without the claims of holding the moral high ground. The concept of good and evil centered around the notion that a particular group is evil because of their beliefs is all too often used to disparage one group and elevate another. The act of proclaiming that one's beliefs are centered around good while others' beliefs are centered around evil could present the appearance of evil in those professing to be good. The appearance of good and evil is highly subjective and in the eyes of the beholder when it comes down to it!
I remember the good old days when America was great and we had separation of church and state has the founding fathers intended
They seem to think their ideology/ beliefs overrides their duty to be impartial. (Andrea Bernstein did a really good podcast last year about Leonard Leo - the guy behind these judicial appointment. He has really extreme religious views.)
I definitely do not look squeaky clean. Im rather rough looking because of 28 yrs addiction and genetics 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Rev Ed. In the law, with regards to recusal, unlesdls I'm mistaken, American judges are supposed to self recuse from a case, if there is even an appearance of partiality or bias. Such as with the wrongly republican appointed Judge Eileen Cannon. With both Clarence Thomas and Alito, their words and actions speak to their blatent conflict of interest and loss of ethical morality.
With great power comes great responsibility. The SCOTUS seems to only embrace power. This is not good stewardship.
Could you please tell me about the Geneva Bible dated 1599.
I am curious about this as well
Is that the Blessing of Aaron that you say towards the end of each video?
This video deserves all the recognition it can get. Sharing it everywhere!
DT has his picture superimposed on the American flag. What will it take for his followers to see him for who he is😢
I feel they're corrupt. But like i say, I don't know them. I do feel there should be a term limit to their courts. It's got to where I don't trust my justice system because of them
Yes it is quite ASTONISHING Brother yep. The wrath of God is ripe for the United States & rest of the world. Indeed. 👋👋😐🤔
Rev Ed ❤❤❤❤ You are too kind. I am a U.S. citizen 💔❤🩹💔❤🩹💔. What happened yesterday on Capital Hill, the site of the January 6, 2021 insurrection hurts my heart & gives me little hope for the future.
Billy Graham is the ONLY Evangelical that I ever felt was authentic.
Like Mike Pence - he never was seen with another woman
That’s why I much prefer the KJV. There is a difference between doing evil and having the appearance of evil. I find some other versions of the Bible leave out things.
The KJV not only changes things in the text, but includes 73 books. I assume if you look at your copy you'll find you have not been reading the complete KJV
If Billy Graham knew that people were setting him up with women made to make him look bad, then it made sense for him to have an escort of men. However, among most people, the idea of a man and a woman not being alone together has been taken to ridiculous extremes. This treats us women as if we are nothing but temptresses or occasions of sin. This denies our full humanity and our status as daughters of God and sisters of our brothers. The Bible says to treat younger women as sisters and older women as mothers. It does not tell us to avoid being alone with a woman. Jesus was alone with a woman at least twice in the bible, both times with women of ill repute, at a time when a rabbi or any man would never been seen in public with a woman, not even his own sister, for fear of scandal. Jesus even had women traveling with him and supporting him financially.
Also, this verse "Avoid the very semblance of evil" (as I heard it said) was applied by a woman on the 700 Club decades ago to apply to some kind of behavior that the "uptight upright" thinks is born of Satan. I forget whether it was listening to rock and roll, dancing, drinking alcohol (at all!), watching R-rated movies, or something else.
I like how you applied it, though--for a person in high position of government not to look like they are accepting bribes. On a lower, more down-to-earth example, it might be a teacher who refuses to accept expensive gifts from students or parents: no Rolex watches or cars or Schwinn bicycles, although Godiva chocolates might be okay.
Exactly. If I have an annual performance meeting with a male boss, for instance, I’m not going to ask him to meet in front of witnesses or have my husband be there. First because if my male colleagues are afforded confidentiality, I deserve that as well. Second, if a demand that witnesses be there when no one else does, I’ll make the boss look unnecessarily suspicious.
Re SCOTUS, yeah, totally. But for people not in the spotlight, I'm not sure how to interpret this coherently. Given other things you have said on this channel, i guarantee that many "Christians" would say you support evil. (My parents probably would, for instance. ) I think there needs to be a "reasonable person" clause or something. 😂
Brilliant. Yeah absolutely.
Pick a bible any bible. And they are all different. On my bedstand I have the cherry picked version. You know. The one you probably use.
Oh that isn't even necessary: Christians are very good at picks out the text that support their particular ideology and ignoring those of the 90,000 words that may challenge this.
big club
you ain't in it
Too much backstepping.
ONE "I'm not saying there WAS evil..." covers the whole speech.
The archetypal figure of this appeal is Caesar's wife, but there's an irony to that story.
Caesar divorced Pompeia because she had a fling, but the flinger, one Clodius, was acquitted, so she was presumably innocent.
BUT Caesar, a rising politician, was unwilling to be considered a cuckold but he wasn't about to keep an unfaithful wife around, either, so he invented, quite cleverly, IMO, that now famous, "Caesar's wife must be Above Suspicion" principle, now employed to mean appearance is more critical for the mighty that for regular folks.
Great message. LOVE it. :)