Since its release, the explosive new book “See Something, Say Nothing” by Department of Homeland Security whistleblower Philip Haney has stirred plenty of fear and anger in the hearts of Americans. The author acknowledges those emotions are understandable reactions to his story of how Islamic jihadists are exploiting a culture of political correctness. However, he warns his fellow Christians not to give in to fear after they read his book.
“According to the Scriptures, perfect love casts out fear, and we’re not called to fear but to courage, just like Joshua standing on the plains of Jericho,” Haney said last weekend on “Understanding the Times” radio with Jan Markell. “We have angels on our side. The Lord really is involved in history, and he will valiantly defend those who stand up for the truth.”
Haney, a former DHS officer, also cautioned Markell’s Christian audience not to let anger overwhelm them.
“According to the Bible, the righteousness of God is not accomplished through the wrath of men, through anger,” the whistleblower said. “We’re not actually authorized, according to the covenant that we live under, to respond to the nature of the threat with either fear or anger.”
So if Christians can’t react with fear or anger, how should they respond to Haney’s allegations? After all, Haney recounts in “See Something, Say Nothing” that Muslim Brotherhood front groups have influenced the Obama administration’s counter-terrorism policy. Haney himself, working for Customs and Border Protection, entered into CBP’s electronic database nearly 850 records on individuals and groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
However, in June 2009 he was ordered to modify all of those files to remove the “linking information” out of concern for the civil rights and civil liberties of the Muslims named in the records. What’s more, this was a year after the Holy Land Foundation trial exposed a number of Muslim Brotherhood front groups in the U.S. were providing material support to Hamas.
It’s enough to make any American angry and afraid. However, Haney told Markell that Christians have the gift of the Holy Spirit to help them cope.
“The Holy Spirit is what brings into remembrance all that He has taught us during our lives,” Haney said. “It is also what leads us and guides us into all truth, and it is also what shows us things to come. Those three components of the Holy Spirit – past, present and future – are the very nature of God Himself, because His name, Yahweh, is derived from the Hebrew verb ‘to be.’
“Not only is it past, present and in future, but it also implies existence itself. So the very nature of God – we are endowed with it if we have the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
God does not give people discernment and show them things to come for no reason, according to Haney.
“He gives us discernment and shows us things to come so that we can be equipped and prepared, and He also gives it to us so that we won’t succumb to fear or anger, because nothing that is eternal in value will be accomplished if we do it out of fear or out of anger,” Haney said. “So speaking from the side of faith, that’s what I would recommend to my brothers and sisters in the audience – don’t be afraid.”
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Just as Christians must not live in fear or anger, they must not live in ignorance, Haney noted.
“In Acts it says that in times past God winked at this ignorance but now commands men everywhere to repent, meaning that we’re not authorized, according to the calling that we received as followers of the Messiah, to languish in ignorance,” Haney counseled. “It also says in Proverbs that wisdom pulls down strong towers.”
To that end, Haney advised Markell’s listeners to use discernment, wisdom and knowledge to understand the times in which they live. He also gave advice on how voters should choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton this November.
“For me it’s really quite simple,” Haney said. “Who is the most likely candidate to stand up and defend the values of the Constitution? I believe that those precedents have already been set in the careers and the lives of the two individuals.”
The former DHS officer said he often uses the terms “allies” and “adversaries” rather than “Republicans” and “Democrats.”
“Who is most likely to be an ally of the constitutional principles that this country was founded on?” he explained. “And who is most likely to be an adversary to the principles that our country was founded on? That’s how I approach it.”
Haney advised the Christian audience of “Understanding the Times” to not simply vote for the person they perceive as the better Christian.
“We’re not electing a church board,” Haney pointed out. “We’re electing representatives of a constitutional republic, and if that’s the nature of our government, then it should be a pretty easy decision on who to vote for.”
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