SCRIPTURES THAT TODAY'S WORLDLY
ELITES ABHOR
(and don't want you to know about!)
(Pastor Terry L. Reese, Valley GBC; 10/05/24)
INTRO.
o Nov. 5, AD 2024, will
be a watershed election. Yet, large numbers of Christians and traditionally-minded citizens will not even vote!
o Some will not vote out
of apathy; others out ideological conviction, or disdain for both parties or candidates…
o With regard to the
latter groups…
o Some ideologically driven individuals (both traditional pietists & modern "neo-anabaptists") will say that Christians
should be apolitical (e.g., “Was Paul political?”)
o Others will have priorities
that are misdirected (i.e., focusing upon personalities rather than
upon policy--not fully apprehending that behind the personalities stand two
cultures—and they fail to understand the full ramifications of empowering
the elite, antitraditional, anti-constitutional elite progressive class. Lack
of knowledge and/or FOCUS is the real issue here.
The
Christian & the Political Realm: Some of the basic questions involved…
Recommendation: Dr. Wayne Grudem; Politics
According to the Bible.
What
are our options? Historically,
there have been a variety of viewpoints in response to this matter, dealing
with such questions as…
1. The appropriate
level, manner, and propriety of the Christian's civic involvement…
2.
The
basic nature of the State is to be considered: Is it an Agent of God—or the Devil?
Do we have a political mandate—or is government hopelessly Satanic and
irredeemable?
3.
What was God’s purpose in designing and mandating human
government in the first place? What specifically constitutes “good government,”
from a biblical perspective?
4.
A bully pulpit? Is it proper or well-advised for pastors to
preach from the pulpit on controversial political questions? Is it a distraction--or our duty?
5.
What is the Christian position on the issues? Is there an exclusive and distinctly
“Christian” position on various political topics and concerns?
_________________________
Six Basic Historical
Views
regarding the Church’s
proper relationship to human/secular government.
1.
The STATE-CHURCH: No separation;
government should compel and regulate religious orthodoxy.
a.
Problem: Faith is a matter of conscience, not compulsion
(John 4:23-24).
b.
Problem: Fails to recognize the separate realms; Church
& State (Matt.22:21).
c.
Problem: Theocratic Israel is not a model for the Church.
d.
Problem: Leads to the corruption of the Church. Unsaved worldly powerbrokers suddenly become "Christians" and then define church doctrine and practices. Do YOU want Nancy Pelosi defining the doctrine of YOUR local church?
e.
Problem: The “orthodoxy” that is regulated might not
be orthodoxy!
2.
The SECULAR STATE: Radical separation;
government should completely and entirely exclude religious-based political
influence in a strict and absolute form.
a.
An assault on human freedom…
b.
An attempt to de-Christianize society. This view held by ACLU "village atheist" types who seek to destroy God's Church and eradicate its influence upon the culture (e.g., the radical secularist campaigns of the French & Bolshevik Revolutions).
c.
Men of God have always seen it as their duty to call rulers
to repentance. Such sinful rulers would of course prefer that Men of God "shut-up!"
3.
Complete Christian
Detachment:
Christians should have no involvement with government or politics at all; Human
Government is part of Satan’s realm, and is therefore utterly evil
and demonic. Often associated with a Gandhian-style PACIFISM (the use of force in all
cases is Satanic and evil). Held today by people like Minnesota megachurch superstar and Open Theist Gregory Boyd (The Myth of a Christian Nation) and "red-letter" "neo-anabaptist" guru Shane Claiborne.
a.
Diverse historical appeal; self-isolating cults (e.g., JW's), radical pietists/anabaptists, younger neo-evangelical "yuppies."
b.
Gregory Boyd: patriotism is WRONG, loyalty to one’s country is
WRONG, all earthly governments are equally DEMONIC, any and all use of force
is WRONG…
c.
Problems…
i. Overstates Satanic authority; GOD is the Universal
Ruler--not Satan!
ii. GOD has ordained
human government (Rom. 13:3-4, 1 Pet. 2:13-14)!
iii. The Sermon on the
Mount cannot be isolated from the totality of Scripture.
iv. There ARE real and
meaningful distinctions between governments! George Washington & Hitler ain't the same thing!!!
v. Absolute pacifism as a political
scheme imposed on earthly governments is absurd.
vi. Confusion with regard to the differing
roles that both Church & State have in restraining evil. The Church is not
called to the sword—but the State is!
vii. A fanciful retelling of
Church History that is a caricature; the early church DID speak out against the abuses of
Roman culture! The Didache, for example, condemns abortion--something Gregory Boyd refuses to preach on because it's "too political!"
viii. A shameful denial of
the positive & softening historical influence that God's Church has had upon human culture. Evangelicals like Wilburforce ended slavery; others like Carey ended the cruelty of sati...
ix. It willfully ignores the testimony
of faithful men who served God in the political realm outside of the
commonwealth of Israel (e.g., Joseph, Daniel, Mordecai, Esther, Sergius Paulus,
William Wilberforce, etc.).
4.
A Pessimistic, LIMITED INVOLVEMENT View: Some Christian
involvement is morally permissible—and perhaps even occasionally advisable—but
we should not expect that it will accomplish any profound spiritual or eternal
good whatsoever. The church should thus “Stick to evangelism…and not do
politics!”
a. Positive aspect: Some good men like John MacArthur are associated with this view—which
wisely warns of the temptations of relying upon earthly power, postmillennialism,
and of failing to observe separation…
b. Positively, it is also valid that earthly power cannot regenerate
society, and that the salvation & sanctification of souls
remains our chief priority…
c.
Problem: narrows the Great Commission. The Bible has
a lot to say that is foundationally relevant about a lot of things! There
is a Christian Worldview, and every compartment of man’s life is
under His rule (1 Cor.10:31)!
d.
Problem: it fails to fully recognize that our secular
occupations constitute part of our Divine Service (Eph. 6:7)… Luther was RIGHT to criticize Rome's radical sacred/secular dichotomy (e.g., "You can only serve God as a Priest").
e. Problem: Fails to apprehend that the temporal events can affect
the spiritual realm… Note that S. Korea is covered with churches--N. Korea has NONE!
f. Problem: Minimizes the fact that the concept of loving our neighbor is wide in
scope… Allowing the wicked to rule is not responsible behavior (Prov.
29:2). We are called—in imitation of Christ—to be about doing good
(including within the temporal realm). Allowing morally perverted politicians to implement policies that harm and corrupt little children is NOT LOVING our littlest neighbors!
g. Problem: The Christian Pilgrim IS called to good citizenship
(Jer. 29:7)!
5.
The SOCIAL GOSPEL View: “The church should
focus on politics, not evangelism!” Political involvement, legislation
campaigns, and social-reform movements should be the Church’s main area of
focus and emphasis.
a.
Associated with the forces of UNBELIEF: theological liberalism, progressivism, and mainline
denominationalism (NCC, WCC).
b. These people have no real, spiritual Gospel to preach (NO Book, NO Blood, NO Blessed Hope), so their only focus is upon progressive politics and worldly social reforms--the substance of their true "religion."
6.
The significant
Christian influence View: Christians can and should seek to
influence the culture through a variety of means—including interjecting a
positive moral influence upon the Nation’s political life—even while
recognizing the distinction between Church and State. Dr. Wayne Grudem:
The “significant influence” view says that
Christians should seek to influence civil government according to God’s moral
standards and God’s purposes for government as revealed in the Bible (when
rightly understood). But while Christians exercise this influence, they must
simultaneously insist on protecting freedom of religion for all citizens. In
addition, “significant influence” does not mean angry, belligerent, intolerant,
judgmental, red-faced, and hate-filled influence, but rather winsome, kind, thoughtful,
loving, persuasive influence that is suitable to each circumstance and that
always protects the other person’s right to disagree, but that is also
uncompromising about the truthfulness and moral goodness of the teachings of
God’s Word.—Grudem, Politics According to the Bible)
o God has ordained human civil government (Gen. 9:5-6; Rom.13:1-7, 1Pet. 2:13-14).
o The Christian has a dual
citizenship, and a responsibility to bring glory to God in each realm.
Jer 29:7 NAS95: “Seek the welfare
of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its
behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.”
o The Christian is called
to be about doing good (Matt. 22:39; Acts 10:38).
Being a source of Salt & Light (Matt. 5:13-16) to a dark and dying world implies, amongst other things, a definite cultural mandate.
PART II
We have previously affirmed that Christians can
and should attempt to have a positive civic influence upon our society.
Today, I address relevant areas of public
policy that should be a matter of thoughtful reflection and concern unto
God’s People, and I do so simply by lifting up various Scriptures that
are relevant to the great debates that divide Americans today.
o The format is “Key
Scriptures that the Worldly Elites Abhor.” There are great
cultural/economic/philosophical/regional/political divides in this
country today that transcend the simple traditional political categories of “left”
and “right.” There is a great division today between the “insiders” and the
“outsiders;” the elites and “deplorables;” “progressives vs. traditionalists;”
the “powers-that-be” vs. the “bitter clingers;” the "valuable people" vs. the "garbage."
o This cultural/political
divide is not strictly between Christians & non-Christians, but it parallels
it and influences it.
o It is undeniable that there
is a worldly and empowered “elite” class presiding over the realms of politics,
justice, commerce, culture, media, education, and international diplomacy. These are the rulers of the present evil age who have taken their stand against the Lord and
His anointed (Rev. 19:19).
Ps. 2:2-3: The kings of the
earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD
and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us tear their fetters apart And
cast away their cords from us!"
Full of the pride of life, they love
the things of the world—its structures, its elemental principles—and
thus take their direction from the god (2 Cor. 4:4) or ruler
(John 12:31) of this world, the prince of the power of the air (Eph.
2:2), the one in whose power the whole world lies (1 John 5:19), the possessor
of the kingdoms of this world (Matt. 4:8-9). They are lovers of the world,
and thus enemies of God (James 4:4).
James 4:4: You adulteresses,
do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of
God.
The Elites of today ("the Best & the Brightest") are generally characterized as 1) POST-CHRISTIAN, 2) POSTMODERN, 3) PROGRESSIVE, and are associated with 4) PRAGMATISM.
o OUR FRAMEWORK: We
are looking today at Biblical passages that counter and contradict the basic
assumptions and hard-core beliefs of such men. On the practical and
specific level, these passages should provide a basis
for general direction as we seek to exercise a responsible Christian citizenship. These
are passages that the establishment-class who embody the world, its values, and
wisdom would rather you NOT concern yourself with!
I. BIBLICAL AUTHORITY.
2Tim. 3:16-17: 16All
Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for training in righteousness; 17so that the man of God
may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
o
“Good
works” unto God’s glory (1 Cor. 10:31) is the goal of our lives
(Eph. 2:10).
o
The
Christian is called to serve God and be a witness in all realms of life—Church,
home, work, civic society…
o
God is the Sovereign God over all realms—ecclesiastical, scientific,
historical, economic, cultural, political… Jesus Christ is LORD (Rom.
10:9, Phil. 2:11)!
o
WE--God's people--have been given an infallible and utterly inerrant resource—the
inerrant Word—despite what the elites (like Obama, in The Audacity of Hope) tell us!
o
The
political elites of today are our leading False Prophets, continually
undermining the credibility of Scripture. They continually undermine & seek to discredit, for example, the Church's moral instruction (e.g., abortion, marriage), and defame the character of Bible believing Christians ("bigots," "haters").
II. WORLDLY ELITISM/HUMAN WISDOM.
1Cor. 3:18-19 NAS95:
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in
this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. (19)
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written,
"He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"…
Rejecting the Scriptures, the elites have their own source of authoritative wisdom--themselves and their own fallible/malleable arts & sciences! Note God's estimation of such wisdom: NONSENSE!
1Cor.
3:18-19 God's Word Translation: Don't deceive yourselves. If any of you
think you are wise in the ways of this world, you should give up that wisdom in
order to become really wise. (19) The wisdom of this world is
nonsense in God's sight. That's why Scripture says, "God catches the wise
in their cleverness."
Similarly:
1Cor.
1:20-21 NAS95 Where is the wise man? Where is
the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the
wisdom of the world? (21) For since in the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the
foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
Rom.
3:4: Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar.
The ultimate source of such false knowledge:
2Cor.
11:14-15: No wonder, for even Satan disguises
himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his
servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will
be according to their deeds.
Warnings
against such arrogance:
Isa
5:21 NAS95 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in
their own sight!
Pro
3:7 NAS95 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn
away from evil.
Pro
26:12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope
for a fool than for him.
Rom
12:16 NAS95 Be of the same mind toward one
another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be
wise in your own estimation.
III. THE MYTH
OF PROGRESS.
Ps. 51:5: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and
in sin my mother conceived me.
- David traces his sin to its origins—the pollution
of his very nature, at conception. Original sin… Total Depravity…
Man is a child of Adam with a sin nature.
o
Our sinful acts are the fruit
of this sin nature—not simply the product of a bad environment, lack of
education, or a given triggering-situation (Matt. 15:18-20).
- The terrible effects of Original Sin—an unreformable nature that hates God (Rom. 8:7),
that cannot please God (Rom. 8:8), that cannot accept or
even comprehend spiritual truth (1 Cor. 2:14)…
- Only the regenerative work of God from Heaven, born of His gracious initiative can remedy
this…
- This truth stands as a denial of the “Myth of Progress”—a cornerstone of Progressive Ideology.
- The “Myth of Progress” is the basic idea of that human
progress and perfectibility—i.e., positive societal evolution—is
both possible and inevitable. It is therefore agreeable to
visionary notions of a man-made utopia.
- Progress (i.e., movement
towards a perceived refined, improved, or otherwise desired state)
is central to the philosophy of progressivism, which
is a political philosophy and social movement that seeks the
advancement of the human condition through social reform—which
is made achievable due to purported advancements in social
organization, science, and technology.
- This foundational “Myth of Progress”—an historically new
concept—was born out of the Enlightenment with
the perception that human life and civility was improving due to the
application of new empirical knowledge.
- Progressivism as a distinct political movement emerged in the late
1800’s in the aftermath of the new sciences (e.g., Darwinism), challenging the old order, and offering new possibilities based upon a new
understanding of human potential.
- In the United States, progressivism began as an intellectual
rebellion against the political philosophy of Constitutionalism
embraced by the Founding Founders of the American Republic (in which the governmental
authority depends on observing wholesome limitations upon its just powers). Our Founders (children of the Great Awakening Revival of the 18th century) understood that Man is a fallen entity—therefore government (an expression of sinful humanity, writ large) must limited and
constitutional in nature. America was thus founded as a constitutional
republic—as opposed to simply a raw "democracy" (i.e., an arbitrary dictatorship of the majority). The new
Progressivism was radical break from this idea—as demonstrated
in the rise of Woodrow Wilson (our first super-Progressive, secularly postmillennial President) and his disastrous policies.
- TODAY, American politics
grows increasingly embittered,
torn between two rival political and social cultures, two contrary ways of
life. Traditionalist conservatives support the Founders’ presuppositional precepts and the Constitutional Order, which was grounded in the natural
and divine rights expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Progressives,
however, have abandoned both the forms and undergirding philosophy
of the Founders, heralding a new “living Constitution”—i.e., the idea that the original written document is dead and superseded, and that the
fundamental political imperative is constant societal change or
transformation (e.g., President Obama; "Hope & Change") toward a more perfect social
democracy that is ruled and guided by a Woke elite. Lawless, oligarchic… and anti-Christian.
- A liberal religious counterpart (the Social Gospel
Movement) also emerged.
PART III
IV. NATIONALISM vs. GLOBALISM.
Acts 17:26-27: 26He has
made from one blood every nation of men to live on the entire face of the
earth, having appointed fixed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27that
they should seek the Lord so perhaps they might reach for Him and find Him,
though He is not far from each one of us.
o
Today’s trends: globalism, internationalism,
neo-colonialism… Wilsonian Idealists (the progressive Democratic Party Establishment) and the Neocons (the Bush/Cheney-esque GOP Establishment) propose that if only we could conquer the world in the name of western
progressive democracy, all would be well! Environmentalism, free trade, democracy, peace... all of these concerns demand a new Pax Romana, led by Western Liberal Democracy! On the other hand, today's progressive elites & their fellow travelers within woke neo-evangelicalism & "Big Eva" condemn the "bogeyman" that they label "Christian Nationalism."
o
It is true that the world will know strife until Jesus comes (Matt. 24:6) and the poor
shall always be with us (Matt. 26:11). Only the Messiah will transform
the world’s structures and productively employ its resources for peace (Isa.
2:4, Micah 4:3). No system of international organization is perfect
this side of the Millennium.
o
But yet, the patchwork of individual sovereign nation-states IS the plan
of God for this Age. The Lord has created the nations and established
their boundaries (Acts 17, Gen. 10). It is the natural & ordained order
of things… This present order is not perfect, as it is expressed within a fallen world--but it beats the alternative: ANTICHRIST ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT!
o
RECALL: After the Flood, God commanded men to “fill
the earth.”
Gen.
9:1: “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.”
o
In
the Table of early Nations of Gen. 10 we see the ethnic-nations
of the earth form out of families that branch out of Noah and his sons…
In Scripture, nations are an extension of family; a stock of
people of common heritage…
o
What defines a nation, anyway? COMMONALITY: nations are defined
and rooted in aspects of common identity; ancestry & heredity,
language, culture, religion, and social customs.
o
A dark shadow appears in Gen. 10:1-12, however: the rise of a
Cushite, a descendent of Ham… a mighty hunter… conqueror, organizer,
empire-builder… the rebel NIMROD!
The beginning—but not the end—of his Kingdom is Babel on the Plain of Shinar…
o
Gen. 11:1-9 is a pericope that discusses Babel at
the time of humanity's division (Gen. 10:25)… A NWO… A centralized world-state
(Gen. 9:1, 11:1-2)… A unifying ideology, exemplified by its major unifying project and symbol, the Tower of Babel.
o
This
thing is displeasing to the Triune God… The arrogance of the whole human-potential
movement behind it—and its limitless capacity for evil…
Gen.
11:6: “…now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for
them.”
o
So
the Triune God disrupts their commonality, confuses their languages, and disperses them, and they at last fulfill God's command to fill
the earth… This act of Judgment is to humanity’s benefit—and to the Gospel’s
benefit…
o
A WORLD-STATE is always spoken of in negative terms in
Scripture, and is one of the contributing horrors of the Great Tribulation
(Rev. 13)…
o Concerning patriotism, nationalism, etc. Properly observed,
these are not negative elements for a pilgrim people, exiled to whatever "Babylon" God places us in…
Jer.
29:7: 'Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into
exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have
welfare.'
o
Even in the Kingdom Age (Micah 4:2, Isa.
19:25) and in the Eternal State (Rev. 21:24, 22:2), there will be national
distinctions.
V. STATISM vs. FREEDOM
OF CONCIENCE.
Matt. 22:21: “Therefore
render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are
God's.” cf.,
Dan. 3, Rev. 13
o
Your religion is fine, the elites tell us—just so you don’t try
to live it, and make Jesus Lord in every compartment
of your life.
o
Numerous cases—Masterpiece Cakeshop (Jack Phillips), Hobby
Lobby, Emilee Carpenter (NY photographer), Little Sisters of the Poor… In each case, the individual is told that they CANNOT exercise their freedom of religious conscience; instead, we belong to the state, which has a woke agenda to normalize Gay marriage and abortion. "Progressives" who commonly label their opponents as "fascists" are themselves the essence of fascism (i.e., the individual, his family, his church, etc., are merely organs of the totalitarian state; Mussolini's corporatism)
o
Persecution in America today is operational via the mechanisms of Civil Rights Commissions, high-sounding "civil rights" and "anti-discrimination" laws, various statutes & ordinances…
o
What
is the Christian's higher loyalty?
Acts
5:29: But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God
rather than men.”
Dan
3:17-18 "If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us
from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O
king. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not
going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set
up."
(cf.,
Dan. 6:10)
Each of these embraced their higher loyalty to God--and were ready to accept the consequences. This is a decision that believers have always faced throughout the centuries--and one that American Christians will become more and more familiar with.
VI. CLIMATE CHANGE.
Isa. 51:3: So the LORD will comfort
Zion. He will comfort all those who live among its ruins. He will make its
desert like Eden. He will make its wilderness like the garden of the LORD. Joy
and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
At the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, 16 yr.
old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg scolded the world’s
leaders for taking her childhood away from her and living under the cloud of
Climate Change disaster. “How dare you!” Brazilian President Bolsonaro's legitimate characterization: a brat!
o For years, we have been subject
to outlandish but utterly dogmatic climate claims… lying entire outside
of the domain of the scientific method… A New Ice Age, Global Warming
& Greenhouse Effect (would that be bad?), Climate Change…
o
Nora O’Donnell, an elite CBS journalist, expressed this at the recent Walz-Vance VP debate, claiming that the intensity of the
recent tropical storms is the result of climate change (despite recorded data that
today’s storm activity is NOT intensifying!)…
o We are told that unless we follow Greta, Attenborough,
Gore, Kerry, Markey, and AOC, and all drive EV’s in ten years, eliminate fossil
fuels and accept the Green New Deal, we are doomed…
o This movement is
profoundly pseudo-scientific, political, religious… Progressive/Left elements use this to bring about absolute SOCIETAL CONTROL... "Deep Ecologist" elements are interested in the promotion of Gaia-worshipping NEO-PAGANISM...
o God has revealed what
Earth’s future actually is:
o
Rapture (1Thess.4:17)—Rescue of God’s People from
the wrath to come (1Thess.1:10, 5:9)
o
Tribulation—supernaturally directed Divine Judgment…
o
Millennium! Jesus renews the Earth! Peace,
Prosperity, Justice, Animal Kingdom, Eden-like Climatic conditions…
o
The Eternal State: the world will be re-constituted
(2 Pet. 3:10)!
Rev.
21:1, 4: 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the
first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any
sea. 4…and He will wipe away
every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will
no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed
away."
Do we accept the voice of Prophecy or not?
PART IV
VII. PURPOSE OF HUMAN SECULAR GOVERNMENT.
Rom. 13:4: “…for it is a
minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it
does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger
who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.”
Related passages:
1Pet.
2:13-14: Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human
institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent
by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Gen
9:5-6: "Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I
will require it. And from every man, from every man's brother I will require
the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For
in the image of God He made man.”
o
Regarding Gen. 9:5-6: the
antediluvian chaos (Gen. 4:23-24; 6:13) was not to prevail!
o
Capital punishment was commanded: the only just, appropriately
proportional punishment, as well as a deterrent (Deut. 13:11, 21:21).
o
Yet,
the modern “advanced” and “progressive” post-Enlightenment state frowns
on capital punishment as "inhumane" and wants to do everything BUT protect its people!
Consider our current problems with crime and open borders! Government is NOT doing its job!
VIII. ABORTION.
Luke 1:41: When Elizabeth heard
Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit.
o
Also
cf., Luke 1:15, 44. John the Baptist was a living human being in his mother's womb!
o
“Pro-choice”
always talks about the woman’s body—but never the child!
o
1%
of abortions are claimed rape—but that makes up 99% of the pro-abortionists’
argument! In reality, women are having abortions for economic/lifestyle reasons. A movement that is all about personal selfishness! The modern equivalent of offering your child to ancient fertility gods for personal benefit.
o
A globally cruel movement that in China results in sex-selection-based eradication of little girls, and in some parts of Europe has wiped out Down’s
babies!
o
Yet,
today’s politicians hypocritically claim the “high-ground!” Planned Parenthood,
in carnival-like fashion, parks its “abortion van” (mobile clinic)
outside the DNC--hawking free abortions like hotcakes!
o
Kamala, in the debate with Trump:
“One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held
beliefs to agree the government, and Donald Trump certainly, should not be
telling a woman what to do with her body…”
o
She
plays the theologian and tells Christians that they can support
infanticide without violating their "faith." But what kind
of "faith" is she talking about?
o
MY FAITH says three things in this regard: FIRST,
Unborn babies are REAL HUMANS, created in the Image of God; SECOND,
the shedding of innocent blood is an ABOMINATION before the Lord (Prov.
6:16-17) that costs a nation DEARLY (2 Kings 24:4); THIRD, the
basic purpose that God has ordained the existence of secular civil government
is to DEFEND LIFE (Gen. 9:5-6; Rom. 13:1-7)!!! Thus, I have NEVER
voted for a Pro-Choice candidate (Tom Ridge example).
o
Yet,
there is a PAC called “Evangelicals for Harris,” and on its “Harris is Pro-Family” webpage, Kamala's support for "abortion rights" is first & foremost touted as evidence for her concern for families!!!
IX. MARRIAGE,
PERVERSION.
Matt. 19:4-6: And He answered and
said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE
THEM MALE AND FEMALE, (5) and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL
LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME
ONE FLESH'? (6) "So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
o Marriage defined by JESUS, the Creator-God of the Old Testament: God’s original design for marriage is appealed to (Gen. 2:23-24). Monogamous, one man, one woman, for life...
o Homosexuality is unnatural
perversion (contra Obama's claims that the meaning of Rom.1:26-27 is somehow “obscure”).
Rom
1:26-27 NAS95 For this reason God gave them
over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for
that which is unnatural, (27) and in the same way also the men
abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward
one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own
persons the due penalty of their error.
o Transsexualism is also ruled out… Gender
is not “fluid!”
Gen. 1:27b: "male and female created He them."
Yet, our sick politicians want to disfigure children; e.g., "Tampon Tim" Walz
(Minnesota: Trans-sanctuary state, tampons in boy's bathrooms, protecting dirty books in kid's libraries, etc.). Note Obama’s
Emory Letters to his girlfriend, expressing his collegiate struggles with same-sex attraction and gender confusion…
Prov. 29:2: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
X. ISRAEL.
Gen 12:3 NAS95 And I will
bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you
all the families of the earth will be blessed."
o
Recent
outbursts of Progressive antisemitism is in accordance with Satan’s
hatred of the Hebrew People…
o
Railing hatred for the Hebrew People and their role in the outworking
and fulfilment of God’s Plan is ALWAYS front-and-enter on Satan’s Agenda!
o
Through
the Hebrew Nation, the Messiah, the One who would crush the head of
Serpent (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20), would come. And through the Chosen Nation, God’s
Kingdom Program WILL be brought into fruition.
Zech.
8:23: "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'In those days ten men from
all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, "Let us go with
you, for we have heard that God is with you."'"
Satan’s hatred of Jews a central theme of the Great Tribulation, the
Time of Jacob’s Trouble (Jer. 30:7)!
Rev
12:17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to
make war with the rest of her children…
o Nothing can overthrow
God’s redemptive plan for ethnic, national Israel.
Zech.
12:10: "I will pour out on the house of David and on the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they
will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one
mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter
weeping over a firstborn.
Rom.
11:25-29: For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this
mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial
hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come
in; (26) and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
"THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM
JACOB." (27) "THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE
AWAY THEIR SINS." (28) From the standpoint of the gospel they
are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are
beloved for the sake of the fathers; (29) for the gifts and the
calling of God are irrevocable.
XI. ON TRUE FAITH: WHAT
IS THE GOSPEL?
John 6:28-29: 28Therefore they said to Him,
"What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?" 29Jesus
answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in
Him whom He has sent."
o Today’s elites have a
frothy, nebulous sort of ecumenical sort of spirituality.
o Christ is not
exclusively the Way (John 14:6, Acts 4:12)…
o Fits in well with today's popular Therapeutic-Moralistic-Deism (America's basic religion: we want a religion that makes us "feel good," a God who is "nice," and who doesn't get in our way too much--unless we need something!),
o Golden Rule and Good Samaritan
based—no doctrine or propositional truth.
o A smug
self-righteousness is exhibited, based upon their politically correct
ideology and its fruits… a Social Gospel. A religion of "virtue-signaling."
o Politics IS their
religion!
Note the “Evangelicals for Harris” (a PAC) web
bio (written by someone other than Kamala--but clearly endorsed by her), serving as a self-serving religious biography that spiritually defines the candidate, in which all of the above elements are present:
Kamala's Faith Story
https://www.evangelicalsforharris.com/kamala-harris-faith-story
A loving God, the Good Samaritan, serving others, and a deep respect
for all faith traditions — these experiences, teachings, beliefs, and
values Vice President Kamala Harris grew up with have shaped her into the
leader she is today.
Her faith journey
started when she was a little girl, singing in the children’s choir at the 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland, California, where she was born
and raised. This was where she learned
to have a living faith, one that
expresses itself through one’s life, especially through service to others,
particularly the vulnerable and powerless.
As she has said, “I’ve
learned that faith is not only something
we express in church and prayerful reflection, but also in the way we live our lives, do our work, and pursue
our respective callings.”
For Kamala, her calling is to public service:
“I can trace my belief
in the importance of public service back to learning the parable of the good Samaritan and other biblical teachings about looking out for
our neighbors — and understanding that our neighbors aren’t just those who live
in our ZIP code, but include the stranger, too. Over the course of my career, I’ve always tried to be an
advocate for the voiceless and vulnerable …”
Harris’ favorite Bible
verse — “We walk by faith and not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7) — recognizes that we
don’t have all the answers, but also that we do not face life’s challenges
alone. Our loving God is with us. “The
God I have always believed in is a loving God.” It is this God in whom Kamala
puts her trust.
God is also with her
through her church family. From them she draws strength and feels
“grounded in a complex world.” Her
church provides Kamala “a sense of community and belonging where we can build
lasting relationships and be there for one another in times of need.” Her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, says Harris is there for others:
“She is an encourager; she encourages all people regardless of their social
station in life.”
While a deeply
committed and faithful Christian, Vice President Harris has great respect for other faith traditions. Her mother Shyamala Gopalan and relatives in
India took her to Hindu
temples. She joins her
husband, Doug Emhoff, in Jewish
traditions and celebrations.
This respect syncs
with her baptist tradition, which has a long and distinguished legacy of
support and activism for religious liberty and the separation of Church and
State.
Especially now that
she is at the pinnacle of power, Vice President Harris keeps her trusting relationship with God at the center. “Like many people of faith, I have private conversations with God where I
usually ask for the strength and protection to make good decisions and do the
right thing.”
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Our
Politics should be informed by our Faith, and our
political presuppositions should be consistent & in harmony with the Judeo-Christian world
and life view—but our political identity is not absolutely identical
with our spiritual identity in Christ.
o
Unbelievers of goodwill can be politically
sound…
o
Believers can be inconsistent in applying
their Biblical Theology and thus be deficient in their consistent application
of the Christian Worldview…
o
Progressive unbelievers tend towards political
fanaticism, finding their complete spiritual identity in politics.
We should be able to handle the fact that loved ones, fellow-believers, and friends may, for whatever reason, belong to a different "political tribe" than we do, and thus be GRACIOUS!
CONCLUSION.
These 11 Scriptures represent Biblical Truth
that the Elites hope you disregard—which is all the more reason to be
mindful of them as you seek to bring glory to God in all avenues, departments,
& realms of your earthly existence (1 Cor. 10:31)—including your
civic/political life within whatever realm God has ordained.
Finally, let us recognize that today's elite puppet masters are not really in control and are not the ultimate enemy--they themselves are but marionettes controlled by the REAL ENEMY within a greater cosmic battle:
Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
