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 3/8/15 9:30 AM |
| Martin | | Texas | |  |  |
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Kudos to these Irish brethren for believing in and practicing their God-given freedom NOT to receive the "mark of the beast" on their forehead (their way of thinking)or their right hand (their way of working), just so they can buy and sell and do business. Brethren, the day has come to reject the mark of the beast which the dragon (Satan), the beast from the sea (the godless state) and the beast from the earth (false religion in the service of the state) would stamp upon us. We are free in Christ to wear the law of God as a frontlet between our eyes and as a sign on our hand, even if the cost of bearing God's mark be the loss of jobs, worldly goods, or even our life's blood. "Let goods and kindreds go, this mortal life also, the body they may kill, God's truth abideth still, His kingdom is forever." Let us honor God in ALL our labor and ALL our thoughts and let the consequences of our obedience rest with the sovereign Lord who rules over us and all the world. Our lives are in His hand; let the world fume and rage. He who sits in heaven laughs-- and so should we. The ultimate victory belongs to God's Lamb, whose throne has been established on Mt. Zion. |
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| 2/22/15 9:04 AM |
| Martin | | Texas | | | |
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Must churches follow this transgender ordinance? If so, at what point do Christians begin to practice civil disobedience to these godless homofascist ordinances which the state has no right to impose on us? What is the difference between the government forcing business owners and churches to put women and children at risk from sexual predators by legally permitting males into ladies bathrooms, and that government forcing Christian schools, for example, to let representatives of non-Christian religions present their beliefs in a classroom and to lead the children in non-Christian religious rituals (which is what the government of the government of the UK is now demanding of Christian schools to force "British values" of tolerance for religious diversity on all British youth.) There comes a point where the people have to say, "These demands are unreasonable and unrighteous; they violate religious liberty and moral propriety, and we simply will not comply with them. Put us in jail if you must, but enough is enough!" That day has come to America, I believe; the people must begin to stand up and say "no" to laws that would compel us to do what is wrong in itself. The government has no right to expect us to comply with such laws, does it? What do you say, brethren? |
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| 2/20/15 2:35 PM |
| Martin | | Texas | | | |
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Jim,
I am glad William Wilberforce did not see an irreconcilable conflict between gospel preaching and social and political activism, nor William Carey in India, nor C. H. Spurgeon in Victorian London-- and I am sure that lots of freed slaves and rescued widows and destitute orphans taken off the streets would agree with me on that. Social concern often involves political reform-- such as the changing of unjust laws. Spurgeon was a great preacher, but he was also a social reformer. Someone has written, "As a humanitarian, Spurgeon hurled himself at the great social ills of his day. He founded two orphanages, a ministry for “fallen women,” was an ardent abolitionist, started a pastors’ college, and began a book distribution ministry for undersupplied pastors. He launched clothes closets and soup kitchens, all for members and nonmembers of the Metropolitan Tabernacle alike. By the age of 50 he had started no less than 66 social ministries, all of which were designed to meet both physical and spiritual needs." Spurgeon saw no conflict between evangelistic ministry and social reform efforts-- neither did Wilberforce nor Carey. And neither should we. |
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| 2/12/15 8:29 PM |
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Jim Lincoln wrote:
No, Martin.Jim,in my judgment, MacArthur is simply wrong. We are not to choose between the culture war and evangelism. We are to fight on both fronts at once. Don't you see that when you pray for government leaders as Scripture asks to pray, you are engaging in culture war-- that is, unless you are asking God only to save the souls of those leaders, for their own sake, so they can be in the eternal kingdom. But that would not be to pray as Paul commands, for he says we are to pray for kings "that WE may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." We pray for them, not just for their sake, but for our own sake(that is, the church's sake) that we may enjoy peace, not in eternity, but in this present age, so as to carry on the work of disciple making and gospel proclamation without government persecution. That is clearly what Paul means. But such prayer shows we are to be concerned about the here and now, and not just about eternity. We fight in prayer to push the darkness back from absorbing the government system under which we live, that we may proclaim the gospel freely and without hindrance. So we fight in prayer for present and future gains, for matters concerning both this present age and the age to come. |
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| 2/10/15 11:25 AM |
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Is it any wonder that God spews out of His mouth lukewarm, apostate churches that deny the authority of Scripture, by causing them to decline in membership? Is it any wonder that as churches decline in membership, society becomes increasingly pagan, the populace more hostile toward true Christians, and governments more tyrannical and willing to persecute people who live openly Christian lives and speak openly as Christians ought to speak in the public square? None of this is at all surprising, nor should we be demoralized by it, for the fact is, great revivals in church history are often preceded by gross irreligion, widespread apostasy and spiritual darkness. God is still on His throne. Let us beseech him to raise up a generation of preachers whose tongues are set ablaze with the fire of heaven, who will call the godless multitudes to repentance and faith in Christ, who will rebuke godless governments for their tyranny, and proclaim the whole counsel of God without fear or compromise, impervious to men's frowns or smiles. |
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| 1/22/15 1:05 PM |
| Martin | | Texas | | | |
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These liberal politicians think that if they repeat lies long enough, people will swallow them. That may work with the mindless masses, but never with true, born again Christians whose consciences are captive to the Word of God. They cannot and will not ever accept the "new morality" as defined by men like Obama. He is not the Messiah. The true Messiah has spoken once for all on this issue, declaring His agreement with Genesis 2 and stating explicitly that what was true of marriage "from the beginning" remains God's norm for all time-- one man, one woman, for life. Any sexual relationship other than the sexual union of a man and a woman in the covenant of marriage is an abomination in God's sight, an affront to His character, and a direct repudiation of His law. Always has been and always will be. There is nothing "respectable" about the homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender lifestyle. These represent a gross violation of the moral character and will of God. So-called same-sex marriage will never be anything other than a "mock marriage" a bogus imitation of the real thing. You can have a same-sex mismatch, but you will never have a same-sex marriage. Neither does any government have authority to compel people to think, speak or act otherwise. |
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| 12/5/14 9:54 AM |
| Martin | | Texas | | | |
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This woman was simply not taking the Bible seriously when it says that "we shall not all die, but we shall all be changed, in the twinkling of an eye AT THE LAST TRUMPET." The Bible gives us no reason to believe that loved ones who have died in the Lord will be raised again to life before the second coming of Christ. God does not raise some Christians on one day, other Christians on another day, all leading up to the day of Christ's return. There is no basis whatsoever in the Bible for such a belief. The resurrection of the dead is consistently tied to the last day, the day of Jesus' return, and at that time, all the dead shall be raised. Until then, it is right and proper to bury those who fall asleep in the Lord, not to leave their bodies as a health hazard decomposing amongst the living. We should neither seek the living among the dead (Luke 24:5), nor should we try to keep the dead among the living. Their bodies should be put away out of sight, and out of the presence of the living, until the day of resurrection. We see from this the misguided fanaticism that people can fall into when they abandon Scripture as their sole authority for how they are to live, and follow instead delusive, untested, unbiblical 'impressions' as if these were direct divine revelations. |
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11/28/14 9:33 AM
