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 3/5/16 5:03 PM |
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@ Lurker
The fact that God's will is for one of them to be President does not mean it is God's will or Right for me to support them. Let me illustrate this in history: It was obviously God's will for Hitler to occupy the Netherlands. And based off that fact, some Dutch Pastors began helping the Nazis. They said that Nazi rule was obviously God's will and thus it was wrong for people to resist. Those Pastors condemned the people who were saving little children from the Butchers they felt compelled to back!!! Hitler being God's choice did not make Hitler good. And those Pastors ignored the clear commands of Scripture: "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"~ Isa 5:20. God's will for the nation is not the same as His will for individuals. We have a responsibility to use God's gifts to the best of our ability for God's Glory. We keep our consciences clean by doing our best to follow His revealed Word and trusting that no matter the outcome nothing is outside of His Providence. When you call a doctor, when you plan to move, when you apply for a job, when you try a church, you don't know God's will. But that doesn't mean you don't seek the best Doctor, City, Employe |
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| 3/4/16 3:43 PM |
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There are Secret Societies such as the Masons.
There are not, however, Secret Societies that control the destines of Nations.
That is 100% in the Lord's hands and He has made His opinion on the matter quite clear:
"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure."~ Psalms 2:1-5
Also relevant:
"Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man."~ Col. 4:6 |
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| 3/2/16 1:03 PM |
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3. "Moses was baptized in the cloud and sea on the order of JB's baptism for the remission of sin."
First off, I can't find any scripture that explicitly says such a thing. Secondly, baptism is a sign of Justification- not a means of it that can make us temporarily sinless. Thirdly, Rev. 5:3 says: "And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.". Surely Moses is either "in heaven" or "under the earth" yet there was still found "no man" who could "look thereon".
4. "I'm fairly settled the Decalogue is the measure of God's righteousness by which all under the law will be judged"
My thoughts are as follows- Jesus came to save us from our sins and those who die in their sins without Christ's imputed righteousness are justly condemned to hell. How does scripture tell us to define sin? 1 John 3:4- "...for sin is the transgression of the law.". As I said earlier, I don't feel comfortable reading less than all of God's commands into the word "law". (Matt 5:17-19) And as Jesus taught in the NT, that means the spirit, not just the letter, of His law.
At any rate, it has been interesting discussing these things, even if we don't agree! Blessings!  |
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| 3/2/16 1:01 PM |
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@ John UK
"Well it would be, but for the Holy Ghost, the great joy-giver, and but for Jesus the great peace-giver, and but for the Father, whose will is accomplished throughout the earth."
That is certainly the correct attitude! The good thing about such trying times is that it forces one to truly know what they believe- not just go with the traditional flow! Sounds very similar to Pre-Reformation Scotland. May the Lord raise Christians with the heart of Knox. Christians of prayer who storm the gates of Heaven for their country men's souls, and Christians of action who are not ashamed to preach the Gospel!
Hopefully y'all can leave the EU- with the way it currently seems to work, the EU looks more like a suicide pact than anything else!
By the way, you mentioned earlier that you wanted to learn more about church history. If you're interested, you may wish to look into "Sketches from Church History" by S.M. Houghton. It is both very manageable and very comprehensive!
May you have a Blessed week! |
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