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God and Government
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From the beginning, in the garden of Eden, satan, having been thrown out of heaven, sought to take over the rulership of the world. Satan deceived Eve and Adam, they succumbed to temptation, and lost the dominion that the Lord God had given them.
Adam was created by God as to have dominion over the earth. Dominion involves the government of God.
When the word “Adam” is used, it is not slighting Eve. The Lord God considered them one.
Genesis 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
They had a joint purpose under God as one.
The feminist, progressive, modernist movement would try to say that man has one purpose, and woman another, and that they are in competition. From the beginning it was not so.
God intended marriage to be a equal yoke, an equal purpose for each family, with one overall direction where everyone is “all in” to the same purpose, not going different directions and “hooking up” occasionally.
Satan came along and deceived Adam and Eve into disobeying God and Adam lost dominion. Satan became the “god of this world”. That led to governments that are atheistic such as communism and dictatorships. These are governments that kill opposition in order to stay in power. Socialism leads to communism.
The goal has been to take back the governing of the world from satan and place it back under God. The beginning history of the United States was people who formed a nation under God.
Freedom is the freedom to serve God, to do good, not to do evil.
Freedom is the freedom to serve God, not serve iniquity.
Freedom is the freedom to serve God, not serve sin.
Freedom is the freedom to obey God, not serve the law of sin and death.
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Is True Religion Going Out of Business?
A question being tackled today is this: Is true religion going out of business?
Let’s start with the word, “business”. Jesus said he had to be or must be about his Father’s business. What is the Father’s business? It is the salvation of souls, which is why Jesus came.
I John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
II Timothy 2:25 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.
The church is not a business in the same sense as the stationary store down the street or the cobbler’s shop. It does have income. It does have expenses. But the income comes from commanded tithes and offerings in the Bible. This pays for the expenses so the gospel can continued to be preached, whether in a building, through a missionary, though an outreach, by radio or by television.
God commanded the tithe to pay for the expenses of the church which is the local center through which the Spirit of God reaches out through the body of Christ to the community and world around it.
What is the business of the church?
The preaching of the gospel for the salvation of souls.
So going back to the question, “is true religion going out of business”?
The church has been affected by the culture of modernism. Modernism attempts to change the message of the Bible to make it conform to the standards of the world.
Progressive modernism wants to normalize sin.
The definition of sin has changed. It might be called hate speech. Alcoholism might be reshaped into the term “self medicating”. Anger might be called “dysfunctional”. Pedophilia might be renamed into “minor-attracted person” (MAP). Murder of babies is redefined as “woman’s healthcare”.
It is like having the gold standard for the Olympics, but because everyone is so out of shape, they lower the standard and change the terminology.
True religion still exists, but it is not a popular message, because it demands repentance, it demands change.
People don’t want to hear the truth if it requires change.
There is a joke that goes something like this. A doctor says to his patient, “The good news is that you are the perfect weight. The bad news is that you are one foot too short.”
A blog post can only introduce a topic but not cover it in depth. For more study on various topics, click here for links to various Christian ministries.
Depending on the ministry, there may be online church services, YouTube videos, podcasts, radio programs, books, teaching, or more. You have to seek out what they have.