Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
Read part one first.
I never thought I’d see the day when the church takes (un)marching orders from the government.
How many churches do you see following all the rules from the government, even rules that single out churches, against the first amendment?
That is how many churches will follow the next mandate from the government—and become totally ineffective to make a difference anymore.
“The Christian is to show the prince how to bear the sword.”—–Martin Luther
Advice is not as valuable if it is limited to what we already know and believe in.
“Beware of people who understand everything about theology and prophecy.”—–Allister Begg
I just heard that many missionaries of days gone by would pack their belongings in a coffin when they headed out to the mission field.
Doctrine should come straight from the Bible, not from steps of logic and reasoning. (example—Concluding that the rapture must be at Revelation 3 because the church is not mentioned after that for many chapters, could be true but based on mental calculating rather than clearly stated).
Examine the foundation steps for building any doctrine.
Is the starting premise black-and-white Biblical?
Would the people in the Bible, and those who wrote the Bible, declare, agree, that the doctrine is absolutely essential?
And, what benefit is any doctrine or any teaching that is not straightforward out of the Bible?
Keep essential doctrines simple, and not limited to the learned.
Racism is caused by systemic sin—the systemic sin nature that is in all of us.
We are like a field of dry grass that can be set ablaze under the right circumstances with the right spark.
Some people hold up a metal lightening rod in a thunderstorm, inviting their dry grass to be ignited.
Some people delight in throwing a lighted match on others’ dry grass.
The sinful, evil nature inside all of us waits for the trigger of temptation to give us the excuse to act on what we wanted to do all along.
“As a person thinks in his heart, so is he.”
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” and so, racism.
Systemic racism is solved only by addressing systemic sin.
Systemic sin is addressed only by turning to Jesus for healing of the heart, and then healing of our other ills.
The words of preachers before the American Revolution gave a clear message from the Bible that inspired The Great Awakening, which prepared Americans spiritually for the Declaration of Independence, and the War, and the Constitution.
The words and actions of preachers at the time of the American Revolution inspired the Patriots to take action and take up arms.
After the preacher preached on Sunday morning, he took off his robe in front of the church, to reveal his uniform, and led the militia training on Sunday afternoon.
The preachers at the time of the American Revolution were more feared by King George than all the American military (according to George himself).
The preachers at the time of the American Revolution cared more about the cost of freedom than the cost of offending someone.
Their messages likely offended more than they inspired, but thank God they preached it.
Likewise today the cost of freedom versus the cost of offending someone is clearly laid out before preachers in the pulpit and Christians in the pew.
We must speak out now—we must act out now.
We don’t have time to wait and see how things will play out, like we did in the past, watching the pendulum swing back and forth.
Stop living in Fear and let our Freedom live.
Stop wearing face masks.
The left is controlling you with fear.
This is what they want.
They are already taking over the US.
Vote in person without a face mask because it’s your right and this is still America.
Healthy people do not need a face mask.
It’s been months since China brought the virus here.
The virus isn’t going to affect most of us if any.
We are going to turn into a communist country if Trump loses.
Trust Trump, God, and Jesus.
A disciple-maker mentors by teaching and by example.
Qualification is not perfection.
‘Mentor by example’ includes mistakes, sins—not hidden, but repented of.
Prompted by
THE COST OF COVID
VS
THE COST OF COWERING
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The consequences of fear-driven slavery to insurance is more costly than the rewards of faith-driven freedom to Jesus and His call to ministry.
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Consequences vs Rewards
Fear-driven vs Faith-driven
Slavery vs Freedom
Insurance vs Jesus
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OUR PART
Availability
Obedience
Faith
Faithfulness
Focus
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GOD’S PART
Calling
Promises
Provision
Presence
Power
Deliverance
Rewards ‘there’
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