GOVERNMENT – – – WHAT’S IT FOR? – – – WHAT’S IT GOOD FOR?

“When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.”     —–His Book

“Like a roaring lion or a charging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.”     —–His Book

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

–That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,”    —–United States Declaration of Independence

“. . . governors, . . . sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of them that do well.”     —–His Book

“Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this.” (Queen Esther’s uncle, when she risked her life standing against evil.)     —–His Book

“It is not possible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”     —–George Washington

TRUE     TRUE     TRUE

We clearly see the effects of both kinds of government.  Let us do all in our power (and no less) for Godly government.

DASH DETERMINES DESTINY

The shortest summary of anyone’s life occurs on your tombstone in the form of a dash  ” – ” between two dates.  Everyone in the world gets the same treatment—no one puts a longer dash or a shorter one on a tombstone, or thicker or thinner.

There are some ways we are all the same.  We’re born, we live, we die.  We leave a dash, whether we dashed through life or led a slow and easygoing life, whether we conquered the world or felt conquered.

But there is so much more to that dash.

The dash determines our destiny.

Before the first date, we were indeed nothing.  Not so after the second date.  No matter how hard we try—with intellect, with money, with philosophy, with power—none of us can escape awareness of something after the second date on our tombstone.

Personal now, for the first time since I’ve been writing here nearly a year:  The dash determines your destiny.  And that means you answering the question, “What shall I do with Jesus?”

Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”

Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

Jesus said, “Follow me.”

Just talk to Him.  Don’t wait till the dash is over.  The second date is only the beginning.