As we have discussed at some length over the weeks, all who view the Bible as their “standard of faith and practice” will never agree completely as to what the Bible says “faith and practice” should be. However, that is not only “O.K.,” it is to be expected, and even desired. As we have seen, they are not our enemies, but our brothers and sisters in the Lord! We are all in different stages in our journey to The City With Foundations, the New…
Hallelujah! As I watched the election returns coming in last night, I realized my heart was filled with an unexpected joy. I had been telling myself and others that either way the results turned out, I would be happy, as I know God is “Ordering all things after the council of HIS will” (Ephesians’ 1:11. However, in my heart, I was hoping that God had not moved on from the original motivating vision He had placed in the hearts of the colonial founders of…
In our new-look America, it’s not only who votes that determines the outcome of elections, but even more crucial is who counts the votes! After decades of knowing the results of elections on election night, since the Covid Scamdemic some states refuse to announce winners for days after election day. This provides plenty of time to “discover” enough “lost,” or “misplaced” ballots to turn up to swing the election to the preferred candidate. The only comforting thought for me in this situation is that…
This has been a very heated election season. As our nation has quietly and surreptitiously, over the past 100 years, strayed further and further from God and the Bible-based Constitution upon which it was founded, the majority of the church has been asleep. Thus, It has provided little direction for its members, politically. As a result, church members must live daily in a country where their children are indoctrinated daily at schools (public and private) by a culture that teaches them anti-biblical lies. Those…
I have decided that I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP! If one of my fellow Christian Pharisees says to me (I am a card-carrying, charter-member of the Pharisee club), “I can’t believe you’re voting for that sinner Donald Trump,” I will simply reply, “I’m NOT voting for Trump! Here’s why.” Read these carefully and see how many of them you agree with. 1. I’m voting for the First Amendment and freedom of speech. 2. I’m voting for the right to speak my…
For the past few weeks, we have discussed the big picture, the “forest,” of man’s rule over the earth. This is the reason for which we were created (Genesis 1:26). The “trees” in that forest are our unique, individual ruling assignments in our families, our churches, the civil government, and any other association or organization of which we are a part. We have looked at the biblical description of our rule in the family and the church on several occasions, and today I want…
Jesus ascended to Heaven forty days after His resurrection (Acts 1:3), came up to God seated on His throne, snapped off a salute and reported, “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!” This history-changing event is on the Catholic religious calendar, and is commemorated annually. However, it is never celebrated and is completely ignored by most protestant churches. This is amazing when you consider that, on this day, Jesus was officially crowned, for the first time, “King of kings.” Furthermore, after dying for the sins of mankind on the…
Finalizing an already-won victory is never easy. Dogged, die-hard, guerilla forces still hanging on must be ferreted-out and destroyed, and that is always difficult. With 20/20 hindsight, one can see that this is exactly the job God created mankind to do with Satan and his “principalities and powers.”. The following four paragraphs are based on ideas I got from Paul Billheimer, some years ago, in his book Destined for the Throne. They have helped form my understanding of our ruling purpose. At the cross,…
God has instituted the family (Genesis 1:28), the church (Acts 2:1-47), and the civil government (Genesis 9:6, 7) as the three permanent institutions to help us, as He establishes His Kingdom on the earth through us. We have discussed family and church at some length in our blog postings, and in this election season it is appropriate to look at civil government, including the activity surrounding it that we call “politics.” However, many churches are not involved in this discussion. Yes, politics is like…
Obviously, ruling over the earth, the reason we as God’s image bearers were created Genesis 1`:26-28), includes not only ruling over the physical earth, but all the activities that occur on it, including its civil government (Genesis 9:5, 6). Yet, in the majority of churches, participation in civil government is not taught, nor even ever mentioned. Why is the teaching of our very reason for existence (ruling) never discussed? It follows logically that if the church has missed seeing and teaching its members the…