No cowards allowed
“A culture that does not aspire to the divine becomes obsessed with the fascination of evil, reveling in the frivolous, the depraved, and the bestial.” George Gilder’s review of The Devil’s Delusion. National Review. May 5, 2008.
The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. Psalms 12:8 NIV
A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust. Proverbs 21:22
When the communists entered Romania a gathering of all of the church leaders was called. One after another each got up and praised the communist take over and pledged their church’s support for the new regime; they exalted the communists as high power. One woman leaned over to her pastor husband, as his time to speak approached, and whispered to him “You must do something about this husband. They are dishonoring the name of our Lord”. Her husband turned to her and replied “If I do, you will loose your husband for ever.” She replied. “I would rather loose my husband than be married to a coward”. So Richard Wurmbrand stood and admonished his fellow clerics that only Christ was the Lord of the universe, not the communist party. Mrs. Wurmbrand did, for many purposes, loose her man that day as he predicted, for from that day forth he became a wanted man. Sabina Wurmbrand lost her husband but the world gained a hero. How many women in today’s western churches would spur on their man to such an act of courage? How many men would swallow their fear and obey to the utmost of their will?
Finally, consider this; Richard Wurmbrand’s statement, was it political? Absolutely, it was loaded with political meaning and power. After all the word politics comes from the Greek root word polis, which means rule of the city. Richard was only speaking the truth about who truly had the rule of Romania. Was his statement evangelical? Without a doubt! It extolled the glory of Christ and pointed those men who so easily succumbed to fear of pain, back to the one they were supposed to actually serve. It lifted the Christ to all in the room who did not know him. One cannot separate religion and politics. Where ever the truth of Christ may found is His rule, His kingdom.
Let us see the wicked freely strutting about in America and come together with courage to pull down their strongholds in any and every area of the kingdom of God.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
America: Blessing or Curse
America: Blessing or Curse
The rattle snake was asked, just the other day, whether he thinks our constitutional republican form of government is a blessing or a curse. Since blessings and curses can only, truly, come from the ruler of the universe, the question’s implication must be whether or not God intended to bless or curse the peoples who would eventually live under the governance of such a form. The short answer to this question is that the rattlesnake believes our form of government is a blessing – from God!
The earliest settlers wanted, and needed, to be free of the capricious and duplicitous rule of “blue bloods” that, more often than not, used their birth right to grow their own wealth and power off the backs of the common man. When these royalty got really out of line they would mix their political power with conspiratorial church leaders and murder the people for various religious reasons. Often these murders were disguised as keeping the peace, but many times it was out right persecution of the true saints of the Kingdom of God. For more on this subject see Foxes Book of Martyrs.
The framers of our Declaration of Independence (the vision statement for America, if you will) and the subsequent Constitution (the business or action plan for carrying out the vision) understood all too well the dangerous consequence, illustrated in history, of the notion of the “divine right of kings.” See also the warnings presented in I Samuel chapter eight, by God to the Israelites about what a king would do to them. The framers purposely set out to create a form of governance that gave no human person any divine (i.e. unquestionable God ordained) power and authority to rule. They did a superb job! The American form of government was allowed, by God, to come into existence as a form where the “rulers” rule at the consent of the governed. Not only was it brilliant, it was the first of its kind in the history of the world. [Note: Rome always had an emperor who eventually set himself up as a god. Rome’s system was more dissimilar to ours than is similar]. No king, no emperor, no queens or princes, no bowing down before a man or women as if they were very god themselves. It is by far a blessing from the all powerful, all knowing, sovereign God of the universe. Either that or God said “oops, should have been paying a bit more attention to those folks in Philadelphia.”
The constitutional form of government truly allows for the rule of law, not of men, as the monarchy form did. It is not a democracy, so if 51% of the people want to do something against the law (remind the rattlesnake to define what law is in another blog entry) they can be stopped by courts and elected rulers who do know the law. If any one, or group of ones, attempt to accomplish something that is against the law, they can be stopped by the people. If the system of law is followed properly, there are checks and balances at every political juncture; from juries to the state houses. Now, of course, we know that it does not always work according to the plan of the Constitution, but that is not the fault of the Constitution. We cannot blame the blue prints for a house being built incorrectly.
The Lord of the universe decreed by His sovereign hand that this nation, America, would have a system of government unlike any other. It is truly a blessing that is worth fighting for and protecting. For some odd reason people in other countries seem to see, and understand this fact, more than the very people who live in America. If there is a curse it is a curse of wicked hearts, lazy complacency and the willful ignorance of God’s people entrusted with forwarding His kingdom.
The rattlesnake highly suggests that you, the perceptive reader, go to www.hillsdale.edu, click on the tab at the bottom called Imprimis, then go to Imprimis Archive. From there search by date for the January 2007 article entitled Freedom vs. Non-freedom: A view from Russia. by Andrei Illarionov. When you read the subsection called The Destruction of Freedom in Russia, juxtapose the words Russian people with the words American Christians. Now, spend some time thinking about what you think your Lord would have you to do.
The rattle snake was asked, just the other day, whether he thinks our constitutional republican form of government is a blessing or a curse. Since blessings and curses can only, truly, come from the ruler of the universe, the question’s implication must be whether or not God intended to bless or curse the peoples who would eventually live under the governance of such a form. The short answer to this question is that the rattlesnake believes our form of government is a blessing – from God!
The earliest settlers wanted, and needed, to be free of the capricious and duplicitous rule of “blue bloods” that, more often than not, used their birth right to grow their own wealth and power off the backs of the common man. When these royalty got really out of line they would mix their political power with conspiratorial church leaders and murder the people for various religious reasons. Often these murders were disguised as keeping the peace, but many times it was out right persecution of the true saints of the Kingdom of God. For more on this subject see Foxes Book of Martyrs.
The framers of our Declaration of Independence (the vision statement for America, if you will) and the subsequent Constitution (the business or action plan for carrying out the vision) understood all too well the dangerous consequence, illustrated in history, of the notion of the “divine right of kings.” See also the warnings presented in I Samuel chapter eight, by God to the Israelites about what a king would do to them. The framers purposely set out to create a form of governance that gave no human person any divine (i.e. unquestionable God ordained) power and authority to rule. They did a superb job! The American form of government was allowed, by God, to come into existence as a form where the “rulers” rule at the consent of the governed. Not only was it brilliant, it was the first of its kind in the history of the world. [Note: Rome always had an emperor who eventually set himself up as a god. Rome’s system was more dissimilar to ours than is similar]. No king, no emperor, no queens or princes, no bowing down before a man or women as if they were very god themselves. It is by far a blessing from the all powerful, all knowing, sovereign God of the universe. Either that or God said “oops, should have been paying a bit more attention to those folks in Philadelphia.”
The constitutional form of government truly allows for the rule of law, not of men, as the monarchy form did. It is not a democracy, so if 51% of the people want to do something against the law (remind the rattlesnake to define what law is in another blog entry) they can be stopped by courts and elected rulers who do know the law. If any one, or group of ones, attempt to accomplish something that is against the law, they can be stopped by the people. If the system of law is followed properly, there are checks and balances at every political juncture; from juries to the state houses. Now, of course, we know that it does not always work according to the plan of the Constitution, but that is not the fault of the Constitution. We cannot blame the blue prints for a house being built incorrectly.
The Lord of the universe decreed by His sovereign hand that this nation, America, would have a system of government unlike any other. It is truly a blessing that is worth fighting for and protecting. For some odd reason people in other countries seem to see, and understand this fact, more than the very people who live in America. If there is a curse it is a curse of wicked hearts, lazy complacency and the willful ignorance of God’s people entrusted with forwarding His kingdom.
The rattlesnake highly suggests that you, the perceptive reader, go to www.hillsdale.edu, click on the tab at the bottom called Imprimis, then go to Imprimis Archive. From there search by date for the January 2007 article entitled Freedom vs. Non-freedom: A view from Russia. by Andrei Illarionov. When you read the subsection called The Destruction of Freedom in Russia, juxtapose the words Russian people with the words American Christians. Now, spend some time thinking about what you think your Lord would have you to do.
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