Pastor Educates Lawmakers on Biblical Duty to Resist Tyranny

http://www.thenewamerican.com ^ | January 15, 2015 | Alex Newman

[NKP_Vet]

In a revival of a centuries-old American tradition this month, a Wisconsin pastor offered a powerful election sermon to Montana lawmakers at the legislature urging them to do their biblical duty by standing up to escalating federal tyranny. Citing a broad array of Scriptures from the Bible and what is known as the “doctrine of the lesser magistrate,” Pastor Matt Trewhella told state legislators that they have more than just the right to protect citizens from growing lawlessness, tyranny, and wickedness in government — they have a moral and Christian obligation to do so. Increasing defiance of God’s law “is why you are watching Western Civilization crumble before your eyes,” he added.

[NKP_Vet]

"Other outrages in America imposed by an unconstrained federal government include the “cold-blooded murder of the preborn, the imposition of homosexual marriage upon our states, no-fault divorce, the decriminalization of adultery, the phalanx of laws created by the State to invade our domestic affairs, disarm the people, seize our property, and harass our persons.” All of it, he said, points to “the growing tyranny in America.” And it must be resisted if God’s just judgment is to be abated and liberty preserved, he said".

God bless Pastor Matt Trewhella.

[lurk]

He used scripture to justify insurrection? Which ones? Rom. 13? 1 Peter? The ones where the apostles took up arms against Rome?

[faithhopecharity]

good pastor!
i would, though, respectfully not agree with his complaint about ‘no-fault divorce’

I believe married people should try their very, very best to make a go of it..

but... (and having some close-up experience on this subject).... I just don’t think it is workable for the State to screen ... and decide... who is ‘permitted’ to get divorced and who ‘has to stay married whether they like it or not’

Let the good pastor preach about the sanctity of marriage every Sunday! Fine and dandy, I hope he makes some headway... as there’s far, far too much divorce, IMHO.

But the State forcing people to live together ... or the State even having the authority to decide .... in such matters, I just don’t feel it is a workable policy.

Just my 2 cents worth.
Take or leave, ok.
Blessings,
fhc

[Kartographer]

Well you could actually read the article, but here is some of what the pastor talked about:

However, as Trewhella pointed out in his sermon, there are also numerous examples of the doctrine at work throughout the Bible. In his sermon to lawmakers, the pastor cited, among other cases documented in the Scriptures, the midwives in the Book of Exodus who defied pharaoh’s orders to murder all male Hebrew newborns. Israel’s interposition on behalf of King Saul’s son, Jonathan, who was set to be executed for violating a decree he was unaware of, was also discussed. Daniel, of course, who at the time was a top government official, publicly defied King Darius’ decree against praying.

[huldah1776]

Bmp4L8R

[ForYourChildren]

One of my favorites on this topic is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex%2C_Rex

Lex, Rex is a book by the Scottish Presbyterian minister Samuel Rutherford (1600?-1661). The book was published in 1644 with the English subtitle “The Law is King”. Published in response to Bishop John Maxwell’s “Sacro-Sanctum Regus Majestas”, it was intended to be a comprehensive defence of the Scottish Presbyterian ideal in politics. The book defends the rule of law and the lawfulness of defensive wars (including pre-emptive wars) and advocates limited government and constitutionalism in politics and the “Two Kingdoms” theory of Church-State relations (which advocated distinct realms of church and state but opposed religious toleration). Rutherford’s Lex, Rex utilizes arguments from Scripture, Natural Law and Scottish law, and along with the sixteenth century Vindiciae contra tyrannos, it attacked royal absolutism and emphasized the importance of the covenant and the rule of law (by which Rutherford included Divine Law and Natural Law as well as positive law).

[ravenwolf]

Very good sermon and sound doctrine except for maybe Romans 13.

[Alex Murphy]

In a revival of a centuries-old American tradition this month, a Wisconsin pastor offered a powerful election sermon to Montana lawmakers at the legislature urging them to do their biblical duty by standing up to escalating federal tyranny. Citing a broad array of Scriptures from the Bible and what is known as the “doctrine of the lesser magistrate,” Pastor Matt Trewhella told state legislators that they have more than just the right to protect citizens from growing lawlessness, tyranny, and wickedness in government — they have a moral and Christian obligation to do so. Increasing defiance of God’s law “is why you are watching Western Civilization crumble before your eyes,” he added.

Check out his church's What We Believe statement! Woo hoo!

....Calvinism isn't a religion of subservience to any government. The great national myths of Calvinist cultures are all of wars against imperialist oppressors: the Dutch against the Spanish, the Scots against the English; the Americans against the British. So when the Chinese house churches first emerged from the rubble of the Cultural Revolution in the 80s and 90s "They began to search what theology will support and inform [them]. They read Luther and said, 'not him'. So they read Calvin, and they said 'him, because he has a theology of resistance.' Luther can't teach them or inform them how to deal with a government that is opposition."
-- from the thread Chinese Calvinism flourishes