Thanks for reminding me. I try to follow the scriptures as much as I can, but sometimes I fall short. That’s why I warned Christians in my first response: “You might want to do it, but don’t” so that I would NOT tempt them to do unChristian-like things to provoke their adversaries.
I could have advocated we assemble ourselves and march around Washington D.C. for six days. And on the seventh day, give a great shout in the name of our GOD (not Obama’s). I wonder if the mighty hand of GOD would bring the walls of Washington tumbling down? Now that would be some kind of civil disobedience.
But I know that would be using GOD to justify our wants, not his. He is sovereign and will pick the time and place and method to deal with each situation. In the meantime, we will stand down and not surrender to our temptations.
I appreciate you, Texicanus.
Civil disobedience is appropriate when someone is asked to do something one is confident is just plain wrong.
That’s what Nuremberg trials were all about: no one should be compelled to act contrary to their conscience.
Acts 4
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15 ¶ But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Daniel 3
14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.