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To: HiTech RedNeck

Continue to proclaim the Gospel. Eventually, we will be actively persecuted for it, here in the U.S., as is done in the rest of the world. We have a short window, of an unknown amount of time, to have the freedom to proclaim. The first century church met in caves and homes, and many were caught and tortured and killed, which, of course, is not uncommon in many parts of the world right now. Obama deliberately refused asylum to persecuted Christians. Pray without ceasing.


68 posted on 08/07/2018 10:25:19 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

I think some of the current “religious freedom” bellyaching will go away as the power of the gospel kicks in again for a season. One expects some pushback from Satan and from weak believers that Satan is pushing around. (”Alexander the coppersmith did us a great deal of harm. May it not be held against him.”)

If a duffer like me can preach and it’s listened to, then the Franklin Grahams of the world are going to have no trouble at all doing it (comparatively speaking).

Anyhow yes I have a prophetic gift and a song lyric writing gift, and the two are going together fine. Some of my stuff has been quirky, such as songs about rednecks (though I made clear in an initial song about rednecks that they come in many colors and are found nationwide — so it refers to an attitude not a race or region).

One problem the church needs to watch out for, and with almost 2000 years of history, it does have some warning now, is getting too mixed up with government. It needs to be salt and light without being a Caesar salad, so to speak. Friendly rulers, even those that would protect us, we should welcome. Rulers that ask us to install a church in the government, we should decline (that was the Constantine mistake, and it took the consequences of the Reformation to fix it in the Western world).


76 posted on 08/07/2018 11:55:17 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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