I don't see a problem here.
If you can find a single quote from the New Testament in which Jesus Christ suggested that Christians had an obligation to protect their society from falling apart as a result of a wholesale rejection of the Gospel.
One of the most sobering Gospel passages is the temptation of Christ after He spent 40 days fasting in the desert. When Satan showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and offered to give them to Jesus if only He would kneel down and worship Satan, the most important thing to remember is not what Christ said in response, but what He didn't say. He never told Satan that the world wasn't his to give to anyone.
Excellent posts. I find myself agreeing...
We don't find an explicit condemnation of insider trading in the Bible either.
But, in this case, I recommend the parable of the Good Samaritan. We are our brother's keeper.
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." Matthew 5:13
Genesis 1:26,28 give us the general cultural mandate for God's people. We are God's vice-regents who are to exercise godly dominion over all creation.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
Christ's Great Commission is not a bare suggestion to send out some missionaries and hope for a few baptisms - discipling nations means bringing whole people groups under the Lordship of King Jesus. That would seem to imply cultural transformation.
Our nation's laws will be in chaos so long as human despots are allowed to create 'law' by judicial fiat. Our laws must be tied to Biblical Law.
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American Vision http://www.americanvision.org/
National Reform Association http://www.NatReformAssn.org/
"If you can find a single quote from the New Testament in which Jesus Christ suggested that Christians had an obligation to protect their society from falling apart as a result of a wholesale rejection of the Gospel."
Perhaps you can point to someplace in the Gospel where Jesus said we were required to aid in society's falling apart. If this were a dictatorship, you might have a point. However, we have a vote in this country and if we refuse to use this vote in the way one would consider most Christian, then we must bear partial responsibility for the consequences.