Posted on 11/16/2009 5:17:56 PM PST by kindred
Today many in the United States are crying out to President Obama and Government to do more and more to fix our social ills. The notion that Big Government has all our answers and the solutions we need in this very chaotic and unstable world is fairy tale. It is one that is rooted in the personal belief that Fallen Man through and by the efforts of Big Government or "Socialism" can bring security and comfort to it's inhabitants. There is no man made ideology or system that can ever usher in a world Utopia of perfection and bliss. These ideologies are full of good intentions and a delusion. The truth is that man apart from Almighty God and His righteousness can only bring upon himself the consequences of his own evil doings. Conservative values are a must and the best ideology for here in time but God's Messiah/Christ is absolutely essential for Almighty God's Holy (Perfect) Eternal Heaven. The Conservative and Liberal ideologies of the day can never offer those eternal heavenly necessities which are only found in Almighty God's Son, Jesus Christ.
The Bible states in Galatians 5:20-21, Now the works of the flesh (our fallen humanity) are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Also in Matthew 15:17-20, And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
The Fallen nature of man can never bring about true peace. God's word states in Isaiah 57:20, But the wicked (unsaved humanity) are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
This social gospel of man is in direct opposition to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Bible states in Roman 14:17, For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. and also in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
One must choose who they will put their trust in, Big Government or Almighty God. Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. and in Matthew 6:33, But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
To obtain true righteousness and peace one must know the Prince of Peace, The Lord Jesus Christ. Only through Christ can one obtain this reality. The Bible states in Galatians 5:22, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Do you know the Prince of Peace the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior? The Bible states in Isaiah 45:21,22, there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. also in John 1:12, But as many as received him (Jesus Christ), to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
In these turbulent days of uncertainty and unrest may you abandon man's social gospel and put your trust and faith in God's true Gospel found only in the Person of His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Kingdom of God is at hand!
Great post
Read Mark 9:1, Acts 1:8,Acts 2:1-4,and Col.1:12 and 13.
God fights on the side with the heaviest artillery.
/johnny
I’m not understanding what you’re trying to communicate with these verses.
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That the kingdom of God has been here since the first century.
Thanks for posting.
Satan’s biggest lie is that he can bring about heaven on earth, which falls right in with the socialists attempts to bring about their worker’s utopia.
INDEED.
AMEN! AMEN!
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Great post
But the end times are here now/soon. The millenial reign is just a matter of 7+years away.
Thanks for the ping!
The passage reads May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
Got a chuckle out of that.
I chuckled too until I read what followed.
“May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow”
Wouldn’t wish that on this country’s conscience.
BTW: I had that post deleted.
thanks , for the ping :)
It is appreciated !
Matt.24:42:Watch therefore:for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Mark 13:33:Take ye heed,watch and pray:for ye know not when the time is. Luke 12:40: Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
John 18:36: My kingdom is not of this world.
In Matt. 16: 18 and 19 Jesus uses the words “church” and “kingdom” interchangeably.
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