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We Will Not Bow [We don’t bow down to Caesar. We bow only to our King!]
Grace to You ^ | July 19, 2015 | By Pastor John MacArthur

Posted on 08/17/2015 2:27:43 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

A lot is happening at a very rapid rate. And with all the discussion that’s been going on, I’ve been kind of eager to get to you, and maybe help to give you a perspective. And I know that there have been comments made from this pulpit—exceptionally helpful, clear, well-chosen comments on the issues that face our country today. But I need to just kind of add some of my own insights and perceptions, and then direct you to a particular portion of Scripture.

This country talks a lot about terrorist attacks—and rightly so. Almost anybody in America can give you some kind of a listing of the most destructive acts of terror that have happened in our country. But let me suggest to you this: The two greatest attacks of terror on America were perpetrated by the Supreme Court. Not by any Muslim, but by the Supreme Court of the United States. The first one was the legalizing of abortion. Subsequent to that, there have been millions of babies slaughtered in the wombs of their mothers. It’s incalculable to even comprehend that. The blood of those lives cries out from the ground for divine vengeance on this nation.

The second great act of terror perpetrated by the Supreme Court was the legalization of same-sex marriage. The destruction of human life in the womb—in a sense, the destruction of motherhood—and now the destruction of the family itself. No bomb, no explosion, no attack, and no assault on people physically can come anywhere near that kind of terrorism. Our country is being terrorized by the people most responsible to protect it—those who are to uphold the law.

Just a few comments beyond that. No human court has the authority to redefine morality. But this human court has said murder is not murder; and marriage is not marriage; and family is not family. They have usurped the authority that belongs only to God...

Excerpt. Transcript and video at source link above.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; christianity; corruptcourt; destruction; homosexualagenda; marriage; moralabsolutes; nokingbutjesus; prolife; redefinemorality; samesexmarriage; scotus; supremecourt; waronchristianity
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To: Up Yours Marxists

You got that right!


61 posted on 08/17/2015 2:32:41 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Jim Robinson

AMEN


62 posted on 08/17/2015 3:04:22 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: Up Yours Marxists

bkmk


63 posted on 08/17/2015 4:46:06 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: Patton@Bastogne

The biblical quote has been completely taken out of context.

Achan had taken things God had forbidden.

Josh 7
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
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20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.


64 posted on 08/17/2015 5:41:34 PM PDT by mbj (My two cents)
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To: mbj
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The biblical quote has been completely taken out of context.

I disagree.


You correctly observe: "Achan had taken things God had forbidden."

Because Achan had taken these "forbidden items", the entire nation of Israel was defeated in battle at Ai.



The LORD commands us to NOT take bribes, as they tempt the recipient to twist justice.



That's the "complete" point behind Jesus Christ saying (in three Gospels) "Render Unto Caesar".

Christ was commanding (not merely suggesting) that His Church NOT take bribes (financial and otherwise) that would pervert or twist His Church's moral judgement.

There's no such thing as a "free lunch". Period.

Especially when offered by the U.S. Government. There are always strings attached.



Christ knew that governments would try to bribe the Church away from good, towards partially ignoring evil.

That's exactly WHY Jesus Christ PAID His taxes to Caesar.

If Christ PAID His taxes to Caesar, then WHY doesn't your local church pay it's FULL TAXES to Caesar ?

Why doesn't Rev. Franklin Graham ?

Is your church or Franklin Graham "better" or "smarter" than Jesus Christ ?



Where does Jesus Christ ever say that His Church SHOULD NOT pay it's full government tax bill ?

Nowhere.



Getting back to Achan and Ai.

Israel was defeated at Ai (the first time) because FINANCIAL GREED brought "evil" (and the WITHDRAWAL of God's Blessing upon the entire nation of Israel).

Jesus Christ COMMANDS His church to pay their full government tax bill ...

and NOT accept the IRS 501-C3 BRIBE HUSH MONEY that U.S. Pastors accept in exchange for not speaking for righteousness "completely".

And just like Israel and Ai, the LORD responds by ALLOWING Christian America to be gradually destroyed year-after-year ... because of Pastors' FINANCIAL GREED via their IRS 501-C3 "thirty pieces of silver" bribery gift from Uncle Sam.



IRS 501-C3 is a "covenant" ... a contract ... and it demands that Pastors KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT about politics.

Did Isaiah keep his mouth shut over politics ? "NO"

Did King David keep his mouth shut over politics ? "NO"

Did John The Baptist keep his mouth shut over politics ? "NO"

Did Nathan the Prophet keep his mouth shut over politics ? "NO"



The LORD GOD is a jealous God, and does NOT stand for His people to have "dual covenants" with BOTH a government and His Word.



Achan's financial greed brought death and defeat to Israel

The "evil" IRS 501-C3 "covenant" brings SPIRITUAL DEFEAT to America's tax-exempt churches.

There is no difference.



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65 posted on 08/17/2015 6:26:31 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: mbj
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66 posted on 08/17/2015 6:30:13 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: Jim Robinson

Bttt


67 posted on 08/17/2015 8:48:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
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To: Jim Robinson

The White House was lit in rainbow colors—the homosexual rainbow itself a mockery of God’s grace shown in the Old Testament after the Flood.

What clearer sign is there that Satan now is directly in control of this nation?


68 posted on 08/17/2015 11:16:34 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Jim Robinson

Jim, thank you for posting this and pinging me to it.

G-D has provided us with a moral compass. Unfortunately, our nation’s leaders have broken theirs, and greatly distorted our country’s moral compass.

We must try to elect leaders that will correct our national moral compass to once again point to G-D and the following of His laws and commandments.

Whatever the outcome, each of us should spread the Gospel as best we can, and understand that the ‘end times’ may already be underway.

May G-d bless and have mercy on us all, in Yeshua’s name, Amen.


69 posted on 08/18/2015 10:12:57 AM PDT by RebelTex (Soli Deo Gloria, "To God alone the glory")
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To: Jim Robinson
Alinsky said that ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

Therefore, this taunt of those in favor of homosexual marriage:


70 posted on 08/18/2015 5:25:34 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Contrast the individual’s situation where he coveted something God had cursed, versus the church - which is an organization of sorts.

You’re *really* stretching this...!

God had commanded them not to touch any of the cursed things in Jericho.

This is completely out of context: there is no such direct command that was so specific as in the case of Jericho.

Find another verse.


71 posted on 08/18/2015 8:10:19 PM PDT by mbj (My two cents)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yuck!

I don’t care if you’re making fun of them: it’s not wholesome, good, pure, lovely, nor is it of good report, nor is there any virtue or any praise in these images.

Ephesians 5
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.


72 posted on 08/18/2015 8:12:25 PM PDT by mbj (My two cents)
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To: mbj

Mockery is a form of reproof: and it shatters their *fabulous* image in the eyes of bystanders.


73 posted on 08/18/2015 8:13:12 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Which scripture do these images reference?


74 posted on 08/18/2015 8:13:28 PM PDT by mbj (My two cents)
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To: Jim Robinson

This is how I have felt for a very long time: 58,000,000 little tots’ lives snuffed out for no particularly good reason - certainly insufficient to justify this violence - and the small numbers involved in these other attacks, themselves absolutely horrific in scope, simply pales.


75 posted on 08/18/2015 11:27:31 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: grey_whiskers

Did you overlook verse 12?


76 posted on 08/20/2015 5:05:05 PM PDT by mbj (My two cents)
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To: mbj
Not a bit. I didn't speak of it: the pictures only hinted at it.

All the text was mockery.

77 posted on 08/20/2015 5:56:01 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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