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Escalation! State will fight John MacArthur & Grace Community Church.."CUTTING POWER"!!
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Posted on 07/26/2020 8:57:36 AM PDT by RevelationDavid

Johnson says, ‘State & Local leaders plan to cut power to the church’

John MacArthur challenges Leftist Tyrants; State promises crackdown

Conservative Pastor John MacArthur puts the People’s Republic of California on notice: Christ is head of the church and not Caesar.

Johnson says, ‘State & Local leaders plan to cut power to the church’

Compare Leftist love for riots, casinos and Black Lives Matter to how they persecute Christ’s Church.

In a powerful statement Pastor John MacArthur of Grace To You put the State of California on notice: Christians will not bow to oppression.

MacArthur argued for sphere sovereignty. He said that God ordained various types of authority like the family, the church and the state. Each is granted unique power from God and should defend its sphere of interest from intrusion by the others.

This is very good. It recognizes government has limited authority. This is critical in time like this where the very future of limited government is at stake. MacArthur’s statement will fuel a renewed Christian interest in defending both church and individual rights from government intrusion.

MacArthur does another important service by asserting our rights preceded the creation of the state. Thus, rights are not granted by the State or the Constitution. Thus, our rights are not resting on the good will of the state or even our Constitution, but rather God and God’s created order.

I have a few minor quibbles with MacArthur on political theology—but that is for another time. Now we must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with MacArthur, the elders and the people of Grace Community Church.

Pray.

More at link above!!


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; churchgatherings; dsj03; gracecommunitychurch; johnmacarthur; macarthur
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Johnson says, ‘State & Local leaders plan to cut power to the church’

John MacArthur challenges Leftist Tyrants; State promises crackdown

Conservative Pastor John MacArthur puts the People’s Republic of California on notice: Christ is head of the church and not Caesar.

Johnson says, ‘State & Local leaders plan to cut power to the church’

Compare Leftist love for riots, casinos and Black Lives Matter to how they persecute Christ’s Church.

In a powerful statement Pastor John MacArthur of Grace To You put the State of California on notice: Christians will not bow to oppression.

MacArthur argued for sphere sovereignty. He said that God ordained various types of authority like the family, the church and the state. Each is granted unique power from God and should defend its sphere of interest from intrusion by the others.

This is very good. It recognizes government has limited authority. This is critical in time like this where the very future of limited government is at stake. MacArthur’s statement will fuel a renewed Christian interest in defending both church and individual rights from government intrusion.

MacArthur does another important service by asserting our rights preceded the creation of the state. Thus, rights are not granted by the State or the Constitution. Thus, our rights are not resting on the good will of the state or even our Constitution, but rather God and God’s created order.

I have a few minor quibbles with MacArthur on political theology—but that is for another time. Now we must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with MacArthur, the elders and the people of Grace Community Church.

Pray.

More at link above!!

1 posted on 07/26/2020 8:57:36 AM PDT by RevelationDavid
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To: RevelationDavid

But just peachy to allow riots. Here we go..


2 posted on 07/26/2020 8:59:30 AM PDT by madison10
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To: RevelationDavid

Where is this church?


3 posted on 07/26/2020 9:00:32 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: RevelationDavid

That’s what the candles and stained-glass windows are for!


4 posted on 07/26/2020 9:01:03 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

You don’t need an organ when you have acapella and Gregorian chants.


5 posted on 07/26/2020 9:03:47 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults.)
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To: RevelationDavid

Anyone got some generators to tie in?


6 posted on 07/26/2020 9:03:58 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: RevelationDavid

Maybe the state should make all the church attendees wear a yellow star to mark them as church-attenders.


7 posted on 07/26/2020 9:08:39 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Menehune56

Northern Los Angeles county, John MacArthur is the pastor of Grace community Church. One of the largest evangelical churches in the country.


8 posted on 07/26/2020 9:09:23 AM PDT by RevelationDavid (Don't just 'know about God'...... KNOW GOD....!)
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To: RevelationDavid

Wherever two or more of you are gathered in my name the State of California has forbidden it.


9 posted on 07/26/2020 9:10:16 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: RevelationDavid

There are some battles you are better off not fighting. The state is big and powerful and can use force to get its way.

But what is it going to look like?

The state using all its force against members of a church while ignoring rioting mobs burning down buildings?

California has become a one party state and the watchdog media has become their lapdog. We may be observing the beginning of the end of the Democrat control of the state.


10 posted on 07/26/2020 9:12:53 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: RevelationDavid

The gates of Hell shall not prevail!


11 posted on 07/26/2020 9:13:13 AM PDT by Rodm
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To: RevelationDavid

Sick Marxist Newsom.


12 posted on 07/26/2020 9:14:33 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: RevelationDavid

Good job, Pastor! I know who wins this battle.

I wish other prominent, nationally known pastors had the courage to speak out on the issues of our day.

Especially African Americans who should be calling out the scourge that is black lives matter every day.


13 posted on 07/26/2020 9:21:07 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: RevelationDavid

Buy generators


14 posted on 07/26/2020 9:24:45 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: RevelationDavid

and yet unlimited anarchy in the streets is being actively encouraged in Democrat-run cities: religion illegal; street anarchy good ...


15 posted on 07/26/2020 9:25:00 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: RevelationDavid

Then we’ll fight them ON ICE!


16 posted on 07/26/2020 9:26:07 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: RevelationDavid
About 6 weeks ago a Federal judge in Boston ruled that Charlie Baker,the Trump hating RINO Governor of Massachusetts,violated residents' 2nd Amendment rights by declaring gun shops and gun ranges to be "non essential" and,as such,ordering them to shut down.

The judge ordered that they be allowed to open.

As important as the 2nd Amendment is it can easily be argued that the 1st Amendment...freedom of religion and freedom of peaceful assembly...is at least as important,and maybe even more important,than the 2nd Amendment.

There's gotta be a judge somewhere in Kalifornia...state or Federal...who doesn't hold the US Constitution in total contempt as so many Rat and RINO politicians do.

17 posted on 07/26/2020 9:28:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: Jonty30

You can have an organ, but you just need a hearty calcant or two to manually (pedally?) work the bellows. Bach woulda done it.


18 posted on 07/26/2020 9:29:54 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: madison10
"But just peachy to allow riots. Here we go.."

Recall Them All.

19 posted on 07/26/2020 9:32:21 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: Rurudyne
Wherever two or more of you are gathered in my name the State of California has forbidden it.

That would make a great tagline!
20 posted on 07/26/2020 9:35:21 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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