Posted on 08/07/2024 8:29:38 AM PDT by fwdude
It has to be affirmed at the outset that we cannot impose Christianity at the point of a sword. Our weapons are not carnal (2 Cor. 10:4-5). But our weapons are in fact mighty, and after they pull down strongholds, and a Christian consensus develops as a result of effective evangelism and church planting, we find that we still have these swords. What shall we do with them? So absolutely, swords do not create Christians. But can Christians create righteous swords? Can anything be done with these things?
The issue is not whether swords can make men Christian. They cannot. The issue is whether Christian men can make swords Christian.
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swords are not for milk drinkers but for meat eaters. now go look that up to see what it means. the important question is simple...do you believe IN God or do You BELIEVE God? very big difference.
” Blessed be the Lord my rock, who teachethmy hands to war, and fingers to fight”.
Psalm 144
CC
. When I say, “If there is no God above the state, then the state is god,” what I mean is this: “If there is no God acknowledged by the statists, then this is tantamount to a claim by them that they are in fact god.” This claim of theirs is one I deny as not only false and impious, but also absurd. It is also a claim that explains a lot about what is going on around us.
The above is a key point....................
Oh he is singing my song.
Can you name a Buddhist nation? Sure. Like Viet Nam
Can you name a Muslim nation? Sure. How about Saudi Arabia.
You can therefore have a Christian nation. That doesn’t mean it is a person and can be saved. Any more than a Christian college of Christian company. It means it is aligned with and conscientiously submits to God without apology inasmuch as a state can.
I always said that a Christian nation merely defers to the Christian worldview of ethics and morality. Like we had for 200+ years.
That seemed to work.
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