Christians, don't get so excited.
Obama is just a different variation of the same overture. Obama is finishing what Bush started*.
If it wasn't so, then God would be a liar.
We have to be very careful when it comes to politics. If Christians modeled the behavior and attitude that Jesus had toward earthly government, we would be in much better shape than we are now.
Jesus did not get involved in Government.
Remember "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's?"
Jesus was careful to obey the laws of the land, whether or not the ministers of that law were corrupt or not. What he would not obey was a law that was in conflict with God's will.
It is obvious from various examples in the Bible that God's people obeyed various violent authorities, but not when it interfered with giving to God what was due Him. An easy example of this is in Daniel. The prophet Daniel refuses to stop worshiping God three times a day even though an edict has been passed by the King of Babylon forcing all his subjects to only worship him for a period of 30 days. He is thrown into the lion's den for this but is saved by God because in God's eyes, Daniel was innocent. The point is God's law/will is the highest law we can obey.
We need to recognize something. We are trying to make the government enact laws that prevent gays from marrying and people from having abortions. In effect, we are trying to force unbelievers act like believers. Big problem. We are just making them hate Christ and resent Christians. Please recognize this. Study any part of who Jesus was and you will see he is nothing like how we are.
This should frighten us the hell out of us.
* If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch the news.
Obama is just a different variation of the same overture. Obama is finishing what Bush started*.
If it wasn't so, then God would be a liar.
We have to be very careful when it comes to politics. If Christians modeled the behavior and attitude that Jesus had toward earthly government, we would be in much better shape than we are now.
Jesus did not get involved in Government.
Remember "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's?"
Jesus was careful to obey the laws of the land, whether or not the ministers of that law were corrupt or not. What he would not obey was a law that was in conflict with God's will.
It is obvious from various examples in the Bible that God's people obeyed various violent authorities, but not when it interfered with giving to God what was due Him. An easy example of this is in Daniel. The prophet Daniel refuses to stop worshiping God three times a day even though an edict has been passed by the King of Babylon forcing all his subjects to only worship him for a period of 30 days. He is thrown into the lion's den for this but is saved by God because in God's eyes, Daniel was innocent. The point is God's law/will is the highest law we can obey.
We need to recognize something. We are trying to make the government enact laws that prevent gays from marrying and people from having abortions. In effect, we are trying to force unbelievers act like believers. Big problem. We are just making them hate Christ and resent Christians. Please recognize this. Study any part of who Jesus was and you will see he is nothing like how we are.
This should frighten us the hell out of us.
* If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch the news.
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