IS SURRENDER EVER AUTHORIZED BY GOD?
Nowhere in the Scriptures are we authorized to surrender, to give up, to retire from the battles against the death-dealing workers of iniquity which God describes: Their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace they have not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes (Rom. 3:15-18). God further describes Satan: ...your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:... (1 Pet. 5:8).
Are you frustrated, confused, feeling beaten down by the horrible events worldwide and nationally which are reported daily in the news? Many interpret them as signs of the "end times". IS THERE HOPE? Would God have us throw in the towel in despair?
(1) When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;..) he will not forsake you, neither destroy thee,... (Deut. 4:30-31).
(2) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them (Jer. 18:7,8).
(3) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land ((II Chron. 7:14).
The above three promises of God our Creator are as good and valid today as when they were written. Why? Because: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the Word of the Lord endureth to all generations (Mat. 24:35; Ps 100:5).
Today, much of the Christian church is in shambles, leaderless and confused even over issues of church and state, and what influence God the Author of our political and personal freedoms should have in the affairs of government. (Do you realize that no article proposed for the U.S. Constitution would be considered by the founders unless it first passed the biblical test for origin? For example, the triune (executive, legislative, judicial) checks and balances structure of our new Constitutional republic was based upon Isaiah 33:22).
America was born in the pulpits, and there America will perish as a result of abandonment by a neutralized, disobedient clergy, of their mandate to teach Christ's commandments to duty and action in every dimension of life; unless we the church demand that our clergy substitute ear-tickling pabulum from the pulpit with Christ's energizing mandates to action.
At the end of WWII British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, recalling how the war, which claimed 50 million lives, could have happened, said:
"The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous".
Note the key term is "reinforced", which means emboldened, encouraged. Thus President Obama is relentlessly in the attack mode as he outspokenly assaults America's foundational pillars of freedom in the face of an impotent church.
Note: Quotes are taken primarily from the book America - A Call To Greatness.
Are you frustrated, confused, feeling beaten down by the horrible events worldwide and nationally which are reported daily in the news? Many interpret them as signs of the "end times". IS THERE HOPE? Would God have us throw in the towel in despair?
(1) When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;..) he will not forsake you, neither destroy thee,... (Deut. 4:30-31).
(2) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them (Jer. 18:7,8).
(3) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land ((II Chron. 7:14).
The above three promises of God our Creator are as good and valid today as when they were written. Why? Because: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the Word of the Lord endureth to all generations (Mat. 24:35; Ps 100:5).
Today, much of the Christian church is in shambles, leaderless and confused even over issues of church and state, and what influence God the Author of our political and personal freedoms should have in the affairs of government. (Do you realize that no article proposed for the U.S. Constitution would be considered by the founders unless it first passed the biblical test for origin? For example, the triune (executive, legislative, judicial) checks and balances structure of our new Constitutional republic was based upon Isaiah 33:22).
America was born in the pulpits, and there America will perish as a result of abandonment by a neutralized, disobedient clergy, of their mandate to teach Christ's commandments to duty and action in every dimension of life; unless we the church demand that our clergy substitute ear-tickling pabulum from the pulpit with Christ's energizing mandates to action.
At the end of WWII British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, recalling how the war, which claimed 50 million lives, could have happened, said:
"The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous".
Note the key term is "reinforced", which means emboldened, encouraged. Thus President Obama is relentlessly in the attack mode as he outspokenly assaults America's foundational pillars of freedom in the face of an impotent church.
Note: Quotes are taken primarily from the book America - A Call To Greatness.
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