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Protect our life and our faith
I take issue with looney issues in the public square. Why? Because they affect our life and our faith. Who wants loons telling Christians what is right and what is wrong – what is good and what is not? 1
Many people in society don’t understand “wrong” from God’s perspective. As Christians we must work at staying Christian in our own country, and be actively
“destroying sophisticated arguments
and every exalted and proud thing
that sets itself up against
the [true] knowledge of God”
(2 Corinthians 10:3-5). 2
Be biblical in all things
We absolutely have to be biblical – from our soul. Something many can’t handle is that being biblical will get you political. You cannot escape being political if you are biblical. Our politics well-up from our biblical understandings.
Let loony tunes of wrong thinking fester there in the public square, and soon they are Satan’s progressively degenerate agendas messing with the minds of our children and grandchildren – and affecting how and what we vote for. We need to be voting while set on God’s will, His values and His purposes, not giving evil free reign.
If we have the love of Jesus in our hearts, we can love those of other persuasions. That is what God does inside us. We can tolerate the evils of others — while still being biblical ourselves. “Rebeller rabble-rousers seek to infringe on the religious rights of Christian folk.”
I’d rather they were just busting our chops MirWebster. But no, they are evil rebeller rabble-rousers MirWebster seeking to infringe on the religious rights of Christian folk.
– Source: Tolerating others and being biblical
Maintain a sane country
Christians should be diligent to vote. And… careful to not be tricked into supporting evil rebeller rabble-rousers. God tells us in the Bible His point of view. That point of view is what Christians must be at war to protect. Sane public square freedoms maintain a sane country.
If we understand Jesus and understand “wrong”, we will less likely misunderstand God.
We stand firm with Jesus
In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Paul tells us to use “divinely powerful” weapons in an active war against fortresses of evil man. This is a fight we are in – a spiritual fight.
“This is not a walk in the park. This experience of living on earth is a test. That’s how the Bible puts it.”
– Source: This is a fight we’re in
19-20 “…There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking anything goes have made a thorough mess of their faith….”
– 1 Timothy 1:15-20 The Message
Christians are hated because we stand firm with Jesus. It is too easy to slip into a messy faith. We must stand strong. Paul exhorts us to be actively “destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God“.
Ephesians 6:10-17
…be strong in the Lord
The way of the world
The Enemies of our soul are leading the way of the world in the public square. The truth is: “the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts]” (1 John 5:19). It is our God-given right and duty to be actively “taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ“. That applies both to our personal “think” as a follower of Jesus, and what we, as citizens of our country — work for and vote for in the public square.
If an ideology is not Scriptural — why would any follower of Jesus follow that ideology? Nope. We should not. Have you compared what you think and practice… with what Jesus thinks?
We delve into “double-mindedness” when we try to “serve two Masters“. Jesus and Satan are reflected in the public square. Jesus is in the Church, in His followers, and His followers take Jesus into that public square as citizens of their country.
that we are of God,
and the whole world
[around us]
lies in the power of
the evil one
[opposing God and His precepts].”
– 1 John 5:19
Left-leaning theologies and ideologies are the “fortresses” Paul warns about in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5. We want to get to Heaven – with no Left Foot (satire), so we must fight a spiritual warfare, not be “of the flesh”.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
“3 For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man. 4 The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood].
“Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ” – 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Issues in the public square
Here’s a horrible list of what are currently (2024) some of the left-leaning theologies and ideologies – issues we need to protect against. See: The Dems of today are the New Left
Protect the public square from:
* Democrat Ideologues: …because they do not jive with Scripture See: Voting while set on God’s will, His values and His purposes
* Loss of free speech needed to expose harmful ideologies (Voting for the truth, not lies | wng.org || Post Date: November 4, 2024)
Free speech makes for a healthy public square, a sane country.
* More babies murdered before they are born.
* Dems supposedly ‘help single mothers’ but merely murder their unborn baby for them. See: Abortion is not biblical
* Dems murder babies, something God condemned. Precious life starts in the womb (See all links here or: Ecclesiastes 11:5; Job 31:15; Isaiah 49:5; Luke 1:41-44; Matthew 19:14.)
* Dems don’t ‘welcome the stranger’. Dems bring-in what Dems hope will be votes to keep Dems in power: cross-border votes. Dems have illegally opened our borders for foreign voters and to smash our economy and let terrorists in too.
* Dems fight against voter IDs – against reason and common ID practices.
* Dems “love merely in theory” (1 John 3:18: “love [merely in theory]”). ‘Christ’s Golden Rule’ is way NOT you Dem guys.
Love in theory
* Dems support street riots which harm businesses. Dems encourage thugs to mis-impersonate care but hate others.
* Dems remove parental rights over their own misguided gender-confused little children.
* Dems allow doctors to mutilate those innocent bodies and scar a child’s way-too-young minds for gender change.
* Dems guide and permit misgendered young people to irreparably harm their bodies. The list goes on and on….
* And the list goes on and on and on….
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18 Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
– 1 John 3:18
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See more in the article Voting is what every Christian is responsible to do in the section “Vote your principles”
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| ByMartin Gurri | Published Nov. 11, 2024, 7:01 p.m. ET
FOR MORE:
Issues found in the public square affect our life and our faith. Do you know what they are? What would Jesus say? I think He is saying, “…let us not love [merely in theory]… but in action and in truth…” (1 John 3:18).
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Double-minded means both loving Jesus AND loving a different gospel
The Dems of today are the New Left
Getting to Heaven with no Left Foot
Consequences of supporting evil
Practicing Sin – Not Following Christ
Tolerating others and being biblical
What you think and practice as compared with what Jesus thinks
19-20 “…There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking anything goes have made a thorough mess of their faith….”
– 1 Timothy 1:15-20 The Message
“This is not a walk in the park. This experience of living on earth is a test. That’s how the Bible puts it.”
The non-stop work of God inside you and me
Is Jesus’ worldview your worldview?
Warnings by Paul to Timothy about falling away
Is your light actually darkness?
The Chutzpah of Wannabe Christians
Being Christian Excerpt:
Being ¨Christian¨ is not a matter of us determining what is Christian and what is not. Being ¨Christian¨ is a matter of God. He determines reality. He has already determined how it is to be. Through the Bible we can know His will by ¨accurately dividing the Word of Truth¨ (2 Timothy 2:15). God has not told us to make our own way. Don´t deceive yourself into Hell (Galatians 6:7).
We cannot choose our way over His declared way, live in rebellion against Him – and expect that He will then forgive us when we reach His pearly gates. This will not work, to arrive and say: “But-but-but we thought we were okay….” He already communicated His Word to us – in the Scriptures. He has already told us what He will say in that day to those who disregard His Word (Matthew 7:23).
What you think and practice as compared with what Jesus thinks
Double-minded means both loving Jesus AND loving a different gospel
Why the tears, Paul? Colossians 2:18
Cognitive Dissonance “…that extreme feeling of discomfort some folks get when their core belief is challenged or contradicted.”
Voting is what every Christian is responsible to do
Voting while set on God’s will, His values and His purposes
Being an evangelical in today’s wild and wooly ungodly culture
Getting to Heaven with no Left Foot
A no vote for either side – gives away your chance to choose with love
The Dems of today are the New Left
Are you one of the 18 percenters?
Evangelicals aren’t taking cues from high-profile critics | Now titled: Same song, second verse | | Post Date: November 8, 2024 | wng.org | “no one cares—and nor should they—what the commentariat thinks about evangelicalism anymore.” “high-profile evangelicals“. “It seems odd to put non-Christians in the position of judging what is or is not authentic Christianity.”
Can Evangelical Journalists Say Anything Good about Evangelicals? | By Andrew T. Walker | |
When you are wrong and just don’t get it
Tolerating others and being biblical
Satan’s progressively degenerate agendas
Darkening Our Minds: The Problem of Pornography among Christians
“We know [for a fact]
that we are of God,
and the whole world
[around us]
lies in the power of
the evil one
[opposing God and His precepts].”
– 1 John 5:19
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Are Christians to remain hog-tied and silent in the face of evil?
Transgenderism as seen from the Bible
Babies do not have civil rights
Take a Stance on Homosexuality – like Jesus did
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Footnotes
- See: Voting for the truth, not lies | wng.org |.
- the Bible is not hard to understand. (Ephesians 2:3) We are all born into the same condition. We are all very rebellious. We want what we want – when we want it and how we want it. (1 John 1:8, Isaiah 53:6).
– Source: Being Christian.
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