The message of the messiah is completely missed in a world gone mad. Did He not say that the Kingdom of Heaven was like a treasure hidden in a field, that one must obsess over to find? Did not He say that following Him would cost us everything, starting with our own ideas? Did He not say the last would be the first, and the least would be the greatest? Did He not tell us that to seek power was a dead-end road, and to seek a scepter was the way of darkness? Do not be deceived - the Kingdom doesn't come through the seizure of power, and change is nothing more than a by-word unless it comes from the heart. Laws don't change hearts, they change actions (with dubious success at best).
I hear the voice of a radical, revolutionary, passionate Messiah. I hear Him saying "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand!" I hear His call "Follow Me"
Yea, Crucify yourself - serve, sacrifice, love, give, be gracious, submit, pray, fast, fight the powers of darkness by the might of the Spirit, forgive, bless, do not curse...
But nowhere, not once, ever..."Seize power, exalt yourself, tear down your enemies, rule, take vengeance..."
You can take your politics back to the hell that spawned them. We see the truest works of the Enemy when we see the "followers of Christ" spending their time and money on acheiving a faltering, fading hold on "power" that will vanish like a mist in the midsummer's dawn. Cease from folly, turn your eyes and your efforts to the Kingdom lest you waste your life."
A voice says, "Cry out."And I said, "What shall I cry?"
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8)
The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8)
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." (Luke 14:11 NIV)
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12 NIV)
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!
(Philippians 2:5-8)
peace,
michael
Phil 1:20-21, 3:7-10
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1 comment:
Seems like you've forgotten what you learned in American history, if you learned it at all, that is. You live in the freest country in the world, a country where you can serve Christ without fear, and yet you spit upon the very process that gave you that freedom. It's christians like you that are letting this country go to hell. Btw, go read your Bible. Specifically, Romans 13:1-6.
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