Applying God's Word to Politics

[AFreeman]

Acts 5:29-33
5:29 Then Peter and the [other] Apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
5:31 Him hath God exalted with His right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
5:32 And we are His witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that OBEY Him.
5:33 When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart], and took counsel to slay them.

 

[AFreeman]

Matthew 5:17-20
5:17 Think NOT that I am come to destroy The Law, or the Prophets: I am NOT come to destroy, but to fulfill [to fully preach The Law (The Torah) and fulfill the prophecies about the first coming of the Messiah].
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from The Law, till ALL be fulfilled.
5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least COMMANDments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in The Kingdom of heaven (the lowest of the low in God's Eyes): but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in The Kingdom of heaven.
5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall EXCEED [the righteousness] of the lawyers (scribes) and politicians (pharisees), ye shall in no case enter into The Kingdom of heaven*.

*no lawyer or politician has any hope of entering the Kingdom of heaven unless they repent of their sinful/evil/unlawful/criminal ways and returns to keeping God's Law/Commandments

 

[Suze]

I think the Christian or right thing is to invite folks into our country in a vetted manner just as we invite people into our home.

We need to remember that nothing is ours , not the land or our homes or anything . The Kingdom of God will b ours if we don't get too entangled in this world .

 

[GWH]

We need to remember that nothing is ours , not the land or our homes or anything . The Kingdom of God will b ours if we don't get too entangled in this world .

So give your stuff away if you want and become a beggar,
but remember that nothing is theirs either, so
I prefer to be a good steward of God's blessings in this world.

 

[PAC-fit]

We need to remember that nothing is ours , not the land or our homes or anything . The Kingdom of God will b ours if we don't get too entangled in this world .

You know, GWH is showing us a good precept here 'Suze'. For I was dogged a long time with the mindset of 'all God's way and substance forever'. I mean like for an extended duration. But that does conflict with a couple of passages, Jesus could be viewed as near destitute of things while on earth in our quest to follow Him yet, asked the believing world; Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? But one of my more practical favorites is Paul's question; Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in?

So goes our place before the Master to be the good steward; Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest, , For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.