Posted on 09/09/2015 10:03:11 AM PDT by xzins
It's also because Christianity is at the heart and soul of America. You can't fundamentally transform America while Christianity stands. If Islam, Zoroastorianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Scientology, and Mormonism all held the same position as Christianity, only Christianity would be attacked. Because only by removing Christianity can America be totally undone.
32. But in that obedience which we hold to be due to the commands of rulers, we must always make the exception, nay, must be particularly careful that it is not incompatible with obedience to Him to whose will the wishes of all kings should be subject, to whose decrees their commands must yield, to whose majesty their sceptres must bow. And, indeed, how preposterous were it, in pleasing men, to incur the offence of Him for whose sake you obey men! The Lord, therefore, is King of kings. When he opens his sacred mouth, he alone is to be heard, instead of all and above all. We are subject to the men who rule over us, but subject only in the Lord. If they command anything against Him let us not pay the least regard to it, nor be moved by all the dignity which they possess as magistrates—a dignity to which no injury is done when it is subordinated to the special and truly supreme power of God. On this ground Daniel denies that he had sinned in any respect against the king when he refused to obey his impious decree (Dan. 6:22), because the king had exceeded his limits, and not only been injurious to men, but, by raising his horn against God, had virtually abrogated his own power.On the other hand, the Israelites are condemned for having too readily obeyed the impious edict of the king. For, when Jeroboam made the golden calf, they forsook the temple of God, and, in submissiveness to him, revolted to new superstitions (1 Kings 12:28). With the same facility posterity had bowed before the decrees of their kings. For this they are severely upbraided by the Prophet (Hosea 5:11). So far is the praise of modesty from being due to that pretence by which flattering courtiers cloak themselves, and deceive the simple, when they deny the lawfulness of declining anything imposed by their kings, as if the Lord had resigned his own rights to mortals by appointing them to rule over their fellows, or as if earthly power were diminished when it is subjected to its author, before whom even the principalities of heaven tremble as suppliants.
I know the imminent peril to which subjects expose themselves by this firmness, kings being most indignant when they are contemned. As Solomon says, “The wrath of a king is as messengers of death” (Prov. 16:14). But since Peter, one of heaven’s heralds, has published the edict, “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), let us console ourselves with the thought, that we are rendering the obedience which the Lord requires, when we endure anything rather than turn aside from piety. And that our courage may not fail, Paul stimulates us by the additional consideration (1 Cor. 7:23), that we were redeemed by Christ at the great price which our redemption cost him, in order that we might not yield a slavish obedience to the depraved wishes of men, far less do homage to their impiety.
John Calvin - Institutes 4.20.35
Hope you don't get banned.
Whatever else it is, it’s a great title.
2Co_3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
“Martin Luther supported tyrannical civil authority when it came to the bloody repression of the Peasants Revolt.
To kill a peasant is not murder; it is helping to extinguish the conflagration. Let there be no half measures! Crush them! Cut their throats! Transfix them! Leave no stone unturned! To kill a peasant is to destroy a mad dog! “
People forget that Martin Luther was born , raised , and died a Catholic .
That’s engraved on the wall of city hall in Detroit.
“That’s engraved on the wall of city hall in Detroit”
It’s to bad they never paid heed to it
Here is my simple question. If Kim was imprisoned for not implementing the law— Why is obama still free for not implementing immigration laws?
Selah!
And Amen.
Obviously I don't know Kim Davis personally and I confess I questioned her motives when this story first broke.
I blame my intense skepticism of Democrats (which Kim Davis is) and the Men Seeking Men Media.
So I hereby apologize to Kim Davis and pray that God will bless her beyond measure for shaking us out of our spiritual slumber, standing up for righteousness and not allowing herself to participate in the persecution of God.
Because the law is for us. Not the elite and exempt. We go to jail. They do not. They have no fear of the law, because whatever they say is the law, is the law. Just ask Sotomayor and company.
Even during the American revolution, there was Catholic support, mostly from Maryland.
Secular Humanism is what the left and the MSM embrace. Man is the upmost moral authority. Man can decide what is right and wrong, and can change his mind at any time. While secular humanism is not a formal religion, it is treated like it is. It does not simply disagree with persons of faith, it views them adversarially. Secular humanists view Christians as competitiors. And what do you do with competitors? You try to beat them. That is what is going on now in our world.
One of the signers of the Declaration was Catholic. Charles Carroll. And yes, he was from Maryland.
A great man.
And I say that as a non-Catholic.
“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.”
— Charles Carroll
For his stand against the tyranny of the Catholic Church.
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