God bless him
Will the restrictions apply to Muslim worshippers? Prolly not.
Ping
Prayers up for our Lord to give all protection
Bless him and keep him safe.
If I leave for Atlanta now, I can catch a red-eye to LAX, rent a car, and join in the service. Then, reverse the process and be home in time for Monday responsibilities.
Brave and faithful servant of the Lord.
The Lord Christ provide safety and power to John and his congregation. He has taken the lead to show true faith and subservience to God. May that bastard Newsom and all others fall by the wayside. This is the time to stand for Christ and our inalienable rights before the powers that be take them away. Amen.
Hey Christians we need to get off of our rears and support this church.
Enough of the bless the Lord...
I went to the link but there’s no statement there. Where is the full statement?
Psalm 37:
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
While I appreciate most of McArthurs work he’s way behind on this one.
Our church never stopped meeting. I frankly would not attend a church that so easily obeyed Caesar over the Lords clear command.
Many churches were tested and they failed. I hope some repent.
I hope some fall into the trash heap of history as they should.
I hope the Lord uses this to expose many many apostates, heretics, and false professors.
It is interesting the Elders and Pastor did not rely on the First Amendment.
One could make the argument the the Constitution is the ultimate civil authority in the United States. Since civil authorities take an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution where civil leaders depart from the Constitution, does one still have a Biblical duty to obey civil authorities? If you believe no, one could argue that this interpretation could also apply to judicial authorities, for example the Supreme Court, if they also do not adhere to the Constitution. The Supreme Court members also take a vow to uphold the Constitution, their violation of this oath could be construed as removing the Biblical call to obey their authority. One would have to be very sure before going this route, however, ultimately God will be the judge.
Glad he finally got on board. There were many, many churches that never bowed the knee to Caesar and never ceased meeting. At least 20-30 I know personally that took a stand not based on constitutional grounds but on the Headship of Jesus Christ. In fact, his statement might look a little familiar...Not trying to stir up trouble or anything. I’m glad he’s on board.
Should be massive disobedience by churches across the country to tyrannical governors. Every Sunday.
Ping for message from John MacArthur
Ping for message from John MacArthur
Ping for message from John MacArthur
Which is why conservatives need to elect pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriffs in their counties. The sheriff is accountable to the people who elected him, not the mayor, the city councilman or the governor. The sheriff has the legal and armed muscle to protect his community.
So when the governor sends his state police weenies to enforce an illegal dictate, they are met by heavily armed sheriff deputies.
And all you defeatists, spare me your fantasy garbage about the national guard in the state taking out the elected sheriff. The national guard is made up of a good number of sheriff deputies.
Our gathering complied with the initial lockdown. The elders were aware of the scripture to comply with authorities and also to “not forsake the assembling of ourselves together”. Having Zoom available made it possible to muster up some semblance of achieving a workable balance. It wasn’t long before some of us voiced our dissatisfaction with this compromise. However, the flock is ultimately responsible for yielding to the oversight, just as the oversight is responsible to the Lord, so we continued to Zoom meet. It was interesting that the day the restriction on church gatherings was lifted here in NC allowed us to assemble physically again as a body on Pentecost Sunday.
It is my hope that our gathering will no longer acquiesce to these civil impositions on our practice. I believe MacArthur has laid out the appropriate case why all gatherings of God’s people should choose to obey God and not men. I have forwarded MacArthur’s letter to the elders at my assembly for prayerful consideration.