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1 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | alienresident | 131779 | ||
Tim, you wouldn't want others to use that sort of reasoning. Just because the Bible does not address a particular matter specifically, we have principles to guide us. Let's take using marijuana, for example. Scripture does not clearly say, 'Thou shalt not use marijuana.' But it does say to obey the authorities (assuming the request does not violate a command from God). It also says "Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." Physicians have proven the 'contaminating' effects of marijuana, thus we know how to distinguish the wrong in this case. Whatever each of us decides as regards voting, smoking or any other decision in life, there is a right course and God will examine us as to how we did. Thus "opinions" matter. |
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2 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | Morant61 | 131822 | ||
Greetings Alien Resident! I do believe that there are some Biblical principles that can help guide our decisions. For instance, Scripture speaks of being 'self-controlled'. It is very difficult to be 'self-controlled' when one is under the influence of a drug. However, I am not aware of any Scriptural principles that forbid 'voting' or being involved in government. If you choose not to vote, that is your choice. But, please, don't try to convince the rest of us that we are doing something wrong! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Denounce militant Islam? | Matt 5:44 | alienresident | 131956 | ||
If this topic is uninteresting or upsetting to anyone, I suggest they look the other way. Unless you speak for "the rest of us" however, I'll continue to post for any that are interested. SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES TO CONSIDER: Psalm 146:3 "Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save." John 17:16: “They are no part of the world, just as I [Jesus] am no part of the world.” John 6:15: “Jesus, knowing they [the Jews] were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain all alone.” Later, he told the Roman governor: “My kingdom is no part of this world. If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have fought that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, my kingdom is not from this source.”—John 18:36. Jas. 4:4: “Adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever, therefore, wants to be a friend of the world is constituting himself an enemy of God.” Why is the matter so serious? Because, as 1 John 5:19 says, “the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” At John 14:30, Jesus referred to Satan as being “the ruler of the world.” So, no matter what worldly faction a person might support, under whose control would he really come? Regarding political involvement, what do secular historians report as being the attitude of those known as early Christians? “Early Christianity was little understood and was regarded with little favor by those who ruled the pagan world. . . . Christians refused to share certain duties of Roman citizens. . . . They would not hold political office.”—On the Road to Civilization, A World History (Philadelphia, 1937), A. Heckel and J. Sigman, pp. 237, 238. “The Christians stood aloof and distinct from the state, as a priestly and spiritual race, and Christianity seemed able to influence civil life only in that manner which, it must be confessed, is the purest, by practically endeavouring to instil more and more of holy feeling into the citizens of the state.”—The History of the Christian Religion and Church, During the Three First Centuries (New York, 1848), Augustus Neander, translated from German by H. J. Rose, p. 168. |
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