Politics: According to the Bible

Proverbs 14:34-"Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."

You can't read the Bible and ignore Politics because the bible speaks a great deal on the subject. I was talking to a christian a couple of weeks ago and he couldn't see why you would bring the bible into  politics and government and stated to me "we are no longer  living under a theocracy."    It's funny because as Christians, to resolve our personal, family, and church issues, we go to the Bible to find our answers, but when it comes to our nations issues, we want to switch books. 

The Bible says in Psalm 33:12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance." But as a nation, when you ignore God and go against the principles set forth in his Word, you can expect the consequences. America is a nation of abundance and there is no question God has blessed America. But in recent years, things have changed. Think back to the increase in our national debt, increase in divorce rates, terrorists attacks, homicides, immorality,  theft, and massive hurricanes that constantly come against our shores. If we want God to protect us, we must do that which is pleasing in His sight. We get insight into how God deals with a nation by looking at the Nation of Israel.  God Promised that if the nation of Israel would honor him, it would enjoy many blessings such as being a land flowing with milk and honey. To the contrary, if the nation disobeyed God, they would lose those blessing, his protection,  and come under His Judgement. 

The bible says, "He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away." When a nation turns from God by endorsing and even committing such things as the shedding of innocent blood, redefining what marriage is, God will be faithful to judge that nation and in scripture, when God judges a nation he does this by various means such as turning the nation over to its enemies, taking away the nation's freedom or its privileges, or  outright even destroying that nation.  The same Bible that restores our own souls, restores our families and churches is the very same tool  that is needed to restore our Nation. The only hope our nation has is found in this verse. Now the beautiful thing about God's Word is that its not just what God has said, it's what God is saying. This is a truth of Scripture that is Universal and it applies to every nation and to every people group."Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."

Knowing God- Life's Greatest Pursuit

John 17:3-"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."

Eternal life isn't dying and then going to heaven, eternal life is knowing God. Do you know God? Are you prepared to meet God? How do you know God and how do you prepare to meet God? First you must repent of your sins and then you must believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you, was buried, and was raised on the third day. All you need to do is receive Jesus Christ in to your life and humbly accept with an empty hand his gift of righteousness and forgiveness of sins. Eternal life begins the moment you know Jesus and if you don't want Jesus now, then you won't want him then. The knowledge of God. That is where it all begins. It is the greatest pursuit any individual can ever engage in.  On this lifelong pursuit, the more  you begin to know Jesus, the more you would love Him, the more you love Him, the more you will be able to trust Him. The more you trust Jesus, the more you would obey him. And when you obey Jesus, you would simply be blessed because  Jesus said in John 13:17-"If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them." 

Grow in the Knowledge of God-

The apostle Peter urges those who have began to  know God to "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

So what are you pursuing after? Is it pleasures? Is it possessions? or is it popularity?  Try as you might like Solomon who had  more riches than Bill gates, was more popular than Justin Beiber, and had more woman than Hugh Hefner but I guarantee you on the authority of God's Word that you will never find a greater purpose or passion in life than Knowing God. That is why the Apostle Paul said he had one goal in life- "That I may know Him"

Breaking the Power of Death: Conquering your Greatest Fear

Acts 2:42-"God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it."

Death is too strong of an enemy to overcome. Death destroys all the beauty and hope of man. No matter how much you try to wrestle him, no matter how much try to fight against him, you are going to lose. But their is one who faced death head on and defeated him at his strongest place. Death laid his hands on the Lord Jesus Christ. But death can only lay his hands on the guilty, he cant lay his hand on the innocent. Death had no right to claim anyone who it doesn't have the right to claim.Therefore, Jesus broke the authority of death because he was innocent. That is why as the Scriptures say it was not possible for Jesus to be held by death, hell, or the grave. On the third day, Jesus rose from the grave, and today he is Alive.

He is no longer in the tomb, but on the throne! 

The Resurrection of Jesus is the heart of Gospel, you can't preach the Gospel without preaching the Resurrection of Jesus. You might ask what makes Jesus different and why should I listen to and believe in him opposed to the founders of other world religions. Its simple, they lived, they died, they are dead. Jesus lived, Jesus died,  and Jesus rose again! Their is no need for you to follow a loser, Jesus is the ONLY one who defeated mans greatest enemy who is death and he is the ONLY one who offer's humanity the free gift of eternal life and forgiveness of sins! I am everlastingly thankful I have this Gospel to preach!  I am thankful that it doesn't all end with death.! I am thankful Jesus has given me a hope that is steadfast and sure.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57-"“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

JESUS IS RISEN!

1 Corinthians 15:17-20  "And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead,"

What was the central truth of the early apostles preaching?
What caused the miraculous growth of the early church?
Why did Christian's in the past and even today risk and forsake all to spread the Gospel throughout the entire earth?

The answer to all these questions is the Resurrection of Jesus. " He Is Alive" was  the cry of  the early Christians as they spread the Gospel throughout the entire world.

At some point in your Christian walk, you may have asked some  very difficult questions such as " Is Christianity really true? Could it be that God really doesn't exists? Is Jesus the ONLY way to heaven?

I'm here to tell you that the Resurrection of Jesus is the proof that Jesus is everything he said he was, that God really does exists, and that His grace will save US who place our Trust in Him for Our Salvation!