In it, But Not of It, But for Sure Not Standing on the Sidelines

One of the more un-Christlike positions that was taken up by the church over the last 100 years was the piatism movement. The denial of the Lord ship of Christ over those "messy" areas of life. Here Wilson puts a torpedoe into just one of the many areas surrendered to the world.

..."Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but not My kingdom is not from here'" (John 18:36).

There are two errors to avoid here. One is that identifying Christ's kingdom with the affairs of this world. The other is that of detaching the relevance of Christ's kingdom for this world.

In order to understand this complicated subject, we must keep a fundamental distinction in the forefront of our minds. There is a difference between separating the Church from partisan politics, which must be done, and separating the world of politics from God's standards (as declared and preached by the Church) which must never be done. All of us need to be faithful citizens, family-members, and church-members, and each under the law of God. And our involvement in civic affairs must be explicitly Christian....Read more>>