We Have to Understand This

If God's own chosen people, his called out ones will not stand by his declaritive Word then we can not be surprised that so much of humanity says "any law except God's Law!" That is what the world says. I am ashamed to say, that it is so much of what modern evangelicalism says! Horrors!

Now maybe the modern church doesn't come out so much and say it. But Jesus wasn't kidding when he said "if your not with me, your against me." No neutral ground. Is he God or not? As God, does he have the right, authority, to decide what the basis for Law should be or not? How can we as finite men, have the chutspah to just brush aside God's Law on the basis that "we are an advanced society now"....Our arrogance is galactic in it's proportions.

Now us sophisticated modern New Testament "brand" Christians won't say that. But that we will take Christ himself and use him to try and beat off his very own Law word causes me to shudder now as I think about it. I hope we have progressed to the point where we have left behind the unbiblical idea that just because were saved that we could never be found to be opposing God. On this point we should see ouselves standing next to Peter when Jesus turned on him and said "Get thee behind me Satan!" I don't believe that Peter was unsaved at that moment, just stupid, or human (istic).

We have been charged to disciple the nations. I am convinced now, that it is absolutely impossible to disciple anyone, as God defines it without using his Law as the basis, the beginning point for a view of life, for a worldview. Only he is worthy! Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty! I need my emergency sack cloth and ashes kit.

It is God's Law or it will be some flavor of Humanism. Is there any other perspective? Who wants to trade God's justice for anything else. Sinners want to, that's who, saved or not.

This is a major task before us today, to study God's Word and prepare ourselves to show how God has laid the basis for economics, law, justice, governments, church government, work, families, relationships, yes, even international relationships or he will raise up someone else to do it. He has declared his Lordship over each of these areas, over all of creation. "The earth is the Lords and everything in it" It is implicit that we as believers would be involved in all these different areas of life if we are to disciple the nations. There is no area of life wehre the Lordship of Christ comes up to and then stops. We need to "Get this" that we may first pass it on to our little ones. This is how we glorify God, by repeating back what the creator has already said about life, that as Christ did , we may only say what the Father says, only do what we see the Father do. This gives us the proper guidelines for applying dominion to all that we touch in life.

We must show how everyone (everyone!) is coming from a religous perspective, that everyone is advancing a faith that they believe is correct. As Christians, the word commands us to take every thought captive, it commands us that we need to be ready to tear down strongholds and every high thing that exalts themselves against the knowledge of God. The Law is part of the knowledge of God. His word warns us not to be taken captive by hollow human philosophies. Without the solid unchanging Law of God we as modern Christians will continue to be carried off all over the landscape. For Petes sake the girl scouts could take some parts of the church captive, thats how removed we have been from Gods Law.

Let me say, been there, done that. But as for me and my house, no more!