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Amos 9:11-15, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Isaiah 61:8-9, Matthew 24:15,25, Acts
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Amos 9:11-15, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Isaiah 61:8-9, Matthew 24:15,25, Acts
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1:6, Romans 8:1, Zechariah 14:4-9)</cite
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1:6, Romans 8:1, Zechariah 14:4-9)</cite
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<h3>Governing Authorities</h3>
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<p>
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Because all Earthly governing authorities are established by God we are
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commanded to be subject to them, but not above God, to avoid God's wrath
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and for good conscience. Regardless of the persecution, burden,
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injustice, we are never to take vengeance into our own hands “Vengeance
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is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” We are called to respond to evil
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not with more evil (including war, violence, killing, torture, slander,
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riots, black-mailing, hatred, etc.) but blessings, peace, love,
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hospitality “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give
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him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on
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his head.” We are called to follow Jesus's example, overcoming evil with
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good (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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gentleness, self-control) offering our bodies as a living sacrifice holy
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and pleasing to the Lord, unto our own death if it comes to it. In light
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of evil laws we must obey God rather than men unto our own detriment as
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we are individually responsible for our actions before the Lord when
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judgment day comes.
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<p>
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We publicly denounce movements inciting rebellion against tyrannical
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governments. Governments like these are no different than those that
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brutally murdered and persecuted the Apostles and early Christian
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Church. Jesus and the Apostles never patterned for us to organize as
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militia, mercenaries in response to tyranny. We denounce the taking up
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of physical weapons and instead take up spiritual weapons as scripture
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commands us because our battle is not against flesh and blood, but
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against spiritual forces of evil. We denounce movements that mirror the
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Zealots during Jesus' lifetime. These include Christian Nationalism,
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Dominion theology, Theonomy, Christian Reconstructionism, Dominion Now.
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<cite
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>(The NASB95 Bible: Romans 12-13, Matthew 17:24-27, Matthew 5:38-40,
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Phillippians 1:12-26, Acts 5:29, Ephesians 6, Luke 22:49-51, Daniel
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3)</cite
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