Old Dog V
WPA AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Bob Neumann
Dear WPA, I am not sure exactly how the thread started, but it has got interesting. If local government says they are ordering a mandatory evacuation of an area, should we as Christians obey “civil authority”. Do we evacuate only when we get SPECIFIC DIVINE REVELATION?
Maybe Paul should have gone into more detail
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind
Well, as i read it, GOD has given us POWER, LOVE, and a SOUND MIND. Whether we show actual evidence of any of the three is up to us as individuals. Granted we see very little of it at times, but ido not think it is GOD’S FAULT people fail to use what HE GIVES us so freely. Throughout the BOOK of PROVERBS “WISDOM”, “KNOWLEDGE”, and “UNDERSTANDING” are placed before us. Whose fault is it if we fail to think SOUNDLY?
A SOUND MIND…COMMON SENSE…see a truck bearing down on you as you cross a street do you get out of it’s way? Or stand still and ask for prayer from those with you so GOD will tell you what to do.
I guess part of the whole issue is that we have thought about things somewhere in our lives. The house is on fire, do you know how to get out? Deciding whether you will stay or flee should not be on the agenda.
So let’s deal with CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. As a FOLLOWER of THE GOOD SHEPHERD you may have figured that there are some difficult times ahead. You may browse the “SO CALLED PROPHETIC SITES” to get a handle on what lies on that road. JUDGMENTS, SEALS, TRUMPETS, BOWLS and the like. How soon some may ask. Some can answer, last week. It all depends how you look at it.
All of us should have already decided what we would do if…. In the Book of Daniel we are given 3 specific scenarios. The first was about the food to be eaten. Daniel and friends went to AUTHORITY and asked for plain veggies and water. Authority said, OKAY…as long as you maintain peak performance. Worked out. The second had no choice….there would be no compromise…they would not worship an IMAGE. The third was similar…NO PRAYER…Daniel continued to pray. In option 2 and 3 there was no compromise. So we have the stories of the FIERY FURNACE and THE LION’S DEN. In 2 and 3, DIVINE INTERVENTION OCCURED. I do not think Shadrack, Meshak, and ABENDIGO expected intervention.
JERUSALEM WAS CAPTURED and THE TEMPLE destroyed…what could they expect. Simple… DEATH. Death was preferred over breaking GOD’S COMMANDMENT.
So i am told there is a Category 5 coming at me….i am told that i have to leave today. I leave. Pack all i can and head for high country…call it a “NO BRAINER”. Sometime in the future….AUTHORITY says I must go to the town hall. Nowhere in scripture tells me not to go….so why fight it if all they want is to take my picture and confirm my ID and residence. I have been “hiding” in plain sight for years. Now….if i am called to “take the mark” … “worship the BEAST”…then i don’t show up. Maybe they will have to start searching for me. One day if they catch me i get to make the final choice for MY LORD. There is nothing written anywhere where i am supposed to make it easy for them.
So when it comes to traditional “civil disobedience” we can choose to refuse to obey orders given. The only thing i question is when to start. Today we pay taxes. Get a drivers license. Put tags on our cars. This is all in obedience to civil authority…. government rules and regulations. Anytime we want to we can say “NO”…but as the saying goes, don’t do the crime if you won’t do the time…THERE WILL come a time where the RIGHTIOUS will not obey. So you had better know where and when you will STAND.
Now there is a difference between “civil disobedience” and “armed rebellion”. We may want to follow the example of our forefathers and stand up against TYRANY. Both have a price tag. The piper has to be paid either way. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. If we chose “force” we must understand “force”. And since THE BODY OF CHRIST is showing none of HIS POWER corporately we had better get a firm understanding of both offices and gifts…real soon. Daniel was told all about it so we should expect to see it fairly soon. But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
selah
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Editors notes
In all that I have endeavored these last few days to put up I have to wonder about a few things. What is it we have yet to come into as far as the spiritual things of God? How will a family of four get on when all hell breaks loose or will certain futures actually come into play? And finally why is nobody truly understanding that the last day were not a spring beak but a nightmare that doesn’t end until He ends it?
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