Most Christians are unaware that the arguments of socialism and the welfare State are nothing less than the ancient pagan view of the State forged by the fires of Moloch worship, ending in human sacrifice and slavery to the ruler’s desires. Christians must learn to discern the devious language, and expose the wolves in sheep’s clothing that deceive Christians into aggression using Christian language and Bible passages.Christians are both to confront the wolves and to respond to socialism with biblical answers. The answers to socialism are: “The King is not G-d,” and, “Thou Shalt Not Steal.” If Christians do not actively refute these principles of government, law, and economics, then we will move closer to the socialists’ vision of society.
The only avenue to repairing this ruin is through obedience to Y’Shua. This path requires us to return to G-d’s word, and rebuild our lives, our families, churches, states and social order based upon G-d’s revealed way of life. The choice between G-d and socialism is the same as the choice between G-d and Satan. One leads to paradise, the other to delusion and hell. It is G-d versus Socialism, be sure of that.
Our Western society has lost its Christian soul and so we are like a ship without its rudder and thus we are lured by the socialists who advertise that the greatest form of good in the world is ubiquitous control by government. Thus they negate G-d and therefore violate the very foundation of Christian teaching.
Socialism means economic control of the people by government. In a socialist country, the state is all-powerful. Such an all-powerful state views itself and not God (who is negated) as the ultimate authority. Socialism believes in a secular society void of biblical morality, biblical guidance, biblical wisdom, in short void of Messiah and of G-d.
Genesis 4:17 Cain built a city after he fell away from G-d (a city in this context implies a rival kingdom with its own set of laws, morals, economics and social values), to the men of Babel who attempted to build a tower that reached into heaven (to demonstrate their humanistic autonomy over/against the rule of G-d) we find that G-d’s judgment eventuates in the collapse of any autonomous humanistic system. In the case of Babel,
G-d’s judgment included the use of diversity to such a degree that they no longer had enough unity to sustain their forward motion. (This sounds like the United States with our present emphasis on diversity and multiculturalism!) Hence, G-d’s blessing will not be upon any state or system of government that declares its independence from the rule of G-d.
In the book of Exodus G-d judged the Egyptians because of the economic bondage they imposed upon G-d’s covenant people. Thus, we see again the truth that any state government attempting to control the economics of a people inhibits worship of the one true G-d, becomes a rival kingdom to the Kingdom of G-d, and will eventually experience the judgment of G-d.
G-d judged Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and made him act like a beast for seven years until he acknowledged that “the Most High rules over the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever He will” (Daniel 4:25, 34-37).
Note these examples show that humankind has a historical tendency to build its own kingdoms with its own religious systems, morals, economics, and gods as a way to demonstrate human autonomy and throw off the restraints put upon them by the Most High G-d (read Psalm 2). The acknowledgement of His Laws and reliance upon His providence is the bottom line.
Revelation 13 teaches us that the beast (representing the large central government of the Roman Empire) was an enemy against the saints of G-d that stopped people from buying and selling unless they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads (a biblical metaphor to signify unison in thought and ideology with a large central humanistic government). Those looking for a literal mark of the beast in the future don’t realize that humanists have been dominating “buying and selling” and the economy since 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank which controls interest rates and all major banks, thus controlling politics and the economy.
As our governing bodies have changed, have we strayed from G-d's ideals?
We should pray for our leaders in government, and it also indicates what we should expect from our officials.
If we as a nation were to again favor G-d as espoused by the first four of the Ten Commandments of Exodus 20 (not forced conversions but favoring Christianity as the Founding Fathers did by protecting it from the state as shown in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution) and base our laws on the last six of the Ten Commandments then we as a nation will enjoy the blessing of G-d and will secure our place as a super power for generations to come!
We need to pray scripture in corporate agreement. Pray for more power to be a witness as Y’Shua commanded. With the keys of the Kingdom, we loose ourselves and others around the world from all that is not of G-d and bind ourselves to His will. If your strategy and tactics never point people to Scripture, then your process will never multiply. You won’t be as effective as you’d like. I am convinced that Scripture casts a big enough vision for us all. Strategy and tactics are the result of Scripture opening our eyes to the world around us and of our obedience. If our strategies and tactics come from Scripture, and if we teach others to examine Scripture for their strategies and tactics, we will transform the people, communities, and nations we encounter – all to the glory of
G-d.
2 Chron. 7:14 If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Y’Shua’s 40 day prayer strategies to tear down strongholds, He responded to every mind set that the enemy offered him with, "It is written .... ."
A stronghold is a mind set saturate with hopelessness, which causes us to accept as unchangeable, situations and beliefs that we know are contrary to G-d's truth about us and all that concerns us.
He drew a circle around himself and submitted His own heart to G-d first.
He addressed the enemy directly rather than being tricked into fighting people.
He used scripture rather than "reason" to fight the enemy.
He dealt with the temptations and the mindsets that the enemy offered Him first.
He fasted and prayed scripture for 40 days (and His results were perfect.)
He prayed scripture that related to very specific strongholds.
He prayed using His delegated authority along with fasting, and trusted G-d with the results.
We could covenant together to take the Word of G-d, resist lies and embrace truth, like Y’Shua did, for 40 days. We can swing the Sword of the Spirit until we have victory in our own lives and the beam is out of our own eye that our hands are clean so we may pray for our government!
Rom 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what G-d's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will.
John 14:17-18 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
2 Cor 10:4-5 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of G-d, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Messiah.
Eph 6:11-12 Put on the full armor of G-d so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Phil 1:9-11 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Messiah, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Y’Shua the Messiah--to the glory and praise of G-d.
Matt 18:18-20 I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
Ps 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
Prov 3:5-7 Trust in the L-RD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the L-RD and shun evil.
Prov 6:16-19 There are six things the L-RD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
Eph 5:21-27 Submit to one another out of reverence for Messiah.
Isaiah 32:17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Jer 32:27 I am the L-RD, the G-d of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
Hab 2:1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Mark 10:42 Y’Shua called them together and said, You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
John 8:15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.
Rom 12:9-12 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the L-rd.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Heb 4:12-13 For the word of G-d is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from G-d's sight. Every creature is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Acts 3:20-22 and that He may send Y’Shua the Messiah, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which G-d has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
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