The Christian and the State:

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• The Christian and the State
• Holy Disobedience

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For rulers are not a terror of good works, but
to evil Rom. 133 (NKJV)
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• It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to
  trust in princes.
• Psalm 1189
• Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of
  man, in whom there is no hope. Psalm
  1463

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Roman Justice

• Jesus before Pilate (Matt. 2724)
• Paul (Acts 1814-15)
• Paul (Acts 1939)
• Paul to Caesar
• (Acts 2511)

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Revelation 13 Government
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Modern Incense Burners

• Christians engaged in carnal warfare.

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Modern Incense Burners

• Christians engaged in carnal warfare.
• School teachers teaching humanism.
• The laws of our land forbid the teaching of
  moral decisions based on God or the Bible, so the
  teacher must teach these decisions based on man
  and his limits and consequences, in relation to
  members of society.

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Modern Incense Burners

• Christians engaged in carnal warfare.
• School teachers teaching humanism.
• Acts 419 - Whether it is right in the sight of
  God to give heed to you rather than to God, you
  be the judge.
• Acts 529 - We must obey God rather than men.

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Tallahassee Democrat

• Teachers in Florida's public schools must for
  the first time teach evolution, but they must
  present it as a "scientific theory" rather than a
  fact, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. The
  state's Board of Education approved the new
  curriculum standards today. The old ones made no
  mention of evolution. Religious leaders and
  conservative lawmakers fought for the last-minute
  amendment to teach it as a theory.

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Modern Incense Burners

• Christians engaged in carnal warfare.
• School teachers teaching humanism.
• Go into all the world and preach the gospel.
  (Matt. 2818)

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Governments Mounting Hostility

• Church Discipline (Collinsville church)
• California couple fined for having bible study
• Preaching on homosexuality hate speech.

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• Happiness with the result of any big govt
  effort is almost an oxymoron. The reason is
  simply that when people start putting their trust
  in big govt, theyve attached themselves to a
  false god. And false gods cant produce the
  goods.
• What we saw in New Orleans last week was the
  pathetic picture of people whose expectations in
  a false god had been so enhanced that when the
  false god stumbled for a day or two, some of its
  worshippers flew into a rage

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• And remember this That such people will in the
  days to come develop a bigger and bigger appetite
  for gods who promise them everything. And then
  they will show a lower and lower tolerance for
  gods who do not perform.
• According to the Bible, deliberately
  shortchanging the poor, or even carelessly
  ignoring their needs, is wicked behavior. But
  raising false expectations is also a cruel crime.
  And that includes constantly feeding the illusion
  that if we just had some other president, or some
  other governor, or mayor, we could all be
  content. If govt cant keep make us happy when
  there isnt an emergency, why should we make it
  our god when the next Katrina comes blowing
  through?
• Joel Belz, quoted in The Christian
  and Idolatry

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• Hananiah
• Mishael
• Azariah
• Dan. 3