Our Nation

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Our Nation
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Patriotism
Patriotism

• Be careful! Being proud to be an American can
  become sinful pride!
• Which national identity do you give more focus
  and devotion?
• 1 Peter 29
• Philippians 319-20

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The Constitution The Bill of Rights 1
The Constitution My Rights

• Are you more vocal over constitutional abuses
  than you are perversions of Scripture?
• Are you more passionate about your man-given
  rights than you are the laws of God?

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The Constitution and the Bill of Rights 2
The Constitution My Rights

• Are the Constitution and Bill of Rights inspired
  by God
• 2 Timothy 316-17
• They are man-made and man-given laws rights.
  They which were created by men and can be changed
  or done away with by men

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2 Timothy 23-4

• 3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good
  soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in
  warfare entangles himself with the affairs of
  this life, that he may please him who enlisted
  him as a soldier.

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Politics Political Parties
Political Parties

• Are you known more for your political identity
  than you are your spiritual identity?
• Republican, democrat, independent, etc.
• Does loyalty to a political party and its
  platform hinder your ability to evangelize or
  cause stumbling blocks to your brethren?

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Colossians 31-2

• 1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those
  things which are above, where Christ is, sitting
  at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on
  things above, not on things on the earth.