Mixing Religion and Politics

Nina(thinking)

    You know, I really do not believe our Founding Fathers had in mind the situation we have today, where one cannot mix the two Tyrants of Society, Politics and Religion. Each one in and of  itself, has been known to influence the way Governments govern their people. They are like opposites on the Electromagnetic Poles, but both have had an influence on the People as extreme as two can get.
   
    But I do think, that even though Church related Politics has been chosen by other Countries, then and even now, these did influence the thought processes and made connections that had a great influence on some of our Fore Fathers, as their Special Religion of the People. There was naught wrong with this at that time, except when it came down to influencing the way People voted and acted towards their Government. Meaning they made the mistake of thinking there was only one way it could be managed by organizing it under one single controlling point. Why would anyone think that way? It is simply not true! Well, I don't think that way. Recalculate!

     There is at least, a lot of ways to solve a problem but not according to the Politics in Charge.
This led to Religious control by the very ones who should not have been controlling it, the Politically high minded who wove their Powerful Ax and started cutting Religion into Pieces which could be controlled by a more influential Government. AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, RELIGION IS MADE LITTLE BY THE VERY PEOPLE WHO LIVE BY IT , THE LITTLE PEOPLE.

    THE ONLY WAY TO CONQUER IS TO DIVIDE AND WE HAVE DIVIDED RELIGION, AWAY FROM, WHAT THE FOREFATHERS MEANT FOR IT TO BE. AND WE HAVE DIVIDED POLITICS, AWAY FROM, WHAT THE FOREFATHERS MEANT FOR IT TO BE, BY HACKING AWAY AT THE PRECEPTS OF IT ALL, THEREBY CONQUERING BOTH RELIGION AND POLITICS, MAKING BOTH OF THEM WEAKER THAN WHAT EITHER ONE OF THEM, SHOULD BE..... I AM POSITIVE OUR FOREFATHERS NEVER MEANT FOR THAT TO OCCUR.

    They were for a strong Federal Government that’s THE TYPE OF MEN, THEY WERE, STRONG! capable of butting heads with the best! Even Economical Devastation(Good economy, Bad economy)they all come from God! Maybe we need a Prayer Meeting in the White House! Think of Andrew Jackson, he was no weakly nor Abraham Lincoln no weakling there. They stood up and WERE COUNTED.
   
    At this juncture of the road, we act as if the two cannot co-exist along side one another and be an influential part of the policies we adhere to, thereby helping us as individuals, not to have to choose between one or the other. ‘Do I do Politics, or do I do Religion?’ In order to believe and live a healthy Christian Lifestyle, this kind of thinking, could throw a lot of healthy men of God to the Lions when it comes to Politics.
   
    We have gotten to the point, where we have taken God completely out of our system of beliefs. And the worse part of it all, is a few have done this to the many. Now that is a battle plan I bet every General in the USA wished they knew how to implement but it has been done to our Government quite openly, I might add.
   
    But I say, this is not what our Founding Fathers desired. They were Religious People who adhered to Religions they were swayed by, that were Ok’d by the Government. Some even set up Governmental Religions just so they could keep God close to them, where they would need Him, if they were to Govern in a Godly manner.

    This was what made these men great men. They actually believed in something and stood up for what they believed in. They did not cow down when the many(British) came against the few(us). They knew a little bit about battles too just like these latter day people who desire to separate Politics from anything Godly. But a Godly man knows how to say, Whoa!
   
    I truly think, these great men were capable of making themselves clear as to what they believed about having one God worshiped. That is what the men chose to clarify in our Doctrines. It’s us who has muddled it. But they did not under any circumstance think that God should be taken out of all the options of Government, as we have done this day.
   
To speak of God, seems to be such a thing that is for the privileged, under the tutelage of the secrecy of people, who do not want to rock the boat. They whisper, so as not to let the Government nor God hear." My, my, my. Have we lost our minds." God was here with us at the beginning of this great Nation, what’s to say God should not be here right now. A God not relegated to SECRECY, SUCH AS A GODLESS NATION HAS!

    We should be able to say we are Religious and Political, all in the same stream.

Now that I've said all that, let's make sure one understands the difference between Religion and Christianity.
Religion is man reaching up to God(works.) NEVER GOOD ENOUGH. Christianity is God reaching down and saving man(grace.)TRADING YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR JESUS RIGHTEOUSNESS(WHEN YOU ARE TOUCHED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD!)

Religion can include Christians.  And Christians can act Religious. But I know personally a Religious person MAY deny God WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS. A Christian NEVER WILL. For they have an understanding of all of God's Attributes. The beginning of Wisdom begins with FEAR OF THE ALMIGHTY. I feel sorry for someone who has no fear of God. Here are a few of HIS ATTRIBUTES THAT WILL BRING ABOUT A FEARFUL RESPONSE, straight from, Dwight Moody's DBR I can't say it any better. I THINK IT'S TIME, FOR A 'WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING GOING ON,' as Jerry Lee Lewis says.
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power. - Nahum 1:3

We also find a poetic picture of God’s power, conveyed through natural imagery (vv. 3b-5). Like a whirlwind or fierce storm, God’s power is beyond human control. To say He can dry up seas and rivers and cause Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon (all fruitful places) to wither is to say He has control over even the elements of nature. It’s like saying He can wipe out the corn in Iowa or the oranges in Florida. This kind of absolute power inspires holy fear, as pictured in the mountains quaking and the hills melting.
To conclude, Nahum asks, “Who can withstand his indignation?” (v. 6). No one, of course. God’s wrath is like a consuming fire—it will destroy whatever He chooses. It made no difference that Assyria was a world superpower. This wicked nation would be utterly unable to stand against the righteous power of God.
 
HERE IS A MAN WHO LET HIS CHRISTIANITY PRECEDE HIS RELGION.
The first African ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize was Albert John Lutuli, a nephew of Zulu kings who himself was elected Chief. Born in modern-day Zimbabwe, he was in 1952 elected President of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed the apartheid regime in South Africa. During Lutuli’s 15-year leadership of the ANC, their protests were mostly peaceful, including a bus boycott. One reason Lutuli fought for racial justice was his deeply held Christian faith. He said: “My own urge because I am a Christian, is to get into the thick of the struggle . . . taking my Christianity with me and praying that it may be used to influence for good the character of the resistance.”

MAY ALL JEWS BE SAVED!

MY PRAYER IS ALL MEN MAY COME TO A SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST, AND GO ABOUT DOING GOOD.  NEVER DENYING JESUS!

Lv Nina
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