Regular readers of The WinePress know that I am extremely critical and outspoken about the current state of so-called Christianity in the West, none more so than the United States, and for good reason. Those who profess to be of faith are the biggest fakes and frauds around; who hold no real standards, they fold easier than Japanese origami when it comes to actually taking any sort of stance on anything; they are so fully engrossed with the world you can’t tell them apart, and in many cases nowadays are more morally bankrupt than the lost world that does not even make a profession of faith.
And this embarrassment, this feckless collective of hypocrites who are more agnostic and atheistic than those who profess such a belief, are a big reason as to why so many mock and blaspheme the word of God. Of course, this ilk doesn’t even believe in a perfect, inherent and inspired word of God; as they read dozens of preferred contradicting versions that are not to be seen as totally authoritative and perfect. And even among the so-called “King James Bible Believers,” many of those ‘churches’ are full of and led by total hypocrites and compromisers in more ways than one. I’ve covered them both: from the people who punt the Bible across the stage like a football; to the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) hypocrites getting caught molesting children, and covering up for each other’s voyeurism.
In 2021, I reported on a Pew Research Center poll that found that church membership dropped to a new low of 47%. The data also includes mosques and synagogues. In 2018 the Gallup poll found this number to be at 50% and 70% before the turn of the new millennium.
Had you looked only at this graph and did not that know that lockdowns were implemented that year (something else these people capitulated on and obeyed without question), the trend line is not anything too out of the ordinary.
Corroborating with this data, Pew published another study in January showing there has been a steady rise in atheism and agnosticism, and those who believe simply nothing or are essentially nihilists.
The even more concerning figure is the rise of nihilism in our society, particularly among the youth; who are so confused and feel disconnected with everything, left believing there is no hope and point to life. Nowadays these people might be described as a “doomer.”
In this article, I am going to cover a number of scriptures that describe why so many people today want nothing to do with the word of God and don’t take anything a professing Christian has to say seriously anymore, and is a big reason why the Western world is in the mess that is in.
This study is not meant to be exhaustive nor get into doctrinal specifics, not that those things are not important, they are, but I want to mainly focus on conduct – how a born again child of God is supposed to conduct themselves, and the boldness they are supposed to have, and how they supposed to shine forth as an example as someone whose life has been supernaturally changed. There are a myriad of scriptures we could cover but I don’t want to get too off into the weeds. This study is mainly meant to exhort the small few brethren out there to make sure they check themselves, and even to the secular world so that they might learn what the scriptures actually say (because we all know you won’t hear any of this preached in the church buildings today).
To set the tone of this study, consider this passage in the Proverbs:
Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. [24] He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: [25] But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. [26] Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
You don’t hear this proverb ever really preached on but you might be able to immediately draw connections to what we see today.
Professing Christians today refuse to judge anymore. They are more concerned about not offending anyone, and holding hands and singing kumbaya than taking a stance on really just about anything; to the point where we regularly see these churches and the congregations embracing the worst the world has to offer, and putting a “Jesus stamp” on it. Churches nowadays literally tell their congregations to act like the lost to win the lost; when in Rome, do as the Romans; or as the apostle Paul said, “And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just” (Romans 3:8).
Instead of avoiding and condemning blatant wickedness and wicked people, these people will not only stay silent as not to ruffle any feathers, you’ll actually see these people and places openly condone and celebrate what the world does; such as their philosophies, their music, their movies, their idolatries, their fornications, their adulteries, their sorceries and so on.
Thus, as it has happened, the world is laughing at the U.S. and other “nations shall abhor” us; and rightfully so: I’m right there with them rebuking the ghastly evil and abominations this country does and has become! It’s a complete and utter joke. You know, Muslims call America “the great Satan” for a reason; and I can’t say I blame them: why would they and others have anything good to say about us? And not the least of which, considering that all our atrocities are committed under the banner of being a “Judeo-Christian nation.”
There are a LOT of passages that we could look at that tie into that proverb, but I will list a few.
James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: [9] But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: [23] And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; [24] Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. [25] But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! […] [23] Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
The Lord’s comments in Ezekiel 13:22 really encapsulate what Proverbs 24:23-24 says:
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
That really sums up what we see today. Professing Christians would much rather bite and devour other Christians over the dumbest of things (and I know from plenty of experience), and instead condone all the problems we see and experience today, and even bless those people and deceiving them into thinking that God is perfectly fine with their deeds.
But on the flipside in Proverbs 24:23-26, those that are unabashed and not afraid to speak the truth, to not bend and capitulate and chicken-out, but to be assertive and stand for righteousness and truth, and to “let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Colossians 4:6) – will generate mutual respect, and will result in blessings. This is what the apostle Paul instructed believers to do, and is referenced in other passages as well:
1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. [21] I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. [22] Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. [12] For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. [13] But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. [12] As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
The stories of Joseph and Daniel are perfect examples of the proverb. In both instances, Pharaoh and king Nebuchadnezzar consulted their magicians and soothsayers to interpret their dreams, but their servants could not; but when Joseph and Daniel gave the interpretation, and gave God the glory for the interpretation and advised the kings on what to do (Genesis 41; Daniel 2); in response they both praised God and his Holy Spirit, and greatly elevated the rank and prestige of Joseph and Daniel (Proverbs 22:29). Indeed, they “kiss[ed] the “lips that giveth a right answer.”
Now imagine if the body of Christ as a whole would actually stand up and tell it like it is, without compromise, with boldness, exhibiting the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives? Imagine the mutual respect there would be, the respect that used to be there, to where the lost world would not think to mock and blaspheme the “good book.” But for the reasons I just listed, why would the secular world care what a professing Christian has to say nowadays? They have given the world NOTHING to work with, nothing to admire and respect, and no reason to fear God.
There is no power. It’s gone: they quenched it, and God removed it on a whole. Consider this verse as well:
Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
There is a lot we can unpack here but we are not going to for this study, but for “instruction in righteousness” we will apply some of this to Paul’s ministry and what was commanded of us to do. We’ll quickly look at what is written in 1 Corinthians 4 and some of the remarks Paul gave to the most carnal church of believers he wrote to, and you’ll see how Ecclesiastes 8:4 ties in. We’ll look at this chapter in chunks:
1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. [2] Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. [3] But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. [4] For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. [5] Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. [6] And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
“The mysteries of God” could be its own sermon, so I am not going to get into all that for now, but you can pull up a concordance and look up all the references to the mysteries yourself and see what all of them are. If Christians were actually faithful in keeping and preaching the mysteries the country would not be in the mess that it would be in. Bad doctrine and failure to rightly divide will cause all sorts of sin issues in your life and by extension the lives of others, and thus the snowball effect that takes place (2 Timothy 2:15-18; 1 Corinthians 15:33-34). Speaking of deacons, Paul says 1 Timothy 3:8: “Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; [9] Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”
The judgement Paul speaks of is the faithfulness in keeping those mysteries, and the Lord will judge those that are saved on their faithfulness; and even Paul does not judge himself, as thinking that you are faithful does not mean that you are, but God knows and will judge his saints one day on that. Paul is not saying we shouldn’t judge people and brethren in general, as he most certainly did, especially with the Corinthians (2:15, 5:1-13, 6:1-8, 10:15-33, 11:13, 31-32; 2 Cor 5:14-15). In other words, what Paul is getting at is the motivation. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees, saying, “Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity” (Matthew 23:28); and, “Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully” (Jeremiah 48:10).
1 Corinthians 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? [8] Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. [14] I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. [15] For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. [16] Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. [17] For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
This brings us back to Ecclesiastes 8:4. Paul digs into the Corinthians as they were puffed up and haughty, strutting around with the blessings that God has given them. Verses 9-13 (which I left out) gets into the suffering Paul and the other apostles went through in service to the Corinthians so that they might be blessed, but the Corinthians had gotten too big for their britches (among other major issues), so therefore Paul gets into them.
Verse 15 is something that we see right now in full force, both spiritually and physically. Right now we live in a society where most younger generations are being raised without fathers, either because the fathers are dead beats or effeminate cucks, or they are divorced from their wives: and it shows. Current generations were not raised by their parents: they were raised by the state, and are children “left to themselves” (Proverbs 29:15); and they being taught by, literally anymore, “ten thousand instructors” because of the corrupt school system, internet and social media. The body of Christ is no different right now. On top of what I just said, the access to so much information has ruined us all, and with all these external sources chirping in our ears, there are seldom father figures there to keep people grounded when it is needed. Therefore, Paul takes that role and tells believers to be followers of him, and with the Corinthians he sent Timothy to personally reaffirm what he’s preaching.
1 Corinthians 4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. [19] But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. [20] For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. [21] What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Verses 19 and 20 are what I want to hone in on and is where I got the title of this message. As the old adage goes: talk is cheap: actions speak louder than words. The secular world understands this well and therefore pays great attention to the actions of Christians. Dale Carnegie once said, “Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.” You might fool the simpletons and greenhorns in the faith with your words, but words mean nothing if there is no substance behind it. The “kingdom of God,” unless otherwise defined by the context, according to Jesus, is: “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:20-21). You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? It’s real simple: if you were to stand trial for your faith, would there be enough evidence to convict you as a child of God, or is there debate and questioning, or will the jury acquit you? This is what Paul was talking about at the start of chapter 4 and what you will be judged on someday.
Paul spoke a number of other times about showing this demonstration of power behind the words we speak, which includes passages such as:
1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: [5] That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1 Thessalonians 1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
2 Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: [12] That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And yet what do we see with these churches and online hacks these days? Nothing but empty words and vain talk, and the world sees that and wants nothing to do with it; and I don’t blame them whatsoever: I’m in the same boat, and I have emphatically told the saved and secular to avoid these corporate businesses called “churches” like a plague for years. “Churches” are nothing more than glorified multi-level marketing and Ponzi schemes designed to shakedown the congregants of their hard-earned money, and condoning and covering-up all their sins and not telling the truth; and the people who still go to these places nowadays, quite frankly, want the deception. These places have been dead for a LONG time.
Consider what else Paul wrote in his follow-up letter to the Corinthians after he visited them and set them in order:
2 Corinthians 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? [2] Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: [3] Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. [4] And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: [5] Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; [6] Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
One of the quickest ways to snuff out a self-conceited Bible poacher and a fraudulent preacher or professing Christian is to see if they start patting themselves on the back, and telling you how great they are and how so many people admire their ministry. I exposed one guy who loves to do this all the time, and how he perfectly exemplifies the things we’ve looked at. Proverbs 20:6 says, “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?;” and, “It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory” (Proverbs 25:27). You don’t need to self-promote and “proclaim every one his own goodness:” the power of the Holy Spirit working in you and the fruit that you bear is commendation enough.
Verses 2-3 speak to the truism of wearing your heart on your sleeve in the scriptural sense. In other words, you yourself and others should not have to boast of how great you are and be hyped up. When Paul says “Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men,” he is speaking to the fact that when people see you they are not going to read the written scriptures, they are going to “read” you. So, in other words, if you proclaim to be a man or woman of the Book then it better show, because you are supposed to represent what it teaches; and how you present yourself will leave an impression and will affect the attitudes and hearts people have on the written word of God. Hence why believers are warned to conduct themselves as they ought to lest they cause the word of God to be blasphemed (1 Timothy 6:1; Titus 2:1-5).
But the very things we see and lament, and the lost world especially takes notice of, were prophesized to occur; a powerless and fake group of Christians. Observe:
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. [2] For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, [4] Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; [5] Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. [6] For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, [7] Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. [8] Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. [9] But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
All these negative traits are certainly observable in the lost world, most definitely, but that’s not technically what the passage is referring to. Verse 5 indicates its people who have a semblance of righteousness, but they openly reject the power that we’ve been covering that’s obliged to be there if the professing Christian is truly saved. In the previous chapter Paul had made a very clear statement: “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity” (2 Timothy 2:19). But in the “last days” in which we are obviously living in, the fakes are embracing and reveling in open wickedness, and going against everything the King James Bible calls good and holy.
Verse 8 is a callback to when Moses and Aaron stood off against Pharaoh’s unnamed magicians in Exodus (whose names by revelation are given in the NT), who, by the power of evil spirits, were able to perform supernatural feats and sorcery that would have fooled people for a time; and when God began to perform his judgments through Moses the magicians were actually able to mimic a few of the first several miracles; but eventually they simply couldn’t copy the works of the Lord through Moses. Exodus 8:19 says: ‘Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.” They were eventually found to be fraudulent and not really all that powerful; and so it is today with all the sheer amount of false converts and compromisers we see and have to deal with today. They’ve proven themselves to not be real and want nothing to do with what the KJB prescribes; and instead regularly poke fun at the word of God willy-nilly. Their God is their own bellies (Philippians 3:18-19), and are nothing more than godless reprobates. I call it “Cookbook Christianity:” pick a recipe book of your choice and preference, read only the recipes you want, and then tweak those recipes to your liking.
And this leads me to my last real main point:
Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; [15] I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. [16] So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. [17] Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: [18] I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. [19] As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
This basically brings us full circle and back to my original thesis. Lukewarmness is EVERYWHERE. Christians – and I am specifically talking about the saved and the so-called King James Bible believers – are nothing more than jellyfish; they don’t want to take hard stances on just about anything important and don’t want to offend anyone, and are only concerned with getting along and blending in with the lost world instead of doing what Proverbs 24:23-26 and the others passages we’ve covered command. Again, this very much has spiritual and physical application. Spiritually, the false converts and fakers, and the compromisers, believe that they are rich and spiritually powerful, when in reality they are the polar opposite. It cracks me up: it seems like every other week anymore we keep hearing about how there is a “great move of God in this country,” and hews and shouts of “revival.” Really? So then why is this country collapsing at a blistering pace? Where is this blessedness we keep hearing of? I’ll give you a clue, it’s false! It’s people who have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof. And then physically, Americans in their arrogance and haughtiness STILL think we are king of the hill, we’re the envy of the world, and we’re all rich and powerful. Of course, we know that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Proverbs 28:1 says, “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” And yet where was this boldness in 2020 and thereafter, for example? Oh wait, that’s right, the churches went along with the nonsense and draconian edicts of the government without flinching. As a matter of fact, there were some, supposedly “old school,” “fundamental” pastors who were, or at least appearing to be, taking shots at me for exposing the Covid narrative and warning people not to take the Covid death shots. Total cowards! Imagine it: how people have DIED because these COWARDS refused to take a stand for the truth?!
SEE: More Fundamentalist Baptists Are Refusing To Take A Stand Against The Covid Tyranny
Media Says Many Pastors Are Dead Silent About The Covid Shots
All of this makes the Lord Jesus Christ sick to his stomach, and he WILL vomit out all these fakers before too long here in short order. Make no mistake about it.
Leviticus 18:25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Admittedly, this study was a bit disjointed and thrown together fairly quickly, but hopefully you got something out of it and will use this as an exhortation for you the believer in your life, to those that are still walking worthy and are trying to do what is well-pleasing in God’s sight according to his word; and to even the secularist who might be reading this, to release and understand that these fakes and frauds that you see daily are not be taken seriously, and they are prophesized to have occurred and are by no means indicative of true, biblical, God fearing Christianity. Don’t use them as an excuse to reject the word of God…
SEE: The Forgotten Verses Of Salvation
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. [22] But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. [23] For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: [24] For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. [25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. [26] If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. [27] Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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You could not have posted this at a better time.
I keep thinking about the Christians of the past. Even the righteous nation of England under King Alfred and King James I.
People who actually believed that God’s word was inspired in Greek, Latin, or English.
People who were persecuted and killed for holding the stand on the word of God being the only authority for Christian life.
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Psalm 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. [Ps 119:71;140]
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Yea you have no idea how many times I hear”yea I used to be Christian.” It’s a shame. It’s opened doors for Muslims to blaspheme the word of God and the Lord Jesus Christ because of these weak “Christian’s.”
One of the go-to accusations by “evangelical” Muslims is to ask, why is there more than one Bible? Pretty good question: I’d ask that question too whenever I could just to prove a point, if I were lost.
Very good, Jacob. A much needed sobering message.
Our adversary has been quite busy, and effective, in tearing the fabric of families. It seems there is more than a smattering of deviant lifestyles therein. The professing Christian family members embrace them, rather than take the hard stance to rebuke them. The organized churches have cherry picked verses of ‘love’. True love is being honest with another, all the while realizing in doing so, you, yourself may be harshly met with vitriol and rejected as well. These people are ‘loving’ their family and friends to the very gates of hell, all because they won’t be honest with them.
The organized churches of today (actually, about 40 years now) have failed on many fronts. They’ve brought in worldly programs to attract the lost and has now become the world rather than a beacon of light. Lost people don’t need affirmation, they need truth. Lost people are miserable, and deep down, they know it.
Jacob, I thought of this verse – for you:
Proverbs 27:2
“Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.”
King James Version (KJV)
Seems applicable – from me, to you. God Bless You, Brother
Every verse in Psalms that talks about the destruction of the wicked is applicable to false Christians.
Psalms 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 7:12 IF HE TURN NOT, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
2 Peter 2 and the book of Jude are about false teachers. Astounding how truthful they are ESPECIALLY for this day.
2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. [Rev 22:15]
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
That’s why it’s best to home church or meet in small groups of likeminded for fellowship, study at home and listen to solid preaching online like this:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/renewing-your-mind/id110916650
1 Corinthians 13:6 [Charity] Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Nice study Jacob. I wish I could comprehend like you can, I’m a little slow that way, but ya did explain it and I do get it. That’s why I listen to you and Bryan (KJVM.org) because ya spell it out.
Ya see, I read God’s word and I somehow understand it, but can’t explain it, I’m a rather odd nut ah?
Like reading about auto repair, I did do better by just working on it and when I worked; I could pull out an engine and just toss all bolts in a box and put it back together and didn’t have any left over, LOL. So I thank ya for basically spelling it out.
You’re welcome. It just takes time and patience. Believe me, when I was first saved I didn’t know up from down. I just read the so much so often eventually it has to stick, I guess, with the Lord’s help of course.
Amen Brother, preach it! Been saying the same thing for years. I began pointing things out in where the world was going as early as 2009 and I got accused of being a conspiracy theorist. I shared articles, radio shows, podcasts, talked about predictive programming, handed out documentaries (I must have gone through at least a handful of dvd writers and hundreds of blank discs), etc.. and people would dismiss it and tell me to put back on my tin-foil hat.
They would say things like, “oh you believe he or she has all their facts together?” And I said it’s not important that any one single person has every single fact correct, the point is it doesn’t change the overall plan and what the evil elitists are planning as everyone wants to sit in their LA-Z-Boy watching the next trending show on television or with Fox News. I tell you brother, their plan of dumbing down the population and the church alike has worked like the sooth-saying charm it is. And what’s astounding is how that, even now, after Covid, which we all here know was an experiment/trial for the real thing, somehow the people still believe a political savior is going to swoop in and save them so they are still in bystander and spectator mode.
Even during Covid I was astounded when I would speak to people who would tell me they would overhear at church, someone in the coffee room planning to get the ‘shot’ and wouldn’t say anything. Ya know, they didn’t want to make waves. You know go along to get along. They would make the excuse, “well I’m not gifted in speaking” not understanding you don’t have to be perfect in how you say it to warn someone. I would say, “Do you realize that person could die? If you claim to love your brethren as you say you do, why aren’t you telling them when you know the truth?” And sadly, I would hear that one day they didn’t come back anymore. This is the problem, like you said, like I’ve said and many others have said- that nobody wants to be THAT person who stands up and goes against the grain. It’s this head in the sand mentality of hear no evil and therefore speak no evil when it means to exhort, refute and rebuke it.
Ephesians 5:11 says, And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. -Another word for reprove meaning correct and expose and it goes in line with all of the indecency going on while most sit on the fence and worse, don’t even stand behind nor support those who do.
Daniel 11:32 says the people who know their God shall be strong and do exploits against this antichrist spirit running rampant. Problem is most who know God have left the church. I do however see a time coming where the Lord will be sending His servants around to the churches to prophecy to them. So when people talk about a revival; it will likely take things beginning to happen that the Lord allows, where these are seen before they are ready to listen.
There is a shaking coming. I have been feeling it heavy in spirit for a while now. I hope and pray many are ready but by the look of it and as I stated in another comment on another post, most still seem to be apathetic and that is the way it will continue until they can no longer go to work and have to go through an unconventional refining so it will really hit home. So when folks talk about the coming revival, that’s more or less how it will happen when they have no choice but to make the choice to come away from their various iniquities -including how they treat those of us with contempt or a blank stare, trying to warn them. God is not playing and that should be evident to anyone paying attention.
Forgot to mention too, the copout excuses are usually;
1. Don’t judge! or;
2. Nobody’s perfect!
Of course nobody’s perfect -that’s not the point.
No we don’t condemn them but we are allowed to know them by their fruits and be fruit inspectors. How else could we properly speak to anything if we didn’t?
The hypergrace people are a sick joke. There is a HUGE difference between someone who falls down, acknowledges, struggles and is grieved by their sin and have a desire to fight it (Proverbs 24:16); versus someone who has no conviction, no contrition, no chastening and tries to condone it (Jude 3-4).
Yes, thank you. Makes you think.
Ye must be called” Ye must be born again” “The wind bloweth where it liseth”
John 3: 1-21
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you…”
John 15: 1-27 (16)
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Romans 8: 9,14
Ephesians 1:3-14
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 2:8,9
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Galatians 3:22
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Ephesians 3:12
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Our salvation is all of Christ Jesus! His Salvation; His choosing; His Spirit; His Faith.
His Election and His Predestination. Man is Nothing with out The Spirit of GOD!
Even Job and King David knew this…and were humbled …
Thank The LORD GOD Almighty that I belong to The Saviour that saves!
Good post!!!!
There was a man who had convinced himself that God was fortunate to have him on His team (Luke 18:11-12). He spent much time and energy quoting to others life saving (spiritual life that is) verses such as “Be ye DOERS of the Word and NOT HEARERS ONLY, deceiving yourselves”.
At the same time this man convinced himself and others that the very words of Jesus that will judge all men on the last day need only be heard and not done (Mt. 7:24-27).
Great was this double-minded mans fall….as well as for those who blindly listened to him (v. 27).
https://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/Did-Jesus-Intend.html
You don’t have a clue what true salvation is.
Jesus came preaching the “gospel of the kingdom”. He told his disciples to do the same. Paul preached the same gospel. Jesus said this gospel of the kingdom would be preached in all the world and only then would the end come.
Since there’s only one gospel according to Paul, and the gospel (of the kingdom) is the power of God unto SALVATION, what do you say this gospel of the kingdom is?
Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: [6] But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. [8] Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, [2] If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: [3] How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, [4] Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) [5] Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; [6] That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: [7] Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Jacob,
Am I wrong in concluding you believe the “gospel of the kingdom” is a different gospel than the “gospel of grace”?
If this is indeed what you believe–as appears to be the case–how do you explain the following passages wherein Paul appeared to preach the same gospel Jesus preached–namely the gospel of the “kingdom of God”)?:
1. “And now, behold, I (Paul) know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.” (Acts 20:25)
2. “Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22)
3. “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” (Rom. 14:17)
4. “For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” (1 Cor. 4:20)
5. “And he (Paul) went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.” (Acts 19:8)
6. “And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he (Paul) expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.” (Acts 28:23)
7. “And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.” (Acts 28:30-31)
Amen!
Great points this should be used as a wakeup call, as we all see the filth of the ridiculous course this world is heading. It should be easier now more then ever to truly be a light in this dark world.
May we all stand up out of the muck and mire more. Stepping out of such filth and hypocrisy that surrounds us all across the entire breadth of the earth (Psalm 69). The God our Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who is able to help us stand up in such a way. We can never do it on our own power. These professing Christian fake plastics are trying all they can but because they go according to the flesh, they keep sinking. They transform themselves into the ministers of righteousness but have never called or leaned on Jesus for anything (2 Corinthians 11:15 & Romans 10:10). But we must walk in the Spirit knowing that those who are in the flesh can not please God (Romans 8:4, 8-9). This is how we are approved and be of God. It is no longer us that live but Christ Jesus that lives in us, so submit and may it be so in truth by the Spirit (Galatians 2:20-21).
How much do ya’ll love the word of God? Stand up stand up for Jesus!
– Psalms 130:5 KJV I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
– 2 Timothy 2:5 KJV And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
– Philemon 1:21 KJV Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Take the exhortation by brother JT and walk in the newness of life serving in obedience unto righteousness which is only in Jesus Christ!
– Romans 6:16 KJV Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
– Romans 6:18 KJV Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Thank you JT! Keep fighting the good fight of faith!
– 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 KJV Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (18) Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Thanks, Scott.
Great verses and article. I absolutely agree, if we show more boldness in the Lord and his word with calling out all of the evil and not compromising, the mockers and naysayers will begin to respect the King James Bible and realize our faith is for real, and the Bible is absolute truth. Why do people almost never mock Islam? Because the Muslims are bold and faithful to their faith, and they would immediately speak out and take actions, although for all the wrong, twisted, violent, murderous, terroristic reasons.
It’s never easy, but we have to settle in our minds now that there is a possibility we will get violently persecuted, or we will have to suffer pain and die for exposing the deceitfully wicked, Talmudic, Kabbalist Jewish Rabbis, their deceived, fanatical Jewish followers and Vatican Rome’s Catholic Church working hand in hand, with the governments in their back pockets; or at the very least, lose everything we have, be homeless or go to prison for being public with all of this, face and name out there: online and in our local areas; for everyone to see. Your choice though.
Do I like thinking about the possible consequences of this, flesh-wise? No. Spirit-wise, yes, absolutely.
Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
2 Thess 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
Just to add, to prove the fact that the deceived Jewish followers of these evil Rabbis are being manipulated (had been for a long time, as I’m sure many here already know) and being built up more to hate Jesus Christ, the KJB and us brethren, here’s a video with screenshots I uploaded on Rumble, where I had discussions with the Jews there, and of course, the moderators cowardly and discreetly delete my clean, civil replies after a few days, that warn them about Rome’s trickery, and their own personal wickedness using scriptures, yet let the disgusting comments remain (I get it, YouTube is junk, but the mods there have first dibs with the comments). This is only the least of it, there are more strong evidence out there:
https://rumble.com/v5fvlln-corrupt-talmudic-and-kabbalist-jewish-rabbis-promoting-hate-with-their-fals.html?e9s=src_v1_upp
I live in the “Bible Belt.” I’ve given up going to church because each one I’ve attended is a sad joke; i.e., club/disco-type music with a jungle-boogie beat – no Bibles in the pews – 48 minutes of music and singing – 10 minutes of a sermon that’s absolutely meaningless when it comes to the word of God – the name of Jesus is barely mentioned, etc., etc. You get the picture. One “church” I attended had a huge concession stand as you enter wherein you can buy all kinds of yummies and take them into the church sermon. My first thought when I saw that was Jesus would have definitely turned that stand over had He walked in there. It’s a very sad feeling.
Thanks for sharing. That’s about how I feel and have seen, and have heard of so many times.
I agree. The last church I attended (for 5 years) was the same as you described. It had several kitchens, which I volunteered to clean and inside the fridge was several bottles of beer and wine, which some people find okay if you drink, but I don’t, a gymnasium, a coffee bar with scones and the Christmas play was ladies in body tights as angels swinging around on a rope AND he didn’t believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, but it was a “Christian” church.
The professing “believers you are talking about have a name: Churchianity.
More than ever we need to get into our King James Bible, read it and live what we read. Time is growing very short, and we need to stay on track and not get distracted. “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.” (1 Corinthians 10:21)
Excellent and timely article Jacob, I’m glad you see the truth about these “revivals” and can call them what they truly are. May the Lord continue to use you to speak the truth.
You can’t have a great apostasy without a great apostasy.
I took my Scripture from Bible Hub KJV and copied to my comment…
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
I accidentally copied the verse from the NKJV.
It should be:
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
The words these and those are indicative of things and the words they and them are indicative of man.
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I took my Scripture from Bible Hub KJV and copied to my comment…
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
I accidentally copied the verse from the NKJV.
It should be:
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
The words these and those are indicative of things and the words they and them are indicative of man.
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Thanks for your heart, righteous anger and study, Jacob. The western evangelical church is nothing more than a social club wrapped with lifeless religiosity.
Personally I put a majority of the blame on the cemeteries masquerading as seminaries who’ve been infiltrated by communist $ and are spitting out unbelieving pastors. You cited the 1 Cor 4:18 puffery which is especially true of the fake leaders who are more interested in buildings, staff and programs than saving souls. They’re leading the flock to slaughter. No mention of Hell, Satan, the cosmic war that we’re in the middle of and how to fight back, gifts, what Gen is 6 really about etc.
They cater to the itching ears who come once a week, tithe and bow at the pastor’s feet for his intellectualism which Paul warned about in 1 Cor 3:18.
The 2 solutions I see are prayer and house churches. The Lord of Hosts knows where we are and wants us to cry out and be doers as you mentioned. He’ll preserve His remnant and empower us to do things that are uncomfortable as a test of faith.
Thanks again and Blessings.
Good point.
And yet so many still cling to hopes of a “revival.” Well, there’ll be a lot of souls saved during Jacob’s Trouble, but there’s no turning around the apostasy before the Rapture.
The day revival happens will be the day I become the king of England.
Once the King James Bible was rejected and thrown out, revival died and now they’re all emotion-driven experience-fueled hogwash.
Having some wannabe rockstar rapping Jesus Freak by DC Talk or some crappy sappy CCM song by Third Day or Casting Crowns while the mind-control emotions are adjusted to this religious experience and then for some so-called revivals at least, it’s games and snack booths.
Ask these revivalists “if you’re revival is such a move of God, then why aren’t the bars and strip clubs being shut down? Why are there still 2.5 million porn sites online? Why is there still profanity including the F-word and that satanic hip hop blaring and polluting the airspace?”
They’ll start stammering and looking for excuses because they know that it’s false and it’s all a business practice to get more money!
This is an epic study and a treasure trove of Truth.
I don’t even know where to begin. I’m just savoring it for the moment.
With that said, the time of fake christians and these church buildings has gone on for far too long and now it’s coming to a fateful end.
I’ve lived through it, both false converts: the ones who act all self righteous and think they’re the big cheese but they’re actually satanic little devils putting on an act AND the phonies who just want to have fun and joke around under the guise of “evangelism.” They’re BOTH enemies of God and His word!
2020 and the whole sham of a “pandemic” was God’s final warning against and on these church buildings. What’s coming sooner than soon now is going to be far worse!
World War III and economic crash will be the biggest blows to them.
And not just church buildings but also those greedy mammon obsessing ministers of Satan on the television (HELL-I-Vision) on TBN, DayStar, Church TV, God Channel, SBN, and so on, the seats are going to be empty, the offering buckets will be bare and hollow, and they will answer for their so-called ministry!
Excellent study brother. The apostacy taking place in this country today is detestable. It’s a shame what this nation in particular has come to, especially when you consider how that we used to boldly hold up and proclaim truth.
Deuteronomy 4:7-8 (KJV) For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
This passage USED to ring true for America long ago, but unfortunately, we ignored the following warning:
Deuteronomy 4:9 (KJV) Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
We all have been guilty of treasuring up unto ourselves “wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds” (Rom. 2:5-6), and indeed most of us have a SEVERE need of checking and judging ourselves (1 Cor. 11:31). Thank you for the edification brother, I pray this article stirs up both myself and the body of Christ as a whole to be more zealous (Rev. 3:9), and to be DOERS of the word, and not hearers only.
The churches are filled with Adultery … What do you expect?
Excellent observation and no one seems to care anymore. The acceptance of divorced and remarried Christians in the church and even the ministry has thrown the doors wide open for the sodomites. With multiple scriptures against divorce/remarriage and zero scripture against sodomite marriage, anything said will be hypocritical in the extreme.
Thank you, brother.
I started to write a letter years ago to my family which turned into a website. Money has no value there, no trips to Alaska, no books to purchase, no – none of that.
No man, no government, no religion, philosophy, etc. will stop what is occurring around the world. And that goes for our churches which have based their organizations (denominations) after mans organizations, not Gods Pattern for His Church and Families.
Man’s churches are failing as we enter the end of days of which we have been forewarned. Man’s Churches have assumed to themselves priesthoods and authority (as they supposed) thereby dividing believers one against another. They also assumed responsibilities which God ordained and appointed for Men and Women (The Family) not men’s churches. That is why Christian Families are failing like secular families.
What is God’s Church? It’s Jesus Christ and Born Again Believers having the indwelling of the Holy Spirit our True Guide, our True Teacher, our True Comforter along with God’s Word and the Testimony of His Creation. They are the living
breathing Church Of God, adopted Sons and Daughters of God destined to be with Him throughout eternity.
I invite you visit https://www.knowingforyourself.com/
If nothing else read from the home page and then, at the top of the home page read from: God’s Family – God’s Church – Message of the Temple Veil, and the Women at the well – Rebuild Restore.
Be ready to think for yourself, use anything from the site in context and share it far and wide so others may know for themselves.
“For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor anything
secret that shall not be known and come out in the open.” Luke 8:17
Best to all and your loved ones in Jesus Christ, our savior and redeemer. Daniel
P.S. Want to know who the Prince of this world is and who are his followers? First read the 10 Commandments as given in your Bible. (1 thru 10 “Thou shalt not’s”)
Then read the Commandments again starting from the 10th command first
(10 thru 1) but instead of “Thou shalt not”…say to yourself…”Thou Shalt” and you will know for yourself who is the god of this present world is and who are those who follow him. Think about it.
Christians use to be relevant. We used to be leaders morally. Church’s taught real biblical literacy. Christians participated in our communities and were salt and light. Christians were found in all fields of endeavors achieving great things. That was a long time ago I guess.
I think of scientists like Issac Newton or Michael Faraday, who was an English scientist pivotal in the study of electromagnetism, who turned down tea with the Queen of England because he could not miss a Bible Study. I love that story.
What used to be Christendom (Christians dominionizing government and society on behalf of their King) in early 1600’s America has tragically devolved into mere four-walled, stain-glassed, *pew*trifying Christianity.
The bulk of today’s Christians are best depicted by Christ in Matthew 5:13 as salt that’s lost it’s savor, good for nothing but to be trampled under foot.
Time to get salty again and to take seriously our dominion commission in Romans 13:1-7 and related passages.
There are a plethora of passages (Exodus 1, Judges 6, Acts 4 & 5, 17:6-7, etc.) that dictate Christians reject any government mandate requiring them to disobey their Lord and King. Romans 13 is not one of them.
Romans 13:1-7 has absolutely nothing to do with secular civil government. Rather everything therein depicts a biblical civil government, making it our commission for dominion over government and society.
The one word “continually” or “devoted” (depending upon your Bible version) in Verse 6 (amplifying Verses 3 & 4) alone proves the point. And it’s just one of ten contextual reasons proving the same thing.
Unless someone’s prepared to claim the Roman Empire (one of the most notorious for murdering Christians) was a government that *continually* blessed Christians and terrorized/punished the wicked, they best rethink their theology regarding this extremely important passage of Scripture.
See free online book “The Romans 13 Template for Biblical Dominion: Ten Reasons Why Romans 13 is Not About Secular Government” at https://www.bibleversusconstitution.org/Romans13/Romans13-contents.html