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This Opening Post is NOT to discuss any political issue.
This Opening Post is ONLY to re-affirm the truth of:
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.___2 Chronicles 7:14
_____________
I wrote this piece mainly for Christians, but non-Christians might find it
interesting.
Introductory Remarks:
My entire family are Christians. We are all strong Conservatives.
We are all Republicans. We have always voted for the Republican Party.
We always will do that. We support Law and Order.
Laws are necessary. Laws do reduce crime.
Politics is necessary. Politics is merely what we do {policies , , , political policies}
Nations do what they do, because they believe what they believe.
There is no possible way to escape "the political process."
Politics is here to stay until the end of time.
Politics can temporarily solve some human problems.
But politics can never solve the root problem, which is spiritual.
A diseased ROOT will always produce "bad policies" fruit.
Fix one political problem, and another will appear somewhere else.
Diseased root. You must cure the "bad root" problem. to have good fruit.
So? So there are better solutions to human problems than political
solutions. These better solutions are spiritual solutions,
Nonetheless , , ,
Many Christians seek political solutions to what they will admit are
spiritual problems.
They seek to "elect the right kind of men" to political office with the goal of
fixing America's many moral, economic, and political problems.
Read this next paragraph very carefully , , ,
They want the Christian moral code to become a reality through the political
process. My view is this is utterly impossible to achieve. Here is my view of
that in a nutshell: There is not a shred of Biblical evidence that teaches the
way to fix a nation’s spiritual problems, is to elect “the right kinds of politicians"
to public office. That is pure fantasy. The notion that: If we can "just somehow
elect the right politicians", then we can legislate the Christian moral code into
law” is pure fiction. This is never going to materialize and become a reality.
Here are some of my reasons why:
My view is that permanent change can not come through political laws and
through the “political process." It is impossible to solve human problems apart
from the supernatural power of God Almighty, and His Son the Lord Jesus,
and the power of the Holy Spirit.
{1} You must first change hearts before you can change minds.
{2} All human moral problems are at root spiritual problems.
{3} Moral problems are what causes political and economic problems.
{4} There are no lasting secular political solutions for spiritual problems.
{5} But there are lasting spiritual solutions to spiritual problems.
{6} Those solutions must start with this:
{A} John 3:3 You must be born again.
{B} John 3:16 You must accept the Lord Jesus as your Savior.
{C} Galatians 5:22-23 You must allow the Holy Spirit to produce
the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your life, which are:
{a} love
{b} joy
{c} peace
{d} patience
{e} kindness
{f} goodness
{g} faithfulness
{h} gentleness
{i} self-control
This changes the "root" of the problem.
This changes the heart.
Which then changes the mind.
So that men now desire to do what is right without being "forced to do right"
by the political process , , ,Laws , , Police with guns , , Jail Time , ,etc
Anything not the above will fail to permanently solve the "political" problem
You can “throw money” at it.
You can “throw laws” at it.
You will fail.
If you DO solve the problem in one area, the same ROOT problem will
pop-up in another area. We saw this principle being played out in the
streets of America as rioting, looting, burning cars, burning buildings,
physical assaults, and murdering people was occurring right in front of
Law Enforcement Officers and elected politicians, who, at the time, did
not prevent it from happening. All this has a "root problem" that has
been a reality for decades, and if this present social chaos is "solved"
by politics, the "root problem" will re-appear, in another form, somewhere
else in the "garden" of America. Its merely a question of "when" and "where"
and "how bad" it will be, the next time it pops-up.
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.___2 Chronicles 7:14
This Opening Post is NOT to discuss any political issue.
This Opening Post is ONLY to re-affirm the truth of:
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.___2 Chronicles 7:14
_____________
I wrote this piece mainly for Christians, but non-Christians might find it
interesting.
Introductory Remarks:
My entire family are Christians. We are all strong Conservatives.
We are all Republicans. We have always voted for the Republican Party.
We always will do that. We support Law and Order.
Laws are necessary. Laws do reduce crime.
Politics is necessary. Politics is merely what we do {policies , , , political policies}
Nations do what they do, because they believe what they believe.
There is no possible way to escape "the political process."
Politics is here to stay until the end of time.
Politics can temporarily solve some human problems.
But politics can never solve the root problem, which is spiritual.
A diseased ROOT will always produce "bad policies" fruit.
Fix one political problem, and another will appear somewhere else.
Diseased root. You must cure the "bad root" problem. to have good fruit.
So? So there are better solutions to human problems than political
solutions. These better solutions are spiritual solutions,
Nonetheless , , ,
Many Christians seek political solutions to what they will admit are
spiritual problems.
They seek to "elect the right kind of men" to political office with the goal of
fixing America's many moral, economic, and political problems.
Read this next paragraph very carefully , , ,
They want the Christian moral code to become a reality through the political
process. My view is this is utterly impossible to achieve. Here is my view of
that in a nutshell: There is not a shred of Biblical evidence that teaches the
way to fix a nation’s spiritual problems, is to elect “the right kinds of politicians"
to public office. That is pure fantasy. The notion that: If we can "just somehow
elect the right politicians", then we can legislate the Christian moral code into
law” is pure fiction. This is never going to materialize and become a reality.
Here are some of my reasons why:
My view is that permanent change can not come through political laws and
through the “political process." It is impossible to solve human problems apart
from the supernatural power of God Almighty, and His Son the Lord Jesus,
and the power of the Holy Spirit.
{1} You must first change hearts before you can change minds.
{2} All human moral problems are at root spiritual problems.
{3} Moral problems are what causes political and economic problems.
{4} There are no lasting secular political solutions for spiritual problems.
{5} But there are lasting spiritual solutions to spiritual problems.
{6} Those solutions must start with this:
{A} John 3:3 You must be born again.
{B} John 3:16 You must accept the Lord Jesus as your Savior.
{C} Galatians 5:22-23 You must allow the Holy Spirit to produce
the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your life, which are:
{a} love
{b} joy
{c} peace
{d} patience
{e} kindness
{f} goodness
{g} faithfulness
{h} gentleness
{i} self-control
This changes the "root" of the problem.
This changes the heart.
Which then changes the mind.
So that men now desire to do what is right without being "forced to do right"
by the political process , , ,Laws , , Police with guns , , Jail Time , ,etc
Anything not the above will fail to permanently solve the "political" problem
You can “throw money” at it.
You can “throw laws” at it.
You will fail.
If you DO solve the problem in one area, the same ROOT problem will
pop-up in another area. We saw this principle being played out in the
streets of America as rioting, looting, burning cars, burning buildings,
physical assaults, and murdering people was occurring right in front of
Law Enforcement Officers and elected politicians, who, at the time, did
not prevent it from happening. All this has a "root problem" that has
been a reality for decades, and if this present social chaos is "solved"
by politics, the "root problem" will re-appear, in another form, somewhere
else in the "garden" of America. Its merely a question of "when" and "where"
and "how bad" it will be, the next time it pops-up.
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.___2 Chronicles 7:14
