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Living Stone Calvary Chapel Stupidity

The twisting and abuse of Romans 13 continues unabated from Canon City pulpits.

The inadequacy of Curtis’ interpretation is on full display as he went into the story of Paul being persecuted by government for preaching the gospel (40:50 mark) and then in the next breath saying that government is God’s servant (42:55). He mentions that it’s possible government is not behaving correctly, but never explains what to do other than blindly obeying. He never explains what we should be doing even though the government has allowed the murder of 70 million unborn babies without punishing the evildoers who perpetrated that massacre, much less the relentless string of smaller injustices we face every day other than to just do what they say.

In that portion of the sermon, he says that Paul (and Christians) didn’t lead a rebellion even though they were being persecuted. Rebellion isn’t the only alternative to the milquetoast interpretation of the blind obedience to government hermeneutic of contemporary American Christianity. The weapons of Christianity aren’t a sword, but the word of God and the gospel working to change society. If the gospel you’re preaching doesn’t include calling the nations to repent and obey all that Christ has commanded (Matthew 28:18-20), then you have a false gospel. It took generations, but Christianity defeated Rome and the rest of Europe more thoroughly than if they had used swords. The pagans in Rome would abandon unwanted babies in the garbage dump and Christians would rescue the babies. They faced much persecution as they disobeyed government.

To top it all off, Curtis propagates the lies of enemies of the gospel who say that Kent Hovind went to prison for not paying his taxes (50:28 mark). In reality, Hovind went to jail for withdrawing amounts of cash under $10,000–a crime known as structuring. You may not have known that withdrawing $9800 cash from your own bank account was a crime, but it’s a crime that can get you long periods in prison. It’s just another example of how evil our government is.

Here’s the video that’s not worth watching, but I’m posting so you can check my references:

In the future, I’d like the discussion around this passage to be this: How do Christians respond when our government in almost no way matches the description of Romans 13 government. Telling Christians to just obey an evil government and betraying Christians who are unjustly persecuted by an evil government (as Curtis does to Kent Hovind) will only get us more evil government.

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Lone Ranger Christianity

Someone posted this comment on Facebook, and Bojidar Marinov put the dude in his place as usual. It was just on some random post that I can’t find now. Here’s the guy’s comment and Bo’s response.

———————Random Guy
Where has the heresy of Lone Ranger so called “Christianity” come from? Why do people believe they can be saved with just them and their Bible when the Bible teaches the necessity of baptism, holy Communion and the Church?

Bojidar

———————Bo
No such “heresy” exists. There is no one that believes such a thing. Every Christian today believes in the necessity of communion with other Christians. The divide is not between those who believe that communion is not necessary and those who believe that it is necessary, the divide is between those who believe that such communion needs to be organic, natural, and driven by the Holy Spirit, mutual love, care and concern, and those who are craving power and want to replace communion with power structures, submission to illegitimate hierarchy, mass manipulation, and control. The latter, in order to justify their unbiblical and evil view of communion, and also to keep dummies like you manipulated and controlled, have made up the false accusation of “lone ranger” against the former, whereas the true communion is with the former, not with the latter.

As to who first declared that a Christian is a Christian even if alone against everyone else, it’s the Bible, in the example of the lives of heroes like Noah, Jacob, Joseph, David, Elijah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Paul, etc. The early church expressed that principle with the phrase “contra mundum,” and it became a sign for those who stood alone against the rest. Monasticism was specifically approved of by the early Councils, and the Council of Chalcedon (451) which gave us the fullest description of the Trinitarian formula, also established the legitimacy of the monastic way of life. Augustin, himself one of the greatest champions of Christian orthodoxy, spoke highly of the example of St. Anthony of the Desert, and described the life of a lone Christian with the highest possible praise. Etc., etc., I can continue for pages showing how the early church approved of lone Christians doing the work of God in their specific area. Similar examples can be given from the era of the Reformation, and specifically the Reformation in Scotland (read The Scots Worthies to see how many of them spent significant parts of their lives as lone Christians) and the colonization of North America.

As to the modern concept that a Christian is not one unless he is trampled under the feet of men only because these men pretend to be “elders” or “pastors,” that concept is fairly new, dating back to the 1930s. It is entirely the product of philosophical collectivism, that means, it is a sister doctrine to secular socialism and Communism.

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Romans 13 Hypocrites

The ROMANS 13!!!! crowd likes to say that illegal immigrants are breaking the law and it’s a sin to break the law.

Judgment begins in the house of God. Christians are supposed to judge, as long as they hold themselves to at least as high a standard as they hold others. Is the ROMANS 13!!!! crowd holding themselves to the same standard they hold immigrants to? Do they ever break the speed limit or fail to come to a complete stop? Have they ever texted while driving? Do they get a permit when they replace a water heater or do home improvement projects that require a permit? Do they carry a gun in places they shouldn’t and have all the proper permits? Do they report any profit they make when they sell something privately?

That crowd might say illegal immigration is a serious crime while speeding isn’t. I don’t see why that matters. Romans 13 makes no distinction. But even if it did, sneaking across the border is a misdemeanor but overstaying a visa is a civil infraction like a speeding ticket.

Even if someone keeps the laws perfectly themselves, the people committing the greater sin in this area is the government acting contrary to the Constitution, abusing immigrants and taking away our freedoms. The ROMANS 13!!!! crowd needs to be at least as passionate about holding government to the standard of Romans 13:3-4.

So ROMANS 13!!!! people need to seriously consider whether they’re hypocrites who are sinfully judging.

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Brain Dead Reading of Romans 13

I’m always amazed at how people cannot see that Romans 13:3-4 place huge constraints on government. They constantly make the mistake of thinking that good and evil are defined by men. If you believe that, you’re not a Christian. Christians take their definition of good and evil from God alone. I want to post those two verses, though you should always read verses in context, so feel free to do that. And then, I will post a random guy’s comments about those verses where he misrepresents what it’s saying.

Romans 13:3-4: For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 

Here’s what this guy said about these verses:
“Paul reinforces this point by asking, “Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval” (Romans 13:3). This does not mean law enforcement never errs, but it does establish its God-ordained function. Authority is meant to benefit those who obey the law and restrain those who do not” [emphasis mine].

Those verses say if you do good, you have nothing to worry about. It doesn’t say if you obey the law you have nothing to worry about. Verse 4 makes it even clearer. Wrongdoers are people who commit crimes according to God’s definition, and His wrath is on them. Government is His servant to carry out His wrath. Not the wrath of the state.

I thought it was interesting to see someone who seems to have almost subconsciously pervert God’s word. I think he was genuinely trying to interpret it correctly, but people just approach it with their own presuppositions and miss the point.

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What is Anarchy?

Many words have more than one definition. When people decry anarchy, they are usually talking about a loss of control and chaos. Specifically, when there is a lack of justice for criminals–where people can do whatever they want without consequence. Christians will cite Judges 21:25 as an example of this. It says, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” A lack of criminal justice would be a big problem in Scripture.

There is a wide array of anarchists ranging from anarcho-communists to anarcho-capitalists. I only care to defend anarcho-capitalism. Before King Saul became Israel’s first king, Israel was ruled by the Lord. Human judges were in place to carry out criminal justice. Neighbors might hold trials and the witnesses in a death penalty trial were to be the first to throw the stones in a stoning. There were no prisons, no paid police, no king, no president. Only everyday people who were supposed to know God’s law. They didn’t even have an army. Formal judges even led Israel into battles, without authority to force people to join the army. If the people believed the war was unjust, they didn’t show up to fight. If they thought it was just, they knew God was fighting on their behalf.



That is anarchy–where there is no human authority to force anyone to do anything. No one to force you to pay taxes or force you to seek their permission to do something that isn’t sinful or get permission to do something that is sinful. The only control anyone has over someone is when they’ve criminally harmed someone else. Your neighbors and townspeople will make sure you are fairly tried and that your just sentence is executed. Israel at the time of the judges had no human rulers. It was an anarchy.

But if those who decry anarchy are worried that criminals aren’t receiving justice, that is exactly what we have in the United States right now. Sixty million babies have been murdered by abortion, and it’s perfectly legal. There is a mass slaughter going on; it’s just that it’s not happening where we can see it but in abortion clinics.

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Is Your Church Really a Battleship?

We attended a prospective members class at a local church. They said the church isn’t a cruise ship but a battle ship. I have used that analogy myself and I like the analogy. When I say it, I mean that we are engaged in a battle to expand God’s kingdom by the spread of the gospel and teaching the nations to obey all that Christ commands (Matt. 28:18-20). How the church used the analogy has been bugging me and it took me a couple weeks to figure out why.

The guy used the analogy to say that we are expected to contribute to the church by volunteering in various roles. We’re not supposed to come here to be served. I appreciate it as far as that goes. A battleship has janitors and cooks that never fire a gun or steer the ship, and I understand that some people serve in ways that may not be directly engaging in battle. But in the church’s analogy, they don’t actually mean anything by being a battle ship. They just mean it’s not a cruise ship where people come to be served. Their battleship never leaves port to fight any battles. Their battleship is always parked at the dock and the sailors show up on Sunday morning and then go home.

They do a fair job of telling people that they are to go out and spread the gospel, but there is no organization to that. It’s all about Sunday morning. I don’t think Sunday morning is about battling at all. Everyone comes and gets coffee and listens to the sermon and maybe they chit chat a little.

If there is any analogy you want to use only for Sunday morning assembly, it that it is supposed to be a hospital for the wounded to come and receive comfort. But that would be because we are out battling all week and these battles lead to wounds. Jesus offers healing through fellowship with other Christians, eating together and the Lord’s supper in the midst of that meal.

In order to use the battleship analogy, you need to get the ship out of port and into battle. There is no shortage of battles to be fought that lend themselves to being fought by a team. The main one is abortion. We also need to get as many kids out of public school as possible. We need to preach the gospel. I’m sure there are plenty of other good ideas. Wouldn’t it have been nice if there were churches in any real battles. They like to talk about discipleship, but the best kind of discipleship would be on-the-job training.

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Scoffers

I’ve been thinking about what the best way to spread the gospel and how to teach the nations to obey all that Christ has commanded. I recently left a comment about what God’s law teaches about immigration, and 39 people left likes or laughs–mostly laughs. I could go somewhere and pass out tracts, and I think that’s a good thing to do. I posted that comment and I consider it to be equivalent of passing out 39 tracts. Probably more, because all the people who read it didn’t necessarily react.

The comments under it have started to fizzle out as the post ages, but this morning there was one more comment.

Imagine someone being given a paraphrase of Scripture about what people going to heaven ought to be doing (with the verse reference) and then laughing at it. If you read this passage, this seems to be exactly what the goats would do. I guess all we can do is pray for her. Our job is to tell people what the Bible says, and leave the results to God.

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Congress is This Guy’s God

The author of the ridiculous graphic above is an idolater. The Bible nowhere indicates that crossing a border or getting a job in a foreign country are sins, much less crimes. If you think men get to make up crimes, then you believe that men define good and evil and that means that you idolize men. The Bible says that only God determines good and evil and God is the only lawgiver (Isaiah 33:22, James 4:12). Law giving is a job reserved for God. If you think there is some other source of law, that is your false god.

Here’s your homework. What does the Bible call people who move to a foreign country in your favorite translation? After you figure that out, it’s easy to search that word for the 20 or so Bible verses that mention them. What does the Bible say about how to treat them? If you’re a Christian you better know the answer to those questions, and you better advocate for what it says and be teaching the nations to obey what He has commanded (Matthew 28:18-20).

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Who Is the Enemy?

Millions of American Christians have no idea who the real enemy of the kingdom of God is: the U.S. government.

They send their kids to the government for 8 hours per day for 13 years to be discipled by God-hating liberals in socialist-funded indoctrination centers. The kids learn that government giving people things and taking care of them is just fine. Spending more and more money and even government taking on debt and raising taxes to spend on schools is just fine.

When the local police don’t lift a finger to stop abortion in your city, Christians don’t bother to teach the cops that Scripture says that government’s only job is to carry out God’s wrath on evildoers (Romans 13:4).

When the federal government/the Federal Reserve print money and mail out checks causing rampant inflation, no pastor says anything from the pulpit. Rampant theft of the money in people’s savings via inflation is just fine, because Trump and Biden sent out checks I guess.

When government takes over the job of individuals and churches of charity and taking care of our parents and grandparents via socialist redistribution schemes (theft), we’re content to ignore our family members.

When a Republican is in office, even if it’s a whoremongering scumbag New York liberal who makes Bill Clinton look conservative, Christians call for loyal obedience to the government and even demand their children pledge allegiance to our wicked government thousands of times over the course of their socialist education.

“But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil” (Hebrews 5:14).

Christians are woefully unable to distinguish good from evil to the point that they unwaveringly support the biggest enemy of the kingdom of God.