Posted by
Harry Valentine on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:47:31 PM
Christian Passivity? Pastors, Call Us to Battle!
“Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?” (I Cor 14:8)
I was pondering the “spiritual, cultural and political state of the Union” with a friend recently and we came to a conclusion which the CHPA has been trumpeting for years –
“Without the pastors sounding a clear call for battle, we have no hope.”
We all know the list of dangers very well. The question is: “What are we going to do about it?” Or even more appropriately: “What are our pastors, priests and leaders going to do about it?”
Please read the article to which I am linking you, excerpts of which you will find below. It talks about Christian “Political Passivity.”
“It’s not only the left that sounds the alarm when Christians ‘jeopardize the separation of church and state’ by engaging in political action. Some Christians object, too. One evangelical leader offered this stern warning: ‘There should not be even a hint of anything political in our public discourse.’”
“This may sound spiritual in some circles, but it can be devastating to the public good. Without question the Gospel has supernatural power to change lives, and those changed lives can change the world. William Wilberforce, Martin Luther King, and Mother Teresa come immediately to mind.”
“The New Testament tells us that government is for ‘the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.’ The book of Proverbs reminds us that, ‘The king gives stability to the land by justice’ and, ‘The execution of justice is joy for the righteous.’”
“Biblical teaching is clear: God intends government to use law to enforce morality. Informed Christian people are essential to that process because the concept of justice that grounds good government can be twisted by evil men in power. If the Church doesn’t stand in the gap giving substance to the words ‘good’ and ‘evil,’ then nothing prevents leadership from reversing the definitions, praising evil and punishing good. Tragically, this is already happening.”
“Does the Scripture teach we should be silent on anything that doesn’t have to do with saving souls? Is it God’s desire that we abandon everything this side of the grave as profane and utterly lost? Is nothing in this life valuable, important, or worth redeeming?”
“The current understanding of separation of church and state—the view that the state is thoroughly secular and not influenced by religious values, especially Christian ones—was completely foreign to the first 150 years of American political thought.”
Please give this information to your leaders. They are the prophets. The Book of Proverbs teaches “without a prophetic vision the people perish (29:18a).” Brethren, our nation is perishing.
Harry Valentine, CHPA Founder/Publisher
Prayer:
“May God cause the people He ordained to sound a clear trumpet call to battle the wave of iniquity and evil engulfing the nation He gave us.”