“Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God”

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. ~ 1 Corinthians 16:13

The State is not GOD. The states Authority is not limitless. They don’t get to do whatever just seems good to them. Men should not give unlimited obedience to civil government.  In fact, men have a duty to oppose any in authority when they make unjust or immoral laws. ~ An Excerpt from THE DOCTRINE OF THE LESSER MAGISTRATES by Pastor Matt Trewhella

God told me through Pastor Kirby Kudlak in 2015 that when we draw closer to Him, He draws closer to us (James 4:8). What He neglected to tell me then, that which I know now, is that the closer we get to Jesus the fewer and farther between will be those whom we can truly call friend. Another pastor-friend just this week introduced me to a very close relative of that reality in what he saw as, “God is using you to make the church uncomfortable.” This morning at between 1am and 2am, He gave me the following epiphany:

Over the course of the past month I’ve observed two Christian brothers acting publicly in a way I know they wouldn’t have acted in front of their pastors, or Jesus Himself. The one, several weeks ago, led to a Proverbs 27:17 one-on-one confrontation which ended in a better understanding, and this morning I deleted a comment made on a FB comment I posted on perhaps the most controversial topic in America and the world today, which my Christian friend happened to agree with. So, here is the epiphany, and trust me when I say this could mean YOUR salvation!

Today’s title in the form of a question inspired by Jamie Walden’s To The Lion Hearts challenging ALL Christians to examine their heart posture…before God’s final exam. A Very Particular Heart Posture …So, this is what God gave me this morning: There is nothing I do or say publicly that I would not do or say in the presence of my pastor, or my LORD Jesus Christ. Now some of you who know me and who have seen me take certain church leaders to task in harsh, angry, and in seemingly very unloving ways, I would point to the many times Christ dressed down the Pharisees in the harshest public rebuke imaginable in His day…And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over the  in it (Colossians 2:15)…And his explosive outrage in the John 2:15 Temple, 100% controlled and righteous in the presence of His Father. Now here is the personal part some of you may or may not be able to relate to: God gave me David’s Sheepdog Heart which is the source of my strength…in public. But in private, just as with Davids 2 Samuel 12:13 sin, many if not most tend to let our guards down. Here’s the key…our pastors, David’s Nathan, don’t see our private moments, but our Abba Father is present through every hour of our lives!

So, yes my friend, I can 100% relate to this brother who chooses to confront the pure evil mocking his God while leading an entire congregation of people who call themselves Christians straight into the hellfire of eternal damnation; THIS is the Lion Heart!, and to be perfectly honest after reading the following: In a poll by a professor at Northwestern University, cited by W.O.H. Garman in The Present Day Trends in World Wide Apostasy, we find the following: Ninety-six percent of Congregational ministers, thirty percent of Lutheran ministers, ninety-six percent of Episcopalian minsters, eighty-five present of Presbyterian ministers, ninety-two present of Methodist ministers, and fifty present of Baptist ministers do not believe in literal hell, I fear for most ALL of you reading these words in this hour!

Dr. Ruckman knew full well what he was fighting for when he wrote these words sometime before 2009: “The majority of preachers no longer preach about hell because they don’t believe in it, and they don’t believe in it because they are headed there. When you find a man busy renovating and air-conditioning hell, you can be assured he’s about to move in.” Imagine what he would think today!!!

I see so many Christian men…men looking for Turning Point USA to do their fighting for them, or the MANY who spend countless hours posting scripture and memes on Facebook, imagining themselves on the battlefield from the safety of their bedrooms! And worst of all, the so-called shepherds who refuse to set foot on the physical or the virtual battlefield…lulling their sheep into the cradle of blissful ignorance. WOE to you…

On the other hand, to His remnant few who take Paul’s 1 Corinthians 16:13 call to heart, and fully ready to stand in the gap in defiance of tyranny as Pastor Trewhella has called us, I leave you brothers with the following assurances…

As we obey God we find we have a wealth of power on the inside.   (Psy. Redemp.)

George Whitefield’s last words on this earth before he died in Newbury, Mass. In 1770, “I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” ~ Psalm 17:15