But did anyone truly uphold the law? Only one did and that was Jesus Christ. Yes Enoch was taken up to heaven but no man is without sin since the orginal fall. We are all guilty of love the Lord with all your heart, all your soul and all your might (Duet 6:5) We are no longer bound by the law; but does that mean we stop running the race? By no means; we run the race till our last breath knowing our works do not save us but Christ's actions on the cross and his grace alone.
What does God care about money. Would it not be more important to honor a vow before Him than to worry about money.
That very quote still says render to Ceaser what is his. Mankind is corrupt; laws are corrupt. But in this world we still must honor authority. Romans 13:1-7 covers this. God has appointed those in positions of power into these positions; therefore who are we to go against His will?
I do recognize others may not see it the same; brings up many questions like are we able to rebel against a tyrannical government (In this case ridiculous laws; speeding, medical bills etc). I have heard some compelling arguments for both sides. A local gentleman who I admire very much wrote a book on this supporting what you are stating. I would give his name but could Dox me.
Either way I appreciate the dialogue here and I respectfully disagree as this is a Tier 1 issue for me. But I of course do see your argument my interpretation of the scripture is different. Either way glad to have another brother (or sister) in Christ on the same team as we fight the good fight in this fallen world.
What does God care about money. Would it not be more important to honor a vow before Him than to worry about money.
Lots of verses about money in the Bible. Misuse of money promotes all sorts of sins.
He doesn’t need our money, but how we spend it is likely very important to Him, or he wouldn’t have told us so much about it. If there was a man, let’s say “Joe Biden”, who was openly promoting worship of Satan, and says we owe him $32,500, every dime of which he intends to use to promote satanic activity. If we give it to him, we are literally paying tribute to Satan and granting glory to his authority.
It’s not going to result in damnation, but is that truly what we are called to do?
It is a pastime of Christians to respond, “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s”, but to also refuse to think about “what is actually Caesar’s, who has declared himself a god? What does it mean if I give him what he says he’s owed versus what I actually owe him?” What about the verse MAG cited about “teaches others to ignore even the least of these laws shall be least in heaven”?
Which is more glorifying of our Passover Lamb, that he be justifiably be struck down dead there by the Roman authorities for asserting Caesar to be a false god and an undue king and thereby committing treason, or for him to be falsely Isaiah 53’ed by those he came to save, put up as an atoning sacrifice on Passover, and thereby fulfilling all scripture?
u/Nehemiah’s efforts were so successful and impressive because he paid attention to commandments about money, courts of justice, and dealing with worldly masters. Nehemiah was a BOSS.
We need to pay attention to the whole book.
Now then, if you could please tell me how to make reproach in love rather than in autism, I could use the help!
But did anyone truly uphold the law? Only one did and that was Jesus Christ. Yes Enoch was taken up to heaven but no man is without sin since the orginal fall. We are all guilty of love the Lord with all your heart, all your soul and all your might (Duet 6:5) We are no longer bound by the law; but does that mean we stop running the race? By no means; we run the race till our last breath knowing our works do not save us but Christ's actions on the cross and his grace alone.
What does God care about money. Would it not be more important to honor a vow before Him than to worry about money.
That very quote still says render to Ceaser what is his. Mankind is corrupt; laws are corrupt. But in this world we still must honor authority. Romans 13:1-7 covers this. God has appointed those in positions of power into these positions; therefore who are we to go against His will?
I do recognize others may not see it the same; brings up many questions like are we able to rebel against a tyrannical government (In this case ridiculous laws; speeding, medical bills etc). I have heard some compelling arguments for both sides. A local gentleman who I admire very much wrote a book on this supporting what you are stating. I would give his name but could Dox me.
Either way I appreciate the dialogue here and I respectfully disagree as this is a Tier 1 issue for me. But I of course do see your argument my interpretation of the scripture is different. Either way glad to have another brother (or sister) in Christ on the same team as we fight the good fight in this fallen world.
Lots of verses about money in the Bible. Misuse of money promotes all sorts of sins.
He doesn’t need our money, but how we spend it is likely very important to Him, or he wouldn’t have told us so much about it. If there was a man, let’s say “Joe Biden”, who was openly promoting worship of Satan, and says we owe him $32,500, every dime of which he intends to use to promote satanic activity. If we give it to him, we are literally paying tribute to Satan and granting glory to his authority.
It’s not going to result in damnation, but is that truly what we are called to do?
It is a pastime of Christians to respond, “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s”, but to also refuse to think about “what is actually Caesar’s, who has declared himself a god? What does it mean if I give him what he says he’s owed versus what I actually owe him?” What about the verse MAG cited about “teaches others to ignore even the least of these laws shall be least in heaven”?
Which is more glorifying of our Passover Lamb, that he be justifiably be struck down dead there by the Roman authorities for asserting Caesar to be a false god and an undue king and thereby committing treason, or for him to be falsely Isaiah 53’ed by those he came to save, put up as an atoning sacrifice on Passover, and thereby fulfilling all scripture?
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/how-is-jesus-our-passover-lamb.html
u/Nehemiah’s efforts were so successful and impressive because he paid attention to commandments about money, courts of justice, and dealing with worldly masters. Nehemiah was a BOSS.
We need to pay attention to the whole book.
Now then, if you could please tell me how to make reproach in love rather than in autism, I could use the help!