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Originally Posted by weishaupt1776
TG, have you done a thorough, systematic study of scripture regarding
The Christian & Civil Government ?
A yes or no is fine. A narrative answer void of affirmation or denial will be deemed non responsive and will be objected to at all times
Anyway, I encourage you to listen to those mp3's BEFORE posting anything more on the subject. I am interested in dialoguing on it further.
If it is something you wish to dialogue on, I have started a thread
called Romans 13 / Ceasar
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OK, gave it an honest read. I Didn't, however, listen to the mp3s...sorry, but just plain don't have time.
But here's my basic response and I'll have to leave it here...I read all those opinions back in "the day" when I was following Clarkson's advice. It all made sense at the time to me too that we "no longer live under Ceasar/ the Constitution is our Ceasar and the Constitution is We the People and not the US Gov't".
But the way i feel about it NOW, is that these preachers are basically trying to outsmart Jesus himself by saying, "Well, Jesus lived in Ceasar's time, he didn't know that someday his children would invent the Constitutional Republic thereby rendering HIS WORD useless. We, the preachers, know what we're talking about and if Jesus were here today, we'd instruct Him on the 3 branches of government and the separation of powers".
Sorry, Weis, but I don't buy it anymore. His word is Timeless, and unlike Governments or any other creations of mortal man, it is permanent and doesn't change.