7.8.24
Hey, Calvary Fremont –
The liberal elites are fighting to mainstream Sign #1 and to sideline Sign #2. The argument, of course, is that Sign #1 is the free speech of U.S. citizens whereas Sign #2 is government advancement of the Christian religion.
Once upon a time in a land far, far away what was immoral behavior was also illegal behavior. In today’s postmodern, post-Christian, post-truth, post-moral, post-gender culture, there is no transcendent standard of right and wrong that applies to everybody. To suggest that there is demonstrates that you are an intellectual Neanderthal and to expect others to live by this transcendent standard proves you to be an insufferable bigot with a Napoleon complex.
The website featuring Sign #1 also reported that the recent San Francisco Pride Parade featured nude adults walking around in front of children and a “Fetish Zone” where men urinated on each other in a kiddie pool and performed other sex acts. The ATF and FBI also participated in the parade, according to footage obtained by TENET Media. San Francisco Pride Parade features public nudity around kids | U.S. (christianpost.com)
The government can’t promote moral persuasion within its schools with displays of the 10 Commandments, yet it can promote immoral perversion on the streets of major cities in America with displays of Terrible Corruptions. Our culture is no longer in moral free fall – it has sunk to the bottom of the moral cesspool.
Believe it or not, I’m no big fan of the 10 Commandments being displayed in public schools and buildings. Someone might protest and quote this proverb, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.” I agree. Righteousness indeed exalts a nation – but righteous laws don’t. Righteous laws have to be obeyed before there is a righteous nation. Israel had 613 righteous laws from the mouth of God Himself and they still sunk to the bottom of the moral cesspool. It’s not the display of LAW that is the message of the Church, but the preaching and demonstration of GRACE. LAW will not raise our Nation from the depths into which it has sunk. GOSPEL can do this, LAW cannot. The hope of America is not LAW, but GRACE – not MOSES, but JESUS.
I also disagree with the argument that the 10 Commandments promote the Christian religion. The 10 Commandments don’t mention the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. They don’t urge faith and repentance, or Bible reading. Neither do they point to Christianity or baptism or advocate Church attendance. What they do is point to a transcendent God to whom man is morally accountable. And this is the real rub! They don’t promote religion, they advocate Moral Accountability – and this is unacceptable. Psalm 2:1-3 makes this manifestly clear…
Why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!”
In the light of Psalm 2:1-3, Signs # 1 & 2 make perfect sense. Man has chosen to turn from God. Psalm 2 goes on to say that the Lord laughs at the pompous vanity of man who seeks to suppress the Truth and deny Moral Accountability. Psalm 2 encourages us to kiss the Son of God and take refuge in Him. Yes, let’s kiss the Son!
Be blessed and stay healthy and kiss the Son – Pastor Tim
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