I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to some conversations I’ve had with several people about our responsibility (or lack thereof) of the social and political climate at this current time. I’ve been troubled by the division in the church to what our civic duty is and to respond and claim responsibility for the climate of our world at this time.

I think all of us feel we should pray and intercede for what is happening. Where I’m troubled is why it seems that most Christians don’t feel compelled to stand up with a righteous stance at this time. Several times I’ve heard, “People in Jesus’ day were looking for a physical deliverance from Rome and thought Jesus was going to overthrown and establish a ‘physical’ kingdom during that time.” They continued to say, “They were frustrated and disillusioned when they discovered He was referring to a ‘spiritual’ kingdom.” While that may be true, I don’t see how that event in time establishes a precedent for what is happening now. In fact, I don’t think they are even related.
Our Founding Fathers fought England during the Revolutionary War to establish a country free from tyranny and provide a country with freedoms that we all live in today. For all of our lives we’ve lived in the freedoms they fought for. We’ve taken them for granted, but just talk to ANY Romanian who escaped their country and came to America to enjoy those freedoms. If you talk to them they will tell you we are on the brink of becoming a Communist nation. They know…they lived in it; it’s all very familiar to them.
We are all grateful for those men who resisted that tyranny and fought, some losing their lives, many arrested and going through trials to make a point. History tells us about Paul Revere and his historical ride to warn people that the British were coming. Brave men like George Washington literally rallied the troops by riding around on his horse while the British were shooting. He had bullet holes in his coat and several horses were shot out from under him but he was never hit, he was divinely protected by God while being involved in fighting for the freedoms we have today.
Resistance was a necessary part of establishing what we now take for granted and we’ve never known any different. In our life time it’s always been free, so now what do we do? Things are starting to look shaky. Mandates are coming down the pike faster than we can process them. Rules are being applied without going through the proper channels, the channels set up by our Founding Fathers to assure that a tyrant would not rule over the citizens unchecked and unrestrained.
The concept of church and state has been misunderstood. Check out this link to see what it meant when our Founding Fathers set it up:
Debunking the “Separation of Church and State” Myth | Give Him 15: Daily Prayer with Dutch | Mar. 5 – YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX5wUz7x6_U
This short 15 minute teaching brings so much balance into this myth. The teaching starts at 2 minutes 16 seconds. I would encourage you ALL to listen to this. It’s good to get clarity on some of this so moving forward we all understand this. The letter written by  President Jefferson stating the “separation of Church and State” was to keep the state from affecting the church. The church being involved in governance was an understood and the Constitution was written with that understanding. Here is a short description from the site Advocates for Truth that explains Thomas Jefferson’s letter to Danbury Baptist Association. “In 1801, the Danbury Baptist Association wrote a letter to then-President Thomas Jefferson expressing concern that their rights to religious freedom were still unsafe from the intrusion of the states. Jefferson, wanting to reassure them, wrote in response,
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”
This is where the phrase “wall of separation between Church and State” comes from. It is not directly found in the Constitution itself but was Jefferson’s informal way of expressing the effect and intention of the First Amendment.
So, as you see, the wall of separation was towards the church for their protection, not towards the government. We were never supposed to negate our influence towards government.
So I have a question to those of you who feel we should not involve ourselves in what you perceive “politics”. If you saw a man walking down the street breaking the window out of each car along the way? Would you feel compelled to somehow stop him from this? Might I say that many things are being broken right now for all of us. We believe in neighborhood watches for our houses and property. We will take responsibility for the safety of our neighbors or the safety of our cars because it’s a matter of right and wrong. It’s a matter of good versus evil.
What is happening right now in our nation and around the world is also wrong and it’s evil. This is not a political issue. It might be in a political arena but the issues at hand are  a matter of life and death of our freedoms. Our current administration is literally trying to take away our freedom to choose for ourselves, and how we will live by mandates, not by laws being made through the proper channels. By the way, do you know what the word mandate means? Mandate means to direct or require someone to do something. Mandates come from one person. Our government is not set up this way. We, the people elect officials to carry out our directives. They are not supposed to come from the other direction. We elect people to represent us, but if we don’t pay attention to what they actually do, then they have no accountability. It was not supposed to be this way.
Did you know that when the constitution was written and our government was new the citizens each took turns representing the people of their area? It was not until later that people were elected and the pursuit of a political career came into being.
I would encourage each of us to pray and ask the Lord for wisdom in this. With that, here is one more link that I would encourage everyone to watch.
We Must Find Our Governmental Voice | Give Him 15: Daily Prayer with Dutch | August 9 – YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsW3k0yqJHI
Please take the time to consider these things I’ve brought forth. If it’s not in our realm to govern, then whose?
One more thing… by not taking a stand, we are taking a stand. We are either lining up with truth, or we are not. I’ve heard it said that God is in control. I understand, I think, what they are trying to say. Yes, God is all powerful, He created the Heavens and earth and He could strike us all dead with a blink of His eyes, so yes, I agree that God is God and I am not. But… if He was really in control of this earth would there be abortion? Would there be hunger and poverty and murder and rape? The truth of the matter is He created the earth and everything in it then He created man to have dominion over it. I don’t believe we even understand what that really means. Let’s look a little closer at this…
We are to pray and declare the kingdom of Heaven’s decrees and see the climate change on this earth. The original intent for mankind, when God created us, was stated in Genesis 1:27-28. It says, “And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Do we give this directive much thought? I didn’t until I got deeper revelation from it. Here are what some of these words mean in the Hebrew.
Image: to shade, a phantom, (figuratively) illusion, resemblance, a representative figure.
Subdue: to tread down, to conquer, bring into subjection
Rule over (KJV says dominion): to tread down, subjugate, (make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (make to) rule over
Subjugate: to bring under control, governance as a subject, conquer, to make submissive
Of course when Adam and Eve sinned and obeyed the serpent (the devil) the world came under the rule of the devil. BUT!! When Jesus came and died for us, went to hell and took the keys from the devil, He took that rule back over. Do we know this? Do we REALLY know this? Because if we did, I think we would all take this responsibility WAY more seriously.
We are to have dominion over the powers of darkness and the schemes of the enemy which are being played out right now in front of us in a “in your face” sort of way. It is no longer hidden, it is out in the open for all to see.
We need to cast off the image of “I’m just a sinner saved by grace” and take on the image of who we are IN HIM. (Did you know being referenced as a sinner is only used a couple of times in the New Testament? That’s in James 4:8 and 1 Timothy 1:15. We WERE sinners, but now we are saints of the Most High God.) How we perceive ourselves matter! We need to study Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and really take to heart Jesus’ words when He said He gives us power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. Now that doesn’t mean that we take on the principalities and powers at a national level (unless He leads you to through prayer), but we can certainly prayer walk our cities and get involved in school board meetings, city council meetings and make a difference at a local level.
That’s where it starts. I’ve been in a few of those meetings lately and when you are sitting there making them make their decisions with a group of you watching them, it makes them more accountable. I have not always been this way, I was as disengaged as most of you, but I am learning. I know how to pray at a local level if I have my feet on the ground and my eyes on the situation. By being involved, we can actually have an influence. We can make phone calls when needed, go visit our representatives and share our perspective. We’ve given our elected officials a free reign for generations to do what they want unchecked. We all stand responsible for our current situation.
I won’t get into this today, but if you haven’t read my last few blogs, take the time to do so. I uncover how our political system is being motivated by darkness, so this is truly a good versus evil situation. God really does care how things are governed and we need to be involved. This is not political, it’s just playing out in a political nature.
One last thought. When Elijah was confronting the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18, verses 17 through chapter 19:2 talks about Elijah talking to Ahab. Ahab was the king…Jezebel who was threatening him was the queen. Those were governing figures of the day, just like a President or 1st lady. When Elijah called fire from Heaven and killed the prophets of Baal, he was killing those involved with idolatry in their political governing system. Can we not see this?
God is calling us to be involved this same way today. Not to go kill people but to destroy the powers of darkness that is driving this thing; to stand up to our governing elected representatives and speak truth. We need to pray for God to guide us where to be involved and then obey. We need to wake up, speak up, and show up. It’s time…