How Christians have fallen for the BIG LIE!!
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Separation of Church and State?
This has been thrust upon Christians over the last few decades in order to push believers into a corner when it comes to being involved in their government.
Christians must understand that we are the governing authorities in America.
We elect representatives to represent us. We delegate authority to them in order to make decisions on our behalf.
We are not subject to the politicians in Washington, D.C. or our state capitals. This is a representative democracy.
The idea of separating church from state came from a Supreme Court decision in 1947, Everson vs. Board of Education.
In that 5-4 decision, the justices used a line in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to buttress the argument of pushing faith out of the public square.
This led to the eventual removal of prayer from public schools.
However, the First Amendment refers to Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
Meaning, the government cannot favor one religion over the other. The government cannot compel someone to worship a particular religion.
Yet, this does not preclude the Body of Christ from having influence in our government through the representatives we elect.
God established the institution of government.
The constitution does not dissuade citizens and individual church bodies from influencing and participating in government to ensure that the natural rights of all citizens are protected.
Government should be a mechanism to punish evil doers and reward the good.
Yet, when the representatives are not following the will of God, then it is incumbent upon the citizenry to rise up and restore biblical order.
It is the responsibility of the Church to demonstrate the Kingdom of God on the earth.
When Christians abdicate their responsibility, that opens the door for authoritarian rule in the country.
This ultimately leads to oppression and erasure of all rights of the citizenry.