A New Taoiseach!

I was being questioned by a fiend last week about God's input and involvement in the everyday politics and running of our nation: Since I am more and more aware that my views and opinions are those of a dead man I tried to refer him to what God says on these issues. These are difficult issues and I only hope what I have written is pleasing to God and as gentle as possible on those caught up Satan's lies. V.M

"You mean to tell me that God put Obama in the White house?"

"No doubt about it in my mind"

"But how can you say such a thing? Why would He do such a thing?"

" Maybe to show the world that even a coloured president does not have the answers. Remember God's ways are higher than ours: Who can know the mind of God?"

"Surely you're not telling me God put Trump in power?"

"Of course He did!  Is there some other supreme power out there? Lamentations 3:37 spells it out so clearly:  

"Who is who says and it comes to pass and the Lord commands it not?" 

"So what's God up to this time with Trump?"

"I don't have a clue but I trust my God:It may well be to show that even a narcissist backed by nominal christian groupings has no real answers either"

"Where are you getting this garbage from? Not from the bible I can tell you"

"Yes it is from the bible: Can you open up Romans 13 and read verse 1 for me please"

" Ok It says here: Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God:  The powers that be are ordained of God" 

"Listen: I'm confused here: So this verse is saying God allowed Leo to become Taoiseach in Ireland?"

"Sorry: You need to read that verse again: You missed something important"

"What have I missed now?"

"It doesn't use the word allowed, does it?"

"You're right: It says her "the powers that be are ordained of God": But is God not contradicting Himself here: Most of the bible God is totally against homosexuality and now..: I just find it all a bit hard to take."

"It's only hard if you're trying to live a Godly life feeding on a diet of endless songs, niceness and positive thinking"

"Now you hold on just one minute: I know that Worship is far more important than plunging knee deep into the bible:  We love to worship in our place, for hours on end so we do"

"Worship is wonderful but you can't actually worship God except in spirit and in truth: Without truth it may not be the God of the bible you are worshiping at all but the god of your emotions or imagination:  The more bible truth fills your soul the more meaningful becomes the worship: God is not seeking any old kind of worship: He is very specific in John 4:23 He is seeking out people who will worship by feeding intently on truth and drenched in theHoly Spirit:" 

"So how should we worship then? Is anything wrong with all this singing we go on with?"

 "Reading and teasing out the scripture is powerful worship: Praying is worship that touches the heart of God:  Walking worthily of the lord is worship that speaks publicly of God transforming power:  And last but not least  ... of course singing can be wonderful and uplifting as worship"

"Phew! I was afraid you were going knock singing on the head as well: But let's get back to Leo: You are telling me that God is handing Ireland over to the sin and debauchery it craves"

"He is handing the political leadership of the country and those who endorse such leadership over to moral  stupidity" 

"God wouldn't do that: He loves this little country: Island of saints & scholars! Land of St Patrick! Come on now!"

"Romans 1:24 says that God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: He does it in love and with a view towards restoration. God gave Israel over several times to foolishness"

"When did He ever do that?"

"Read 1 Samuel 8:6 for yourself: The people were unhappy with God's manner of administration and cried out for a king so they could be just like every other nation " And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them" 

"Wow! But surely your not saying that Ireland has rejected God: Come on now! See all the money we collect for charities:  We have still such a large population of Sunday church goers and our priests and preachers have traveled worldwide ...."

"Ireland has long rejected God's way: In destroying the concept of marriage; In managing school curricula to favour immorality, and ungodly practices, in forms of religion without an iota of power and in social life and media that constantly mock and blasphemes His Name. God is giving this whole nation over for a period to the foolishness they crave: We are fast becoming number one anti-God and anti Israel nation on earth"

"Tell me then why does God not just wipe us all out and be finished with it if we're that bad?"

"Because He has a heart of love and an incredible long term plan: There is a remnant here today of called out ones (ecclesia) who are indwelt by God's Holy Spirit and it is not yet time to remove that Holy Spirit from the earth: When God does remove the Holy Spirit then believers will also go with him. So we are still in the age of grace as Jesus so simply pointed out by deliberately leaving out one line in Luke 4:18"

"You are completely confusing me now: Please stop these riddles: I'm worried"

"Jesus was quoting from Isaiah 61 and quoted word for word out of a passage in isaiah 61 but left one line out; Remember:

"The spirit of the Lord is on Me, On account of which He anoints Me to bring the good news to the poor. He has commissioned Me to heal the crushed heart, To herald to captives a pardon, And to the blind the receiving of sight; To dispatch the oppressed with a pardon.To herald an acceptable year of the Lord..." .. leaving out a line:

"What line did He leave out?"

"And the day of vengeance of our God" That indicates that this era or age is not the Day of Vengeance: That day will come when nations are judged before God in the sheep and goats judgement of Matt 25:31ff

"So this present handing us over is not vengeance? Are you 100% sure of that?"

"Of course!l: God is expecting that  Grace will prevail:He has commissioned called out believers to herald tremendous news: The news is that God is not holding sinners offenses against them today: (2 Cor 5:19) and has given believers the ministry and incredible privilege of urging others to be conciliated to Him"

"So where does the believer stand in all this? 

The only safe and secure place to stand is on God's word: First we are exhorted to pray for our leaders so we may continue to enjoy peace and focus on our own Leader, Jesus Christ: So we pray for Taoiseach Leo as exhorted.

We are in general to obey all lawful authorities: Titus 3 for example says " Remind them to be subject to sovereignties, to authorities; to be yielding, and to be ready for every good work, to be calumniating (blaspheming) no one, to be pacific, lenient, displaying all meekness toward all humanity.

We are ambassadors in this world and an ambassador rarely interferes in the internal goings on of a country: (1 Cor 5:9) The ambassador represents the interests of His own country and in our case that means the interests of God's Kingdom:

BTW Paul never got involved in criticising the slave trade in Rome nor the promiscous lifestyle of its leaders: Rather He focused on those who had been extricated out of this world system: Those who had been translated from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of His dear son: Also note how mannerly and courteous he was in speaking to Agrippa & Festus in Acts 26.

We today are not to get involved in crude jokes or gutter conversations: "Set your eyes on things above not on things on earth":The poor folk immersed in sexual sin are locked into a lifestyle of unholy living and know no way of escape:

 Society is telling them all is normal:All is OK!:  2 + 2 is 5 and always will be! Remember also that drunkards, the greedy and idolators are very prominent also in passages dealing with paramours,catamites and sodomites.
{ 1 Cor 5: 1 Cor 6:Galatians 5: Ephesians 5: 1 Tim 1:Rev 21 & 22} 
So let each of us take heed lest we too fall back into a pit we were taken from!

Believe it or not .. the ecclesia is the world's friend in their dilemma for it pleases God to arrange things in such a way that when He is ready to gift somebody with God-Faith he calls on us believers to throw the switch for Him by heralding good news to them first: Its an incredible and gracious privilege!

"You realise Vincent, that what you are saying is dangerous and not in any ways politically correct. "

"I do realise that but I am primarily concerned with being spiritually correct: Politically I hope my tone is both gracious and courteous: However I can in no way apologise for either the impact nor the clarity of God's word"

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