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Jesus sought to save their souls, not alter their laws! Jesus was not a passive man, though; He was an influential speaker and a person that loved beyond himself. He sought no riches, he sought no power - he wanted only to teach others what He felt in His soul was right.
The Bible says nothing of Jesus reveling in the twisted world of politics and law. He did what was right, which was say what he felt and bless those around Him with devine knowledge.
You are right that Jesus came to save souls and that He was not a passive man. But He said that He did not come to bring peace, but a sword. He said that He would divide families. He also said that He did not come to destroy the law, which was His Father's Law, but to fulfill it. He said that not one small detail, tittle, of the Law would pass away. He said God's Law would remain. Then He said another time to give to Caesar what was Caesar's, and give to God what was God's. But Peter later reminded us that when the law was in conflict with what was God's Law, then we were to obey God rather than man.
You said one thing that I don't think is right. Jesus did not only want to teach others what was in His soul was right, nor did He say what He felt. He came to do the Will of His Father only and to say only what His Father told Him to say. I'm going to quote exact Scripture for my point on this one. John 12:49 says "For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak." John 14:10 says "the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." I think that is what the main problem is with this generation. Everyone wants to do what feels right to him, rather than what God and therefore Jesus, said to do. People want to do what is right in their own eyes, and Proverbs says that makes them fools.
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...your words are Republican propoganda meant to strengthen a party of selfish conservatives, bent on making the poor poorer based on an eternally flawed theory that if the rich are getting richer, the money will flow down - when in truth the rich only keep getting richer and donate their money to charities that use that money to give to missions ran by Republicans and that money is slowly siphoned out of the hands of the poor and back into the hands of the rich.
Wow! No, I think I have shown and will continue to show that what I believe comes straight from the Bible. This is not really about politics at all; this is about the Bible and what God said. But since you brought up Republicans, I will say briefly that you have it all wrong. It's the socialized welfare state that has made people poorer. It's the Democrat Party that seeks to keep the poor dependent on the government so that they will do what it wants. It seeks to use class warfare to keep the people angry and wanting "change". With our government-run schools, why do you think American kids rank lowest among first world countries in math and science? Because our schools are too busy teaching environment and condom use and homosexuality and how to be a citizen of the world! They teach one-sided views on the environment and evolution and don't want free thinkers. People who think will see through their schemes. So they want to keep the people poor and dumb and dependent on them.
BUT even if you WERE right about the Republican Party, even if the Republican Party makes us all poor and the Democrats will make us rich, we should never look to the Democrat Party to supply our needs, especially when that party is in conflict with God in its other views. God said He would supply all our needs if we look to Him and put Him first. We don't look to Him first when we choose a party for selfish gain, overlooking God's more important moral laws.
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Meanwhile, the children of the rich are ignoring their ignorant parents and filling the streets with parties and drugs rot with thug lifestyles and selfish indulgences. They ignore it and call it the youth of our day, but in truth it is the sick result of years and years of a political mindset bent on making sure that everyone thinks being rich is the best way to be - the highest goal in life. It is the sickest perversion beyond any point that homosexuality could ever reach!
Well, you're right about what is going on in the streets, but it's not just the rich; it's the poor, too, stealing and prostituting for drugs. But it's not because the rich Republicans caused it. It's because God has been pushed out of schools; it's because of radical feminism that has sought to destroy the family; it's because of sex and violence constantly bombarding our living rooms; it's because of selfishness and godlessness. God pegged these days long ago in scripture when Paul prophesied about disobedience to parents, people without natural affection (Jesus phrased it as love would wax cold), men lusting after men and women lusting after women, along with a host of other wicked sins. And why does He say that happened? Romans 1:21-22 says "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." And they worshipped the created more than the Creator.
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