Was Jesus involved in Politics? Should we be?

 Good morning all.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

   Politics is all over the news, t.v. channels, radio, twitter, facebook, --everywhere.  Was Jesus involved in politics?

   A bold and loud canter of Y E S !  He came to fulfill the law and FREE the people, Jews and gentiles, of the burden of the law and sacrifices and the "evil" powers that were.  What happened?  The Pharisees and Saducees were happy with their WORLDLY RULES and living, as do our politicians, above the law.

  They were the law.  Jesus is a great threat to them all. He calls into question their authority; he questions their moral fitness; he questions their motives. From this perspective, the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders is inevitable.

  Jesus came to stand in for our sins, to fulfill the law, and to free us from lure of the worldly things.  The Jews at this time were economically exploited, experienced many religious impositions, and were subjected to Pagan views and practices. The political reality of the day was of an unfriendly dominant power overseeing life on a day-to-day basis.

   The Hebrew people of this era generally fell into one of three camps in their views of how to cope with this sometimes oppressive oversight: one group wanted to appease the Romans, one group wanted to fight them, and one group just wanted to keep their heads down and go unnoticed.

   Well, we sit in this chair today and what do we do?  As a Christian we need to stand up for what is morally right and the rights given us by God.  If you look carefully at the democratic platform and really read it you will find that slowly your FREEDOMS will be taken away.  Plus, the funding of things that are against Christian values, i.e. abortion, even full term abortion.

   Deitrich Bonhoffer, in the 1930's warned against the Nazi's and encouraged the church to stand up.  Unfortunately, today, we have too many pastors that are following in the footsteps of the church leaders in Nazi Germany and are doing nothing.

   Can't have church because of COVID-19; yet, people are given permits to protest openly, to gather and create chaos.  The leaders of our churches today need to take a bold stand and see that our freedoms are slowly and methodically being taken away by a party that hates America, and want to control the people with an iron fist.  Look at China, Russia, North Korea, see how "free" these people are.

  Click here to see some of what Bonhoffer said in the 1930's. Here is an excerpt: By Bonhoeffer’s own account, he and his co-conspirators were living in a time and place in which “the huge masquerade of evil has thrown all ethical concepts into confusion” and in which evil appears in the “form of light, good deeds, historical necessity, social justice.” They were living in a time that required a radical form of ethical discernment, attuned to concrete reality, historical urgency, and the desperate cries of help from victims of the state.

    We, the People, need to take a strong stand in the name of Jesus and fight for our church, our freedom, and most of all for the moral values of JESUS CHRIST, our LORD and SAVIOR!!

   If you think I am political, yes, I am.  Vote for what is correct ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN VALUES, not by party, not out of fear, but our of obedience and commitment to the one and only Living God!

   Thank you for reading with me today. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny