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Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim

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truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. God says for example if good

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people do not get involved then you're guilty when you could have done good and

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you didn't do it. So can we please take a deep breath and realize that there's a

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balance? That as long as we do what we are called to do from the Bible and let

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God be God, things will be fine, even if we live in the most tyrannical

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government in the world. God will do what God has planned and he'll even hear

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the cry of a nation or those who believe within a nation. And it'll turn that

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nation around.

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You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast.

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Today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in

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Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us that's like saying

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amen or yes then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what

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God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. Inside there is a sense of rebellion that comes

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out of us and so when we hear the Bible say something like you must obey the authorities.

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We don't like to hear it and yet God has established the authorities. The authorities are good

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ordained by God and they are here for our good and they are, listen, evil and danger and wickedness

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should be terrified of the authorities. That's God's plan. Listen church is evil terrified of

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the authorities today. No in fact in most cases we find out that the authorities are evil.

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What in the world is going to say how can you say that? Oh listen you'll hear it a lot today.

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You'll even hear it from the prophet Isaiah. But my goodness the Bible tells us by the way

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regarding this in Exodus chapter 20 verse 12. By the way it's the fifth commandment. The Bible says

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honor your father and mother that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God has given

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you. Isn't it interesting that the fifth commandment is obey your mom and dad and I think for the

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parents the sixth commandment is that shout not murder. That's a little, that was a joke not really.

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It is, but it does tell you listen to this. It is interesting that the Bible tells us in the fifth

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commandment for for for kids to honor their parents and for fathers and mothers that they got

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they are God's authority placed over your life and you are to obey them in the Lord of course. It

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says in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 1 back in this up. Children obey your parents in the Lord for

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this is rights and here now verse 2 he quotes Exodus 20 verse 12 honor your father and mother which

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is the first commandment with promise. Isn't it interesting? It's the fifth commandment but the

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fifth commandment is the first commandment with a promise. What's the promise? If kids obey their parents

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they will live a good long life on the earth translation. If you disobey the authority that God

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has placed over you in this case mom and dad watch you will have a good healthy long prosperous life

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because you will be learn you will learn how to be a good citizen you will learn how to work hard

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you will learn how to keep your word you will learn about ethics and morality you will have been

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parented and a parents job is to prepare prepare a kid for the big big world that is out there

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and when this is done right kids flourish you say well I had a horrible experience you're making

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my point is this there are good parentage examples right and there are bad parentage examples we

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all know the good and the bad does listen does that negate God's call for parents to be parents no

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parents are to be parents no matter what kind of experience you've ever had listen just because

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you had a very very bad marriage doesn't mean that God is against marriage when things get messed up

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they get messed messed up at the hands of humans are you with me do you keep that in mind I'm going to

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be really drawing this out of you today so this is a working class okay this is a interactive

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so with God creating government in the Bible and it's for good then the world that you and I live in

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are there such things as bad governments yes so what's wrong what is wrong is that man in the

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streak of rebellion is doing government without God even our founding fathers not all of them were

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Christians but all of them agreed that the Bible is the way to begin a nation and to sustain a nation

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they all said that some of the greatest writings on this are the two guys they get beat up the

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most on it and that is Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin but you got to remember something John

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Adam said if any nation in the world would take the Bible as their chief book that would become a

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great nation John Adam said that back in this up church write this down if you would Isaiah 33

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22 this is amazing and again if you read anything on our founding of our nation this verse plays a

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very prominent role in the birthing of the United States I'm wondering if you're aware of this or

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not so leave leaving that on the on the screen how did our how did our founding fathers create our

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government you know what they tell you I'm not making this up I'm just paraphrasing you can go look

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at it later they determined that when you look at all the governments of the world they failed on

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this point are they failed on that point and I'm are you listening until the founding fathers crafted

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a republic the entire world had only known the divine rights of kings as rulers listen Americans wake

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up the world had only known the divine rights of kings as their rulers until the birthing of the

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government here in America called a republic and here's what our founding fathers said how do we

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keep it right how do we keep it from becoming a tyranny and they went to Isaiah 33 22 and said this

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is what we're going to do for the Lord is our judge we will create a judiciary there will be those

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who will be judges there will be those who will know the law okay great that's one what about the

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second one the Lord is our law giver there's going to have to be a legislative branch to craft

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laws as this nation moves forward all right that's number two is there a third one yet there's a third

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one and it's the only one that's left the Lord is our king he will save us this passage this verse is

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what was used by our founding fathers and the birthing of this country to ensure and to

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enshrine the division of powers so that neither one of those groups could become tyrannical

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well how do you keep them from being tyrannical not only the bible this nation was founded upon the

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bible that is a sheer fact of history the number one textbook of our colonies was the bible

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and in the incorporation of this government they penned the constitution it's a constitution

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of the united states that reminds us of these three branches and how they function and they must

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function within the confines of the constitution but that's presupposes you know the constitution

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and if it's obeyed and if it's applied well you know what happens you come to a nation that has

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survived 250 years and we're at today the scary part is we've got a lot of people who want to

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throw away the constitution when that happens it's over but when we talk about this it's very

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important when we talk about God establishing government does it include hostile governments or

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anti-Christ rulers or governments you might be surprised to find that the answer could absolutely be

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yes it just depends this is not going to warm your heart but it's fact true nonetheless

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we know that there are bad rulers and bad leaders even though God says that he establishes

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the authorities so does that mean God is establishing evil for us does that mean God is

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setting up bad governments well it goes like this there can be bad rulers because God is number one

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judging a nation for their actions did you know that you might want to write this down

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God will grant a nation bad rulers because of that nation's actions another word you get

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where you deserve you ever heard that before how about this number two is that there can be bad

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rulers because God is going to use a nation as a tool of his you read that in the Old Testament

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a lot third there can be bad rulers because God is preparing a nation for revival

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is real is a great example of that where there's where where where God will use what is bad he

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doesn't cause it he'll use it and he'll awaken he'll allow and have people to be awakened to the

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fact that wow this is really this is really horrible we need to get back to God and maybe God will

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have mercy and God will send revival all right wouldn't that be great I hope that's the answer

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because the the final one is sometimes I fear it's where we're at and that is we can have bad

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rulers because God is about to destroy a nation question does God destroy nations yes all the time

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well how does that happen well according to the Bible he sets up kings and he pulls down kings

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and he rewards them according to their doings says the scripture so there's the reality of

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divine government in other words God will always be interested and watchful over any government

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that is upon the earth of what level it's it doesn't matter it could be it could be a local city

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to a presidency or to the realm of a king or some local government but we know this for sure

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all bad governments will answer to God in the day of judgment that's both good and bad

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governments but even Satan I find it fascinating even Satan in the Bible is used sometimes by God

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he's he's sometimes used by God like a hammer and like a wrench did you know that God uses Satan

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God doesn't cost things but God will use things and Satan is one of those tools

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it's a strange thing number two it's this the priority of divine government you see Jack what do I

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need to know this for him just a Christian well if that's your thinking that's why you're here today

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it's no remember there's no coincidences or my I always have a hard time saying that word because my

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daughter she grew up Rebecca grew up always saying there's no coinketing so every time I say the word

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coincidence I am I'm hearing coinketing she couldn't say it when she was a little kid so that's a

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coinketing it sounds cute but God says no the Bible here is very clear look at verse one continues

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in the authorities that exist are appointed by God and that you put a little bit of a jolt up

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your spine because when you look around the world listen right now think of this is the

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government of China appointed by God the answer is yes what about North Korea yikes

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God says yes so why disagree God says you don't know what I'm doing

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listen to be honest take it close to home um the Biden government was appointed by God

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the Trump government appointed by God see sometimes we begin to think too simply about

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this whole package a lot of people will say stuff like this oh wow look at that my house burned

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down oh well God's will wait a minute I don't think you're supposed to think like that oh look my

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baby just wandered onto the train tracks I wonder what's going to happen God's will be done

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you know that fatalistic thinking is actually a bedrock foundation for a very world famous

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belief system and it's wrong God says for example if good people do not get involved then you're

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guilty when you could have done good and you didn't do it so can we please take a deep breath and

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realize that there's a balance that as long as we do what we are called to do from the Bible and

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let God be God things will be fine even if we live in the most tyrannical government in the world

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God will do what God has planned and he'll even hear the cry of a nation

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or those who believe within a nation and it'll turn that nation around before I read this verse

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everybody we now live in a government that is so far from its origins that we've got people

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running around this country that are using their elected position to actually enrich themselves

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and to abuse our government and they demand it that way they demand it like that and it's going to

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continue until people speak up and you're probably thinking but I don't think we should speak up

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because you just said a moment ago in the Bible that we should be subject to the authorities that

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are over us you're correct until those authorities no longer do good

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you say what you mean you mean an authority an authority can go bad

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Proverbs 21 verse 1 says the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord

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like the rivers of water he turns it wherever he wishes

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God's in control and at the same time we know from the Bible and from history that God expects good

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people to make a difference so for those of you who have friends who say we should never get

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involved in politics are you guys listening I'm going to be very very I'm going to be very

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literal about that comment Christian should never be involved in politics changing things

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in the government arena never should happen let's let's say that let's say that you're right

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then let's make sure that every woman in India burns to death when her husband dies right

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what's wrong with that there's nothing wrong with that because that's what the government says to do

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are you okay with that oh come on come on for those of you who say we just preach the gospel we

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don't get involved in politics in the country of India a missionary by the name of William

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Kerry who went to India to preach the gospel saw what happens in the right of Seti that when

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the Hindu man dies and he's covered with his funeral pyre wood and branches and leaves and fabric

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they cover his body and they put her on top of it they tie her to it and they burn her alive

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because he's dead and that's the way it had always been until one Christian showed up with a

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Bible to preach the gospel in India and guess what happened he changed the law oh no he should

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have changed the law he should have been submissive to the government now notice the women say no

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in here guys listen again people don't like this because it's pure truth what do you think about

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slavery pastor John with respect in conjunction with a guy by the name of John Hancock John Adams

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but most importantly and most of the himminently on these things was Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner read what he thought about slavery and what he did to get rid of it

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see everybody listen you want to sterilize history and in instantaneous time it doesn't work that way

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but listen it's hard to turn a big ship but you got to start turning it

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and a lot of people don't realize that when human government is under the fear of God or the

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priority of God that government will be exactly as God engineered it to be a great blessing

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but have you noticed I'm sure you have only the atheists and the godless people

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want the Christians to stay out of government and politics

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I'm gonna say that again have you noticed that only the atheist and the godless people want

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Christians to stay out of politics they're not dumb they're not stupid that's a great thing

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they're basically the same we want to run everything we want to have porn in public schools

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which are wrong with you you don't if you don't then you should stay out of politics

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isn't it crazy we think children should be molested by this by this information

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and if you don't agree with us stay out of politics wait a minute we're gonna define marriage not you

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that's what they say and our god invented it don't you talk to us and don't you preach anything

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about abortion that's our territory that's exactly what crazy is supposed to say

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I shouldn't surprise any of you but if we if we scope back and encounter back because they're

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louder than we are it's wrong we don't understand the truth that God has given us

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Proverbs 29 verse 2 tells us this when the righteous are in authority those who do right are in

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authority the people rejoice but when wicked but when a wicked man rules the people ground

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in fact Bible prophecy has a lot has a lot to say about the priority of divine government

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but listen to this in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 24 the Bible says in verse 24 then comes

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the end that is the end of the world as we know it of human government when he delivers the kingdom

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to God that is Christ delivers the kingdom to God the Father when he puts an end to all that's

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human rule and all human authority and human power for he must reign till he has put all enemies

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under his foot there's a time when Christ is coming and he will banish all human government

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he will establish his government on earth

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