Sons of Freedom and Joy: How a Christian Relates to the State
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🗓️ 2 November 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The following resource is from Desiring God.org. |
| 0:04.0 | Jesus Christ in His way of salvation is the only reality that sustains joy when our livelihood is taken away and our |
| 0:20.0 | family is taken away and our life is taken away. |
| 0:28.8 | The state by God's design has the power to take away our livelihood and our family and our lives. |
| 0:42.0 | If laws are put in place that regard us as criminals. |
| 0:49.6 | Paul says in Romans 13. |
| 0:51.6 | 4 rulers do not bear the sword in vain. |
| 0:55.0 | Swords are for killing and for confiscating |
| 0:59.0 | and for imprisoning. |
| 1:01.0 | That's what the state has the right to do in God's design. |
| 1:06.8 | Therefore, the state cannot take our joy. it can only take our lives. |
| 1:18.3 | Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. |
| 1:25.4 | Rejoice! |
| 1:26.7 | In that day and be glad for great is your reward in heaven. |
| 1:36.8 | Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal |
| 1:39.8 | that comes upon you to test you. |
| 1:40.9 | So something strange were happening to you but rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings that you may rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. You had compassion on those who were in prison and you joyfully |
| 2:00.4 | accepted the confiscation of your property because you knew that you had a better |
| 2:06.8 | possession and an abiding one. |
| 2:11.8 | The apostles left the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer, shame Make my day. |
| 2:27.0 | Therefore, since the state can only take our livelihood, only take our lives, only take our family, |
| 2:39.0 | it cannot take our joy. It is finally and decisively powerless to defeat Christianity. Every Christian that does not bow the knee to the state defeats |
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