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PASTOR'S REPORT, July 11, 1979
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When we remember Jesus' statement, "Render unto Caesar the things that
ARE Caesar's and unto GOD the things that ARE God's"--we were 100% in
OBEDIENCE! We had tc protect properties BELONGING TO GOD, in order to RENDER
G"'NTO GOD THE GREAT COMMISSION TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED US. We raised no gun,
sword, or weapon of any kind aginst the State.
WE BROKE NO LAW!!--but THE STATE DID BREAK THE LAW--and the very Con
stitution -the basic law of our country, violating its FIRST AMENDMENT! We
are NOT "1L'4breakers"--but the State of California through its Attorney
Ge�eral's office IS!
God said to Adam and Eve, in effect: "You have made the decision for
all your posterity for the 6,000 years of the time I have allotted to MAN'.
You have REJECTED my GOVERNMENT. You have rejected me as the Source of
basic knowledge. You have rejected me as your GOD, and chosen SATAN WHO
NOW SHALL BE THE 'GOD OF THIS WORLD' (II Cor. 4:4).
"Therefore GO, and form your own governments, your own religions,
create your own fund of KNOWLEDGE and devise your own way of disseminating
that FASLE knowledge to your oncoming generations!"
So
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have the GOVERN�1ENT OF MAN, swayed and formed under SATAN THE
DEVIL!
But remember this: In MAN'S GOVERNMENTS, formed under SATAN'S sway,
even Satan knows that in HIS world, if it is to stand at all, there must
be laws against breaking SOME of God's Ten Commandments, such as stealing
and murder. Satan APPEARS as an "angel of light." He must APPEAR to be
righteous before his deceived world!
So, !•1A..
'J'S LAWS do protect the majority against evils against itself.
Ther2fore God's teaching to us is this:
',,:e, as GOD'S m'lN PEOPLE, have come out of this world. We are not
part o: it. r,,;e do not vote or participate in its government in any way.
We �use live I� it, but we must NOT be OF it. Yet we are to stand loyally
back s: Chri_st's chosen apostle in carrying Jesus' Gospel MESSAGE of the
KI�GDOM (gov2rnment) of GOD to the world--not to convert the world, but to
be a WI?NESS FOR ALL NATIONS (Matt. 24:14).
�eanwhile, though not OF this world, yet living IN it, we are to be
_ J__T=CT, ir1 our individual lives, to its government. Yet we are to be,
�st �� all, SUBJECT TO CHRIST (Ep�. 5:24). Where it is a matter of dis
��eyins �OD if we obey man's government, we OBEY GOD, and if need be, suffer
,'.",ateve'.:'.' ?2:-JALTY man's government imposes.
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Should Christians ALWAYS obey MAN rather than God? Millions were put
tu dea::r . ., honored in the Bible as the MARTYRS OF JESUS long ago. And,
c::ccorc.incr to Revelation 6:9-11, there will very soon be ANOTHER mass martyr
doi of God's people.
B�t Revelation 12:14 and 3:10 show that this Church shall ESCAPE the
soon-coming ma�tyrdom of saints and be taken to a place o� SAFETY, during
the coming GREAT TRIBULATION.
Let's be SURE we obey Christ FIRST!
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