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Old 09-26-2014, 10:49 AM   #167
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Default Re: A Wake Up Call - God is Speaking to Us

This thread is a wonderful waste of time. It is chasing yet another distraction. As if Lee and the LRC weren't enough of a distraction.

It is another formula for some kind of prosperity. Maybe not monetary, but it is usually included in there somewhere.
If we drive the homosexuals back into the closets, God will bless us.

If we wipe out the abortion clinics, God will bless us.

If we say the right words about Israel, God will bless us.

If we give enough money to pastor so-and-so, God will bless us.

If we dress in first-century garb, live in clay or stone houses with thatch roofs and dirt floors, and have to wash the dirt from our feet each evening, then God will bless us.

If we read from only the authorized versions of the Bible, God will bless us.

If we hold to the literal 6-day creation story, then God will bless us.

(And if we dress-up in WWII uniforms and do enough activities like the people who came from the skies, more of them will come and bring stuff.)
Ignoring the literal cargo-cult reference at the end, which of those is actually found in the Bible?

Only one (and only sort of). And if we distill it down to "they shall prosper that love thee," then doesn't simply adhering to the admonition to love God and love your neighbor as yourself achieve that? And whatever we get for it is to us, not to our little kingdom of the world called the United States of America.

I love the USA. But it is not the kingdom of God.
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