Liberating Planet Earth

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or our civil governments on any foundation other than the law of
God, and still have liberty, is a liar. He is a deceiver. He is laying
the foundation of tyranny.
This means that a person who speaks in the name of Jesus
Christ must speak the whole counsel of God. He must preach the
whole law of God. He must not limit himself to a chapter or two in
Exodus, the Book of Amos, Acts 2 and 4, and 2 Corinthians 8.
No, he must preach the whole law. He must not preach selectively,
building a case for armed revolution on the basis of one or two
Scriptures, while ignoring everything the Bible says about private
property, hard work, faithfulness to wives and children, obedience
to superiors, and the God-given right for a property-owner
to do what he wants with what he owns.
Is it now lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things?
Or is your eye evil because I am good? (Matthew 20:15).
There are many preachers who come in the name of Christ
whose eye is evil. Some of them even have two eyes that are evil.
They preach liberation through theft. They preach peace through
terrorism. They preach prosperity through bureaucracy. They
preach liberation through civil government. They preach salvation
by legislation. The liberation they preach is the march into
slavery. They preach compassion through class conflict. They
preach justice through revolution. They preach Jesus through the
eyes of Karl Marx, a dedicated atheist. They preach lies in the
name of the gospel.
What does the gospel teach? It teaches contentment withone’s
condition, but it also teaches about prayer, hard work, faithfdness
to one’s wife, and the hope of eventual liberation in history.
The gospel says that liberty is better than slavery, but if slavery is
for a while our assigned condition, then to make the best of it.
Paul writes:
Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if
you can be made free, rather use it. For he who is called in the
Lord while a slave is the Lend’s freedman. Likewise he who is