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The Biblical Case for
Non-Political Christians!

Does Jesus wear an Uncle Sam costume
when He's not saving peoples souls?
when He's not saving peoples souls?
A non-political political commentary
about the neo-spiritual right,
who are neither spiritual nor right!
by Rev Earl Jackson
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! (STRONG LANGUAGE INCLUDED).
I seem to be constantly barraged by a flood of politically activated e-mails from people who think that because I am a minister, and a servant of Jesus Christ, that I must therefore, give a hoot about the sad political state of our country, and the reprehensible course our government seems to be taking. And of course, it must set people on their ears, when I promptly send them a tart e-mail in return, requesting that they never again send me such politically motivated drivel and garbage. I don't want it. I actually don't give a hoot! I don't feed on the husks that the swine in Washington eat, and I never will. They can wallow wherever they like, and in whatever cesspool of activism they want, but a Christian ought to have nothing to do with any of it! Christians follow Christ! And He isn't in the state house, the halls of Congress, The White House, the Supreme Court, Capital Hill, the State Capital, The Rotunda, on Pennsylvania Ave, or in Washington DC. He has never been in any of those places. And it is a hallucinatory dream to imagine that He would ever take up abode in any of those God-forsaken places! Christ has not now, nor has He ever, dawned an Uncle Sam costume! You are gravely confused and mentally sick if you imagine such things of the Lord from Glory.
I really don't give too hoots or a hollar about politics, the course of our country, who's elected or who's not elected, who's in office, or who God chooses to boot out of office. I don't care! And if you are a Christian I don't think you should care either! In fact, I might even go so far as to say that if you think this, is now or ever was, a Christian country; you are seriously deceived! You might as well believe in Leprechaun's and tooth fairies, if you believe that non-sense which says "America is God's special and chosen nation, and that now our country is going down the drain". That's nothing but a bald face lie. It's nothing but dreamland, fantasy world... gullibility maximized right out of the realm of reality! America has always been a pagan country controlled by false gods, motivated by greed, and led by politicians (and other self-centered palm greasers) who only want what will put the most money in their own pockets, or in the pockets of their own special interest groups of well-healed contributors. They don't give a care for the poor, or have any concern for the real common people like you an me. And they aren't spiritually minded either!
They don't care anything at all about the truth, they could care less about what the Bible really says. They tote it under their arm, only when they they think it will bring in the votes of the naive "evangelical right". They use you poor and ignorant church-going, God-fearing spiritual saps, for their own evil agenda. And you let them do it to you all day long. You buy right into their illusions, and you don't even know it! Hook line and sinker, they real you in like a lazy catfish, because they buffalo you with a well worn Bible tucked in their right hand (that they probably bought at the thrift store, but never cracked even once). And of course the Constitution of these Fine American States is rolled up snug in their other hand. They climb their stump to the tune of "God Bless America", and you moisten yourself with delight for the rapturous joy of American revivalism that you feel. You envision George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Lincoln as emissaries from the angelic realms, sent by God to bless this great land, and to guarantee and protect the inalienable human freedom and liberty which you imagine is your God given right. Boy, are you the victim of bull and brainwashing! Boy are you stupid! It's time you start reading your Bible, instead of following political activists who have an agenda to cloud your brain and rob you of right thinking. They want to make themselves wealthy because of the religiously ignorant Christians who will strain out a gnat but swallow a camel! Wake up!
Here's one email agenda I got just the other day, and I present it for your reading enjoyment. Supposedly it was initiated by someone called Warren Buffet, (and if you believe that you are dumber than I thought), but here it is.
> _*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*_
>
> 1. No Tenure / No Pension.
>
> A Congressman/woman collects a salary
> while in office and receives
> no
> pay when they're out of office.
>
> 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
> Security.
>
> All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
> Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
> the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the
> American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
>
> 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
> Americans do.
>
> 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
> Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
>
> 5. Congress loses their current health care system and
> participates in the same health care system as the American people.
>
> 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
> American people.
>
> 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
> effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
> contract with
> Congressmen/women.
>
> Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in
> Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
> envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their
> term(s), then go home and back to work.
>
> If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will
> only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive
> the message. Don't you think it's time?
>
> THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
>
> If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete.
> You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.
Isn't That sweet?
Here's the email I sent in response. Please take a cue from this, and when people send you garbage follow my lead and respond likewise. (note: persons names have been eliminated)
Hi So and So,
Thanks for forwarding this to me, But in the future, do not send me any political oriented materials. My kingdom (which I am a part of by faith) is not of this world, and I do not care to be any kind of activist for anything that goes on here; in Washington, in Congress, in the White House, in the Supreme Court, or having to do with the politics of the reprobates who govern our land and control the worlds wealth.
Neither Jesus nor the Apostles tried to change Rome, influence Caesar, stop or change the unjust governments of their day. In fact, they all willingly laid down their lives at the hands of the wicked legal authorities, because their message was one of "submission to those who are in authority"(whoever they might happen to be) ... "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour." (1Tim 2:1-3). Since what you sent me has nothing about "praying, interceding, giving thanks for the congressmen, or living lives of godliness", then it does not pertain to me, and I am not interested in it.
I know that your intentions are noble, but I get upset when Christians, who should be followers of the Bible, take up all these futile and wasted attempts to reclaim America, and reform Washington. We have not been called to do any of that! Caesar's head is still on the coin of the realm, and that means it does not belong to God or God's people. The unbelievers have been running their world just fine, and I, as a Christian, am certainly not going to join their lost causes, or champion their pointless debates and needless concerns. If "the Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord" (Prov. 21:1), and if God sets up and tears down nations, ("He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again" Job 12:23), then what cause or fear have I regarding anything in Washington? God governs the universe. Reprobates govern the nations! That has always been the way, and always will be the way.
Even the Theocratic Kingdom of ancient Israel was a miserable failure, and even its highest Judges, Priests and Kings were 100% worldly and in many cases totally depraved and wicked. That's why God removed that system, lock stock and barrel. That's why God removed Caesar lock stock and barrel. And that's why God is in the process of removing America. It should not surprise or concern any child of God. We need to concentrate on "our kingdom", and on getting people into it! And we should let the dogs and the murderers; (who are eating and devouring one another in Washington); stay outside the camp (Rev 22:15) where they belong. That's what they have been designed to do. That's where they have been designed to be. And we should not be concerned in the least about how they govern this evil world. It does not concern us! God takes care of us, just like he takes care of the birds of the air. He is our king, so let them do to us whatever they want to do, and let them do for themselves whatever they want to do! It doesn't concern us at all. We are follower of Christ, and He isn't wearing a George Washington costume !
In the meantime we, as Christ's followers must be about our Fathers business, and that business is not Bible-thumping on a soapbox in a political arena. It is the business of winning souls and transforming lives. Jesus is saddened by the mockery that so-called Christian politicians and activists make when they grovel around in the mud of this worlds filth, with a Bible in their left hand and the US constitution in their right. That is not the picture that the Bible paints either of Christ or His followers! How is it that we think this is what evangelicalism is supposed to look like? God open our eyes and our minds! We act like lunatics when we take up this false worldly ideal. It has absolutely no resemblance to Christ, Christianity, morality, religion or anything pure holy and noble. It is a complete waste of time, and it degrades the Lord, and makes both Him, and us into laughingstocks before the watching world.
The bottom line is that the Bible does not endorse political activism or political involvement for Christians, because the politics of this world always conflicts with the principles of God and Grace. That is why Christ refused to be King in Jerusalem. That is why His people do not take up the sword. And that is why we all need to put our heads back on straight, and quit bowing to the so called evangelical right. They are neither evangelical, nor are they right! They are, in fact, very wrong, and very hateful. Everything in the Bible condemns what they do and what they stand for.
I represent the true true evangelical, because I know that our message really is the good news of the kingdom of heaven, and its about love and grace. And I am right! Because I back up my position solidly with the Scriptures alone. Show me a verse that says Congress cannot vote themselves a pay raise? Show me a verse that says Christians should be more concerned about political causes and agendas than the kingdom of God? Show me a verse that says that Washington dictates what God can or cannot do? Show me a verse that says we should hate and speak evil of our dignitaries? Show me a verse that says we should rob from the poor and give to the rich? Show me a verse that says government should not take care of the poor, the weak, the underprivileged, the sick, the handicapped, the mentally ill; if no one else, or no other agency is capable of doing so? Show me a verse that guarantees that you should live a favored life in a favored land, with favorite freedoms given nowhere else on earth? Show me a verse that says that the majority of a nations wealth and all its natural resources (like oil and minerals) should be owned by a few entrepreneurs or private companies, when people can't afford to drive to work? The wealth of a nation should belong to all the people in it, not to just a few oil rich billionaires sitting in Texas mansions! Show me a verse that says otherwise?
The so called evangelical right, has no verses, and that's why they are not right! They torture and bend the Bible to make it say what it, in fact does not say. Christ teaches love and compassion, and to pray for those in government; while they teach that we should hate Obama, and now that we should deny the congressmen of their salaries, wages, retirements etc. This is ridiculous. It's hateful and it's also 100% anti-biblical.
Look! The Bible is crystal clear. Any workman (including those in Congress) is worthy to receive his wages and just compensation. Compare these clear verses:
Deuteronomy 24:15 "Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you".
Malachi 3:5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.
Leviticus 19:13 "You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning".
Jeremiah 22:13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor".
Luke 10:7 "Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.
Do not move around from house to house".
1 Timothy 5:18 "For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages"".
Romans 4:4 "Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation".
James 5:4 "Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty".
Based on these verses alone, the email you sent to me should have never been sent. This so called wind of change, wants to take way the just compensation of our most important key public servants. Is That Christian? It wants to steal from them, take away previous contracts guaranteeing their pay, and not pay their hard work with the wages they deserve. Thievery is not evangelical, nor is it right!
Please do me a favor and send this email that I have written to you, to the same 20 people that you sent the other e-mail to! And have them also pass this one along. And in this case, you will actually be contributing to something that Christ really cares about. He cares not one iota about Congress. Congress does what they do because He empowers them to do so. He cares only about His own Glory, not about what Warren Buffet wants mindless people to do; and not about what is neither evangelical nor right! This is right.
© 2012 Earl Jackson all rights reserved.
(Permission is granted to post this article in it's entirety on any website or blog but only with a clear link to this website. No permission is given for any other use such as printing in hard copy).
about the neo-spiritual right,
who are neither spiritual nor right!
by Rev Earl Jackson
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! (STRONG LANGUAGE INCLUDED).
I seem to be constantly barraged by a flood of politically activated e-mails from people who think that because I am a minister, and a servant of Jesus Christ, that I must therefore, give a hoot about the sad political state of our country, and the reprehensible course our government seems to be taking. And of course, it must set people on their ears, when I promptly send them a tart e-mail in return, requesting that they never again send me such politically motivated drivel and garbage. I don't want it. I actually don't give a hoot! I don't feed on the husks that the swine in Washington eat, and I never will. They can wallow wherever they like, and in whatever cesspool of activism they want, but a Christian ought to have nothing to do with any of it! Christians follow Christ! And He isn't in the state house, the halls of Congress, The White House, the Supreme Court, Capital Hill, the State Capital, The Rotunda, on Pennsylvania Ave, or in Washington DC. He has never been in any of those places. And it is a hallucinatory dream to imagine that He would ever take up abode in any of those God-forsaken places! Christ has not now, nor has He ever, dawned an Uncle Sam costume! You are gravely confused and mentally sick if you imagine such things of the Lord from Glory.
I really don't give too hoots or a hollar about politics, the course of our country, who's elected or who's not elected, who's in office, or who God chooses to boot out of office. I don't care! And if you are a Christian I don't think you should care either! In fact, I might even go so far as to say that if you think this, is now or ever was, a Christian country; you are seriously deceived! You might as well believe in Leprechaun's and tooth fairies, if you believe that non-sense which says "America is God's special and chosen nation, and that now our country is going down the drain". That's nothing but a bald face lie. It's nothing but dreamland, fantasy world... gullibility maximized right out of the realm of reality! America has always been a pagan country controlled by false gods, motivated by greed, and led by politicians (and other self-centered palm greasers) who only want what will put the most money in their own pockets, or in the pockets of their own special interest groups of well-healed contributors. They don't give a care for the poor, or have any concern for the real common people like you an me. And they aren't spiritually minded either!
They don't care anything at all about the truth, they could care less about what the Bible really says. They tote it under their arm, only when they they think it will bring in the votes of the naive "evangelical right". They use you poor and ignorant church-going, God-fearing spiritual saps, for their own evil agenda. And you let them do it to you all day long. You buy right into their illusions, and you don't even know it! Hook line and sinker, they real you in like a lazy catfish, because they buffalo you with a well worn Bible tucked in their right hand (that they probably bought at the thrift store, but never cracked even once). And of course the Constitution of these Fine American States is rolled up snug in their other hand. They climb their stump to the tune of "God Bless America", and you moisten yourself with delight for the rapturous joy of American revivalism that you feel. You envision George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Lincoln as emissaries from the angelic realms, sent by God to bless this great land, and to guarantee and protect the inalienable human freedom and liberty which you imagine is your God given right. Boy, are you the victim of bull and brainwashing! Boy are you stupid! It's time you start reading your Bible, instead of following political activists who have an agenda to cloud your brain and rob you of right thinking. They want to make themselves wealthy because of the religiously ignorant Christians who will strain out a gnat but swallow a camel! Wake up!
Here's one email agenda I got just the other day, and I present it for your reading enjoyment. Supposedly it was initiated by someone called Warren Buffet, (and if you believe that you are dumber than I thought), but here it is.
> _*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*_
>
> 1. No Tenure / No Pension.
>
> A Congressman/woman collects a salary
> while in office and receives
> no
> pay when they're out of office.
>
> 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
> Security.
>
> All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
> Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
> the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the
> American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
>
> 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
> Americans do.
>
> 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
> Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
>
> 5. Congress loses their current health care system and
> participates in the same health care system as the American people.
>
> 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
> American people.
>
> 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
> effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
> contract with
> Congressmen/women.
>
> Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in
> Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
> envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their
> term(s), then go home and back to work.
>
> If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will
> only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive
> the message. Don't you think it's time?
>
> THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
>
> If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete.
> You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.
Isn't That sweet?
Here's the email I sent in response. Please take a cue from this, and when people send you garbage follow my lead and respond likewise. (note: persons names have been eliminated)
Hi So and So,
Thanks for forwarding this to me, But in the future, do not send me any political oriented materials. My kingdom (which I am a part of by faith) is not of this world, and I do not care to be any kind of activist for anything that goes on here; in Washington, in Congress, in the White House, in the Supreme Court, or having to do with the politics of the reprobates who govern our land and control the worlds wealth.
Neither Jesus nor the Apostles tried to change Rome, influence Caesar, stop or change the unjust governments of their day. In fact, they all willingly laid down their lives at the hands of the wicked legal authorities, because their message was one of "submission to those who are in authority"(whoever they might happen to be) ... "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour." (1Tim 2:1-3). Since what you sent me has nothing about "praying, interceding, giving thanks for the congressmen, or living lives of godliness", then it does not pertain to me, and I am not interested in it.
I know that your intentions are noble, but I get upset when Christians, who should be followers of the Bible, take up all these futile and wasted attempts to reclaim America, and reform Washington. We have not been called to do any of that! Caesar's head is still on the coin of the realm, and that means it does not belong to God or God's people. The unbelievers have been running their world just fine, and I, as a Christian, am certainly not going to join their lost causes, or champion their pointless debates and needless concerns. If "the Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord" (Prov. 21:1), and if God sets up and tears down nations, ("He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again" Job 12:23), then what cause or fear have I regarding anything in Washington? God governs the universe. Reprobates govern the nations! That has always been the way, and always will be the way.
Even the Theocratic Kingdom of ancient Israel was a miserable failure, and even its highest Judges, Priests and Kings were 100% worldly and in many cases totally depraved and wicked. That's why God removed that system, lock stock and barrel. That's why God removed Caesar lock stock and barrel. And that's why God is in the process of removing America. It should not surprise or concern any child of God. We need to concentrate on "our kingdom", and on getting people into it! And we should let the dogs and the murderers; (who are eating and devouring one another in Washington); stay outside the camp (Rev 22:15) where they belong. That's what they have been designed to do. That's where they have been designed to be. And we should not be concerned in the least about how they govern this evil world. It does not concern us! God takes care of us, just like he takes care of the birds of the air. He is our king, so let them do to us whatever they want to do, and let them do for themselves whatever they want to do! It doesn't concern us at all. We are follower of Christ, and He isn't wearing a George Washington costume !
In the meantime we, as Christ's followers must be about our Fathers business, and that business is not Bible-thumping on a soapbox in a political arena. It is the business of winning souls and transforming lives. Jesus is saddened by the mockery that so-called Christian politicians and activists make when they grovel around in the mud of this worlds filth, with a Bible in their left hand and the US constitution in their right. That is not the picture that the Bible paints either of Christ or His followers! How is it that we think this is what evangelicalism is supposed to look like? God open our eyes and our minds! We act like lunatics when we take up this false worldly ideal. It has absolutely no resemblance to Christ, Christianity, morality, religion or anything pure holy and noble. It is a complete waste of time, and it degrades the Lord, and makes both Him, and us into laughingstocks before the watching world.
The bottom line is that the Bible does not endorse political activism or political involvement for Christians, because the politics of this world always conflicts with the principles of God and Grace. That is why Christ refused to be King in Jerusalem. That is why His people do not take up the sword. And that is why we all need to put our heads back on straight, and quit bowing to the so called evangelical right. They are neither evangelical, nor are they right! They are, in fact, very wrong, and very hateful. Everything in the Bible condemns what they do and what they stand for.
I represent the true true evangelical, because I know that our message really is the good news of the kingdom of heaven, and its about love and grace. And I am right! Because I back up my position solidly with the Scriptures alone. Show me a verse that says Congress cannot vote themselves a pay raise? Show me a verse that says Christians should be more concerned about political causes and agendas than the kingdom of God? Show me a verse that says that Washington dictates what God can or cannot do? Show me a verse that says we should hate and speak evil of our dignitaries? Show me a verse that says we should rob from the poor and give to the rich? Show me a verse that says government should not take care of the poor, the weak, the underprivileged, the sick, the handicapped, the mentally ill; if no one else, or no other agency is capable of doing so? Show me a verse that guarantees that you should live a favored life in a favored land, with favorite freedoms given nowhere else on earth? Show me a verse that says that the majority of a nations wealth and all its natural resources (like oil and minerals) should be owned by a few entrepreneurs or private companies, when people can't afford to drive to work? The wealth of a nation should belong to all the people in it, not to just a few oil rich billionaires sitting in Texas mansions! Show me a verse that says otherwise?
The so called evangelical right, has no verses, and that's why they are not right! They torture and bend the Bible to make it say what it, in fact does not say. Christ teaches love and compassion, and to pray for those in government; while they teach that we should hate Obama, and now that we should deny the congressmen of their salaries, wages, retirements etc. This is ridiculous. It's hateful and it's also 100% anti-biblical.
Look! The Bible is crystal clear. Any workman (including those in Congress) is worthy to receive his wages and just compensation. Compare these clear verses:
Deuteronomy 24:15 "Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you".
Malachi 3:5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.
Leviticus 19:13 "You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning".
Jeremiah 22:13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor".
Luke 10:7 "Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.
Do not move around from house to house".
1 Timothy 5:18 "For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages"".
Romans 4:4 "Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation".
James 5:4 "Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty".
Based on these verses alone, the email you sent to me should have never been sent. This so called wind of change, wants to take way the just compensation of our most important key public servants. Is That Christian? It wants to steal from them, take away previous contracts guaranteeing their pay, and not pay their hard work with the wages they deserve. Thievery is not evangelical, nor is it right!
Please do me a favor and send this email that I have written to you, to the same 20 people that you sent the other e-mail to! And have them also pass this one along. And in this case, you will actually be contributing to something that Christ really cares about. He cares not one iota about Congress. Congress does what they do because He empowers them to do so. He cares only about His own Glory, not about what Warren Buffet wants mindless people to do; and not about what is neither evangelical nor right! This is right.
© 2012 Earl Jackson all rights reserved.
(Permission is granted to post this article in it's entirety on any website or blog but only with a clear link to this website. No permission is given for any other use such as printing in hard copy).