America 2017 at the Crossroads of
Religious Liberty!
Can the government interfere in the internal affairs of the church? I believe that God gave the government to give order to society but not to order society!
The Bill of Rights:
Amendment 1: Congress shall make no law respect an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise hereof…
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In Acts 13 :1-7 God tell us that he gave us government to guide our life but in Romans 5:29, He also said, “But Peter and the other apostles answered and said, “We ought to obey God than man.”
In Baker's Dictionary of Christian ethics, he states, “He must not accede to a law or command which would compel to violate a commandment of God.”
This week we saw a government attempting to compel religious institutions to accept their health care plan over our religious conscience liberty, even though they have now back peddle.Why was this an issue in the first place?
We have seen also that in Houston, Texas a Mayor and city council demanding ministers to turn over their sermons, tapes ect. because they stand and preach against immorality!
We have seen also that in Houston, Texas a Mayor and city council demanding ministers to turn over their sermons, tapes ect. because they stand and preach against immorality!
The deception was in appealing to our emotions on contraceptives for needy people and the issue of abortion! We call this secular humanism!
The main focus is our religious liberty! If we allow this intrusion of government compelling us what and what not to do, where do this thought pattern lead to.
No! This focus is evil and wrong! No matter what religion we believe in, there are some thing’s we all should stand for and that is our religious liberties!
Former President Ronald Regan wrote me a letter, November 12th 1982. I have it framed in my office.
It was concerning the religious liberty issues in a Nebraska dispute in the area of teacher certification and other forms of state regulations for church operated schools.
In closing, He stated to me,” It is my hope and expectations that the citizens and state authorities in Nebraska will arrive at an orderly resolution of this dispute in a manner that respects both freedom of religion and quality of education.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan “
Dear friends, God gave us the government to govern our lives, to give us order but He did not give government the right to compel and tell us what to do or not to do as it relates to our churches, denominations or to our religious institutions.
We have the right of free exercise hereof period!
This issue is not about contraceptives but about our freedom to exercise our religious liberties and our religious consciences.
In closing, God gave us the government to govern our lives but not to compel us to live and accept what they want us to do or not to do. Government must not interfere with our internal, religious institutions. I believe we must stand together for our free exercise of religion, even if it sends us to prison or martyrdom!
Onward Christian soldiers of the Cross of Christ.
Love, Eddie
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