“The Pathway to Glory” 1 Peter 2:21-25

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Date: January 31, 2021 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

America is nearing the peak of a total revolution; a decades long movement to fundamentally transform the United States from a representative republic, with an economy based upon entrepreneurship, to a totalitarian dictatorship, with an economy based upon socialism – from each according to their ability, and to each according to their need , i.e., Marxism. The root of this revolution is a full-blown rebellion against God, biblical Christianity, and the Judeo-Christian values, upon which our nation was founded, and from which we derive our definition of morality, our individual rights, and our equal justice under the law. In effect, should the revolution succeed, America will no longer be “one nation, under God,” but just another nation, under the authority of a godless government, and if you listen to the major news outlets, the revolution has succeeded. However, as the title of this sermon series asks: “How Should We Then, as Christians, Live?” Warning! Beware of the hotheads who want to storm the capital with torches and pitchforks! That’s exactly what the leaders of the revolution want us to do, so the need for additional militarization can be blamed upon Christians. Why do you think the national guard is still stationed around the capital? Beloved, while we must always stand up for what is right, legal, moral, proper, good, and godly, as the Apostle Paul said in Philippians 2:15, we must also be “blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world.”

America is nearing the peak of a total revolution; a decades long movement to fundamentally transform the United States from a representative republic, with an economy based upon entrepreneurship, to a totalitarian dictatorship, with an economy based upon socialism – from each according to their ability, and to each according to their need , i.e., Marxism.

The root of this revolution is a full-blown rebellion against God, biblical Christianity, and the Judeo-Christian values, upon which our nation was founded, and from which we derive our definition of morality, our individual rights, and our equal justice under the law. In effect, should the revolution succeed, America will no longer be “one nation, under God,” but just another nation, under the authority of a godless government, and if you listen to the major news outlets, the revolution has succeeded.

However, as the title of this sermon series asks: “How Should We Then, as Christians, Live?”

Warning! Beware of the hotheads who want to storm the capital with torches and pitchforks! That’s exactly what the leaders of the revolution want us to do, so the need for additional militarization can be blamed upon Christians. Why do you think the national guard is still stationed around the capital?

Beloved, while we must always stand up for what is right, legal, moral, proper, good, and godly, as the Apostle Paul said in Philippians 2:15, we must also be “blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world.”

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Old Testament Reading – Psalm 22:1-19 – New Testament Reading – Hebrews 2:9-14

The events of the Lord’s final hours of suffering began on Tuesday evening, shortly after His special time with His disciples, in what we call The Lord’s Supper.

Christians are like aliens among unbelievers, because we have a different worldview, and we live by a different set of values, and as such, we are going to be persecuted.

Jesus illustrated that attitude of submission in His actions during the Lord’s Supper.

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