Keep Jesus Out of Politics!
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- When someone gets obsessed with politics they often attempt to claim Jesus is on their side, therefore, they have the moral high ground. This needs to stop, as it only makes things worse.
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"When the author walks on the stage the play is over"- C.S Lewis
And teaches all of them that they were the author the whole time
Very well said.
Why does C.S Lewis has a wise quote for everything
The Gospel of Jesus was originally one book, written by Lazarus in consultation with the Apostles [John 21:24] and published soon after Jesus left them on their own.
The religion was hijacked by Rome, the Gospel was broken up scrambled adulterated into a bunch of competing narratives. Later four of those adulterated gospels were canonized with falsely ascribed authorship and a Gnosticism cover-story.
It was the finding of an original Gospel of Jesus scroll in Jerusalem that gained the Knights Templar power over the Church and their eventual undoing when the church finally retaliated against them Friday 13th.
@@termination9353 just a reminder to take your meds, praying for u bro
I think Jesus should inform our politics (because he will inform the virtues we strive for) but using him as a political battering ram is bad
Agreed.
Jesus has nothing to do with politics. Saying Jesus should inform our politics makes about as much sense as saying Jesus should inform our economic system. The Bible says, "we know that the whole world is under the control of the evil one", this includes all the politics in the world. This is why Jesus said, "My KIndgom is not of this world." When He returns He will bring with HIm His KIngdom and will replace all the kingdoms and politics of this present world. Stay ready and don't be distracted by politics.
@@missouritravelers I want what God wants. That's it. Jesus is the King and very soon He's coming in the clouds with His Kingdom. Nothing can ever stop it. Be blessed.
@@missouritravelers Really? How many times do Christians such as myself have to tell you that Christ fulfilled such Old Testament laws? And also, why do you think Christ is dead?
@@missouritravelers Yes, He was... no person would have called him Rabbi if He wasn't... but not all Christians are Messianic Jews or part of the Hebrew Roots movement. I fall under the "not all Christians" category. But Christ was more than a mere Jew, if you've been paying attention to any of the Christian TH-cam channels you are subscribed to, including Mr. Jones.
It helps to realize that both sides of the political spectrum are part of the same problem, it becomes easier to let go of the politics of the world and embrace the principles of Christ. Great video.
I was going to repeat something that I have heard and thought was funny, "Jesus isn't a Republican or a Democrat, but Satan is definitely a Democrat". But as I thought about it more, I realized that Satan works among Republicans and Democrats. Thanks for the reminder brother.
Satan is both Republicans and Democrats, you know why they’re both called right wing and left wing because they’re both wings of the fallen angel and and that’s satan.
@@chriszekableyat9886 good point
That’s pretty funny not gonna lie 🤣
Satan takes whatever side he feels would troll whoever he's dealing with
Satan hides among Republicans. He doesn't hide among Democrats. That's the important distinction.
I used to be very liberal until I started to really listen to both sides.
Now I'm conservative regarding pretty much everything.
But... you are right. Compassion should come first before political agendas.
That means loving people even if you disagree with them.
Jesus said give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's. And the reason you're getting more conservative is because you are getting older and you are choosing to do so. You should realize you are coming to the end of your life and that you can no longer grow anymore as a human being
@@matthew-jy5jp what
The political spectrum is skewed. I'm labeled conservative often these days with the same beliefs that labeled me a liberal 7 years ago. Nowadays, you either believe in personal freedom or you don't. Some praise scientists like a deity. Our bodies are not Caesar's. Our worship is worthy of no one other than God.
@@matthew-jy5jp I can't help feeling that you are missing the point. Yes, there are numerous sayings contrasting the idealism of youth with the pragmatism of maturity. However if you think that one is intrinsically good and the other evil then you need to listen to the video again, or read the Bible again. "He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment neither to the right nor to the left so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel." Deuteronomy 17:20
@@matthew-jy5jp But I'm still 27 D:
“Whatever happens, God is in control “ Well said IP, great vide
@@missouritravelers What do you mean when you say you are in control?
@@missouritravelers You are in the “Show Me” state for a reason. The pharaoh of Egypt had your attitude about God.
Might want to consider shopping for a Humble Hat soon.
No it isn't a good quote. It's kicking the ball down the road far enough and letting God have to fix your mistake.
I don't believe God desires this for believers, that we hand waive what legitimate civil government means.
@@kveldulfpride “letting God fix your mistake “ you statin that indicates you completely missed the point of the entire video…..
@@sjappiyah4071 How so?
My country Australia has been losing its mind, and making a certain class of ppl second class citizens, its been an emotional roller-coaster, i used to be in a constant state of fear and anxiety, but giving all my fears to God and reading about what persuctiond Christians are facing all over the world has opened my eyes and made me take a step back and see things differently, it all doesn't matter, its all a result from a lack of repentance, the world thinks it doesn't need God, and this is what happens, I just need to keep praying, (and stop threatening to hang politicians 😅) and spread the gospel to ppl that God sends my way.
Am right with you fellow Australian.
Another Australian here. Vaccinated so didn't lose my job. But soul crushed at seeing how many in churches support vaccine mandates. Knocking me for a six mentally.
Aussies gave up their guns yet wonder why their government is bullying them. Unbelievable
Turning to God is first and foremost.
Seeing the consequences of giving up your guns as a country should wake the rest of the countries who haven’t done so.
Thanks for sharing your hindsight. And May God bless your nation. I agree that all nations need to repent and prepare for the return of Christ. We need Him NOW, more than ever.
I like your humour, it's very honest. Thankfully the Gospel is far more powerful than any human government or law.
Music to my ears. It saddens me how few people, especially Christians, see it this way.
One of the worst things I have seen recently is so-called Christians desire to hammer people with the justice system for doing things they don't like. They think that they are doing society and themselves a favor by throwing a guy in prison for smoking weed and destroying his/her life, for the rest of his/her life. Recently in the news there has been several murders where the guy has a long history of crime. So the so-called Christian complain and ask why the man was not in prison, yet none of them can answer the question about what is the magical point at which a man should be held in prison for life. If a guy was arrested one time for smoking weed, one time for trespassing, then he goes out and murders someone, does that mean that we should have made trespassing or smoking weed a life sentence? At what magical point do we know that a man/woman should get life in prison?
Here is a quote that most Christians need to study.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very 'kindness' stings with intolerable insult. To be 'cured' against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals."
--C.S. Lewis
The sad fact is that many Christians nowadays do see it this way. This “third way-ism” is extremely problematic from a Biblical standpoint.
@@gch8810 What are the ways you count as number 1 and 2, if this is 3?
The Gospel of Jesus was originally one book, written by Lazarus in consultation with the Apostles [John 21:24] and published soon after Jesus left them on their own. The religion was hijacked by Rome, the Gospel was broken up scrambled adulterated into a bunch of competing narratives. Later four of those adulterated gospels were canonized with falsely ascribed authorship and a Gnosticism cover-story. It was the finding of an original Gospel of Jesus scroll in Jerusalem that gained the Knights Templar power over the Church and their eventual undoing.
@@termination9353 I'm no historian so feel free to cite your source, but even I am aware of enough early source material to make your claim impossible.
When one party openly supports the slaughter of infants, it’s a bold claim to say that Jesus wouldn’t really care about politics.
A reminder that Jesus commanded that one pay his taxes to the same government that engaged in the massacre of the innocents.
Evil it may be, but you miss the point: we are all evil. If you're not willing to see the other side as worthy of love, then you have missed the point of both this video and the gospels.
I know right and that’s only one issue...assuming the child is born then it will be the same party later down the line trying to confuse them about gender and indoctrinating them to hate the very God we are to serve.
@@echoecho3155 He said to give unto Caesar’s what is Caesar’s and to give to God what is God’s. Now answer this question, what is God’s?
Republicans don’t care either. If so they would have banned it by now in super majority states. Republican main source of income for campaigns is for saying they are for the life of the unborn. They would never let that kind of funding go. That’s a sad truth.
@@TheOtherCaleb I agree that it's a bold claim and I would even go so far as to say it's a false claim.
But let's face it. Neither party has done anything to criminalize abortion. So both parties are guilty.
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Such remarkable common sense. I don’t always agree with your biblical interpretations but fine I am always a better person for having considered your perspective. Thank you for your time and words.
Thank you
@@InspiringPhilosophy Does God give pain for pain? I love how God offers love, grace and forgiveness. But I hear 🙉 the voices of many well known Christian preachers that God is wrathful and will return your sin for sin or He is angry with you and will in the end destroy all those who refuse Him. Perhaps it's the context but my heart knows that people who don't believe will use this to say our Lord is a hippocrit. I'd appreciate if you could help mend this issue in my heart. May God bless you.
@@JesusRodriguez-gu1wv to try to answer your question, yes God does give out punishments for our sins. The good news though, Jesus took the punishment for you at Calvary so we don't have to. So yes God does give out punishments but also he shows you mercy and forgiveness by taking those punishments on himself.
And yes hell is real because God doesn't force us to love Him and be with Him. If you truly don't want to be with Him, if you refuse Him you don't go to heaven you go to Hell. IP has done a video on Hell if you want to see that. th-cam.com/video/tiYf6ITgWbk/w-d-xo.html
The Gospel of Jesus was originally one book, written by Lazarus in consultation with the Apostles [John 21:24] and published soon after Jesus left them on their own. The religion was hijacked by Rome, the Gospel was broken up scrambled adulterated into a bunch of competing narratives. Later four of those adulterated gospels were canonized with falsely ascribed authorship and a Gnosticism cover-story. It was the finding of an original Gospel of Jesus scroll in Jerusalem that gained the Knights Templar power over the Church and their eventual undoing.
@@termination9353 what... Where did your get all that
I normally agree with this kind of message, and I definitely agree with what you're trying to say, but the more I see the mantra, "Keep Jesus out of politics!", the more I feel like something is missing. And I think I know what it is.
I think "politics" is the wrong word to describe what you're trying to get at. I think most people fundamentally misunderstand what politics even is.
Politics, at its core, is all about people making decisions as a group. That's it. If a group of friends are deciding what to eat for lunch, that is technically a political decision.
So why don't we think of that as political? I think it's because we're assuming that there is something essential to politics that this situation doesn't involve, and I submit to you that that assumption is the problem.
Do you only think it's politics when there's a conflict between two or more opposing factions? If so, you're thinking of tribalism (possibly war).
Do you only think it's politics when there's one person or group (other than God) in charge of everything? If so, you're thinking of tyranny.
Do you only think it's politics when something is made illegal? If so, you're thinking of legalism.
So yes, we should keep Jesus out of tribalism, since the gospel is for every tribe and nation. We should keep Jesus out of worldly attempts to create tyranny, since he is in charge, not us. And we should keep Jesus out of our legalism, since he offers grace and forgiveness. But we cannot keep Jesus out of public life. To do so would be to make Jesus hyperindividualistic, leaving us unable to have fellowship or to care about the lives of those around us.
This is why the Bible uses political language to describe Jesus. He is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, and the Prince of Peace, because he cares about our lives and desires justice. But at the same time, his kingdom is not of this world (i.e., our sinful attempts to pervert the kingdom to make it all about our selfish vain pursuits).
So, I think the proper message is not, "keep Jesus out of politics," OR, "put Jesus in politics." But rather, "keep politics in Jesus." He is the one with the authority, and we should not be usurping it by pursuing our own glory.
Well said.
Politics is not people making decisions as a group because it could be one person making decision for a group (that group being a whole country or municipality). Sometimes it's a very small group making decisions for an entire jurisdiction. Ultimately, the most powerful person within that oligarchy makes the final call as to what goes down.
@@hello-cn5nh Fair enough, I'm sure my definition of politics could use some tweaking, but I think my point still stands. If you're talking about a situation where decisions are being made that affect entire groups of people, you're talking about politics. So, with that understanding, keeping Jesus out of politics would actually mean keeping Jesus out of all public decision-making.
Well spoken 👏 I can agree with that
Politics is not just people in a group making decisions. A better description, taken from the political philosopher and legal expert, Karl Schmitt:
Politics is the public distinction between friend and enemy.
It's public so personal feuds don't really count.
A group making decisions, without the vital ingredient of conflict, of division between friend and foe, is not political.
You say that's just "tribalism" but hey that's just how it is. You can't escape the friend/enemy distinction. Everyone who tries to set themselves above such concepts ultimately are hypocrites. There's two sides, those who are enlightened and are above such petty tribalism, and those uncivilized people who are still tribal and do not see the light. And everything in-between. Friend and foe, enlightened and tribal.
the word tribalism itself is a derogatory term that is meant to portray one's enemy as being a savage, not quite as evolved as one's self or ones friends. The word conjures up images of violent savages, small minded and ignorant, perhaps pityable
A better approach is to define better what aspects should make someone a friend or enemy instead of futile, and hypocritical attempts to place yourself above "tribalism"
It's like the phrase love your enemy but hate the sin. The thing Christianity does is place the enemy not in individual people, but in Satan and the demonic forces he utilizes in people.
To claim that Christianity isn't "tribal" is a bit silly and your reasoning is flawed(see above paragraph) . There's our team which is God and his angels, vs the evil and mad Satan and his demons. There are the saved who go to heaven and the damned who Satan regrettably takes to hell with him. The wheat that is saved and the chaff that is burned. The saint vs the reprobate etc etc.
I agree with IP that it's very tacky and bad to involve God in politics, because it's presumptuous and self aggrandizing. And I agree with your general point that often people talking about how saying we should keep God out of politics is often a subversive message to actually just banish good sense, secularism is often used to just mean state atheism. It's not neutral , it's used to belittle you. But it peeves me off when people talk about tribalism because I really think it's misleading.
I am going to start sending this video to my friends who ask me why I have become less political over the years. Great video as usual IP! Being a fisherman of men first, politics second!
After hearing this, I felt so guilty because I used God for my political agenda. I prayed for Him to forgive me just now. I pray that I never use Him for my political agenda ever again!
Jesus does care about sin, and some politics is sinful.
This is the real answer right here. If your political party supports the murder of humans and the destruction of God's sexual design then I can confidently say Jesus isn't on their side. That doesn't mean he's on the other side either, but the idea that there is equivalency between the two parties in terms of evils is ridiculous.
@@besseljm1 100% right. This video is a joke.
All politics is sinful. Some political policies are just more openly and obviously vile than others.
@@droe2570
All politics everywhere? Through all time? Or just human politics? ...as there seems to be cosmic politics as well. Paul talks about rulers, authority's etc..
@Jp Not true. God's system was a system of judges, not a monarch. It was sinful desire that caused the Jews to want a monarch.
"Christ did say "love your neighbor" and not "love humanity", because one is real and the other is a concept."
-The Distributist.
" Are you for me, or my enemies?"
And He responded "no, I am the commander of Heaven's armies... Take off your sandals, this is holy ground."
Well said. As His disciples, we ought to put ourselves above the affairs of this world, and raise to His standards.
I myself am guilty of "political sword swinging."
His kingdom is greater, I should be seeking the things above, not below.
The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
Jesus is political and divisive.
Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And the enemies of a man will be the members of his household. 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it. / The Lexham English Bible (Mt 10:34-39)
Very necessary video. Thank you for making it. "My kingdom is not of this world"
Sorry IP, gonna have to disagree with you on that. I don't think Christ is republican nor democrat, but he does care about the management of society as his moral teachings have political consequences.
He be Monarchist or Fascist let's be real here😏
@@pink_kino Fascist?
Fascism was a form of Avant garde Socialism that only used the Church for political consensus. They were hateful neopagans hellbent on destroying our wonderful Italian culture (talking about the higher-ups, my grandad was a proud fascist soldier who fought in Africa until the end and came to his senses when he saw the hipocrisy of the political branch of the Church at the time, which turned her back on Mussolini when he was captured,:which unfortunately repelled him from religion too).
Jesus is not about politics, period, at least not in a worldy partisan sense (unless Christian moral values are concerned)
Well, he didn't care when he walked the earth. His concern is his father's business and he has called us out to be concern with his business
I think thats what he was trying to say. Nothing to disagree about. Did you even watch the whole video because he addressed this point at the end.
@@noahfletcher3019 This comment was made before the video premiered
I think it's important for people who think patriotism is on the same level of importance, or more so to realize that every single nation will fall at some point and be replaced with another. It's really the height of hubris to believe that your country (no matter how powerful it is at the moment) is anymore exempt from the cycle of history than any other. But God will endure forever, even after all nations dissolve into ash.
Amen!!! Well said
Greetings from Ireland
Thanks for sharing this.
I've watched it twice and liked it.
It certainly starting to change my political views.
I wholeheartedly agree with this entire video. Declaring one side as being evil or good, just further exacerbates our political division. This isn’t about politics. It wasn’t about politics when Jesus walked the earth, and it isn’t about politics today. Do you look for the good in people or do you focus on your anger and resentment?
In the Screwtape letters, CS Lewis writes the demons want people to, "run about with fire extinguishers when in reality a flood is coming". Each side thinks they need to "save" the nation from the other. But in reality each side needs to learn to love each other as Christ has loved us.
"Keep Jesus Out of Politics!" - Everyone who knows Jesus wouldn't like their politics.
Jesus should not only be part of our politics, He should be fundamental to it. Every political decision we make must be made through the lens of His teachings.
In other words, He should be our guiding light in all important matters.
The message of this video rings clear: when politicians forbid your church to remain open during lockdown because "muh virus" you are to shut up, smile, and accept it.
@@hello-cn5nh I gather you’re showing off your sarcastic wit with your comment here, however I still feel the need to point out that you may have misunderstood the message. Regardless of anyone’s stance on the reality of COVID no one should need to “shut up, smile and accept” anything relative to it. Love, pure and true from on High, which the gospel teaches, would not prompt the use of such language, regardless of anyone’s position on the matter, or matter that happened to be politicised. Love trumps all, and the love of the Father as expressed by the dissemination of the truth of the gospel, is what this video implores all who believe to adopt to their judgment of politics.
@@hello-cn5nh how do comments such as yours help draw people to Christ? Perhaps you are not Christian?
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@@springray2323 I don't think involving Jesus in your politics means you have to be fully sold out to one of the parties. In fact if you're 100% on board with either I would question if you're actually involving Jesus in the process. When we vote we're deciding who is going to be the easiest to lobby and push in the right direction over their term. I vote democrat because I believe their treatment of the less fortunate in society is far closer to what Jesus taught, but that doesn't mean I roll over with abortion comes up. Representing Jesus is going to be hard work no matter who you're talking to.
Nice presentation, and you're dead right. I think a lot of Christians confuse "getting involved in politics" with being political, in a partisan sense. I'm in Australia and never cease to be amazed and exasperated by the tendency Americans have to believe that God actually has a political leaning, and therefore have no problem labelling themselves "conservative" or "right-wing", thus aligning themselves with a certain political party, depositing all evil with the political opposition, and allowing themselves to be deceived by those who are supposedly on their side of the political fence. Terms like "right-wing Christian" - or "left-wing Christian"- would almost be risible if the implications of this thinking were not so serious. To this Bible-believing Christian from elsewhere, it's as obscenely oxymoronic as "Christian porn" or "Christian death squad".
There is no Biblical evidence or justification for the existence of "conservative" Christians and their opposition, "progressive" Christians. Early Christians as described in the book of Acts and extra-Biblical writings suffered for, and rejoiced over, the only Truth, opposed only to lies. Before they were called "Christians" at all, it was what they called The Way. They certainly didn't check with another Believer to find out what political leaning they had - or denomination, they were part of, for that matter!
Now, I know America is rife with "right-wing" Christians who are proud of the label. And the left-wing "progressives" think they're the answer. What a blasphemous circus it all is.
Certain pastors I know have obviously decided that God and Jesus stand, in fact, for all things "Left", and so they berate Christians for disagreeing with the opinions of certain loud secular minority groups, act as though those groups are being persecuted when it's obvious they have the backing of most of this sinful world, and unequivocally praise men like Obama, mistaking his "race" for some kind of nobility (is there anything more racially condescending, really?). Meanwhile they preach a simpering, fluffy Jesus as though he was some kind of proto-hippy whose only preoccupation was peace and reconciliation with this world. As a result, their churches are so concerned with being "good citizens", it extends to taking on all the surrounding community's characteristics. They mistake the PC, capital "T" version of tolerance for the fruit of the Spirit of the same name. They have been sorted out by this virus event. They are so "tolerant", they welcome the sinful, the lost, the persecuted, the fearful, the hungry - as long as they're double-vaccinated (as I write it's about to be upgraded to an even holier state - triple vaxxed).
But I realise jumping on a political bandwagon is not the same as standing up for a certain principle ad hoc. We might have agreed, for instance, when Trump made a stand against abortion, thus defending the rights of unborn children to live, but we might have disagreed if he stated (as he did) that every American should take the vaccine as soon as it was developed, because the virus actually threatened the well-being of those children once they are born. Or when he made his little rainbow flag statement of agreement with same-sex marriage.
I understand that God puts every leader over us. But the Bible, and history, also prove that a leader is not necessarily a MAN of God (or woman - but I'm talking about Trump right now) just because he's placed there by God. Sometimes he's there to enslave us, or deceive us. The Bible is full of such examples. It's a big enough task defending Scripture against atheists. It makes the job a lot harder than it should be when we have to defend Scripture against Christians who use Scripture to justify beliefs unsupported by Scripture.
So do we "get involved in politics"? I'd suggest it's the wrong question. I think the way we petition, or approach, the politicians is what matters. I can't agree with some Christian commentators , though, who claim that failing to vote at all will bring some kind of judgement upon us. The "lesser of two evils" argument seems spiritually flawed to me. If there is a coming persecution, Christians might be just as likely to be persecuted, perhaps executed, by a "right-wing" tyranny as a "left-wing" tyranny.
I hope you're right. You probably are. I agree that both sides have negative aspects. However a nagging part of me sees how the left in the West openly embrace abortion, destroying the family unit and an academic approach to faith rather than lived approach as being far worse a choice than conservatism in the West which is basically work hard perhaps too hard have the family/ big house and consumer culture/greed.
Christ most certainly does have a political leaning. Considering that the statement "Jesus is Lord" is probably the most politically controversial statement in history.
@@gch8810 True, although he's certainly not lobbying for our vote. There's a choice alright, but the wrong choice is eternal. I'm glad Truth versus lies is more clear cut and less contrived than left versus right.
That Jesus didn’t speak much about politics during His time on earth, doesn’t mean He doesn’t care. The Bible is clear that kings will be held accountable for their wicked ruling. The Bible clearly describes by which principles a country should be ruled. He didn’t speak to Herodus, but He definitely cares. Keeping Jesus out of politics will only make division and hatred increase.
oh please. He was literally crucified for his politics
I think the title should be "Keep Jesus out of Partisanship!", not out of Politics.
@@hello-cn5nh Its better to keep silent and be thought the fool. This applies to you.
The USA was founded on principles of Christianity to be overseen by people who would continue the government under these principles. But we were warned of the dire consequences of failing to continue those principles. The people of Israel suffered repeated for abandoning God's influence for demonic "gods". Yet it was always laid out in plain language what was required of them and what the destruction of following their own sin would get them.
@@baltichammer6162 petty insults in lieu of a well reasoned counterargument. This applies to you.
Man this was so good. Been following you since your quantum mind series. Thank you for this. Thank you thank you thank you. Grace, love, and understanding our own sin is what we need right now. - from canada
“The church does not exist to provide an ethos for democracy or any other form of social organization, but stands as a political alternative to every nation, witnessing to the kind of social life possible for those that have been formed by the story of Christ.” - Stanley Hauerwas
A kind of social life that will resemble some societies and cultures more than others.
There absolutely are degrees of injustice and dehumanization, which are discerned in comparison with the perfect truth and righteousness of the Kingdom of God. And it is an expected, logically necessitated fact that the citizens of the heavenly Kingdom will have an effect on the degree of deception and evil in their time. "You are the light of the world."
“We would like a church that again asserts that God, not nations, rules the world, that the boundaries of God's kingdom transcend those of Caesar, and that the main political task of the church is the formation of people who see clearly the cost of discipleship and are willing to pay the price.”- Stanley Hauerwas
If politics also refers to enacting and upholding civil laws... damn right He does. Our God is not a god of lawlessness.
Politics legislate morality. Politics set the standard by which Justice will be enacted; and Jesus commanded us to judge rightly. This entire videos is a nonsensical mess.
@@dkosmari The video is about how we're approaching politics wrong, and that we're putting politics before Jesus. I think you may agree with this video more than you originally thought.
@@philcollins1613 I can't agree with someone speaking in ambiguity. The video has a lot of platitudes, sounding a lot like those fake preachers that can't ever address real issues in their sermons. The Apostles didn't speak in such generic terms when they were trying to guide the early Christians; they spoke very clearly about not participating with demons.
@@dkosmari He literally said it without any ambiguity. That is the problem. People are putting politics before Jesus. People are refusing to love each other because of politics. People are using Jesus to justify hating the other people in an opposing political party. I don't think there was much ambiguity, at least not from my perspective. I don't intend to come off as pretentious or as someone who will defend IP even if he's wrong, but I genuinely think this video is important.
@@philcollins1613 "People are", that's ambiguous. Who's "people"? Is everyone doing that? "Both sides?" That's ambiguous. You're just projecting because you're filling in the blanks with your own biases. Who did he lecture? Everyone who brings Christian arguments into politics? Should be politics be devoid of Christian morals? Is Secularism the only religion allowed into politics? He was non-specific as Hell.
One of the greatest lessons I learned from the last two years is the false division between left and right. We all fall short of the glory of God.(Below is not what I was hoping with my comment 😔)
@@missouritravelers If I were making up God then why would I make up one that I fall so painfully short of? I would have been happier remaining an atheist, or making a God in my own image. But science and logic were my first loves, so I have to follow the evidence where it leads, even if it has led me in a direction I never imagined when I mocked Christians and other people of faith.
There is a division as the Democrats preach that murder through abortion is righteous.
@@missouritravelers You really need to support your claim. My God declared murder to be evil but did not tell us when human life began as he expected us to figure that out. Every other culture on earth also believes murder is evil. Biology is the science of life and declares human life starts at conception. That is humanity figuring out when life begins.
@@missouritravelers That is not abortion but divine punishment for evil actions. It certainly a mystery worth striving to understand. Why would God punish the children for their parents crimes?
@@missouritravelers I read of a pregnant woman and others being killed because of their evil deeds. The child in the womb would perish despite being innocent of the crime. It is referred to as collateral dammage.
Murder through abortion is the arbitrary killing of an unborn child.
I am so glad this video is out here on TH-cam. I listen to it almost weekly.
Good! 😃
Yeah ? And what about when one side advocate abortion being freely available on demand, and the other side wants to limit abortion to the earliest weeks ?
People who vote Democrat can and do oppose abortion. I think it’s better that it remains that way.
If everyone who opposed abortion left, and the party became 100% pro abortion, then you’d end up always having to vote for the “other guys” - no matter what else they do.
@@MatthewFearnley I agree with that. It is one of the problems of the "party system."
@@MatthewFearnley There are no Democrats in either the House or Senate who are anti-abortion.
@@gch8810 I sympathise.. it's a bad situation, and it may be the case that you will or should never vote for them.
The decision between supporting and opposing abortion is obvious. And abortion is a very important issue. But in line with this video, I want to be sure we don't demonise the other side unjustly.
Some people might think it's better to support the Democrat party for other reasons, despite their stance on abortion. Or they might think it's better for anti-abortion Democrats to remain part of the party, to try and turn around its stance.
Or yes, they might be gravely mistaken, and simply think that abortion is OK.
That can make loving them very difficult.
@@Kirdo-6241 Christ commanded us to love our enemies, but not to commend anything and everything they do. That wouldn't be loving.
My point here is not that you're an "enemy" as such, but it at least seems obvious that love is supposed to come in spite of disagreements, not to force agreement.
The decision to support the killing of unborn children is a serious mistake, but that doesn't mean that I hate you or hold ill will towards you. The best thing that you can do, and the best thing for you, is to repent and be forgiven.
This is such a powerful message!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
A beautiful video. Sadly as you said this political polarisation and intolerance of different perspectives isn't restricted to America. I also see it happening in my country, which shows that it is not just an American problem, but a human problem. I suppose if it were easier to love our enemies than hate them, then Jesus would hardly have needed to command us to love them.
Doesn't mean we can't criticize and get angry. Jesus criticized and got angry.
@@missouritravelers Well that is a different angle. Can you point out where Jesus sinned?
@@missouritravelers No - It's a myth that my book says that.
It strikes me that for all the talk in church about 'loving like Jesus' we highly underestimate this task. It actually seems Herculean in this present world to truly turn the other cheek. Many believe it's their duty to brandish the sword to defend the Lord and forget what He did with that fallen ear.
@@missouritravelers Hey, I'm by no means unaware of this. I also get where you're coming from replying to all these people with quips you know will make them mad or stir them up. I've seen enough Christians torment people like me; so surely there's entertainment value here to poke them, with a ton of sharp reactions you'll get - and most Christians are woefully unprepared to actually answer criticisms about their faith. You do thinking people a service by stirring the pot. I hope sometimes people give you intelligent answers instead of counterattacks.
I have been thinking this for years but have never been able to put it into words as eloquently as you.
Politics is moral. You cannot divide these things. Jesus does care about your politics because he cares about morality.
People choose their morals
People choose politics
How can you imagine Jesus casting a vote for anyone under the sun, brother? Can you point me to which politician he would endorse?
Does Jesus care how I feel about tax cuts?
@@abdulluya4732 When it comes to voting you should be voting in line with Biblical principles. If the candidates available are so far from this, then I would argue you abstain from voting in that cycle.
Yes, politics do matter, and Jesus does care. He surely does care about those who were crucified under Rome for political reasons (he was one of them), he surely does care about the Jews slain in the holocaust, he surely does care about the victims of Vlad the Impailer. He certainly does care about the Prophets of Israel slain by their own people. He certainly does care about all political injustice and suffering. But in a perfect world, we wouldn't have corrupt politicians, nor greedy businessmen, nor slave traders. In a perfect world, a human trafficker would have no income, -because nobody would buy.
All the evil that comes from bad policies in the political sphere are a result of sinful men. So he came to save us from our sin. We humans have the capability of making the world into the greatest paradise or the greatest hell. Because of our sin, we choose hell more often than not. Until the Kingdom of Christ is established on earth, we will have corrupt politicians. We will have criminals, murderers, thieves, rapists, slavers, abusers, slanderers, and all other kinds of evil. We are evil.
If Christ is to fix the broken world, it doesn't come through fixing our policy, but fixing our hearts.
Indeed, with emphasis on "your". Jesus cares first and foremost about what's in your heart, as well as mine. As for morality, a true examination of the term reveals that it is far more subjective than one might realize, and is based on values, whether they be personal, cultural, etc.
Difficult subject. Yes, absolutely Jesus would keep himself away from politics but at the same time, it feels like what He would preach, would make one political side feel ashamed of themselves and maybe asking for mercy and help to get right with Jesus and then another political side would get in rage and try to get rid of Jesus.
I think there's a lot of truth to this, but think that even the political side that more closely agreed with him would still view him as a sort of "middle man sell out", -unwilling to take a true stand. If you're familiar with the game Skyrim, you can stay out of the civil way, and people will just call you a "Stormclock sympathizer" or accusing you of not caring about your Nordic freedoms.
We know Jesus bickered a bit with the Pharisees of his day, but what we pay less attention to is that their political rival, the Sadducees also tried to trap Jesus politically. In Matthew 22:29, Jesus accuses the Sadducees for not understanding the scripture or the power of God. If Jesus could make enemies with both the Pharisees and the Sadducees, I trust he would find a way to offend everyone today. It's not hard work.
He’d piss off people of bad faith and win over people of good faith irrespective of their politics
The division in the USA is pagans vs pharisees where one side preaches murder through abortion and other sins are righteous acts while the other side cherry picks.
I agree that we shouldn't make politics an idol and that we shouldn't recruit Jesus for our political cause. I don't agree that Jesus doesn't care about our politics.
Why do you think Jesus cares about politics?
@@docdeeone2813 Jesus cares that a nation protect the lives of unborn children. Jesus cares that Christians not be coerced into acting against their conscience and religious convictions (e.g. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Little Sisters of the Poor). Jesus cares that a society not discriminate along racial and ethnic lines and teach people to harbor resentment. Maybe most importantly, Jesus cares that Christians be salt of the earth and light of the world, responsible citizens that transform society towards greater justice and peace.
@@MiguelArcangel12 Agreed Jesus cares about those things. But politics is definitely not His preferred answer to those problems. His answer is one thing and one thing only, The Gospel. Not politics.
@@docdeeone2813 If you say Jesus cares about those things, then you're saying Jesus cares about politics. If Jesus doesn't care if I vote and advocate for policies that will lead to more unborn children being killed, then I'm afraid Christianity just doesn't matter and the Gospel doesn't mean anything.
@@MiguelArcangel12 That's the thing. You think it's only about unborn children but Jesus knows that everything about politics advocates for one abomination or the other. There is nothing about any side of politics that's acceptable to God. While you're advocating for unborn children the side you're supporting is advocating against the welfare of born children. Jesus is equally against both and He cannot support your politics.
If you think by supporting a political party you are solving any problems or pleasing God then you are absolutely wrong.
I needed this today, thank you. 😊
Amen, well said my friend!
This is the best video on this topic I have ever seen! It’s getting hardcore promoted on my social media sites. Thanks for making this video brother!
Thank you for promoting it
I've heard people tell me as a moderate who tries to look at all sides that "People who walk in the middle of the road are the most likely to get run over" My response to them is always, "Not if I'm riding in a car called "knowledge and reason" " lol! Thanks for this video. It's beautifully made, and speaks the truth of God. He really couldn't care less about what side your on, His concerns are with our hearts and souls.
I regret I have but one Like yo give to this video. Brilliant and spot on, IP. You spoke to me.
I needed this
Ooh. That was very wise, helpful, and even convicting. Thank you.
I'm now reading Roger Scruton's "How to be Conservative". He is suspicious of certain forms of religion - ones that divide neighbors so they can't even work together for a mutual good, ones that aim to replace the state and establish oppressive theocracies - but he also admires Judaism and Christianity a lot, recognizes their huge influence on the free, democratic, rich West as we have it today, and praises them on numerous occasions. I really love how he doesn't idolize economical models; He recognizes humans have deeper motives than greed, and that a society can only thrive if its people love, tolerate, respect, and care for each other, as well as for the generations who came before and will come after them.
The Gospel of Jesus was originally one book, written by Lazarus in consultation with the Apostles [John 21:24] and published soon after Jesus left them on their own. The religion was hijacked by Rome, the Gospel was broken up scrambled adulterated into a bunch of competing narratives. Later four of those adulterated gospels were canonized with falsely ascribed authorship and a Gnosticism cover-story. It was the finding of an original Gospel of Jesus scroll in Jerusalem that gained the Knights Templar power over the Church and their eventual undoing.
How has Judaism influenced the West? Jews hate Jesus and curse CHristianity, wish Christians weren't brainwashed by this new "Judeo-Christian values" nonsense which only began as recent as the end of WW2.
@@tahahagar7664 I think it's more like they want to stop Jews from converting away from their Talmudic heresies.
@Taha Hagar
Well, it depends on how you define “Judaism”. Virtually the entire Bible was written by and to Jews. Jesus and all the disciples were Jewish. Christianity itself is a development from 2nd temple Judaism, and gentile Christians have been grafted into the olive tree. True, since the 2nd temple Jews haven’t influenced the world a lot - but Christianity itself is a kind of Judaism, Judaism in its fullest.
@@user-zs3vd5np2s John the baptist fullfilled the Isaiah prophesy which legitamizes the Gospel from which this fullfillment is reported as legitamate Jewish Tanak cannon
I agree with the core of what you say and your overall point, but I think the way you went about framing it is nothing short of atrocious.
Jesus should be the sole focus of our lives, and everything else that happens to be part of our lives should in some way be used to further serve His goals, including politics. You have complete agreement with me on that. Too many people today focus more on politics than on Jesus and spreading the gospel. You have complete agreement with me on that. However, the way you went about framing these points makes it almost sound as if politics is an area of our lives where we should completely remove God from our decision making. The way you went about framing these points is just begging to be interpreted as "Religion is one thing, politics is another, and therefore any policy influenced by religion is bad and therefore shouldn't be the case." which is already a popular view these days. Our politics should be 100% determined by scripture; every political viewpoint should be backed by "Because the Bible says..."
The way you went about framing this is "Keep Jesus out of politics!", but the way you should have framed it is "Keep politics out of the gospel." The love of Jesus and spreading his gospel should be our main focus in life. Letting politics influence the gospel or limit us from spreading it is absolutely unacceptable. However, anything we happen to think or do in the realm of politics should, like every other aspect in life, be completely determined by God and his teaching. All of this is to say that the church rightfully should influence the state, but the state shouldn't have any influence whatsoever over the church. Jesus should be the focus of our lives, and politics should be both completely determined by scripture and be so small a part of our lives as to be a footnote.
He did talk about that in the video though, it's true it might have been framed weird but he pointed out slavery for example is something we as Christians should fight
Beautiful video, InspiringPhilosophy! God bless you!
Scripture absolutely gives us principles by which we can discern justice and wise governance, and insofar as we are expected by civic duty to contribute to democratic process, those principles are perfectly valid to apply.
But Scripture also makes it clear that
1) the only really persuasive way to attest to and advocate for those principles is to tangibly and consistently live them out. And 2) it is impossible to consistently live out those principles apart from the grace of God.
Therefore our constant priority should be participation in the sanctifying Presence of God through prayer, thanksgiving, mutual edification, and the glorification of God through good works, and we should only attend to our civic responsibilities as the occasion demands.
I think this is the wrong direction. We need to let Jesus into politics like we let him into every other part of our lives. Instead, we need to keep politics out of Jesus. Let Jesus change our world, let's not let our world "change Jesus".
@Reamless - Stop, rewind, listen again. Then read what you wrote.
@@zixzysm I did watch. I still feel what I said applies.
OK. Well you don’t need to keep politics out of Jesus. He is a person, not an opinion. Jesus will keep politics out of you and change you when you listen to what He says. Which is exactly what IP is saying.
When it comes to letting Jesus into politics: if you are a politician and politics are already a big part of your life and has your heart, then likely you’ll first need to let Jesus in there. Once in, He will change your life and your views of just anything, and you with your changed heart will change politics, if they let _you_ in.
@@zixzysm I was being figurative when I reversed the phrase. I do not mean "keep politics out of Jesus" as if that made any sense literally. I meant "we can't let our politics change what we think about Jesus and his teaching". However, when I say let Jesus into politics, I am being very literal. I do not mean "use him to support your political views" but "allow him, the God man, to direct your political actions and treat him as your king even here on earth with the rulers of this world only acting as his princes." There was a time in every place throughout history when nations did recognize that God, or gods, did exist and did let their religion influence politics, even if they weren't Christian, but our civilization is unusual in this regard as the modern west does not. We see politics as a seperate thing, so when we "bring God in" we do not recognize his power to command us, so we merely bring in our perception of him as a political ally. However, the right way to critique this is not to say that those who do this are "bringing Jesus into politics" since Jesus is a king and we are his people, but to say they are "'making Jesus fit their politics'" which is of course meant only figuratively.
@@realmless4193 thanks for getting back! If with politics you mean the very flexible definition of “making decisions in groups”, then yes, I guess you could say that eg the Mesopotamians let religion influence their politics. In fact, it _was_ their politics. The ruler was god, or was god’s son, and whatever that little clique of a ruler class decided was decreed as law. I don’t know that we should consider those ruling systems as having anything good in them, seems like a bad time for just about anyone except the ruler class… so just any old kind of religion isn’t to be considered good for politics. Right?
Again, allowing Jesus to direct our political actions et al - this is also more or less exactly what IP is saying, so I see less and less with every comment from you how the proposed way is not the direction to take?
Thank you for making this. I made a similar video called Christianity without politics but it's nowhere near this in depth.
I was going to put a comment, but this is so well said I have nothing to add.
"Those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either."
-Gandhi
Just because Gandhi says it doesn't make it true, you can have politics unrelated to religion like you see in many European countries
@@delightk what you believe will directly influence your political beliefs. If they don't, you don't take what you believe serious.
Saw some dude post this on discord comment on discord “ I'll watch the video afterwards to see what he has to say, but I disagree with the statement in the title. The politics of a country has to be connected to a philosophy, a worldview. There's nothing wrong with having a philosophy or a worldview with christianity and its values as a core element. I understand that Jesus doesn't have to be mentioned when discussing what kind of economy the country should have, but when it comes to moral questions like rights for homosexuals or abortion....”
A brilliant exposition. You have hit several nailsvon their heads.
Thank you! Brother
Love your message. Really important right now.
Couldn't agree more that our country is not as educated as people believe.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.~~G.K Chesterton
For me the most telling sentence was when you asked if the viewer would be able to handle living in a culture that was very much opposed to Christian beliefs.
I remember taking a tour in Rome and thinking about the culture that early christians lived in there. For all that I might detest in my own country, I think it's still accurate to say that Roman culture was a lot more opposed to my Christian beliefs. This was a great encouragement for me. If those christians were able to have such an impact on their culture then my culture can get a whole lot worse and I can still fruitfully live out my faith.
I do not feel called to work in politics like William Wilberforce. I believe as he probably did, that political change without the transformation of people's hearts is worthless.
Nationalism is dangerous. I pledge allegiance to Christ alone and I pray for my country whether falls or prospers. My anarchy is the subversion of culture and politics through the transforming work and message of the gospel.
If I care about laws more than people I've totally misunderstood following Jesus. If I care about my country more than His kingdom, I've missed the message. Roman laws and Roman culture were changed by Christianity.
I believe abortion is wrong, so I will support a young mother who doesn't think she can be a parent.
I believe God cares deeply about refugees, I will support a refugee family, and speak up against problems I find in law that get in the way.
I believe substance abuse is a sin that destroys one self and others, yet I believe we are addicted to terrible things when we don't know the joy of good things. I will preach Christ who gives true peace.
I know that the sex slavery and the porn industry are tied together. Both are enabled by us when we don't see the other person and ourselves as being made in the image of God. I will speak up for laws and work that free the sex slave and I will encourage others to defeat porn addiction and guard against temptation myself.
And a lot more could be said,
I love your strong character! Thank you for posting your virtues. I would love to live on your street. You’re awesome!
Best video I've ever seen. Thank you for this.
Amen brother! For some reason many Christians think we must convert others to our political party, we are called to preach the Gospel, not convert people to our party. I honestly feel many have made politics their religion, you can tell by their reaction to anyone who disagrees with their views. Also, many believe we can make the earth a paradise. if we would only vote the right way. And we've gone from thinking that the other party was just mistaken to believing that they're evil, VERY dangerous! I was once a hardcore Repub, until I realized how can you preach the Gospel if half of the people you're trying to reach already dislike you because of your politics, its why I gave up politics. I firmly believe that mixing the Gospel with politics dilutes the Gospel
Jesus definitely cares about politics. It’s pretty silly to think he doesn’t.
Obviously Christ cares about politics. He also cares about pottery, gardening, dance, and woodworking. The problem isn't with thinking that God has opinions on how states should be governed. IP goes too far in saying that He doesn't have a position on most political issues. The problem is with the assumption -- implicit or explicit -- that politics is the central responsibility of Christians. It is not. That would be to show forth God's love in our everyday lives. For a politician, everyday life is their political office, and so Christ's opinion on, say, taxation is vital. But to a programmer, it is, or should be, a minor issue.
Christ's Church has existed under every form of governance and suffered under every bad policy imaginable, and her responsibility has always been to live as godly a life as possible *within* those systems. When the Romans exposed their infants, the response of Christians was to take as many of them in as possible. When they fed Christians to lions, the response was to die happily, with the assurance of eternal life.
As IP mentioned, Christianity is meant to adapt to every kind of governance. Within a democracy, or any system with democratic elements, every citizen is made to become a part-time politician. And this means that Christians have a responsibility to vote in accordance with the will of God, as best they can. However, we have to come to terms with how limited this power is, and accept that, since we aren't kings, we do not have final say over what happens. Even great evils must be tolerated, and made the best of, because we are *not* rulers of our states -- only our own wills.
@Prasanth Thomas
i don’t believe you’ve really read the Bible, otherwise you’d understand why it’s silly for someone to say Jesus doesn’t care about or has no concern for politics.
So I'm looking at the thumbnail and thinking to myself....
"It's beautiful..... I've looked at this for 5 hours now".
Thank you, I was surprised by how much the thumbnail upset people.
@@InspiringPhilosophy Oh I absolutely love this.
That said, I looked into the video, and it seems that you called out a lot of people in the first few minutes of the playtime.
No seriously, I absolutely love this video purely for that and I didn't even finish it yet.
So good! Thanks!
Excellent video! Thank you
As you said from the gospel of John Christ commandment is to love one another as he has loved us. That’s the most important thing he didn’t command us to agree with one another to love one another thank you for this wonderful sermon and I was moved to pray for the politician I hate and say I love you In christ again thank you
Patient Genocide and Enslavement is still that and likely worse. I'm relieved to find I agree with basically the entire video. Admittedly when my Pastor prayed for those in office it was hard to hear that name spoken in church but its become well with my soul since then.
White people used Jesus and encourage the slaves to obey their masters out of the Bible verses that were misinterpreted then Reverend Martin Luther King talk people through the teachings of Jesus that benevolence and Racial equality and fairness and Justice was what the teaching was now we follow
@@fitzfitzgerald1249 MLK was a communist agitator.
So good. Just imagine if this was on the front page tomorrow of every major paper in the world🤗🙏 Thanks, Mike. Joshua 5:13-15
Thank you for this video mr. Jones
Jesus purposely didn't get involved with politics because it healing has to start within each of us.
Clean your own house before forcing your neighbors to clean theirs.
I prefer the flipping-tables-to-make-a-point Jesus. Problem with the Modern Church is the lack of backbone. No one wants to step on someone's toes even if speaking truth. We are not to conform to society and be molded by it, but through the transformation of a renewed mind. We know who the ruler of this world is, and we should be vigilant to not be deceived.
I prefer the "My Kingdom is not of the World" Christ of the Scriptures to the Wannabe Theocrat's fantasy of what "Christianity" is while preaching Islam
"The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and the risk of hatred is born to protect love." - Madara Uchiha,
Mr.Jones you're my favorite Christian researcher if it's permissible for me to call you that,you help us a lot.
Very well done 👍
Cmon. We all know Jesus is neither a democrat or republican. He is a nember of the Heaven Party.
Jesus was a political prisoner of the Roman state and a political enemy of the jewish Pharisees.
He didn't shy away from political issues so why should we?
@@hello-cn5nh i was just kidding.
@@cgt3704 that's some good trolling then 😂
Thank you. I've been waiting for a post like this ever since this whole sars explosion happened. Jesus is not political, His kingdom is love, truth & joy in our God, and it's forever. Amen.
i needed this.
As I've gotten to know Christ, I've worked to walk away from politics. It's not worth getting mad over a largely corrupt system, and I actively try to not keep up with that news anymore. It's best to focus on what I can control: my relationship with God and being a positive influence on others. Thank you IP!
@@MarcusOfLycia I agree, local politics is pretty important (if often petty). I try to still be informed enough to be satisfied with my vote, which involves much slower drip of political news and commentary over a week compared to the 24/7 news cycle. But for someone who is feeling completely overwhelmed by negative political news taking a full break from it can be important for healing and re-centering yourself.
Not from America. What do you think about abortion. How should you speak then about it
He is against abortion. He made a video against it years ago.
@@x-popone6817 years ago. Opinions change. People change.
@@covid19alpha2variantturboc7 ive heard him say he is against it other times as well, more recent. Maybe i am wrong and he changed his mind, but this video shouldn't be viewed as "evidence" he is pro-choice. Thats, I think, an uncharitable interpretation.
@@x-popone6817 I wanted to know how he would talk to a pro choice. I am pro life
@@covid19alpha2variantturboc7 i think its a pretty safe bet to assume his stance hasn't changed.
I’m guilty of political tribalism myself. I am learning to repent from that. I do believe we should speak against any injustice. That comes from the “love your neighbor as yourself.” Sometimes our neighbor can be our enemies. Jesus knew that sin was the cause of injustice. All humans are effected by it.
Outstanding. Wish more than 26k people heard this. Gonna donate now.
Minor quibble: I wouldn't say Jesus was apolitical or dodging questions; he was essentially trying to start a "3rd party," when the going options were essentially "team dictator" and "team terrorist."
Looking at our political landscape, though, I agree that Jesus wouldn't be pigeonholed into any political platform on the market, and that any political opinions and allegiances we have are secondary to the Kingdom.
Third party would mean he cared about who was in charge on earth. He was above all that, with true power, this life is a vapour and he's eternal. He wanted people to join him for the sake of eternal life, not to change society, better the government, create a theocracy, gain power, make the government more just etc. I don't know why a political party is created, but it's certainly for something within this world that they think they can influence. Jesus was talking about rhe kingdom of God and wanted people to be essentially detached to this world and its goings on. That's my take anyway. So a third party, I just don't see an argument for it. He went to a corrupt place and did nothing to revolutionise government because it served him in no way. He could have gone and been incarnated in a just society. He came on purpose just to suffer and die and prove the Jews wrong that the messiah was not there to rise up against the cruelty of the Romans. The messiah was changing hearts though, which was his true purpose. Because what does anything in this life matter in light if eternity? Nothing. That's pretty apolitical to me.
I put it in quotes because it's a metaphor. Of course, there were no political parties in Jesus' time. And I don't think Jesus would clearly prefer any of our parties, whether third-party or not.
But your soteriology is a bit too otherworldly for me. Jesus is Lord in this world, as well as the next. And that is a political statement, with implications I don't have time to go into.
Saying Jesus was communistic or whatever makes me shout “Oh, for God’s sake! 😠” I’m tired of the politicization of everything else under the sun. What happened to life before 2008?
In Acts 4:32 the first Christians held all things in common and lived communally though in separate houses.
@@wmarkfish I don’t care! Just shut up and mind your own business.
@@wmarkfish 🤦 They VOLUNTARILY shared, but it was not meant to be a model for civil government. Even Peter said to Ananias and Saphira that their property was their own and were not obligated to give it to the Church.
Stop your eisegetical hermeneutics. The early Church is not an example of communism.
@@wmarkfish therefore Christ would be communist? Thou shall not steal implies private property, there is no such thing as private property in communism.
@@Mason58654 Temper, temper.
That quote from Chesterton brought tears to my eyes immediately. It's hard to comprehend with all the abominations that I am the problem, but that is the conclusion repentance leads to every time. One heart at a time is the only way, and only God can bring about the change.
Every time there’s a protest, this comes to mind
There is a lot of truth in this. “If Christ called you, could you live in a world where your political nightmares became your reality? If no, you put yourself before Christ.” Amen.
Christ and his law transcend politics. And you really can’t change the world if you don’t change hearts; “you can’t legislate love” as I heard Denzel Washington say.
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."- Matthew chapter 5 verses 13 to 16.
🙌these things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full!
Thank you IP Guy.
Maybe instead of putting our politics onto Jesus, we should put Jesus into our politics.
In light of this video, I think it would be cool to see you do a video on Just War Theory vs Pacifism, and of course, where you stand. A Theonomy video from you would be interesting as well. I can't say that Jesus would ever go to a political rally with me, but I won't keep Jesus out of my politics as he is who drives my politics. If someone was to ask me well why do you believe what you believe (politically speaking) I would point to the bible. I agree that it's hard to justify saying oh Jesus would totally be on my side of the aisle, and come to this rally with me, or go to this protest with them. As Christians however, I think it's very important to explain where our politics come from. The bible.
In some situations what is being discussed is efficiency (in a discussion about poverty, all sides want to end poverty, they just desigree on how to do it), but in others, what is happening is a conflict between opossed cosmovisions, whose principles contradict each other, and some political ideologies have principles that are incompatible with the message of the Gospel, so that a Christian cannot hold those positions without being in contradiction with himself.
Some ideologies are based on Materialism, Hedonism or Moral Relativism for example, and those ideas go against the message of Christ. You cannot defend a policy based on principles that contradict the Gospel directly.
This is a challenging message for me. One thing that was said twice that I “disagree” with is the use of the term “side step”. As though Jesus was avoiding the issue instead of addressing the real issue.
How do you compromise on abortion? I await your response.
There are a lot of things in the Bible that isn't law of the land. The state can wage unjust wars, that doesn't make it morally right. The state can side with the rich instead of the poor, that doesn't make it morally right. The state can marginalize minorities and foreigners, that doesn't make it morally right. Similarly, the state can condone the killing of the unborn, that doesn't make it morally right. Worldly rulers and people will always be making morally wrong decisions, but Christians are to not take part in them.
Compromising on abortion means being consistently pro-life. Someone who is consistently pro-life oppose abortion, but they also oppose unjust wars, police brutality, gun violence, mistreatment of refugees, poverty, homelessness, hunger, inequities in healthcare, and anything else that cause the deaths of innocent lives. Conservatives understand that pro-life means opposing abortion, yet they don't seem to get it when it comes to the other issues.
Compromising on abortion means going beyond a reactive approach (banning abortions) and using more proactive approaches such as comprehensive sex education, affordable access to birth control and contraception, having a strong safety net to support these women because many abortions are a result of financial hardships. It means changing the attitude we take towards women with unwanted pregnancies, and hold men equally accountable instead of blaming the women every time.
Compromising on abortion means we take a more Christ-like approach towards women who have had abortions. The reality is that most women who have abortions don't want to, but feel they have to because of circumstances. We can't just look at all of them as cold blooded murderers. We are all sinners, after all, and we must remember that Jesus died for women who've had abortions just like he died for us.
Compromising on abortion means we don't respond to the pro-abortion crowd's hate towards us with more hate. Jesus's strongest condemnations in the gospels were never for the sinful women he encountered, but for the religiously zealous Pharisees who harshly judged the sinful women. If Jesus was around today, he would most likely judge the religious church leaders in the America more so than those who have had abortions. Furthermore, Jesus said "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." The pro-abortionists believe we're all judgemental and hateful, let's not prove them right.
Compromising on abortion means we should look at the sins committed in the church and judge those sins more harshly than we do the sins of non-believers. Often times, when we focus on the sin of abortion, we tend to forget all the other sins that have been committed by our in-groups, like adultery, divorce and remarriage, extortion, money laundering, corruption, bribery, pride, haughtiness, and even sex crimes like pedophilia, or the support of Donald Trump in the name of stopping abortions, a man who is unrepentant, an adulterer, probably a rapist, a murderer, a hate mongering, a narcissist, a pathological liar, a lover of self and lover of money.
"Dear Sir....I am"🔥🔥🔥
I just love Chesterton. that guy had a wit.
@@Phillibetrus I hadn't got the chance to dig into his works. You recommend anything from him?
@@Mrgloire well his 2 biggest works are heretics and orthodoxy. he also wrote some fiction called father brown which was kinda like sherlock holms fan fic where the detective was a priest. look up dale Ahlquist if you want to get a good introduction to Chesterton. Chesterton can be a bit of a difficult read.
One of my favorite quotes from him: "Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honor should decline."
@@Mrgloire audiobooks are apparently available on TH-cam if you want to look them up
@@Phillibetrus thanks mate
Amen! Thank you, brother!
As 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 alludes we should not meddle with things that are of the world but focus our efforts only on the body of Christ!
"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has a sanctuary of God with idols? For we are a sanctuary of the living God; just as God said,
“I will dwell in them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17 Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
“And do not touch what is unclean,
And I will welcome you.
18 And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
says the Lord Almighty.
Jesus Christ loves His People and He wants to direct our paths even in the Government Country and Nation. God calls the people to REPENT and turn from their wicked ways. Serve The Lord so that He will BLESS you ❤
Jesus does care about life, and protecting the little ones who cannot protect themselves...Jesus is pro-life, not pro murder of millions of innocent babies
Were you upset when children were separated from their parents during the last administration? What about their lives?
@kaydenpat silly to relate the two issues, but I will answer your question.
No, not at all, sad that the parents put the children through that. The last administration slowed funding to international abortion mills, are you upset that this one has sped it up? Youd say its Better to be murdered in the womb than to live in Mexico?
This is a beautiful and timely message. Only folks who are hard-hearted, and/or hardened-will never understand. They have become reprobate. Bravo.
There is a lot of people here who don’t agree, ironically you are doing what he says to not do in the video.
. “Those who did not agree are reprobate and have heavy hearts” essentially using the word to enforce the message so to speak.
Are you for real? 😂
@@lifewasgiventous1614 I was referring to folks who will criticize the content and message in this video. What? So now you're going to try and guilt and shame me into not having an opinion, or stating a fact? It doesn't work that way.
@@Jokl92 with every fiber of my being. And?
@@Brother_Dre1900
Exactly...you are using heavy hearts and a reprobate mind as the only reason anyone might criticize the video.
Great video. God bless you 🙏🏿💜
Awesome message!
You can lead people to wisdom but you can not make them think. I applaud you for trying. 🌺💕 Yay for some that see and have ears. 🙏 for us all.
I will admit, it is a struggle for me, because nothing in this video is news to me, and yet, I have on numerous occasions felt contempt for the other side of the political spectrum. So, for me at least, it's not simply a case of not knowing the truth or not thinking about it, but rather, one of needing to focus my heart on what really matters, which is Jesus.