“for [the civil authority] is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.” Romans 13:4 NASB2020 https://bible.com/bible/2692/rom.13.4.NASB2020
“”Unhand the maid!!” Cried Percivale
And pushed the proud knight back
“It is a law of courtesy-
All holy maids have passage free.
Men must respect their chastity.
If you have not such courtesy,
Then our good swords, in battle free,
Will teach you what you lack!””
Merlin’s Isle: Galahad & the Grail | Malcolm Guite, https://malcolmguite.com/
“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” Albert Einstein
Brothers, I pray we step up with courage and boldness in our churches, homes, and, importantly, our civil duties. I don’t have the words to express my righteous anger. The UK Rape Gang Inquiry Report, “250 thousand white girls raped and trafficked by Muslim immigrant pedophiles in the UK. Industrial scale sexual abuse and torture…” Christian men do not stand silent in the face of such evil. We shouldn’t stand silent at all!
“It is not an error for Christians to demand that their civil government keep true to its laws and properly carry out its duties toward its citizens.” [1] “It is the duty of all of God’s image-bearers to labor for the wellbeing of others. [Matt. 7:12]… we should seek for every layer of our country to become as Christian as possible… In His providence, God has given all American citizens, some measure of political power… moreover, it is good for Christians to unite together, consolidate their powers, and expand their capacity to secure more public goods. That’s loving, too.” [2]
“The civil use of God’s law – the restraint of evil in society – is an essential and neglected category in modern Christian thought… Scripture teaches that God restrains evil not only through regeneration but also through the enduring authority of His law applied in the common sphere.” [4]
When the men of a nation turn away from God they also tend to turn away from their responsibility to defend their families, communities, and nation! It’s a “moral vanity” as Jack Carr has labeled it. [6] “Christians are to fight two sorts of evils with two sorts of swords—a spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and a physical sword against physical enemies. Taken together, these two swords were, and are, “enough.”” [7]
“250 thousand white girls raped and trafficked by Muslim immigrant pedophiles in the UK.”
“250 thousand white girls raped and trafficked by Muslim immigrant pedophiles in the UK. Industrial scale sexual abuse and torture inflicted on the native inhabitants by barbaric foreign gangs who were welcomed into the country by the government. One of the worst scandals in the history of the western world. It really is that bad. Anyone who ignores this story is forever discredited going forward. Watch especially for the people on “our side” who look the other way.” Matt Walsh https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/2067047444802683096?s=46&t=Ag2lESY3ntUopWo1gN17hw
“I’ve been shouting the crimes of Rotherham from the rooftops for more than a decade, but there was a near total blackout on the issue in the USA. Most of you are only now learning about it. Will Americans take note? This. Is. Islam.” Larry Alex Taunton https://x.com/larrytaunton/status/2067065174893211856?s=46&t=Ag2lESY3ntUopWo1gN17hw
“In light of the horrific rape gang report out of the UK today, this is a good thread on how ministries should disengage from promoting mass migration.” Megan Basham https://x.com/megbasham/status/2067005723913912695?s=46&t=Ag2lESY3ntUopWo1gN17hw
The Rape Gang Inquiry Report https://ministry.family.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/7c0f0-therapeganginquiryreport.pdf
1 – “It is not an error for Christians to demand that their civil government keep true to its laws and properly carry out its duties toward its citizens. Paul refuses to submit to the magistrates’ request… [and] calls the magistrates to be accountable to the law of Rome.” [Acts 16:37] Paul “was enforcing what he wrote in Romans 13:3-4, ensuring that the Philippian government was keeping to its own laws rather than allowing tyranny.” Dutiful Resistance to Tyrants https://press.founders.org/shop/a-revolutionary-reading-of-romans-13/
2 – “It is the duty of all of God’s image-bearers to labor for the wellbeing of others. [Matt. 7:12]… we should seek for every layer of our country to become as Christian as possible… If that’s the duty of all individuals, how much more so for government leaders? They are the ones God has specifically instituted to promote the public good… They’d be like the wicked servant who buried his master’s talents and made no attempt to return a profit. Instead, government officials must seek to increase the prevalence of Christianity in their country, laboring to return a profit. That’s what it means to promote the public good… In His providence, God has given all American citizens, some measure of political power. We have the capacity to secure different kinds of public goods. We can vote for presidents, congressman, governors, state legislators, mayors, candidates for city council, school boards, and all sorts of other positions… You’re required by Jesus himself to use that power so that others enjoy the public goods that you desire to enjoy yourself. Love your neighbor… moreover, it is good for Christians to unite together, consolidate their powers, and expand their capacity to secure more public goods. That’s loving, too.” King of Kings: a reformed guide to Christian government by James Baird https://press.founders.org/shop/king-of-kings/
3 – “When those who administer justice… engage in acts that are legal yet immoral, they fall into this realm of tyranny. A police officer would do better to resign his badge than to seek to arrest Christians for congregating against the will of misguided or wicked magistrates.” Isaiah 10:1 says, ‘Woe to those who enact evil statutes, and to those who constantly record unjust decisions’ (NASB)… magistrates may consult the sphere of the church to ascertain what is just, moral, and good. Deuteronomy 17:8-12… The lesson to be learned here is that the state will inevitably fall into unlawful and ungodly rulings if the voice of God’s people is kept silent.” A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13 https://press.founders.org/shop/a-revolutionary-reading-of-romans-13/
4 – “The three uses of the moral law, a framework recovered and clarified by the Protestant Reformers to explain how God’s law functions within His creation… [according to Calvin], (1) a mirror exposing human sinfulness and driving us to Christ, (2) a restraint on evil in society (the civil use of the moral law), and (3) a guide for Christian living that instructs believers in sanctification… The civil use of God’s law – the restraint of evil in society – is an essential and neglected category in modern Christian thought… Scripture teaches that God restrains evil not only through regeneration but also through the enduring authority of His law applied in the common sphere.” “The Law for the Lawless: How to Restore Order in the Home, the Church, and the Nation” by David Mitzenmacher https://press.founders.org/shop/the-law-for-the-lawless/
5 – “If error or tyranny exists in the civil magistrate, built within the God-created sphere is a means of correction… God has equipped this sphere with it’s own ability to correct itself through what is often referred to as superior and lesser magistrates. If either the superior magistrate or lower magistrate has erred in the making or enforcing of laws (or lack thereof), correction begins within the sphere of the magistrate. That means the lesser magistrate is to correct the higher magistrate and, if need be, interpose itself between its citizens and their superior magistrate… Matt Trewhella’s fine book The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates [2013] defines the doctrine in this way: ‘When the superior or higher civil authority makes unjust/immoral laws or decrees, the lesser or lower ranking civil authority has both a right and duty to refuse obedience to that superior authority. If necessary, the lesser authorities even have the right and obligation to actively resist the superior authority.’ … The pastors of Magdeburg [1550 AD] … defined the doctrine as follows: ‘Whenever a superior magistrate persecutes his subjects, then, by the law of nature, by divine law, and by the true religion and worship of God, the inferior magistrate ought by God’s mandate to resist him.’ This was similar to [John] Calvin’s [1536 AD] description that the ‘popular [lesser] magistrates have been appointed to curb the tyranny of kings… By the ordinance of God, they are its appointed guardians.’ … “A government not willing to protect its citizens from … criminal activities, including physical violence, is in severe danger… they will incur the wrath of God for abdicating their primary role tasked by God himself.” From “A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13” Timothy L. Decker, Founders Press 2023. https://press.founders.org/shop/a-revolutionary-reading-of-romans-13/
When the men of a nation turn away from God they also tend to turn away from their responsibility to defend their families, communities, and nation! It’s a “moral vanity”
6 – When the men of a nation turn away from God they also tend to turn away from their responsibility to defend their families, communities, and nation! It’s a “moral vanity” as Jack Carr has labeled it. “They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates; Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.” scripture to meditate on and more here: https://ministry.family.blog/2024/08/15/household-prayer-capable-to-defend-our-families/
7 – “Take Jesus’s talk of swords. He tells his disciples that “he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.” They respond, “Lord, behold, here are two swords,” to which Christ concludes, “It is enough” (Luke 22: 36, 38 KJV). Whereas most modern-day Christians allegorize this verse into meaninglessness, for most premodern and especially medieval Christians, its meaning was clear: Christians are to fight two sorts of evils with two sorts of swords—a spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and a physical sword against physical enemies. Taken together, these two swords were, and are, “enough.”” The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom by Raymond Ibrahim https://www.raymondibrahim.com/books
Scripture
“It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.” Proverbs 16:12 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.16.12.ESV
“He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.” Proverbs 17:15 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.17.15.ESV
“The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.” Proverbs 17:23 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.17.23.ESV
“It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.” Proverbs 18:5 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.18.5.ESV
“A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.” Proverbs 19:5 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.19.5.ESV
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.” Proverbs 21:3 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.21.3.ESV
“The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.” Proverbs 21:7 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.21.7.ESV
“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” Proverbs 21:15 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.21.15.ESV
“You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous. Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 16:19-20 NASB2020 https://bible.com/bible/2692/deu.16.19-20.NASB2020
“Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.” Proverbs 24:24-25 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.24.24-25.ESV
“Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.” Proverbs 25:26 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.25.26.ESV
“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves. Proverbs 28:5, 12, 18 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.28.5-18.ESV
Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.” Proverbs 28:5, 12, 18 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.28.5-18.ESV
“When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.” Proverbs 29:2 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.29.2.ESV
“A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.” Proverbs 29:7 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.29.7.ESV
“When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.” Proverbs 29:16 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.29.16.ESV
“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.” Leviticus 19:15 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/lev.19.15.LSB
For Further Reading or Viewing:
Really good conversation about A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13: A Biblical Case for Lawful Subjection to the Civil Magistrate and Dutiful Resistance to Tyrants. We need to pray for our church leaders to re-learn these old and very costly won theologies. https://youtu.be/0cxGEjKbJn0?si=GDDORCCMkN6a7Yq_
A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13: A Biblical Case for Lawful Subjection to the Civil Magistrate and Dutiful Resistance to Tyrants https://press.founders.org/shop/a-revolutionary-reading-of-romans-13/
King of Kings: a reformed guide to Christian government by James Baird https://press.founders.org/shop/king-of-kings/
“The Law for the Lawless: How to Restore Order in the Home, the Church, and the Nation” by David Mitzenmacher https://press.founders.org/shop/the-law-for-the-lawless/
The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates: A Proper Resistance to Tyranny and a Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience to Civil Government by Matthew J. Trewhella https://a.co/aVQzfiR
“The Magdeburg Confession: 13th of April 1550 AD by Pastors of Magdeburg” https://a.co/5X7W9us
Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition https://canonpress.com/products/slaying-leviathan
By What Standard? God’s World…God’s Rules https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/
The Essential Church https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.aa4a63f3-44a5-499c-8846-06d00c6d0c56&territory=US&ref_=share_ios_movie&r=web more here: https://essentialchurchmovie.com/
Just War / Just Cause Theory https://ministry.family.blog/2020/01/29/just-war-just-cause-theory/
American Constitution
AMENDMENT II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Militia: an army composed of citizens… called up in time of emergency. (Webster’s 2010)
There are four places in the American Constitution that affirm the Militia’s prior existence, and no law can alter it. The militia is all able bodied members of a community.
Article I, Section 8, Clauses 15 & 16:
[The Congress shall have Power To…]
Clause 15: [ ] “To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”
Clause 16: [ ] “To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;”
Article II, Section 2, Clause 1:
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States…”
AMENDMENT II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
From the Founders… Original Intent
“[T]he said Constitution [should] be never construed … to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.”
SAMUEL ADAMS, Signer of the Declaration, “Father of the American Revolution” …
“A free people ought … to be armed.”
GEORGE WASHINGTON, US. President, Signer of the Constitution …
“[N]o man should scruple or hesitate a moment to use arms in defense.”
GEORGE WASHINGTON, US. President, Signer of the Constitution …
“The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them…. This is a principle which secures religious liberty most firmly.”
ZECHARIAH JOHNSTON, Revolutionary Soldier, Virginia Legislator, Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution
“I am thus far a Quaker [a pacifist]: I would gladly agree with all the world to lay aside the use of arms and settle matters by negotiation; but unless the whole will, the matter ends, and I take up my musket and thank Heaven He has put it in my power.
THOMAS PAINE, Patriot, Author
Quotes from “The Second Amendment” by David Barton
THE GOOD NEWS
There is a God that created the heavens and the earth. We humans are created in His image.
We are sinners, we have rebelled against Him, our Creator. Our rebellion has brought “all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice… envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness” to the world. Romans 1:29-31 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.1.29-31.ESV
Therefore we justly deserve our due punishment of death and damnation, “as it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.’” Romans 3:10-12 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.3.10-12.ESV
But good news! God is merciful and loving. Jesus is God the only begotten Son and He took our punishment upon Himself in our place. Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death and securing the hope of our salvation.
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.” 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/1co.15.3-8.ESV
““Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”” Acts 2:36-38 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/act.2.36-38.ESV
We need only repent and believe it. Repent: turn away from our sins, proclaim Jesus is lord and savior, and we will be forgiven our sins and have life ever after! “because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”” Romans 10:9-11 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.10.9-11.ESV
There is hope. Believe in Jesus! ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/jhn.3.16.ESV
It doesn’t matter who you’ve been or what you’ve done, God stands with arms wide open, ready to forgive you. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 ESV https://bible.com/bible/59/1jn.1.9.ESV
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