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How many of us are proud of being American more than are proud of being Christians? How realistic it is that we can see the flag, we can hear the voice from the government, we can feel the power of America - a greatest nation in the world. Can we see God's realm as clear as we see the realistic world? It is hard, brother! That's why we got frustrated and confused sometimes when people questioning us or against us at what we believed was true or right. Look at the Bible, John 12:37-50, not too many people believed in and listened to Jesus 2000 years ago even when HE was physically alive, but Jesus didn't get frustrated or get angry; instead, HE thanked to God. I am not saying that we are saints; instead, we are siners who are sincere to our Lord. So, brother, think it twice, there are not really too much things can fail us from being restraining ourselves. To an extreme, our Lord accept it; moreover, it is HIS business, we can only pray and enjoy what God provids for us.
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Date: Friday, December 05, 2003 14:37:22
Subject: [RR] he US Flag patch: Blind Patriotism versus Christian common sense
I've been trying to restrain myself but because of recent events in our country
and comments by other Royal Ranger Commanders I can no longer hold this back:
I'm going to discuss two kinds of Christians views regarding the American Flag
patch. The first view is what I see many Christians having, and that is "when
I look at the American flag I see how the United States USED to be and how it
SHOULD be." Then there is the other Christian view: "When I see the American
flag patch I see how the United states IS and how it WILL be." The latter in
my opinion is that of a realist while the privious is that of an idealist.
Let's face the reality according to the BIBLE, the United States is getting
more and more morally corrupt not to mention anti-Christian (just look at the
news and compare it to the last 10 to 20 years) and is only going to get worse
until Jesus returns and when that day comes there will be no United States of
America instead there will be a one world government ruled by Jesus Christ. So
we can either countinue to live in the past and talk about what ifs for the
rest of our lives or we can except the fact that the U!
nited States of America will eventually become part of the Antichrist's one
world government.
It is because of this that I am against the MANDATORY wearing of an American
flag on my uniform. I understand that many rangers perfer to stay in their
"comfort zone" but I'm not one of them so why should I have to be forced to
wear the American flag. Why couldn't the national office have made the flag
patch OPTIONAL like the Boy Scouts of America? I look forward to the future,
to a world ruled by Christ which is why I tried to submit a proposed Christian
flag patch (which was REJECTED by the way). I know you guys are probably going
to flame me and say I'm a commie or a dirty hippie or something like that but
I'm going by the Word of God here not wishful thinking.
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