Good Morning Bruce, I understand what you are saying, have read all about the Int'l Monetary Fund, CFR etc.... The systems of this world have always been evil, nothing new there. Yet in His teaching Jesus tells us to give what belongs to Caesar back to Caesar and what belongs to God back to God.
None of us chose this mess, we were all born into a world where these structures were already in place. ATST God who still sits on the throne tells us that Governmental power and authority are from Him. Jesus reminded Pontius Pilate of this fact, Paul reiterates it in Romans 13 and Peter restates it in 1 Peter 2:13,14. We are also taught not to resist evil but to overcome evil with good and Jesus paying taxes is one example of this. God provided the money and Jesus paid. After all the temporal is passing away as we speak/write - and the eternal is what is important. Making a big todo and resisting the powers that be make professing believers appear to be self-righteous and over the top bringing no glory to God even if the argument is basically correct. The whole world lieth in the evil one which means they are deceived and deceived ppl don't know they are deceived. God does not hold us morally responsible for something we have no control over. Rather he holds us responsible for the choice we make each day personally to do it His way or the way we think it should be. Grace and Peace, Judy PS: The Mennonites and Amish IMO have religious spirits, they are looked upon here as tourist attractions and novelties because of their old fashioned ways ATST there is no spiritual power in their lives to release captives and set ppl free. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
