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From: jnhickling@ntlworld.com
"Steve Hayes" wrote in message news
"1st Century Apostolic
Traditionalist" wrote:
>"Steve Hayes" wrote in message news:
>"1st Century Apostolic
>Traditionalist" wrote:
>>>>A false doctrine:
>>>>Is one that allows God's Elect to participate in the political
>>>>"Affairs
>>>>of this life".
>
>>>I'm not aware of any such "doctrine".
>
>Try 2 Tim 2:3-5.
>>"Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
>>4 No man that warreth *entangleth* himself with the affairs of this life*
>>that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
>
>>5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he
>>strive lawfully."
>>2 Tim 2:3-5 (KJV)
>None of those supports your alleged "doctrine".
It does to me, as 'Affairs of state' would logically be included in the
"Affairs of this life" along with the other relevant reasons I first
posted.
Especially as the potential to go against Almighty God's own infallible
decisions as to who is fit to rule, may be entirely opposed to our own weak
and bigoted personal thinking.
After all, how many professing Christians in Germany would have voted to
put Adolf Hitler into power?
Jeff...
"The Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world.
He gives them to anyone he chooses—
even to the lowliest of people.”
Dan 4:17 (NLT)
Who can argue with that one?.....{;o;}
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Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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