Presbos, i dig…
Bible, Jesus, books, church, councils, history, justice, kingdom, love, politics, theology, wisdom October 22nd, 2009So I was reading the Presbyterian book of confessions today. I came across the confession of 1967, and I have to say… I was blown away. In 1967, the Presbos adopted this confession of faith as a response to “racial discrimination, nationalistic arrogance, and family and class conflict”. It was very responsive to biblical scholarship and asks the church to read scripture with literary and historical context in mind. There are many really really cool parts, but this really stuck out to me is line 9.45, containing the following words…, “this search (for reconciliation and peace) requires that the nations pursue fresh and responsible relations across every line of conflict, even at risk to national security, to reduce areas of strife and to broaden international understanding… Although nations may serve God’s purposes in history, the church which identifies the sovereignty of any one nation or any one way of life with the cause of God denies the lordship of Christ and betrays his calling”.
“Even at risk to national security”?
Can anyone find me another statement of faith that states that nations should pursue reconciliation even at their own risk? That sounds too much like Christ for me…
And that last part about identifying any one nation or way of life with God’s will means denying the Lordship of Christ. Dang.
love it…
So, I have been praying for our president to “do us good” every day for several months, and this is what we are getting: He signs on to allow the Russians to inspect our nuclear facilities, and he is rumored to be in favor of signing on to a treaty that will indenture our nation to what will be come a world government. Let God’s will be done, and not mine. I guess we don’t have to like it!
That is exactly what this is talking about. It would seem crazy to let another nation examine our nuclear weapons since we do not have anything to gain, but in order to secure reconciled relations, we put ourselves out there. That is really a good example. As far as the world government, I haven’t heard anything along those lines.
Hezakiah let a foreign nation send inspectors too.
I’m not one to listen to, repeat, or get excited about rumors; but, I’m pretty excited about this rumor. Maybe if we’re lucky the world government can do better than the USA government has done since 2000…. War, greed, national arrogance, etc….it makes me wanna puke.
Good for Obama, and thanks for sharing the good news!