{"id":3529,"date":"2023-05-25T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:22:17","slug":"in-the-crunch-righteous-sensible-must-stand-push-back-against-depravity-of-modern-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3529","title":{"rendered":"In the Crunch: Righteous, Sensible Must Stand, Push Back Against Depravity of Modern Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-99.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-3530\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-99.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-99.png 701w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-99-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-99-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-99-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Don\u2019t let Leftist social media shut us out! Sign up for Daily Surge\u2019s daily email blast\u2026 it\u2019ll keep you updated on each day\u2019s Daily Surge new columns. Go to dailysurge.com and sign up under \u201cFree Newsletter\u201d on the right side of the page, one-third of the way down. It\u2019s easy! And like it says, it\u2019s free!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Surge Summary:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>In the face of the wickedness and fecklessness of the current era, those who understand truth must step into the public sphere and stand, resisting the lies and trends which will destroy America if unchecked.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by David Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Renewal Project hosted 13 North Carolina pastors\u2019 luncheons in 2021 featuring NC Lt. Governor Mark Robinson. 2,700 NC pastors and spiritual leaders participated in those events. On Primary Election Day \u2013 May 17, 2022 \u2013 50 pastors and spiritual leaders ran for local offices across the state, and 25 won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Washington Post reported on the North Carolina effort in a 7-minute feature:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/link.sc.usarenewalproject.com\/click?346-2404-8008-6921-http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/politics\/pushing-evangelicals-into-politics-to-create-a-biblically-based-culture\/2022\/05\/17\/716053a5-3d89-4d7a-b768-22a26150a037_video.html\">www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/politics\/pushing-evangelicals-into-politics-to-create-a-biblically-based-culture\/2022\/05\/17\/716053a5-3d89-4d7a-b768-22a26150a037_video.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, ten of the spiritual leaders were elected to public office across the state. Three of the thirteen newly elected NC State House members are pastors, and two spiritual leaders were elected to the Supreme Court of North Carolina!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this has taken place in obedience to Jesus\u2019 ekklesia Kingdom assignment from Matthew 16:18:&nbsp;<em>\u201cAnd I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my ekklesia and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ed Silvoso asked in his book&nbsp;<em>Ekklesia<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>\u201cCould it be that we have confined to four walls once a week what is designed to be a 24\/7 people movement out in the marketplace, transforming our cities and nations?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIf the Church is so important, why did Jesus mention it only twice in the gospels? And why is there neither a command nor instructions in the Bible on how to plant one?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe New Testament examples of church are vastly different from the contemporary notion that it is a place where members go, usually once a week. Back then, church always referred to people, never to buildings, and it was made up of individuals who operated 24\/7 \u2018from house to house\u2019 all over town as a transforming organism, not as a static institution [Acts 2:46; 5:42]. Its objective was the transformation of people and of society, rather than acting as a transfer station for saved souls bound for heaven.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cDuring Jesus\u2019 33 years on earth, three major institutions shaped the life of the Jewish people: the temple, the synagogue, and the ekklesia. The first two were religious. The third was secular.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With that as background, we professed in our last piece that we believe that \u201cthe next Great Awakening is beginning.\u201d Rather than being based upon wishful thinking, this is grounded in A.W. Pink\u2019s exposition of the Book of Joshua: \u201cIt would indeed be strange if we apprehended how that on the one hand Canaan was a free gift unto Israel, which they entered by grace alone; and on the other that they had to fight for every inch of it!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Every church in America, therefore, must have a pastor, elder, deacon, or congregant running for local office in 2024, 2026, 2028, and thereafter if America is to resurrect spiritually.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains to be seen whether we will get mercy, in light of over 63 million babies having been murdered inside their mothers\u2019 wombs, with oceans of red ink and endless stretches of red tape [and $31 trillion in debt], and homosexuals and befuddled men under the spell of the biological disfigurement of transgenderism being paraded around as healthy and normal by Big Business, Big Tech, Bud Light, Fortune 500, and the Biden Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Graves Into Gardens ft. Brandon Lake | Live | Elevation Worship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KwX1f2gYKZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Graves Into Gardens ft. Brandon Lake | Live | Elevation Worship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KwX1f2gYKZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, Scripture is replete with examples of God turning graves into gardens.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.sc.usarenewalproject.com\/click?346-2404-8008-6922-http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KwX1f2gYKZ4\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KwX1f2gYKZ4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current measure for success in contemporary American Christendom \u2013 butts in seats, massive budgets, and multiple buildings and campuses \u2013 has been an utter disaster in terms of Salt &amp; Light as preserving the American culture. Nevertheless,&nbsp;<em>\u201cIs anything too hard for God?\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;[Genesis 18:14]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles H. Spurgeon [1834-1892], England\u2019s \u2018<em>Prince of Preachers<\/em>\u2019, offered insight into the futility of opposing God and the indestructibility of His Church. In his 3-volume classic,\u00a0<em>The Treasury of David<\/em>, which he shaped and polished for over two decades, he sets forth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIn Spain, two monumental pillars were raised on which were written: I. \u2018Diocletian Jovian Maximian Herculeus Caesares Augusti, for having extended the Roman Empire in the east and west, and for having extinguished the name of Christians, who brought the Republic to ruin.\u2019&nbsp;II. \u2018Diocletian Jovian Maximian Herculeus Caesares Augusti, for having adopted Galerius in the east, for having everywhere abolished the superstition of Christ, for having extended the worship of the gods.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe have here a monument raised by Paganism over the grave of its vanquished foe, but in this \u2018the people imagined a vain thing\u2019. Neither in Spain nor elsewhere can be pointed out the burial place of Christianity; \u2018it is not, for the living have no tomb\u2019.\u201d<\/em><sup>1<\/sup>As to the resurrection power of Christ, this writer joins the Apostle Paul in acknowledging that \u201c<em>This is a faithful and trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance and approval, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;[1 Timothy 1:15]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As believers enter the public arena, Solomon showed in Proverbs 24:10 pertinent perceptiveness regarding the battle ahead for Christians:&nbsp;<em>\u201cIf you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is limited.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Dr. Bruce K. Waltke, the foremost living authority on the wisdom literature found in the Old Testament, put it in these words:&nbsp;<em>\u201cA person reveals the degree and extent of his strength by his conduct in crisis.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distinguished Old Testament scholar and former Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Oriental Languages, William McKane, will have the last word on it:\u00a0<em>\u201cIt is when a man is hemmed in and trapped by adverse circumstances that his powers of endurance are stretched and an estimate of his toughness and stamina can be made.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailysurge.com\/2023\/05\/in-the-crunch-righteous-wise-must-stand-and-push-back-against-depravity-of-modern-age\/\">https:\/\/dailysurge.com\/2023\/05\/in-the-crunch-righteous-wise-must-stand-and-push-back-against-depravity-of-modern-age\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t let Leftist social media shut us out! 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