02/25/25 EARTHLY RULE

02/25/25 EARTHLY RULE

The responsibility and authority of Government (including the President) is to protect the law abiding and punish the criminal. The USA has a foundation (legal system and Constitution) that recognizes Christianity as its founding faith. (THIS IS NOT MY OPINION, THIS IS THE HISTORICAL FACT). The Christian faith is the bedrock of our country and should be protected, but it should not be ruled, led, governed by the State.

Government should protect our rights, not determine our beliefs, or determine our religious duties. Since our country is based on Biblical truth, then there is no conflict between the Christian faith and Constitutional rights (as long as the State stays within its Constitutional boundaries). If the laws of the land contradict the basic revelation of Christian responsibility, then the Christian must obey God rather than men. However, the New Testament directives concerning social and civil behavior do not contradict the founding principles of our country.

Pagan practices have been and are forbidden in the USA (polygamy [Mormonism], "honor killings" [Islam], foot binding [Chinese practice], spousal burning on funeral pyres [Hindi and American Indian practice], for instance). Christian practices are not contrary to American justice system. It was Christian values that removed slavery in Britain and the USA.

There should not be an official State Office of religion. Years ago Bill Clinton did what seemed to be a good and Christian thing to do, when he signed The Religious Freedom Restoration Act. However, that law protected the use of drugs in Native American religion.

When the State is given authority over Christianity, then the cornerstone of American freedom is removed.

It is one thing for a president to take official action in political issues, it is another thing for a president to set Christian policies and practices.

God may use Trump to correct political oppression, corruption, fraud, but Trump does not have Divine authority to guide Christian faith or practice.