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What Do YOU Think – Part 2
By Jane | June 3, 2009
What Do YOU Think?
Part Two
I mentioned in my last blog that recently I’ve become aware of a trend (or push) in the media that could create a negative spillover effect for today’s believer. A great many news and entertainment programs now promote a feedback feature. These programs encourage people to express their viewpoint by “calling in”, “texting” “e-mailing”, or responding on their “twitter” or “face book” page. Modern media has made this feedback feature a major thrust of their industry. So what’s the danger in this? After all, you’re definitely entitled to your own opinion and viewpoint by virtue of the fact that you live in a democracy. You may express your opinions in the political arena by working for the candidate of your choice and voting for them. You may freely articulate your opinions in print regarding your favorite social cause. However, I see individuals who too often embrace the Christian faith while thinking that it is designed as a democracy and it is not.
Those who claim Christianity need to remember that God is sovereign. When He makes a decision, sets forth a course of action, or a command, He seeks no man’s counsel. He decrees a thing and that is it. He never takes a popular vote, sets up a committee, or runs a poll to see what popular opinion would dictate He do. He is God, the final and ultimate authority.
God has designed His kingdom and His church to operate as a theocracy not a democracy. His Word tells us that He intended the local church to function and operate decently and orderly through the key elements of authority and submission. These concepts are greatly misunderstood and not well tolerated in a capitalistic democracy that advocates you have a say in every governmental decision. The American free enterprise system puts a high premium on the preferences of individuals since meeting a variety of individual tastes and demands causes it to prosper. In the political, social and economic realms our opinion are influential and carry weight. However, this is not how God has planned the church to function. Let us not confuse the two arenas.
Romans 12:2
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. NLT
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