It is written: “Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” -Acts 2:38
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23
“But I (Jesus) tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me; -John 16:7-9
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith,” -Hebrews 12:2a
“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” -John 16:13
“Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Now of Simon having seen that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered to them money, ‘Give me this power as well,’ he said, ‘so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.’ But Peter replied, ‘May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!'” -Acts 8:17-20
“Jesus was fed up with politics too.” “He went from town to town, offering hope, new life, and modeling a different way to live and to change the world. Instead of pursuing power, money, or religious authority, he shared a loving and sacrificially generous way of living. He chose not to go along with the schemes others used to impact the world. Instead, he championed a better way.” -He Gets Us
“However arrogant the world, Jesus Christ is King. There’s nothing anybody can do about it. Psalm 2 says ‘Why do the heathen rage? I have set my King upon my holy hill of Zion’. They may revolt, but His kingship and throne will never be moved. Democracy decreed Christ’s death but not His Kingship. ‘He IS Lord’. Some mistakenly assume Christians gain control of the cities and the nations, ‘binding their kings in chains’, so that Christ can take over. But we don’t organize the Kingdom of God and then invite Christ to rule. Only God the Father will do that. (Ps.2, Hebrews 1:13). The world wasn’t ready the first time, and won’t be ready the next time, but He will come just the same. He offers us the privilege of being in His kingdom. ‘Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” There will be a crowning day for those who live for Christ. (2 Timothy 4:8) He will crown them, but they will never crown Him. God’s richest blessings.” REINHARD BONNKE
“The path through politics is not the road to God.” –The Myth of a Christian Nation, How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church; Gregory A. Boyd
American politics “Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.” -1 John 2:22
Freedom of a different kind is this: freedom to live according to what God thinks and not what well-intentioned senator, governor, political party or professor, or even Christian teachers think. Sit down with a Bible and learn the Word and obey it. Be a maverick in the Word. The Holy Spirit alone is your teacher.
