Current Issues: Law, Allegiance, & Revolution

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/lawmp3/"><strong>website</strong></a>.</p><p><strong>1. The example of Paul</strong></p><p>-Standing on rights (Acts 16, 22, 25)<br />-Waiving rights (1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1)</p><p><strong>2. Lawsuits</strong><br />-Two views: no litigation or no litigation against fellow believers<br />-"Why not rather be wronged?" (1 Corinthians 6, Matthew 5)</p><p><strong>3. American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)</strong><br />-Which side would you find yourself on?<br />-Submit to <i>which</i> authorities? (Romans 12, 13)<br />-If this intrigues you, please hear the podcast on the American Civil War.</p><p><strong>4. Civil Disobedience</strong><br />-Only when man's law opposes God's law may we resist.<br />-It is justified only when the command of man contradicts the law of God, not when the law of man contradicts our personal preference or convenience.<br />(Daniel 3, 6; Acts 4-5)</p><p><strong>5. Christian Government</strong><br />-There is no such animal! The experiment has been tried, with catastrophic effect.<br />-Two separate spheres (faith and politics).<br />-Beware Dominion theology (Genesis 1:28), whose aims are not dissimilar to those of the radical Muslims.</p><p><strong>6. Ultimate allegiance</strong><br />-Many Christians are confused about the relationship between the church and the state.<br />-Text of the Pledge of Allegiance (1892): <i>I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. </i>Note: The words "under God" were added in 1954.<br />- No follower of Christ can pledge ultimate allegiance to a flag, or to the state that it represents.<br />- [The following letter has been taken from <i>Christianity Today,</i> Oct. 2012, p.62.] "As one who has served over 31 years in the U.S. Coast Guard... I do not believe churches should display the American flag in their sanctuaries. 'No other flag