PRÉCIS ON THE RIGHT STUFF: STANDING FIRM AGAINST THE SEA CHANGE OF PRO-TRUMP ACCOMMODATION

SCRIPTURE. “It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].” – GALATIANS 5:1, AMP

KEY TERM: “KEEP STANDING FIRM!” ‘Stékó’ [στήκετε]: “From a root word meaning, ‘To appoint [in order] to abide or persevere;’ to keep covenant, establish, hold up [under temptation or persecution]; to remain stationery, stand fast; lit., to not sin [against the Gospel]; to persist [in the faith no matter what].” WEBSTER (1828): ‘To be erect, supported by the roots, as a tree or other plant.’ Notwithstanding the violence of the wind, the tree yet stands. To be on its foundation; not to be overthrown or demolished; as, an old castle is yet standing.”

QUOTATION. “Jesus Christ lived in the midst of His enemies. At the end all His disciples deserted Him. On the Cross He was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this Cause He had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. ‘The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ!’ He wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing who would ever have been spared’ (Luther).” ― DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community, 1939; edited

COMMENTARY. “‘Christ will not be the Saviour of any who will not own and rely upon Him as their Only Saviour.’ Let us take heed to the warnings and persuasions of the Apostle to Stedfastness in the Doctrine and Liberty of the Gospel. All true Christians, being taught by the Holy Spirit, wait for Eternal Life, the reward of righteousness, and the object of their Hope, as the gift of God by Faith in Christ; and not for the sake of their own works …

‘No outward privileges or profession will avail to acceptance with God, without Sincere Faith in our Lord Jesus.’ True Faith is a working grace; it works by love to God, and to our brethren. May we be of the number of those who, through the Spirit, wait for the Hope of Righteousness by Faith. The danger of old was not in things of no consequence in themselves, as many forms and observances now are. But without Faith [in Truth] working by Love, all else is worthless, and compared with it other things are of small value.” – MATTHEW HENRY, Exposition of the Old and New Testaments, 6 vols., 1708-1710; edited

DK’S TAKE. Let’s go right to the Spiritual Crisis of Today’s America, beloved. No time to waste nor words to mince any longer. For Christians who continue their dalliance with the seditions of Christian Nationalism will perish. And along the way, they shall destroy not just a Church, but the entire Foundations of the Nation they tell us they labor furiously to save!

MOSES saw it carved in stone by the fire and finger of Jehovah thousands of years ago:

“I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship]. You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,but showing graciousness and steadfast lovingkindness to thousands [of generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.” – EXODUS 20:1-6, AMP

‘God has not changed, beloved.’ His Law has not been abrogated, but rather fulfilled in His Son, YESHUA BEN DAVID. The Messiah Who still honors the Law and the Commandments still requires all His True Ones to likewise follow Him.

‘Not for Salvation by the Law, but by His Spirit, to be Instructed by it. Strengthened by it. Indeed, to become Solaced by it! Toward Rock-like Clarity in shimmering Witness for Truth in an Age of Darkness, Confusion and Compromise.

Therefore, having done all, TO STAND in the Evil Day!