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A BIBLICAL APPROACH TO POLITICS

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TRUTH FROM THE BIBLE

  • WHO IS GOD? GOD IS SOVEREIGN

    • What do we know about what it means for God to be sovereign?

      • Job 12:13-25

      • Job 42:2

      • Psalm 24:1

      • John 19:9-12;

      • Romans 13:1

      • Genesis 45:8

      • God’s sovereign plan is to save us

        • Acts 4:23-30

        • Ephesians 1:4-14;

        • Ephesians 4:11-13

        • God has used governments as part of his rescue mission from the very beginning…

        • WHO ARE WE?

          • As humans, we are not sovereign; we are created

            • Genesis 1:26-27

            • But then, Genesis 3

            • As Christians, we are new

              • 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

              • A new perspective on Christ/others (v16)

              • New creations (v17)

              • Reconciled (v18)

                • APPLYING THIS TRUTH TO HOW WE APPROACH POLITICS

                • Politics is a way of making agreements (or laws) as a community

                  • GREATEST LAW:

                    • Matthew 22:34-40

                    • The Bible should guide a Christian’s…

                    • how will we respond to political diversity within our church?

                      • V. CONCLUSION

                      • Politics are a part of our lives, but it is not the most important part

                      • How is God inviting you to trust Him, especially through 2024?

                      • WHAT IS OUR MISSION?

                      • Isaiah 9:6-7

                        • ...more
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