Monday, January 15, 2007

MLK 2007


May we remember always the dangers of the social construction of race-its past,present and still future dangers. may the church in the world today be in the forefront in combating with the only weapon God has blessed it with: The Word:

2 corinthians 10:3-6

The world is unprincipled. It's dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn't fight fair. But we don't live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren't for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.

1 samuel 17:45-46

David answered, "You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. I come at you in the name of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel's troops, whom you curse and mock. This very day God is handing you over to me. I'm about to kill you, cut off your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will know that there's an extraordinary God in Israel. And everyone gathered here will learn that God doesn't save by means of sword or spear. The battle belongs to God—he's handing you to us on a platter!"

psalms 44:6-8

You're my King, O God— command victories for Jacob! With your help we'll wipe out our enemies, in your name we'll stomp them to dust. I don't trust in weapons; my sword won't save me— But it's you, you who saved us from the enemy; you made those who hate us lose face. All day we parade God's praise— we thank you by name over and over

isaiah 31:3

3Doom to those who go off to Egypt thinking that horses can help them,Impressed by military mathematics, awed by sheer numbers of chariots and riders—And to The Holy of Israel, not even a glance, not so much as a prayer to God.Still, he must be reckoned with, a most wise God who knows what he's doing.He can call down catastrophe. He's a God who does what he says.He intervenes in the work of those who do wrong, stands up against interfering evildoers.Egyptians are mortal, not God, and their horses are flesh, not Spirit.When God gives the signal, helpers and helped alike will fall in a heap and share the same dirt grave.

Monergism has a good list of reference articles(click on link)but i feel it is a neglected topic on their site and should be expanded way further-since for a solidly biblically/theologically reformed church,denomination person seeking/preaching/teaching/proclaiming social justice ia the expressive/applicatory of a solid biblically/reformed theology....

http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/socialjustice.html

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