Second American Revolution: Phil Vollman (1 of 5)

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Question:-- Was the New Testament Church really a "New Testament" Church as we think of it today? In what ways was their situation different from ours?

Phil Vollman: It is interesting to note as you read the book of Acts (That is the romantic book that pastors like to preach from. We go back there all the time preaching out of the book of Acts. We get all pumped up and we preach on the mighty acts that Paul, Silas, Stephen and even the deacons who were used of God to effect mighty miracles) what is instructive for us to remember is this: You don't find the word "love" one time in the book of Acts. You don't find the word "piety" one time in all the 28 chapters of the book of Acts. What you will find is 114 references to words like: "riots," "uproars," "tumults," "sword," "persecution," and "peril."

Now the thinking pastor realizing that, if he is a sincere seeker of truth, will begin to ask himself some questions: "What were they doing that we're not doing?" If we can answer questions like that truthfully, we will realize that what the church did back then was they went everywhere and as they went they preached and unapologetic Gospel of Jesus Christ that went far beyond personal salvation, and my "personal Jesus," and my "fire insurance." They insisted on the Crown Rights of King Jesus. Paul said in Acts 17, "There is another King, one Jesus." That was a political statement.

Knoxian social theory is the idea that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is enough to effect change in the real world where they really kill babies, where they really sodomize our sons, and where they really enact social policy detrimental to our health and well being.

If you hold to a covenantal worldview, you understand that God has established three monopolistic institutions: the family, the church, and the state. They are all distinct and they all have according to God and under God their own spheres of influence. But what we realize now and what we forgot for so many years is that they are all under the same standard. That standard is called the Law-Word of God. It is the responsibility of the church to fulfill its prophetic and Levitical role in time and history. That role consists of teaching the civil magistrate what God has said about ethical moral matters. And it is to be prophetic when the civil magistrate through its incorrigible attitude says, "We will not have that man to reign over us."

If we embrace those things, we realize that we have just declared war in time and history on all those who will not bow the knee to our King the Lord Jesus Christ. We've issued the declaration of war. And if we are smart enough, we realize that there will be a cost to fulfilling this Great Commission.

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[rotcafarg]

I won't bow the knee.

Are you coming after me? Because if you try to kick down my door I'll shoot you dead, you fascist son of a bitch.

[pattycrack]

now i know why there no ammo left at the local walmart..

[anamoglam]

I hope my statements can change the way you think... Your perhaps saying that you think a direct and unappolagettic approach to the gospel, which is because of men raping your daughters and sons, is to be emulated?