Second American Revolution: Steve Schlissel (4 of 6)

Question:-- What about the idea that the government should be neutral and should recognize that we live in a democratic, pluralistic society?

Steve Schlissel: I have a problem understanding what the difficulty is in looking to the law of God for a norm for civil polity. The difficulty I have is -- let's not talk about non-Christians who don't love God and what He has to say -- but Christians love the Lord. They know Jehovah. They know his goodness. They see his mercy. They know his wisdom. The know that they don't know everything, but they know Someone who does know everything. Let's start with that. God knows everything.

Now let's go back to an idea that we find in the Old Testament. We lost Eden through the sin of our first parents. Now God brings a whole nation of people out of bondage -- a stark contrast -- into the glorious freedom of the children of God on earth, if they do everything He says. He says it over and again. "If you do what I tell you in this land, you are going to have Eden back. It's going to be glorious. There is going to be rain. There is going to be fruit. There is going to be prosperity. There is going to be food. You won't even have diseases. You are going to be so happy if you do what I say."

Now do we believe that was the case? Do we believe it was the case because God was going to do continued supernatural miracles? Or rather because in the Law, God was giving His people the keys to living on earth? I think that's not too big a jump to say God gave them the Law in love. Deuteronomy is the book to read on this. Over and again He says, "I love you. That's why I'm giving you this Law. It's not because I'm setting you up. I'm not looking to trap you. Follow this because this is the way."

Now let's bring this to today. We become Christian. Our neighbor becomes Christian. Even our whole neighborhood becomes Christian. What happens? Even our whole state becomes Christian. Even in fact the whole nation. Then we look to each other and say, "I wonder how we should rule our lives? What laws should we have?" Now God has spoken already. He has given a whole body of laws in history to a people that He loved and adopted as His own that He liberated not to put them in bondage but to keep them in freedom. Doesn't it make sense to that we should go to that law and apply ourselves to see how it applies to our circumstances today.

There will be difficulties. Their culture was highly agrarian. Ours is highly technological. There are other big differences between us and Israel. But in principle we should expect that given the wisdom of God, we should find those governing ordinances which would lead to maximum freedom, maximum peace, even maximum prosperity. Prosperity doesn't happen from manipulating God or playing games or hitting the right keys to get a result. It happens by having our Father in heaven telling us what to do. We do what He says and then in time He blesses us.

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[jcr4runner]

Book? This is from a DVD. It would be great for people to have it if they really want it.

If we don't need to look at anything except the Bible, then why do you write anything at all and why do you look at YouTube?

[icantfindanamethis]

The devout american christains' problem is they have no translator their language is alien to the blue states....its practically medieval sounding, even if their values are something i respect

theres simply too much space between earth bound mainstreamers & and a spiritually centered culture, especially these days with cell phones & modems & general material abundance....but it CAN be minimized

we have look for the similarities in beliefs instead of the differences

....but hey just my view :P

[opinionhead444]

I find it highly disturbing that Law of Christ hasn't been ennacted in it's own country of origin (at least the modern incarnation of it), but it must be established in a place that was never hinted at once in prophecy as the Law of the land.

The American Constitution is fine as is.

[AbsoluteTruthSeeker]

I see where you coming from: defending your message as a priest, your position and benefits of priesthood. Yes, scriptural message is Divine, your perceptions however may not always be that and that's real point you skip in your bookworming escapades. Substituting true wisdom with quasi intellectualism of a scholar isn't really Divine.

[AbsoluteTruthSeeker]

Religion is merely an eternal quest for a True one. Jesus doesn't mean "scholar" or "believer" or "devotee/follower". Jesus means "redeemer" or transformer and spiritual transformation is the real meaning of Human life as well as scripture and commandments. Religion -- "transforming darkness into light" not intellectually opposing irreligion, but transforming. Yahweh merely means "I am the transformer" -- and this is Divine.

When you get to that point, God will speak to you directly.

[blue62626]

why do we need to buy your book.Just look at Bible