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    God's Way, Not Politics: Please, Let God Be God!
    God's Way, Not Politics: Please, Let God Be God!
    God's Way, Not Politics: Please, Let God Be God!
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    God's Way, Not Politics: Please, Let God Be God!

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    No subject causes more irritation, frustration, and confusion than issues concerning government. God has timeless truths in the Bible for resolving the conflict between world politics and the righteousness of Gods kingdom. Misunderstanding these truths results in the actions of well-meaning Christians being viewed by the world as offensive, unloving, and hypocritical. The result causes major doubts in the credibility of the Church and limits belief in the loving message of the cross.

    Gods Way, Not Politics brings a timely revelation to Gods people of truth in His Word, which has been buried by the cares of the world and rationalization of mans action out of ignorance of Gods love for mankind and Gods promises of peace, concerning what He can and wants to do. May the Holy Spirit reveal through honest consideration of His Word what God is saying. It is time for the Church to recognize our significance as empowered citizens of the kingdom of God on earth and be the conduit of loving witnesses for good in achieving the purpose our Creator intends. Acceptance of His plan and ways will unblock our prayers for healing our land and hasten our Lords return.

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    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateAug 24, 2011
    ISBN9781449722777
    God's Way, Not Politics: Please, Let God Be God!
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    C Stephen Bell

    Steve Bell, at age eighty-one, has known Jesus as his Lord for seventy-one years. He has been married a total of fifty-eight years, with a combined family of thirty-six children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. All of the adults know the Lord. Steve is a Bible teacher, an engineer, and an entrepreneur.

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      God's Way, Not Politics - C Stephen Bell

      God’s Way,

      Not Politics

      PLEASE, LET GOD BE GOD!

      C Stephen Bell

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      Copyright © 2011 C Stephen Bell

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2278-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2277-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011914070

      Printed in the United States of America

      WestBow Press rev. date: 08/19/2011

      Contents

      Purpose

      Introduction

      CHAPTER 1

      Early Foundation

      CHAPTER 2

      Collision with Life

      CHAPTER 3

      Search for Truth

      CHAPTER 4

      Government God’s Way

      CHAPTER 5

      Government Man’s Way

      CHAPTER 6

      Kingdom Living Now

      Purpose

      1. To present long suppressed Bible revelation regarding instructions for God’s people with respect to government.

      2. To free Kingdom citizens from anxieties experienced when confronted with world affairs.

      Note: Occasional underlining, emboldening or enlargement of type in quotations are the authors choice for emphasis not found in the original source.

      Introduction

      It is most likely the truth to say that there is no subject with which we are confronted, that causes more irritation, frustration, and confusion than issues concerning government. God has timeless truths in the Bible for resolving the conflict between world politics and the righteousness of God’s Kingdom. Misunderstanding these truths results in the actions of well-meaning Christians being viewed by the world as offensive, unloving, and hypocritical. The result causes major doubts in the credibility of the Church and limits belief in the loving message of the Cross.

      The major theme of the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament is the Love of God and His plan for Kingdom operation "on Earth as it is in Heaven. Until Jesus returns to operate His Kingdom in its fullness, His people, who are called by His name…" need help in applying His teachings in the conduct of every day activities, particularly, in regard to government affairs.

      The goal of these writings is to bring to God’s people awareness of truths in His Word which have been buried "by the cares of the world" and rationalization of man’s action out of ignorance of God’s love for mankind and God’s promises of what He can and wants to do. May the Holy Spirit reveal through honest consideration of His Word what God is saying so that the Church will recognize its significance as empowered citizens of the Kingdom of God on earth and be the conduit of loving witnesses for good in achieving the purpose our Creator intends.

      Government God’s way is His management plan whereby His people, operating in His love, with supernatural authority, can accomplish His eternal purpose:

      • in one accord;

      • free from fear and political concerns;

      • in full access to God’s protection and guidance ;

      • with full authority of God’s power and will for each individual, hastening our Lord’s return and the full deployment of His Kingdom.

      We are told in 2 Peter 1:19-20 that words of prophecy are not for private interpretation and therefore should be understandable by reasoning together with mature men of God open to the Holy Spirit. I claim no special powers of perception or connection with our God that are not available to any other person or persons who have surrendered to Christ’s offer to be adopted as joint heirs with Him in His Kingdom, and are willing to accept God’s Word as written, not denying the truth out of our human fears.

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