Render to Cesar

......"We render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's, we render unto God the things that are God's, but we WILL NOT render unto Cesar the things that are God's. Now let me say something about the political situation we're in right now. We as believer's in Christ need not identify the Church with any political party, but always with the Kingdom of God. We need to be able to tell both parties to repent and get right with God. The Church is not the servant of the State, the Church is not the master of the State, the Church is the conscience of the State. We will be civil, but we will not be silent. Nathan warned David, Elijah preached to Ahab, Daniel remonstrated with Nebuchadnezzar, Eliezer looked Jehoshaphat in the face and told him he was wrong, Moses was a prophet of God to Pharaoh. A...s long as we have a government that is trying to normalize sodomy, I cannot be quiet. As long as they are distributing condoms to children in school and normalize illicit sex we dare not be quiet. As long as a free born American is told he cannot pray vocally anywhere anytime, we cannot be silent. Nothing is politically right that is morally wrong. But if you think that an election is going to help us, let me tell you something folks....government cannot make us good, only God can make us good. Government is here to restrain evil and God's plan is a free Church in a free State, and when the Government does what it alone can do, that is, restrain evil, the Church is free to do what she alone can do and that is to preach the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. There are problems with submission, but we need to understand that we must obey God".......

-Adrian Rogers-