God is not dead or defeated

We are living in a day where Christians are feeling defeated and discouraged because they believe God has been kicked out of public schools, denied religious freedoms, silencing of speech, and even evicted from the White House.  Wake up Christians and get over your woes, God is not dead and He can never be defeated.  

The defeat we think we see is nothing more than the weakness of our own faith.  Christians have been silenced because of the threats from the liberal left demanding our silence and the passing of discriminating laws and censoring our freedoms.  

Peter and John faced the same persecution that we face this very day.  The religious leaders of their day demanded their silence.  Here is Peter and John's response; "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. For we can not help speaking about what we have seen and heard." (Acts 4:19).  

After being flogged and imprisoned for speaking truth, they were freed by the Holy Spirit and immediately went back to proclaiming Jesus name and His resurrection.  Again they were confronted by the leaders to shut their mouths.  Here is their reply; "we must obey God rather than men!" (Acts 5:29)

Now I am by no means suggesting Christians break laws to evangelize in Jesus name.  Laws do not mean you must silence your entire life.  There is always a right place and time for speaking truth, and more importantly there is never a wrong place to live out your faith.  

One of the religious leaders by the name of Gamaliel had a tad bit more wisdom that the rest.  I love what he shared with the other religious leaders of his time.  "For if their activity is of human origin, it will fail.  But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God." (Acts 5:38-39)

Wake up Christians and wake up liberal left!  GOD IS NOT DEAD!  and HE CAN NOT BE DEFEATED!  The battle was already won on mount Calvary by means of an ugly bloody cross and an empty grave abandoned by the risen savior and Jesus Christ is His name.  

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