{"id":3189,"date":"2010-02-26T06:55:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2010-02-26T06:55:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:55:30","slug":"cem-god-is-not-a-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/cem-god-is-not-a-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"CEM: God is Not a Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bible.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">CEM<\/a> site, Lenny Cachio wrote the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>God Is Not a Republican<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>And He\u2019s not a Democrat either. From what I know of the Man, he has better things to do than to align himself with various factions vying for political power&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>But then I ask myself, if Jesus were a citizen of the United States today would he join the Republican Party? How about the Democrats, or the Libertarians, or Constitutionalists? I think not&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Jesus refused membership with any faction because his purpose transcends politics. His purpose is to establish a better kingdom that is not of this world\u2019s order (Greek: cosmos, John 18:36).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With all the political drama related to &#8220;health&#8221; care in the USA the past couple of days, it may be a good time to remind people that Jesus was not a partisan figure the way we now have them.\u00a0 His message transcended worldly politics and was not about compromises with the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/kingdom.htm\">The Gospel of the Kingdom of God was the Emphasis of Jesus and the Early Church<\/a> Did you know that? Do you even know what the gospel of the kingdom is all about? True religion should be based upon the true gospel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/news\/doctrine\/r-ames-are-you-saved-do-you-love-jesus\/\">Are You Saved?<\/a> Do You Love Jesus? What is a True Christian? What is the Gospel? Evangelist Richard Ames answers those important questions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/vote.htm\">Should a Christian Vote?<\/a> This article gives some of the Biblical rationale on this subject. Would Jesus vote for president? Is voting in the Bible? This is a subject Christians need to understand.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/church_governance.htm\">Polycarp, Herbert W. Armstrong, and Roderick C. Meredith on Church Government<\/a> What form of governance did the early church have? Was it hierarchical? Which form of governance would one expect to have in the Philadelphia remnant? The people decide and\/or committee forms, odd dictatorships, or the same type that the Philadelphia era itself had?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COGwriter At the CEM site, Lenny Cachio wrote the following: God Is Not a Republican And He\u2019s not a Democrat either. 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