About this Episode
Ian Minielly has written several articles for the Bad Roman and most recently is the author of the book The Genetic God. He is passionate about the church worshiping Jesus without the state and encouraging people to seek first His Kingdom.
Who is our king? Many people would respond that we don’t have one in America. But Christians do. We have a global King. Our president is the furthest person on Earth from meeting God’s standards for a ruler. We do not meet those standards. No one does but Jesus. He is our King.
Episode Timestamps:
00:20
Are you fit to rule over your neighbor or are they fit to rule over you?
“People wanting to clamor for a new king because they want their team to win, but who exactly is fit to be king?” - Craig
1:52 Inspiration for the article
Watching football
Political ads
Read Deuteronomy 17
Guidelines for a king
God’s warns them
“Kings are bad, but I know you’ll want one, so here’s how to best do that”
When they did get a king, they went against most of the guidelines
All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution
All presidents break that oath
Why are they making new laws if they can’t even keep the ones
Legislators should be hired to abolish laws, not add more
Figured out politicians never do what they promise
At age 31
Could not continue to be made the fool who believed it would fix things if a certain person was in office
When the house, senate, and presidency have all been 1 side, things have still not improved
In fact, they’ve had power to do worse things
People think they gotta get the right justice into the supreme court
People vote out of fear
Craig was 43 when he realized politicians don’t help anything
Double-minded thinking
“Do not love anything of the world.”
Pastor said that,
Ian looked at his wife,
Who tried to avoid eye contact
He was obviously about to point out the contradiction
In 2 weeks, they were going to have a big 4th of July USA celebration
Which is something of the world
13:50
All Scripture is useful
Random passage in Deuteronomy completely changed Ian’s view on politics
Only read it as part of a yearly reading plan
But it made him realize that our politicians are not legitimate kings
Only Jesus is
14:44 Why do Christians vote?
They’re indoctrinated to believe that’s their responsibility
Of course, they’re choosing between the most depraved people in the country
Twist Romans 13
The pulpit has failed
Those in pews think they’re supposed to focus on Earthly matters
The empire is falling
“Everything the state touches, they screw up. Why in the hell are you going out there and putting more people in power? Why don't you just walk away?” - Craig
Right before COVID, many people were starting to realize this
So why are people still trusting the state at this point??
It’s like we’re in Babylonian captivity
Daniel and his friends refused to eat the king’s food
Everyone else ate it and fell ill
Those 4 men were healthy and strong
Most people are choosing to live like Babylonians
Doing what’s expected to survive
Daniel chose to worship God even when the law said only the king
Thrown in the lions’ den, but not consumed
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow to the idol
Thrown in the furnace, but did not burn
We refuse to eat the king’s food
We’re spread throughout the country as tiny beacons of light
When in Rome…
When in the United States,
Act like an American
No. We are citizens of the Kingdom
“We have subjugated our real identity in Jesus, underneath the identity of a flag in whatever the national government over us is. And so we are a fractured people.” - Ian
“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
We’re not seen as beacons of light
People think we’re nuts
We’re going against the grain
“I got told the other day that at work. ‘You don't have a reason to complain cuz you don't even vote.’ That's the dumbest thing ever. I said, ‘You don't have a reason to complain. You asked for all of this, you asked for every bit of tyranny that you're getting.’” - Craig
21:55 Ways Christians have been manipulated to vote
Against godless communism
Against abortion
9/11
Craig even tried to join the National Guard
But was 4 whole pounds overweight
His momma is grateful for those 4 pounds
His friend got in
As soon as he arrived, they were in a fire fight
They wanted to go preach the Gospel
24:32 National (religious?) holidays
Church service on American holidays
Service members stand and applauded for
Pledge to the flag
The state has 100% infiltrated the church
Jesus Untangled by Keith Giles
Ian got saved while in the army
The church on base was all about military
It’s a miracle he got saved there
The mindset was all about going overseas and killing humans
He just started reading the Bible
Realized everything he believed was wrong
He still has worldly thought patterns to break
Christians vote because
They were raised on state worship
They’re taught to salute flags and stop when they hear the national anthem
That’s what good conservatives/Christians do
If you don’t, you cannot be a good Christian
“They don't see how it's counter to our faith to worship the state and ask the state to do all these things.” - Ian
Gotta have a big, powerful state
Sell weapons to Ukrainians and Saudis so they can kill
Because it keeps Americans employed
“They got money to go to war, but they can’t feed the poor.” - Tupac
Why do people support that??
The Russians are image-bearers of God!
“The only good those planes might be able to do is if you took all those gun racks and bomb racks off and you put little parachute racks on there and they just dropped Bibles all over the world.” - Ian
“The next eight countries in the world don't spend as much on the military as the United States does, yet I'm supposed to think that China's a threat to me.” - Ian
The US government is my enemy
China doesn’t steal my money
They’re not here right now
Muhammad Ali refused the draft, saying “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.”
In Deut 7, God says you don’t want a king who’s after chariots and war
Yet that seems to be what everyone chases after
Ron Paul said he would cut the military and got cut from the race
He also warned that a king would take 10% of the people’s earnings
We sure give our “king” a lot more than that
Maybe we were better off under the monarchy
The Tea Party was about taxes less than 3%
People standing up to the war machine
Refused the Vietnam draft
Written books on the topic
Football player took a knee to protest police brutality
Now, players who don’t want to salute just stay in the locker room
They all used to do that
Until the government started buying ads to support the NFL
Now, players are expected to display patriotism on the field
If you have any influence and you stand against the machine, the government will work to destroy you
Some people stopped watching football because of players kneeling during the anthem
Just watch the game for the game and ignore the circus around it
They want you to focus on that
So you shouldn’t
There’s tons of army recruitment commercials
38:31 Is there anyone who is fit to be king?
Israel wanted a king because everyone else had one
Made them feel like they had earthly power
“I think I'm a pretty morally upstanding guy, but make me president, and I'm gonna make people do things they don't want to do.” - Ian
“I want to use the power of the state to force them to act how I think a morally upright person should, which is completely not morally upright.” - Ian
If you want a president who makes war, raises taxes, spends lots of money, purposely keeps the population enslaved in poverty,
That person exists
If you don’t want that,
Don’t vote
Because that’s what you’re going to get no matter what
Libertarians believe if they had the power, these problems would go away
“If you wanted to spread a message of Liberty, then you'd be talking about Jesus.” - Craig
Not about getting some guy elected
People try to get Craig to run for office
Can’t change the mafia from the inside
Can only change their hearts with Jesus
40:56 Tell people about Jesus
They might say He wasn’t real
What if He wasn’t?
What do we lose by following His teachings?
How would the world be different
If “Christians” followed Jesus?
Christians can’t even envision it
Because they’ve been too ingrained with the state
41:40 Seek ye first the Kingdom
Jesus is dropping truth bombs
A dude interrupts to ask Jesus to tell his brother to share the inheritance
Jesus tells the story of the rich fool
He had plenty
His harvest was huge
Rather than share or even sell it, he built bigger barns
Needed it all for himself
He wanted to eat, drink, and be merry
He died. God took his breath
Don’t worry about Earthly possessions
Seek His Kingdom, and all you need will be provided
God knows you need food, clothing, shelter, and security
Stop chasing after those 4 things
Chase after Him!
Everyone’s doing it backwards
They live their life and maybe volunteer for VBS once a year
“From morning till sunrise or sunset all day long, you pursue the Kingdom.” - Ian
Are you talking to people about Jesus?
“That stuff is so interesting because He's already said it's gonna be provided and yet, people still worry about it.” - Craig
Only Satan could convince us to chase those 4 things
Our society’s structure
No one likes work
They’re upset they’re not at home with their family
Husband and wife are both working
Send kids off to the free indoctrination camp
To learn to become plantation workers
Develop heart problems at 60
Don’t get retirement benefits
Whole life wasted
If people would pursue God instead
Probably would have smaller house and truck
But not regretting living to stuff the pockets of the government
It’s hard though, because new trucks are so shiny and cool
47:27 Did God put the president in power?
If you believe determinism
But those rulers are handpicked by evil people because they are the most corrupt
God wouldn’t pick the most corrupt
He can use the most corrupt
But He wouldn’t select such bloodthirsty individuals
Biden was handpicked well in advance and put on the US throne
God didn’t pick Trump either!!
God picked Jesus
“God has Him ready to be the leader of every single person's life in the entire world.” -Ian
51:32 Isolation
The Bad Roman lets people know that they're not the only one sitting in church gritting their teeth on national holidays
Elijah felt isolated
Until God let him know about a remnant he had kept
People who've given up and left church can know that not all Christians worship the state
“Jesus freed us from thinking the way that we think today. He freed us from that; He broke those shackles. But the government is extremely good at getting people to put those shackles back on.” - Ian
All they gotta do is make you scared
And then offer security
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