Today we face many challenging situations and circumstances. Although, difficulties have always existed from the beginning featuring as headliners the deception of Eve and the disobedience of Adam. Our first parents set a lasting trespass over us and cast a memory and shadow which effects all our lives until this day. God said that He saw from the beginning that man did evil things of disobedience even from his youth. We saw man consistently did want and continues to want to be God rather than recognize and acknowledge Him as “The Almighty God” to be heeded and obeyed. This attitude of “desired supremacy” and attempts to usurp God’s position echoes throughout scriptures. God put Moses in charge who accomplished the phenomenal commission and duty to free “the Israelites” from hundreds of years of slavery and after Moses God set judges as the governmental example “type” to govern His people, who he called “His chosen, special, peculiar people.” One might say, why them. He told us that it was only because He loved them and forseeing the future, it is because He loved us too and giving us the example to follow according to His commandments. His mercy, His lovingkindness and His grace by faith! He set judges as examples of HOW to govern. But, now, all who place our choice to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, the door has been thrown open wide accessible to all who accept Him by faith! No, there is no race involved here. All this about race is manmade and does not align with God’s ways. No exceptions. We have “access” to our Savior. Call on Him at any time. Jesus is not a racist. You’re the only one who can shut the door voluntarily. And you decide to reject entering this open door of faith. He tells us, “I have set before you an open door and no one can shut it” except you yourself by choice. Now let’s get back to talking about government. The religious authorities during Jesus time confronted Him with difficult questions for Him but not too difficult for Him to answer. They didn’t like His answers. Why? Because many people don’t want truth. He brought understanding by speaking in parables. Their eyes were blinded, choosing to reject. They choose to challenge God and find excuses and reasons, which in their own minds and hearts are good enough so that they can go their own way and do whatever they want to do. AND that’s okay, because it is their choice and option “to choose.” However, there are dire consequences to go against and challenge “The Almighty God!” Any person who decides to reject accepting Jesus Christ as Savior are in devastating trouble and destructive future. Because NO MAN has the power or authority to save! Salvation is unique to Jesus Christ. He is the Son of God, the only resurrected Savior. He has ascended He will return. He offers divine protection and security beyond words. Call on HIM in faith. When Samuel (the great prophet and judge) became old and his sons were disobedient scoundrels (even though they had been ordained to handle temple matters), the people told Samuel, you are old and your sons are not worthy to carry on your duties in the same Godly manner as you have. Because they were governed by God speaking through the prophets.
Samuel judged Israel and he spoke for God about decisions to be made. Samuel did not like the idea of making a king for the people and God did not like it either. What happened? God said, okay Samuel listen to their desires. They are not rejecting you, they are rejecting me. God had already made a plan to provide a king, but they had to wait. They would not wait. This is a pivotal point in scriptural history, because it marks the pattern of how people are today. All over and everywhere people, citizens and nations have and still do reject God. No worries, He sees all and is watching. He knows who is accepts His Son and who does not. Samuel said, okay you can have a king. The history of Saul as the first king of Israel and his tragic life are chronicled in Samuel and Chronicles. After Saul died a tragic death in war at the hands of the Philistines, the kingdom passed to David as a monarchy. Samuel was the religious leader and Saul was the previous political leader before David. Now, what do we have? We have what is a two party system. There is no mention that I can see where there is a two party system in the Bible. When the political leader accepts the leadership position, he cannot be also the religious leader. As it is today, the political leader wants to trespass over and disregard the ordinances of the church. Which means (in my mind) he wants to be the religious leader too. Sounds like a dictatorship in the making. When that happens, disaster lies ahead. When any leader doesn’t set the right way to lead, the following will disintegrate or the attempt to install a different kind of government. It’s duplicitous. It cannot stand. The leader is making an open statement that he doesn’t want to follow God’s ways and the ordinances of the church and wants to make his own rules. I ask you, “How can that stand?” It will crumble. People start thinking they can get away with whatever they want to get away with and nothing is beyond breaking the rules! Remember the tower of Babel. Did that stand? No. God made a pivotal, decisive decision and stopped it! The entity will implode. Anyway, God made a decision to divest Saul of the perpetuity of his dynasty and took away his kingship as well. Saul was disobedient and unfaithful. He resorted to asking advice from the woman at Endor, (nowadays called “a psychic”). God equated his disobedience to stubbornness and idolatrous behavior. (1 Samuel chapter 15.) And you know how God hates idolatry. Remember what he said, “Thou shall have NO OTHER gods before me. What is God to do? He had to remove Saul. You can see why. It is a dangerous thing to fall into the hands of the angry “God.” AND judgment must begin at the house of God and if it first begins with us, where then will the unrighteous appear?? I ask you. Walk in love and accept Jesus. I urge you! Save yourself by faith through Jesus Christ. Run For Your Life. There is no other pathway. Thanks for reading! Jeanette Grattan Parker is Founder-Superintendent of Today’s Fresh Start Charter School 4514 Crenshaw BL-323-293-9826 www.todaysfreshstart.org -articles are copyright © all rights reserved “Inquiring Minds Want To Know” www.askdrjeanetteparker.com -askdrjeanette tm [email protected] [email protected] 1 Samuel chapters 8, 9, 15