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Norman Harold Patterson Jr.

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God’s Law or Humanistic Law: Which Do Prefer?

Ten Commandments for Tens of Thousands of Statutes

Current estimates on the number of Federal laws in America range anywhere between 15,000 and 50,000. Nobody knows for sure. It is said the average American breaks the law at least 3 times per day.

God's Law has only 10 Laws that are clear, easily understood, and reasonable.

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me
2. Honor thy father and thy mother
3. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
5. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
6. Thou shalt not kill
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery
8. Thou shalt not steal
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
10. Thou shalt not covet

In fact, Jesus summarized these 10 Laws into Two:

Matthew 22:36-40

πΊπ‘œπ‘‘'𝑠 πΏπ‘Žπ‘€ 𝑣𝑠. π»π‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘ πΏπ‘Žπ‘€ (πΏπ‘Žπ‘€π‘  π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ π‘ˆπ‘ 𝐡𝑦 πΊπ‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘): π‘Šβ„Žπ‘–π‘β„Ž πΏπ‘Žπ‘€ β€œπ‘‡π‘’π‘Žπ‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ, π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘β„Ž 𝑖𝑠 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘Žπ‘€?” 𝐴𝑛𝑑 β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘Žπ‘–π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ β„Žπ‘–π‘š, β€œπ‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ π‘ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ πΊπ‘œπ‘‘ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘ π‘œπ‘’π‘™ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘‘. π‘‡β„Žπ‘–π‘  𝑖𝑠 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘“π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 π‘Ž π‘ π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 π‘™π‘–π‘˜π‘’ 𝑖𝑑: π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ π‘ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘›π‘’π‘–π‘”β„Žπ‘π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘  π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’π‘™π‘“. 𝑂𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘‘π‘€π‘œ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘  𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘Žπ‘€ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘β„Žπ‘’π‘‘π‘ ."

Sadly, the USA is transitioning from the rule of law to Public Policy. As this happens, more and more people will become snitches, tattletales, and general pain the asses as they seek to police others on whatever the current Public Policy happens to be.

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We find the Dominion Mandate for Bible-believing Christians in Genesis 1:26-28:

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

For Christians, this means that God has given us the responsibility to take dominion over the entire world. We have God's approval and authority to "fill the earth and subdue it." Add to this Christ's call in Matthew 28:19+20 to:

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

And 2 Corinthians 10:3-6:

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.

While God called Christians to be separate from the world in holiness, He doesn't give us the option to isolate ourselves from the world physically. As Jesus said:

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. John 17:14-15

Because of false piety and a lack of understanding of these and other Dominion affirming Biblical texts, Christians far too often vacate the world, leaving an "influence vacuum." As the old saying goes, "nature abhors a vacuum." Because of this, instead of taking Dominion over the arts, sciences, court systems, political offices, universities, and so on, Christians withdraw into isolated communities only to leave the world unoccupied.

As a result, anti-Christ people and philosophies have readily taken over virtually every facet of life. The greatest antithesis to Biblical Christianity has understood and intentionally implemented the Dominion Mandate for their own sinister ends.

The most dangerous of all are those espousing Cultural Marxism. Briefly, Cultural Marxism is an expansion of Classical Marxism, which focuses primarily on the economic philosophy of Karl Marx. Cultural Marxism is much more all-encompassing than Classical Marxism. 

Ultimately, Cultural Marxism is about liberating humanity from the moral constraints of Biblical Christianity. The Bible prohibits same-sex intimacy, adultery in all forms, polygamy, bigamy, bestiality, pedophilia, and so on. God created man and woman in His image and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply; the Dominion Mandate!

The method Cultural Marxism employs to propagate its insidious agenda is through applying the Biblical Mandate. The plan has been and continues to be for those who oppose Biblical Christianity to infiltrate and dominate every known sphere of influence. As Voddie Bachem pointed out, their strategy is to take over the "robes" of society; professors, pastors, and judges, for example.

R.J. Rushdoony and the Christian Reconstructionists proposed the same tactic, taking over the "robes" of society. However, instead of a great "Amen" from the rest of the Church, Christian Reconstructionism has been vilified as patriarchal, extreme, and misguided. 

In the meantime, Cultural Marxism is dominating the universities, media, churches, courts, arts, etc. They are putting Christians and Christianity to shame by their ardent intentionality to dominate the world for Self.

As the degeneration of our culture continues, so will the hostility toward Biblical Christianity. And just as Marxism tried to destroy Biblical Christianity through the reign of terror in anti-Christ regimes like the Soviet Union and Communist China, modern Marxists will not rest until Biblical Christianity is destroyed.

The good news, however, is the promise of Jesus Christ. He said that the "gates of hell" will not prevail against the Church. (Matthew 16:18) The image Christ was giving was not a Church that was cowering in the corner, battening down the hatches until the storm of hell subsided. Just the opposite. Hell is under attack, and its filthy gates are no match for the power and glory of the Risen Christ and His Bride.

Christians can no longer cower in corners. It is time for us to take up the battle cry and assault Cultural Marxism and any other "high place" (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) that dares to raise itself against the knowledge of God. Our weapons are not of the flesh (Ephesians 6), but they are weapons nonetheless and are worthless if left unused. 

It is time for Christians to take back our country, our world for Christ. We must do it according to the means and methods of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom, which means we must take Dominion and occupy all walks of life for the glory of the crown rights of Jesus Christ.

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