We're Saving God?

We're Saving God?

Anchor verse: "For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil." (Romans 13:4, NKJV)

Summary

A short response piece built on a video by Spencer Smith (Doctrine Matters), a Baptist preacher and missionary: "'We Are Saving God' - The Danger of State Led Religions." Spencer plays a clip of Eric Trump and answers it from Scripture. Eric is heard only in his own words, from the clip Spencer plays on screen.

What Eric Trump said

• "We're saving Christianity, we're saving God, we're saving the family unit, we're saving this nation."
• "It's a beautiful time, and he will go to heaven for all of that."

Spencer Smith's response

1. "That is mildly problematic, Eric." Spencer repeats the "saving God" line and says he wishes it had not been said.
2. Government's real job. Reading Romans 13, Spencer says the job of government "according to the Bible, is to execute wrath upon evildoers," to bear the sword.
3. Heaven is not earned. "He will go to heaven because he brokered a peace deal. That's not how going to heaven works at all." (See Ephesians 2:8-9.)
4. Church + state = problem. From Revelation 17, the great harlot is the one "with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication." Spencer warns against the church "cohabitating with government, merging them together." His balance: "I don't think that God should be kicked out of government. But I don't think the government and the church should merge."

Takeaway

"I don't think there's a political solution to the problems that we have today. The only real chance America has is a Christian revival." Not politics. Revival.

Source

Spencer Smith, Doctrine Matters: "'We Are Saving God' - The Danger of State Led Religions..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGI3m8RCEM