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- To be a Christian citizen is to be a citizen who has been redeemed by Jesus, not because of anything you have done or ever could do, and not because you have voted for the right person or supported the right policies, but simply and solely because God loves you. In other words, to be a Christian citizen is to be a citizen who is Gospel-centered.
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Jan 20, 2021 · Over the last 40 years, US Christians have been engulfed with Christian nationalism, which has overrun many evangelical churches, especially the last five years. It is time to revisit what it means to be a Christian citizen.
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Sep 28, 2020 · Most people are citizens of someplace, either by birth or by choice, and with citizenship comes certain responsibilities. But what does it mean to be a good citizen? And how should Christians balance their primary allegiance to the kingdom of heaven with their earthly obligations to their communities and countries?
Apr 23, 2014 · 12 Characteristics of a True Christian: Test 1: We know that we are Christian because we walk in the light (1 John 1:4-7). Our style of life is gradually conformed to what God has revealed to us about His nature and will.
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What Does it Mean to be a Christian Citizen? Richmond, VA 10/22/16 In his great treatise, On the Freedom of a Christian, which served as something of a manifesto for the great reforming effort he had just undertaken, Martin Luther famously declared, “A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most duti...
Free Lord of All What does it mean for a Christian to be the “free lord of all”? Freedom is of course the dominant theme of American political discourse, even if we rarely know quite what we mean by it. This theme also dominates not merely Luther’s writings, but the New Testament as well. Galatians 5:1 proclaims, “For freedom Christ has set us free...
Now, we have established that the Christian’s earthly citizenship, his vocation to serve his neighbor, is distinct from his heavenly citizenship, his hidden identity in Christ. And indeed it would seem that even though the Christian might be (certainly should be!) more concerned with serving his neighbor than the average Joe, that there is nothing ...
Aug 2, 2013 · Christians must live as good citizens by submitting to human government. “Submit” (2:13) is a dirty word to Americans, but it is a favorite with Peter. In fact, it dominates much of the rest of this epistle (it occurs in 2:13, 18; 3:1, 5, 22; 5:5; the concept is implicit in 4:12-19).
The Christian citizen must accept that in politics no black-and-white answers are available, but God wills simply that all be led by the highest ideals and ripest wisdom that they can discover.
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Nov 2, 2020 · Good Christians are mostly optimistic and positive people. Good Christians are not afraid. Good Christians seek daily to live as Jesus taught and modeled during his time on earth. Good Christians, in sum, believe and love and hope rightly and truly. The problem is, by my own criteria, I am quite often a lousy Christian.
