vatican-assassins-by-eric-jon-phelps

692 Vatican Assassins“Be strong and of a good courage . . . Only be thou strong and verycourageous . . . to do according to all the law . . .that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest . . .for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,and then thou shalt have good success.Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage;be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed;for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”– Joshua 1:6-9With strength from God, empowered by his Spirit we are to resist the Devil.The Devil manifests his works through many devices. One of them is politicaltyranny. Human government was established by God when He instituted capitalpunishment for murderers.“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed . . .”Its purpose was to punish evil and reward good,– Genesis 9:6“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wiltthou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good,and thou shalt have praise of the same:For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do thatwhich is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain:for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrathupon him that doeth evil.– Romans 13:3, 4Government was necessary for the growth of any civilization as even today.But when a government becomes a bloodthirsty tyranny, evincing a design to reduceus under absolute despotism, it is our right, it is our Protestant and Baptist-Calvinistduty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for our future security.And how do we do this? We first submit to the Word of God, which is the Sword ofthe Spirit, by meditating upon it and learning how to use it in resisting the Devil, notloving his world system, and daily dying to the urges of our own sinful, fleshly nature.Whenever Christ was tempted by Satan or taunted by the evil Pharisees, whoseJudaism was originally based in Jehovah’s Torah but corrupted by the traditions ofmen as recorded in the wicked Babylonian Talmud, he always resisted with theSword of the Spirit coupled with his wit. He was not afraid. He was courageous andhe attacked, not fearing what men could do to Him. With the strength of Samson and