Demand Biblical Worship
From the "Come and Take Them" Files
One day the Moslems assembled all the children of from six to fifteen years and carried them off to the headquarters of the police. There they led the poor little things to the top of a mountain known as Ras-el Hadjar and cut their throats one by one, throwing their bodies into an abyss.
Another thought:
Does anyone who's ex-military ever think about their oath of office? You know, the part that says, "...against all enemies, foreign and domestic,...So help me God?" I think about that part almost every time I read JihadWatch. I think the military oath of office is a lawful oath, in other words, God was called to bear witness to it and I will be held to it:I. A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth.II. The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence; therefore to swear vainly or rashly by that glorious and dreadful name, or to swear at all by any other thing, is sinful, and to be abhorred. Yet, as, in matters of weight and moment, an oath is warranted by the Word of God, under the New Testament, as well as under the Old, so a lawful oath, being imposed by lawful authority, in such matters ought to be taken.
III. Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth. Neither may any man bind himself by oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform. Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed by lawful authority.
IV. An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation or mental reservation. It can not oblige to sin; but in any thing not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to a man's own hurt: nor is it to be violated, although made to heretics or infidels.
V. A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness.
VI. It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for obtaining of what we want; whereby we more strictly bind ourselves to necessary duties, or to other things, so far and so long as they may fitly conduce thereunto.
VII. No man may vow to do any thing forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded, or which is not in his own power, and for the performance of which he hath no promise or ability from God. In which respects, monastical vows of perpetual single life, professed poverty, and regular obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are superstitious and sinful snares, in which no Christian may entangle himself.
That sounds pretty serious, doesn't it?
PRCalDude
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It is an oath of honor. Honor, based on the highest ideals and highest moral strictures of our culture, not the lowest. The one thing our national secular media least portrays about our military is the sense of honor prevalent to such voluntary service.
The thing about western culture, and voluntary military service, is that many of our most honorable soldiers would not take an oath to serve without God being at the center of that oath.
Ever wonder why the U.S. military is the most trusted government organization on the planet? Not our politicians, but our military leaders... hmm... people around the world "get it", whether they like it or not they get it.
Yet we wonder why the attempts to remove God from our culture are so disastrous in the U.S. maintaining its credibility on the world stage? We here in North American seem to be the only ones who don't get it.
Yes, but do they actually mean the "and domestic" part? I suspect not.
Have you noticed how 1960s relativism, liberalism, and nihilism affected and changed the Church long before the military...
Or think about gay rights, for a second.
Which institution caved in to gay rights first? The Church in America or the military? What about feminism?
Exactly. They all came about because of a desire to look cool to unbelievers or whatever.
I don't think the church needs to be involved in politics at all, or critique the culture. Rather, it needs to preach the Word and administer the sacraments and church discipline. None of that other stuff is necessary. And we don't need to make things 'relevant' by conforming to the culture. The Son of God adding a human nature and dying on the cross for the sins of his elect is as relevant as religion can get.
Look at Rick Warren's church. The more political he gets, the worse his gospel gets. Same thing with the Emergents.
One thing that most keeps domestic enemies in check is the same thing that keeps foreign enemies in check. There is only so far you can go in attacking our nation before you run up against the military as the last (if not always the first) line of defense.
And when I separated from the service at no time did anyone say that the oath I took was now null and void. I believe it is still in effect and try and act accordingly.
Salute!