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- English
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About this book
The Lord did not come as a political deliverer or social reformer. He did not rally supporters in a grandiose attempt to "capture the culture" for morality or greater political and religious freedom. Rather, His divine calling was to rescue the lost souls of individual men and women from sin and hell.
In Why Government Can't Save You: An Alternative to Political Activism, author John MacArthur illustrates through Scripture that, regardless of the numerous immoral, unjust, and ungodly failures of secular government, believers are to pray and seek to influence the world for Christ by godly, selfless, and peaceful living under that authority, not by protests against the government or by acts of civil disobedience. Dr. MacArthur will explore these areas:
- Christians' responsibility to authority
- How and why we should support our leaders
- How to live righteously in a pagan culture
- The principle of paying taxes
- Jesus' lessons on tax exemptions
- The biblical purpose of government
- The principle and reasons for civil obedience.
"To devote all, or even most, of our time, energy, money, and strategy to putting a façade of morality on the world or the appearance of 'rightness' over our governmental and political institutions is to badly misunderstand our roles as Christians in a spiritually lost world." --John MacArthur
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE: POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
- CHAPTER TWO: OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO AUTHORITY
- CHAPTER THREE: THE BIBLICAL PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER FOUR: OUR TAX OBLIGATION
- CHAPTER FIVE: JESUS’ LESSON ON TAX EXEMPTIONS
- CHAPTER SIX: SUPPORTING OUR LEADERS: HOW AND WHY
- CHAPTER SEVEN: DANIEL’S UNCOMPROMISING CIVIL SERVICE
- CHAPTER EIGHT: PAUL’S EXAMPLE BEFORE WORLDLY AUTHORITIES
- CHAPTER NINE: HOW TO LIVE IN A PAGAN CULTURE
- APPENDIX: CITIZENSHIP IN HEAVEN
- STUDY GUIDE
- ENDNOTES