Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:00:04 AM
Regarding the new ‘Evangelical Manifesto’, the only manifesto that matters is the one Christ gave to his disciples and through them to all Christians in every age and nation…
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go thereforeand make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. [Matthew 28:18-20]
The first statement of this manifesto defines the authority in the universe. Christians are at the work of making disciples to the end of the age because Christ has all authority to make the work effectual. We are not waiting for His reign in the age to come. His kingdom and authority were established at His resurrection. His kingdom is realized now in the spiritual realm where ever His people are ruled by His Word and Spirit.
'Christ must reign until He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy is death' [1 Corinthians 15:25-26].
Now if we had this view of Christ that the Reformers had and the colonial Americans had there would be no political parties advocating lawlessness and fiscal irresponsibility.
They believed that Satan was bound so that he could not deceive the nations. Today the churches believe that we must wait for the age to come for Christ to reign. As a man thinks, so he acts.