The Prince of Peace Isn’t a Democrat

By John Renken / 3 March 2013 / 5 comments

cropped-dop1 Isaiah 9:6-7: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

Since I have begun writing for Clashdaily.com I have read quite a bit of responses from a wide assortment of people. Christians who are liberals and/or pacifist interest me the most because I simply can not, no matter how hard I try to see their position, find an ounce of logic in a lot of their opinions and comments. My latest surprise, though, has come from the gun control debate and I believe tied directly to it is the proposed “Department of Peace Building”.

The notions of worldwide peace and extermination of our rights to bear arms are simply absurd to me. I think that it is absurd for a variety of reasons that are far to many to detail here, but I will focus on two main reasons that it is complete nonsense for Christians and Liberals to push pacifism and peace to the extent that they do.

First, we must culturally and religiously come to the revelation that not all people will be good people and do the right thing. This isn’t because they weren’t given a sporting chance, or because they were born in the projects, or even that they were raised in a godless home. One author says it this way “’Mankind as it is constituted,’” Polynikes said, “is a boil and a canker … Man is weak, greedy, craven, lustful, prey to every species of vice and depravity. He will lie, steal, cheat, murder, melt down the very statues of the gods and coin their gold as money for whores. This is man. This is his nature, as all the poets attest.” (Gates of Fire, Pressfield)

The Bible concurs, we are subject to sin and will, if left to our own devices, leave a path of destruction in our lives that would be the end of us.

As people are prone to evil, God in His justice and love set up laws in order to “encourage” people to do the right things, but as Paul tells us in Galatians the law was weak to actually change the heart of men. Later, Paul continues with this type of thought when he says,

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

(1 Timothy 1:8-11, ESV).

In other words … people will not do the right thing and therefore we must have laws and the ability to enforce the law and the right thing.

The second reason that the idea of pacifism and universal peace are nonsense is because even the King of Peace can’t make it happen without violence and enforcement! Think about that for a second. You read it right. The King of Peace, Jesus Christ Himself, can’t have universal peace and pacifism as a way of life! You read it right. I am often amazed at the arrogance of people in our nation, our government and even in our churches when we believe and teach that we will accomplish something that the Prince of Peace doesn’t accomplish through disarmament and pacifism!

The Bible clearly shows us in the Book of Revelation (this is regardless of your Eschatology) that Jesus will come back to earth and rule for a thousand years of peace (Revelation 20). At the end of that thousand year reign, Satan will be released and he will amass an army of nations to lead against Jesus in an all out war.

I guess the big idea here is this. If Jesus can’t accomplish peace in a thousand years, what makes you think that a Department of Peace Building would? If Jesus comes back and lives with us and sets up a government of peace that leads humanity for a thousand years and people still are armed and lead a war against Him, what makes you think disarming Citizens now will stop the waves of crimes and massacres? The truth is it won’t!

Only one thing will do this. Winning the hearts and minds of people to Jesus Christ one at a time. Changing our culture one person at a time.

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A self proclaimed “scrapper” since childhood, John Renken grew up with a burning interest in physical challenges and a strong competitive spirit which has led him to develop quite an impressive reputation in the professional fighting community. Reaching the pinnacle of his career, Renken now has over 68 professional mixed martial arts and boxing matches under his belt and many first place titles spanning three different continents. A former Satanist, Renken’s life has taken many interesting twists and turns along the way to redemption. He now pastors a church called Freedom Church and writes about topics of interest in our country.

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1469631007 Steve Curley

We’ve been duped into believing that everything else but the 2nd Amendment is why America became the greatest nation on the planet.

I’ve come to the conclusion that this nation only became as blessed as it is only because of the 2nd Amendment. That’s a no brainer, it’s obvious, it’s because we’re the only country that has a 2nd Amendment. It protects the ‘Righteousness’ of God, secures it and fosters it. Young David defended God with a stone (a projectile) and a sling! As Christians we have to guard against evil like we’d guard our own money, our own lives and loved ones. Social laws will be broken where as Gods Word remains true and forever indistructable.

If a person has no will to take care for themself then they have no boundries to protect themself physically, emotionally or financially either. You can’t trust people/government to be your boundries.

Even Gandhi was a pro gun activist (peace through strength) so that people would be safe to prosper. http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12452
- Alex M
  
  The part of Gandhi’s letter that the article cited omits also says of armed resistance :
  
  “… the party of violence is gaining ground and making itself felt. Its end is the same as mine. But I am convinced that it cannot bring the desired relief to the dumb millions.”
  
  Little evidence there of the Mahatma championing armed resistance. He himself is quite unambiguous on the place of armed resistance in the struggle for India’s independence : it is nowhere.
  
  “And the conviction is growing deeper and deeper in me that nothing but unadulterated non-violence can check the organised violence of the British Government. Many think that non-violence is not an active force. My experience, limited though it undoubtedly is, shows that non-violence can be intensely active force. It is my purpose to set in motion that force as well against the organised violent force of the British rule as the unorganised violent force of the growing party of violence. To sit still would be to give rein to both the forces above mentioned. Having an unquestioning and immovable faith in the efficacy of non-violence, as I know it, it would be sinful on my part to wait any longer.
  
  This non-violence will be expressed through civil disobedience…”
  
  The Mahatma champions, not violence, but the exact opposite, “nothing but non-violence.”
RT Alamo

Thank you for this article! Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a great example. Francis Schaeffer espoused this same truth: pacifism is un-Biblical. Why? Because evil is real.

Could the Prince of Peace create a 100% peaceful world. Yes, but that would mean the end of free will. Without free will there can be no real love, and as we know, God IS Love, not God merely God loves.

The abdication of our responsibility to protect our families and friends is an evil, cowardly point of view. Neville Chamberlain and appeasement: remember how well that worked.

The Middle East is on fire because our govt. apologized for our opposition to evil. What am I thinking?! Our government IS evil. That’s not an opinion. That’s a fact. Sodom and Gomorahh? As in the days of Noah? Yes, that’s America. But right now, if we cave on the 2nd Amendment, we are doomed to another holocaust. Our so-called leaders have granted themselves the right to kill Americans without due process or any reason other than “we suspected…”

Wake-up, people.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2GSB2KLHM2HIPW3WAKR56LZ7QI Stephen

While I agree with you with the fact that liberals have this ridiculous notion that somehow we can just instigate peace in the world by creating an institution that stands for peace is absurd. Most liberals honestly think that somehow if we just leave all these terrorist countries alone, and spread the notion of love not war that somehow the world will all of a sudden turn into some kind of peaceful nirvana and all of the hateful people will see how the good people are acting and change their ways. This world has been fallen since Adam and Eve decided to rebel against God and there is nothing short of a relationship with Christ and God that is going to change any ones behavior or nature. If we were to leave the Hitler’s of the world to their own devices they would only grow stronger over time and become even more ruthless. There is only one human solution to this problem, yes diplomacy and sanctions can work for various situations but for the majority of these despotic rulers the only thing that will get them to behave differently is the hard round piece of metal that comes out of the barrel of a gun. During the cold war the only thing that kept Russia from expanding its communist/socialist control and territory was a little thing called mutually assured destruction, the atomic bomb. Even wack jobs like Ron Paul who somehow think that we can become isolationistic and just protect our own borders is complete nonsense. Europe will not protect themselves, they have already proven that. France and the UK are already nearly over run by fascist religious muslim groups that continuously expanding out and taking positions in government and spreading their hateful political/religious beliefs. The number one name of persons born in the UK a few years back was Muhammad, these people may be peaceful for the most part now but once they control the political system through sheer numbers its going to be all over for the rest of the citizens. They may not be like the radicals now but they belong to a religion that has one goal in mind, converting the entire world to their own beliefs. This is the future and the only thing these people understand is force. God can change anyone but in a fallen world the only way to keep the evil at bay is by the shedding of blood of patriots that understand what it takes to keep and maintain a free society.

As i was saying, I like the article but the title you used doesn’t really say anything about why Christ isn’t or wouldn’t have been a democrat, which I think is a real interesting issue. I have a few friends who claim to be Democrats and also Christians, for the life of me I can not find any logical connection there as nearly all of the principles of modern democrats support far left ideology that clearly isnt supported in the bible. The one friend who I know that is truly religious about this issue always brings up how Jesus was focused on the poor. I suppose one could make the argument that democrats during JFK’s time were a whole different type of democrats. I would be interested to hear some other opinions that would make the argument that modern day liberals and democrats can truly be followers of Christ and christian principles.
- http://www.facebook.com/Fightingpreacher John Renken
  
  It is a short article. The idea he isn’t a democrat or pacifist is in the idea of non-violence and giving up arms. Far to short to get into all of it. You gave excellent feedback!!!! Thanks keep up the good fight

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