* SACRED   DOCTRINE  OF THE STATE  AND STATESMANSHIP *    https://thechapelofgrace.com/biblical-conception-of-the-state-2.php TWO DOCTRINES OF THE STATE There are two political doctrines of the State and Statesmanship – an EVIL cruel DOCTRINE of Force with Intrigues, and the SACRED caring DOCTRINE of Justice with Integrity.   Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.   Pro 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.   THREE FORMS OF THE STATE OR GOVERNMENTS FOUND AMONG THE NATIONS State or government authority, despite its various forms, is instituted by God for orderly governance in any human community of any extent, therefore every political office is divine ministry for good and justice. _“ T he authorities that exist have been INSTITUTED BY GOD. ”_ (Rom 13:1) _“ For he is the MINISTER OF GOD to you for good ”_...

CHURCH AND STATE RELATIONSHIPS  The Scriptures clearly identify both the Church (Eph 1:22-23) and the State (Rom 13:1-7) as divinely instituted but distinguishes them for different purposes that are both being corrupted and thwarted by human depravity. According to Nate Humphries, who was writing on Separation of Church and State in Pursuing Biblical Doctrine website:  (http://www.pursuingbiblicaldoctrine.com/2012/12/separation-of-church-and-state.html) “Relations between Church and State have been notoriously controversial throughout the Christian centuries. To oversimplify, four main models have been tried –  1. ERASTIANISM (the State controls the Church), contemporary example is Zaire where the State controls the Church, which Nigeria is tending to with CAMA 2020. 2. THEOCRACY (the Church controls the State), contemporary example is The Vatican or Iran where the Pope or Ayatollah controls the State.  3. CONSTANTINIANISM (the compromise in which the ...

The Ancient Church had an Apostolic Custom or Tradition such that women veiled their head and men kept their head open during public worship (1Cor 11:16). This was based on the protocol of covering symbols of human glory while uncovering symbols of divine glory during corporate worship because of the angels. Culturally, we know that Jews and Romans worshipped with head covering for both men and women, while Greeks worshipped without head covering for both men and women. So, this was neither Jewish nor Roman, nor even Greek culture. Rather it was peculiar apostolic custom in the Church (1Cor 11:2,16) meant to conceal human glory and exhibit Divine Glory for authority and dignity before the Angels during Church’s messianic worship gatherings. It has nothing to do with submission to husbands or submission to slave masters or distinction between adults and minors or any other conjectures that are not found in the text and do not fit the context of this passage of Scripture. God has set sig...

  * CHECKING THE FACTS about “commemoration of CHRIST’S NATIVITY” by the Church * by Very Revd Dr. Ifechukwu U. Ibeme http://www.scribd.com/ifeogo Click Here For PriscAquila Christian Resource Centre   Here are the sure naked facts and true historical timeline of events to help you know the truth about the commemoration of Christ’s Nativity by the Church. (Let no antichrist and pagan Church basher confuse or disquiet your mind with false dates, fabrications and superstitions conjectured from misinformation that are trending in street chatter and social media.)   1.        _Of all the births written in the Bible, whose birth was only recorded as celebrated by heaven and earth?_ Christ’s birth was the first celebrated birth recorded in the Bible to be celebrated by Heavenly * Angels, Shepherds, Royal Star and Foreign Dignitaries * (Mat 2 & Luke 2). Even elderly waiting * Prophet Simeon * (Luke 2:25-35) and aged...