Politics, Religion & Division
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In “Politics, Religion & Division,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about prayer, Bible prophecy, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from 1 Corinthians 12, Proverbs 29, Isaiah 60, Isaiah 13, the teaching emphasizes that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone.
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Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Proverbs 29. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Isaiah 60, Isaiah 13, Matthew 24. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through Psalm 2, Psalm 27. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that Samson’s calling and failures illustrate the tension between spiritual gifting, appetite, and obedience. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Deuteronomy 7, Judges 14, Judges 13. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Luke 7. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through John 7. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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thank God that song right there that Lord we want to hear your voice Holy Spirit you are speaking today but not many are listening God I pray in the name of Jesus that many more Christians many more people across the United States across the world Lord that they would have ears to hear what the holy spirit is saying to the church and to the world right now Allah give us wisdom give us discernment let us hear your voice let us understand the scriptures let us understand the times that we're living in father we pray it in Jesus name amen amen you may be seated this morning we welcome everyone here fire and grace church this morning those listening by Blog Talk Radio I want everybody to take your Bibles and turn to First Chronicles so where we'll start today first Chronicles chapter 12. [Music] everybody with me this morning now I've already delved into this area where many Fair uh Fear To Tread you know the two topics people say you shouldn't talk about in company politics and religion all right oh we can talk about anything but don't talk about politics and religion well isn't it convenient I believe that that thing's from the Devil because of course he doesn't want us to talk about God he doesn't want us to talk about the Gospel of Jesus Christ he doesn't want us to talk about what the word of God has to say so of course the devil doesn't want us to talk about religion but you know there's such division in the world and particularly in American right now in this presidential race there's such division among Christians about politics so a lot of people say well we shouldn't talk about politics you know and the government has tried very very uh hard to make it where churches cannot discuss politics or or take a position so see you know thank God this church is not a 501c3 Church registered with the government uh I had enough wisdom when I was a young man to seek counsel about uh when you know planting churches starting new churches you have the option as a church to become a 501c3 non-profit charity registered with the government or you can just stand on the First Amendment as a church that the government may not restrict the
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establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof so I decided to just stand upon the First Amendment now just to let that be known I have pastored started churches and pastored churches for years Montgomery Georgia Washington D.C and here and I filed taxes every year and I've never had a problem with the IRS but what they did was any church that went ahead and filed with the government is a 501c3 you are restricted by the government from endorsing a political candidate or pushing a particular side of you now you could present one you could present both sides but if you dared lean one way or the other and you let your congregation know that the government would then come in and threaten to take away your 501c3 tax exempt status and so now that's what they're really doing there's a lot of organizations that are scared to death uh Church organizations uh church Bible schools and universities are scared to death to say what they believe about what we should do in the political Realm because they're afraid they're going to lose their 501c3 status frankly a lot of these churches are going to be completely controlled by the government in the days come ahead you can't serve two masters it's real simple Jesus talked about about serving you can't serve God and money and I'm going to tell you right now you cannot serve God and all the time be completely loyal and obedient to government because government's going to do things that are ungodly right but I want to talk about this subject of politics and religion today and this presidential race and I've already been very vocal about what the Lord has told me now let me just dispel the idea that that the church and Christians should not be involved in politics or political discussion um let me just say this that it's impossible we're instructed in the New Testament I'm going to turn there in a minute first Timothy chapter two we're instructed to pray for Kings and for those that are in authority so that we may lead a Peaceable life think about that God's saying you involve yourself the most intimate of your spiritual life your prayer life you should be praying for kings and for those who are in Authority so that you may have a quiet and Peaceable life think about that Now in America and this Republic that we have that we've had for about 240 years now we not only have the privilege of being able to pray for our leaders
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but we have the ability to choose them to actually have a say in who is or who becomes our leaders now I know there's some people out there that think that we don't have any choices anymore I don't agree with that I believe we do I believe we have choices then it comes to okay as Christians then since we not only have the instructions to pray for kings and for those in authority so that our lives may be quiet and Peaceable and we may be free to preach the gospel and do live our lives have freedom of freedom of speech we also have the ability to vote and we have to choose so then we have this problem because people who run for office and try to convince us that we should choose them most of them 99.9 of them 9999 lie or don't tell the whole truth some are outright deceive us say one thing and do the other right so it gets to be very difficult doesn't it see discern what we should do how we should pray listen if you don't know the will of God in this situation you don't even know who to pray for who should we be praying for to be our next president much less who should we be voting for right but listen let's let's remember this you can say we shouldn't discuss politics and religion but I got news for you politics and religion are going to affect your life whether you want want it to or not whether you want to acknowledge it or not it's going to affect your life for instance let's just look at it we the American people elected one of the most ungodly Lawless illegal presidents that we've ever elected in the history of the United States of America now guess what they came up with this thing called the Affordable Care Act or otherwise known as Obamacare right Oh it sounded great didn't it everybody's going to have health care sounded good didn't it remember Obama said something about you you can keep your doctor you can keep your plan all of it was a lie every bit of it was a lie and guess what I refuse
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to sign up for ObamaCare I'm not doing it and guess what they what we were supposed to get fined but we're too poor to get fined so we didn't get fined I didn't know that but I just said I'm not doing it and then of course this year the fines are going to be worse and the next year they're going to be worse so don't tell me this doesn't affect your life right it's actually affecting the entire medical program I mean doctors are leaving you know they're retiring early and many doctors are leaving because they just can't deal with it anymore this is affecting everything so don't tell me politics and how we pray and who we vote for does not affect our lives directly because eventually one way or the other it will those policies of these leaders will affect you that's why I want you to turn I want you to hold your spot there in First Corinthians 12. you can just look at this but but Proverbs 29 verse 2. Proverbs 29 2 are you with me uh he says when the righteous are in Authority the people Rejoice but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn notice in verse 4. the King by judgment establishes the land but he that receiveth gifts or bribes overthrows it you see that the King by judgment this word means by good discernment establishes the land but he that receiveth gifts that's controlled by money overthrows it this is you want to know why America has such problems in our government it's because of money the influence of money money corrupts politicians leaders judges this is a this is an important thing to understand now notice when it says here the righteous when the righteous are in Authority the people rejoice but when the wicked are in Authority the people mourn America I don't think we have a real good grasp on maybe some people do how Wicked our leaders have become both under the Republican side and the Democrat side our leaders most of them have become so wicked they're so controlled and owned by money that the powerful Elite in this world that we call the banksters the Illuminati the global Elite the luciferians they have so much money the Rothschilds
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