Grace and Truth Bible Ministries

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Nationalism as part of Establishment good Phil 1:11; Gal 5:22

In the context of our study of the mandate for believer's prayer in the PPOG. . Phil 4:6; 1Thes 5:17;

We are considering Paul's prayer for the spiritual growth of believers recorded in Phil 1:9-11;

In verse 11 Paul is praying for believers to be filled with the "fruit of righteousness." which is the result of the believer's PMA of Bible Doctrine which is the mind of TLJC.

Phil 1:11; having been completely filled up ( perfect tense passive voice )with the production of righteousness [which is the total fulfillment of spiritual progress] which comes through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God

We have seen that in the Phil 1:11; passage the production is viewed with regard to the quality of it's character as the “fruit of righteousness,” and in Gal 5:22, the same production is viewed with regard to it's source as the “fruit of the Spirit.” where details of it's characteristics are also described.

We have looked at the first (5) facets of this production of Righteousness which are Integrity Love (Agape) , The Happiness of God (Chara) , Inner Peace and Overt Prosperity (Eirene), Patience and longsuffering (makrothumia) and kindness, graciousness, generosity, and sensitivity to others (chrestotes).

We are presently studying the sixth characteristic of the fruit of righteousness which is the production of the Spirit in the believer who has the thinking of TLJC through metabolized Bible Doctrine as described by the Greek noun "agathosune", which is from the root "agathos" which means which means to be generous, virtuous and to produce divine good. Divine good has inherent or intrinsic value.

We have seen that Divine good is an absolute concept related to God and his perfection and that Human good is a relative concept related to mankind and imperfection. And that there are (3) categories of good in human history: Human Good, Morality or Establishment Good and Divine Good.

We are presently discussing Morality or Establishment good as a subset of Human Good and contrasting it with Divine Good in human history.

Morality or establishment good when performed by an unbeliever or believer who is outside of the PPOG is human good because it's impact is limited to time and is therefore temporary. That same morality or establishment good when performed by a believer who is functioning inside the PPOG under the mentorship of God the Holy Spirit through the application of Bible Doctrine is divine good because its impact is eternal.

Last time we finished the study of the family as the third law of divine establishment where parents have authority over their children and we just started looking at the fourth source of legitimate authority which is national government. We saw that God established nations as described in Acts 17:26; Rom 13:1-8; Deut 32:8;

A nation is created when a community of people who possesses a defined territory, a unique culture and a common language form up under an independent government.

At any given time in history God has declared the boundaries of nations. God is the One who divided the earth into different countries and declared the boundaries of those nations.

Government within a nation has authority over the people in the nation for the purpose of protecting their lives, their freedom, and their property, 1Tim 2:1-2;

Nationalism as a divine institution can be tracked back to Genesis 10. Cush, one of Ham's sons and the grandson of Noah was the father of Nimrod, the human leader of the first unsuccessful satanic attempt to establish a world government and create a global culture under Satan's supervision after the flood. Gen.10:6-8;

God destroyed this one world government and culture which had a common language by causing the inhabitants to speak different languages and scattering them in order to preserve mankind on the earth. Gen 11:6-11;

God had previously told them to fill the earth, not to congregate in one area. Gen 9:1,7; but they arrogantly chose to disobey God and establish themselves Gen 11:4; NET note 13

He divided them into nations in three ways, racially, geographically, and linguistically.

The division of languages along racial lines caused the people to separate geographically per God's plan.

Nationalism recognizes that mankind benefits from nations acting independently rather than collectively by emphasizing national rather than international goals.

Legitimate government in a nation has authority over its citizens, but that authority is useless apart from human consent where human volition responds to it under the principle of freedom.