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Phil 1:11 Gal 5:22 Nationalism as establishment good conclusion and Divine Good

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 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 the 4th law of divine establishment which is Nationalism.

Last time we saw that nations were formed when God confused the languages in Genesis 11 and scattered the people across the world establishing their duration and borders.

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

One way in which human consent is expressed in this nation is in voting for someone who you believe will make good decisions based on principles of divine establishment when in a position of leadership within the government.

This means that it is possible for an unbeliever to be a better national leader than a reversionistic believer.

A special category of nation is the client nation which God calls to represent him in the devil's world. Israel was the first client nation in history. Deut 7:6;

During the present time, the Church-age, there are no Israelite or Jewish client nations. The next Israelite client nation will not exist until the millennium after the Second Advent of TLJC when he reestablishes Israel as the client nation for the millennium and fulfils the Abrahamic, Davidic, Land Grant and New Covenants to Israel.

We presently live in the times of the Gentiles, which means only a Gentile nation can be a client nation to God. At the present time, the United States of America is the Gentile client nation to God which is why we have the freedom and prosperity that we have in this nation.

The gentile client nations are based on the priesthood of the believer. Titus 2:14; 1Pet 2:9;

The client nation is under the divine protection of God for the purpose of;

Protecting and guarding the Word of God from destruction or censorship,

Evangelizing unbelievers within the population,

Communicating Bible doctrine to believers within the population,

Providing missionaries to communicate the gospel and establish churches with indigenous pastors in foreign lands where positive volition at God consciousness is identified,

and to Provide a haven of refuge for the Jewish Diaspora during the times of the gentiles.

Since the believer is critical to all of these functions, we have the concept of "as goes the believer so goes the client nation" consequently the believer is the "sine que non" of the client nation.

"Sine que non" is a Latin term which means "without which (it is) not (possible)"

It is impossible to have a client nation without a group of mature believers or an advancing group of positive believers.

Today, Satan is promoting his cause with the incipient establishment of a one world government by advancing the ideology of multiculturalism and internationalism.

He is working through a system of organizations, which includes religious, political, corporate and other international organizations, all of which are outside the framework of the legitimate authority of the divine institutions, but at the moment he is restrained by God the Holy Spirit through the church. 2Thes 2:3-7;

The word transliterated apostasy in verse 3 is the Greek word (ἀðïóôáóßá apostasia) which is a form of the Greek word (ἀößóôçìé. aphistmi) which means to. “to remove,” either spatially or from the context of a state or relationship Theological dictionary of the New Testament. volume 1 Page 512.

In this context this word is a reference to the exit resurrection of the church.

Once the church has exited the planet, Satan will begin to establish his one world government during the tribulation in an attempt to demonstrate his ability to rule over mankind and establish peace on earth, but it will devolve into tyranny because of the OSN and the inherent inability of mankind and Satan’s inability to control chaos. Rev 13:7;

This completes our discussion of Establishment good or Morality, now we will begin our discussion of Divine Good in the context of our study of Phil 1:11; Gal 5:22;

Divine good is the production of virtue in the advancing or mature believer who is living inside the PPOG under the ministry of God the Holy Spirit and motivated by Bible Doctrine and Personal love for God.

Divine good can only be produced by the believer who is functioning inside the PPOG and using Divine assets.

This Divine Good production is the believer's response to God's initiation of Love 1John 4:19; Rom 5:8; and the believer's cognizance of it. Rom 8:31-32;

Divine good is an absolute concept related to God, and His perfect standards of Righteousness and Justice, Deut 32:4; and being immutable, it is permanent and absolute. Heb 13:8;