Defiance to Tyranny is Obedience to God
Acts 5:29: "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."
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SS-3 The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
God's Outlaw - William Tyndale
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YOU CAN FIGHT AGAINST EVIL, BUT YOU CAN'T FIGHT AGAINST STUPID
When I think of all the stupid people who blindly follow the dictates of the evil Global Vaccine Nazis, I think of this quote:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Stupidity
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”
Amen.
ReplyDeleteExodus 2 - Moses parents defy Pharaoh's order to throw every male child in the Nile river.
ReplyDeleteJoshua 2 - Rahab defies the king of Jericho to hand over the 2 spies sent by Joshua.
1 Kings 22 - Prophet Micaiah defies the order of King Ahab to falsely prophesy for him.
Esther 3 - Mordecai defies the order of Haman to bow down to him.
Esther 5 - Esther defies the Persian law that no one shall come to the king's inner court without being called.
Daniel 3 - The 3 Hebrew boys (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) defy the order to bow down to king Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold thus they were thrown into fiery furnace - we all know the miraculous story.
Daniel 6 - Prophet Daniel defies the order of the king's decree prohibiting to pray to the one and true God except to King Darius thus he was thrown into lion's den - we all know the miraculous story.
Acts 5 - Apostles Peter and John defy the order of the Sanhedrin which prohibits them to teach in the name of Jesus, they said "We ought to obey God rather than men."
[Compiled by Chris Angeles]