16: God’s Strategy For Civil Conquest 6 of 7 - PUBLIC

Christians must go public to impact any nation for the Kingdom of God. Remaining inside a church building will never turn any city upside down for Christ. It never has and it never will.

Throughout history there have been many public Christian uprisings. Without Christians causing righteous public uprising, there will be no Christian nation, and no fulfilling of Jesus’s Great Commission to teach and disciple any nation!

In the 16th century, Protestant Christians came to be known by their public protests and uprisings. The very word “protestant” came from the word “protest!” The Protestant Christian Reformers that turned European nations upside down for Christ, establishing freedom and Protestant Christian cities and nations, publicly protested so much that they were eventually just called “Protestants!”

Jesus Himself was a one-Man public protester! The first time that Jesus went to the capital city, Jerusalem, He went straight to the public civic center, the temple (John 2:15):

“Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables!”

Work at picturing this in your head if you can. I think most Christians would really question if this was the right way to win friends and influence people. But this is what Jesus did. Jesus went public His whole life. The last time Jesus went to Jerusalem, He went straight to the public center again (John 7:37):

“On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, ‘Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!’”

Picture this if you can and think about it - Jesus standing and shouting to the crowds! We need Christians today in every city going public wherever there are people, colleges, town centers, and with the zeal of Jesus crying out to the people (Rev. 22:17):

“The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ Let anyone who hears this say, ‘Come.’ Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life!”

Is Jesus really to be our example?

New Testament Christians Went Public

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