Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate: A Doctrine 101 Class

[@theauthor8901]

I heard the unapologetic preaching of the gospel at Trinity Bible Chapel in person during mid December and early January, and as a result, I came to salvation in Jesus Christ! I finally stopped choosing my sin over the Saviour because of your genuine example of true Christian faith. I might never have become born again if you had not obeyed the Lord and remained open. The power of the Holy Spirit is in your preaching because you are obedient to him. Praise God our Father for his goodness through your faithfulness. I love the Lord and I love all of you too; may the Lord continue to bless and keep you. Let Jesus Christ be praised!

[@DefyTyrants]

May Christ be praised! So encouraging to see churchmen declaring the truth of God's Word, and addressing the duty of magistrates.

[@captainmarvel76927]

This "doctrine" is heresy and a document full of sin. We have our reply at the top of the comments.

[@captainmarvel76927]

@@zackandjess that is a very convincingly woke thing to say, and luciferian to a tee...bravo u really brought down the house with that one.

[@captainmarvel76927]

@@zackandjess and btw what an unchristian thing to say...no logic or reason, just sin spewing forth...u clavinist are the ultimate satanic reformed protestors.

[@captainmarvel76927]

@@zackandjess lol now we think thee a troll. No matter we forgive thee. Perhaps thee needs the body blood soul and divinity to dwell in thee vice heretical protestant theology. Out of thy mouth come the contents of ur heat....hatred and thats a sin...the same sin that consumed cain. How can u "claim to know Christ" by acting as such....a pitty

[@zackandjess]

@@captainmarvel76927 What rhymes with "Pope"?

[@roberttoomey1755]

Thank you for posting this !

[@makk347]

Thank you for feeding the flock pastor Reaume

[@LukeCoughey]

This needs to be shared with every level of government official and police officer possible.

[@mikewood3309]

and, every Christian and church who follow the false doctrine of submitting to oppressive tyrannical authorities!

[@Woodybrush45]

Amen this needs to be shared!!!

[@a.w.9662]

This is very good and necessary to know. I’ve shared it on social media, hopefully more folks will listen to it!

[@samthemacman]

Brilliant. Thank you. Very much needed. Praying for politicians to do this at the municipal level and stand against the tyranny.

[@PavlovsBob]

Excellent presentation.

[@quemorales-shakoor9608]

What an incredible sermon! Thank you so much!

[@defytyrantsofmississippi2198]

This is awesome! Amen! Praise Jesus!

[@allisonthomas8595]

Wow! Robert Breaker mentioned this and I had to find out what it was. VERY I/E (informative/educational).

[@aaronh5792]

Quite insightful indeed

[@jackdupp3181]

Should have said "disobey" at 39:16

[@Ronald47798]

Well taught.

[@rutatutut]

Such good stuff. We must come back to the Law of God.

[@aofeathers2726]

God Bless you for this, more people need to understand this. God's law was given to freed slaves not to enslave them, but so they would remain free.

[@jdkskwkwjdjxjfen]

I see plenty of scriptural evidence to not comply with unjust orders. But I do not see scriptural evidence for a lesser magistrate to take up arms either in defense or offense if those unjust orders are forced upon them and their people by a higher magistrate. Is there scriptural evidence for that point specifically?

[@ron5vin]

We are a Constitutional Republic. We are blessed or damned by what WTP put into government.

[@daddyg5654]

You're hitting on why churches are being shutdown by governments...if you can't get together you can't express such "dangerous" ideas like the Lesser Magistrate. Same holds true for any social gathering place.

[@pollyhorlander7389]

Churches and taverns is where revolts are planned… churches n taverns we’re closed using the SCAMdemic as an excuse.

[@Woodybrush45]

@@pollyhorlander7389 Amen Miss Polly!!!!

[@captainmarvel76927]

We are prepared to enter a digital Lincoln-Douglas debate on this matter. We are prepared to enter a digital Lincoln-Douglas debate on this matter. In the Name of Jesus Christ the King and by the authority of His One True Church, We denounce Matthew Trewhella's book "The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates (DOLM)" as anti-Christos, anti-Scriptual, anti-historical, anti-logo, and profoundly heretical. We oppose him and his disciples and urge him to recant this position based upon the following: 1) Mr. Trewhella (MT) has no biblical authority to claim to be a "pastor" or declare "doctrines/dogmas" (Acts: 1-2, 15.) Moreover, Satan, the first "lesser magistrate," used this thinking in his rebellion against God the Father. 2) MT uses the pagan Roman Empire, which crucified our Blessed Lord, and slaughtered Christians, to define DOLM. He turns anti-Christos. 3) The life of God the Son, Jesus Christ, found in the gospels, provides no support for DOLM. 4) MT fails to define "resistance." Does he endorse fullfledged violence against the state as the final resort? The protestant tradition that he draws from in the 1600th Century would agree, and his book's appendix d-e. If he endorses violence, murder, schism, rebellion, and mortal sin, he directly violates Scripture and the example of the early Church of the first three centuries. 5) He has no authority to interpret Scripture, and every passage of Scripture he cites provides evidence against his position. Other passages of Scripture, such as Number's 17 (Rebellion of Core), David's non-violent actions against Saul (1st Samuel), and the Acts of the Apostles, do not advocate the type of resistance MT defines. 6) MT fails to define "The Church" in his argument. He incorrectly references examples such as St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, and the 1215 Magna Carter, which defined Catholic Church liberty in England, was led by Bishops and clergy, and support from Pope Innocent III. But this Church is the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. Thus will he accept the Catholic Church during these 1500 years of Christendom? If he does not, his examples are then invalid. 7) MT fails to recognize there are also "supreme, greater, and general 'magistrates'" in addition to lesser magistrates, failure to acknowledge this confounds the problem. 8) MT fails to provide which bible translation he used in DOLA and precisely what denomination of Christianity he claims. 9) MT quotes from men such as Luther, Calvin, and John Knox, that denied the body, blood, soul, and divinity of our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, tied their fate to the power of the secular state, rebelled against The Church, became Tyrants in their own right, and had disagreed on fundamental doctrines. This is anti-historical and heretical. 10) Will MT condemn the tyranny of John Calvin's rule over Geneva? Will he condemn Martin Luther's support and advocacy of over 300,000 peasants butchered by the German nobility? Will, he condemn John Knox's actions that led to the dethronement of a lawful queen of Scotland. And will he condemn all these men's actions, denying Christian religion's freedom to other denominations? 11) MT contradicts his entire position, asserting that because several Lutheran Pastors define DOLM, it is a valid "doctrine/dogma ." Martin Luther and John Calvin declared all Church Officers, Councils, Doctrines, and Canon Law invalidated. Therefore the "Magdeburge Confession" cannot be considered a "doctrine" of validity as there is no Universal Church to approve its infallibility. Can MT provide one example in Church History before 1500 on how "Christian Doctrine" was defined? 12) MT fails to tell the fate of Magdeburge in 1631...the city was sacked, looted, and pillaged, with over 20,000 people of a city of 30,000 slaughtered. Why does he omit this fact? (The legacy of DOLM).

[@pollyhorlander7389]

Subsidiarity.