PR 29: How the State is Not God, But Thinks it is.

The state is not God—and it never was. But we’re acting like it is.

Today’s Christians are watching as civil government swallows the family, silences the church, and redefines justice. Why? Because we've forgotten that the state is just one of three God-ordained spheres—family, church, and state—each with its own boundaries, responsibilities, and limits under God's law.

This episode lays out the Bible’s vision for civil government: a justice-enforcing authority, ordained by God, with the power of the sword, nothing more, nothing less. When the state invades the family or church, it trespasses where only God rules. And when the church and families stay silent, tyranny thrives.

You’ll learn how Christians—parents, pastors, church members—can reclaim their ground, speak truth, and obey God rather than man. This is a call to recover sphere sovereignty as taught in Scripture, the Confessions, and affirmed by Reformed tradition.

If you care about the Faith, the Bible, Christian Truth, Grace, the Gospel, Christ, and God’s justice, don’t miss this.

Key Points:
- What is the “sphere sovereignty” model of society?
- The state’s biblical limits (Romans 13)
- How modern government replaced God in our culture
- Why Christians handed over their kids to Caesar
- Why public schools are state-sponsored paganism
- Restoring justice: God’s law vs man’s law
- What pastors must do when crimes happen in the church
- Civil justice, restitution, and the failure of prison systems
- How to resist tyranny with truth, grace, and courage

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