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Chapter 14 of Holiness, Truth, and the Presence of God by Francis Frangipane, copyright 1986:

Poor and rich nations alike suppose that the Almighty Creator exists and thinks as they do. They are not serving God but the image they have of God. Yet, the Living One is not a Caucasian or a Negro.(sic) He is not a Greek or Jew, a Catholic or a Protestant. He is God!

And we’ve all heard it, He is not a Republican or a Democrat either.

We cannot train the Lord to think like an American. He is the Sovereign Creator, the Lifesource of the Universe. Although idols are “safer” for our carnal nature than the Living God, an idol cannot resurrect us, nor heal us when we are ill, nor free us from ourselves and the devil. The only reason we tolerate dead idols is [that] while they cannot help us, neither can they harm us nor convict us of sin.

What is the “gospel of the kingdom”? It is the whole message of Jesus Christ. It is more demanding, more fulfilling, more holy and more powerful that the “gospel” of typical American Christianity.

Mind you, this was published in 1986! That’s 20 years ago!

The kingdom of God is not a religion; it is an ever-expanding, all consuming relationship with Jesus Christ… If you think God is religious, always remember: there was no religion in Eden.

Our life does not come from the Bible; it comes from Jesus… If we would actually understand what they wrote, we must find who they found.

And there is so much more… So much juice in just one little 140 page book!

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