Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow | Dr Conrad Vine | Religious Liberty Weekend

On History and Ideology:

  • “We are doomed to repeat the failures and mistakes of history if we do not take the time to study history for ourselves.”
  • “Ideology justifies evil in the eyes of the evildoer. It silences their doubts and it leads to applause from those around who share in the same ideology.”
  • “When people don’t know who they are, when they don’t know where they come from, they’re much more open to suggestion and to the imposition of evil.”
  • “Reality will always trump ideology.”
  • “Advances in technology, it doesn’t make us morally better. It just means we can kill more efficiently.”

On Truth and Discernment:

  • “God himself is truth, and Jesus is the truth, and his throne is founded on truth.”
  • “To love the truth is to love Jesus Christ himself as the truth about God.”
  • “There is racism in America. It’s absolutely true…Ethnic and racial hatred is always present. It’s a manifestation of the fallen human condition”
  • “Every institution today is going through that internal civil war: Do we stand for scripture, or are we going to fall for the latest ideology?”
  • “If God calls you to leave, like Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot and his family, if God calls you to leave, you need to go forward and not look back.”

On Faith and Worship:

  • “The dividing line in humanity is not racial or ethnic or sexual or gender or economic or political. It’s along the issue of worship.”
  • “You have a choice to make today…It matters whether you’re in a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.”
  • “One faithful man on planet earth, one faithful woman, is a standing rebuke to Satan and his claims of sovereignty over planet earth. And that person could be you.”
  • “Your life has cosmic significance. The decisions you make reverberate through eternity and throughout the created cosmos.”
  • “Before Jesus comes again…there’s going to be an appearance of Satan…calculated to deceive the whole world and even the very elect of God.”

On Personal Transformation:

  • “We’re actually called as individuals to ask God to give us a change of heart so that we see our brothers and our sisters with new eyes.”
  • “It’s not just enough to reject these things [false ideologies]. I need to be a positive ambassador for the kingdom of God.”
  • “I need you to change my heart so I see the next man or woman on the street as you see them.”
  • “Are you making journey towards the ripe wheat, or you making journey downwards towards the ripe grapes?”
  • “You can either have a seared conscience, or you can nurture a sensitive conscience from this day forward.”

On Courage and Commitment:

  • “When you stand for truth, you make many friends, you lose many friends, but you can sleep at night with a peaceful conscience.”
  • “When you speak up for truth, other people gain courage from you standing up.”
  • “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
  • “Though the cause of evil prosper, yet his truth alone is strong.”
  • “It’s time today to covenant with God and say, ‘Lord, I want my name in the Lamb’s Book of Life!'”

Old Testament

  • Ecclesiastes 1:9: (“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”)
  • Joshua 24:15: (“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”)
  • Daniel 12:1: (“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”)
  • Daniel 12:2: (“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”)
  • Psalm 51:1-3: (“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.”)
  • Psalm 51:7: (“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”)
  • Psalm 51:10: (“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”)

New Testament

  • Matthew 4:10: (“Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.” ‘ “)
  • John 8:32: (“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”)
  • Acts 2:22: (“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.”)
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9: (“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie”)
  • Revelation 12:7: (“Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back”)
  • Revelation 12:17: (“Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.”)
  • Revelation 13:1-4: (Description of the beast rising out of the sea)
  • Revelation 13:15: (“And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak, and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.”)
  • Revelation 13:17: (“so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.”)
  • Revelation 14:12: (“Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.”)
  • Revelation 21:4: (” ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’ “)
  • 1 John 5:13: (“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.”)
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