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James 5:6
6 Ye have condemned [katadikazo] and killed [phoneuo] the just [dikaios]; and he doth [antitassomai] not [ou] resist [antitassomai] you [humin]. KJV-Interlinear
6 You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you. NASB
Spiritually negative people condemn by virtue of their own opinions regarding life. Opinions which disregard or contradict, Gods.
Any deviation from thinking doctrine, any deviation from living within the spiritual sphere of fellowship, is a condemnation, insult, indifference, slight, offense, toward truth, toward God, toward Christ, and toward mature believers in general.
By maintaining a spiritually indifferent attitude, in whatever form, slight or defiant, you condemn the mature specifically, and all believers in general, to death.
This death is the theft caused by the unrighteous, of that which belongs to the righteous.
And what do the righteous do to resist this injustice? Nothing.
This resistance is a reference to the inability of man to counter the control of evil in the world.
You may know what is right and what is wrong, but the world is greater than you. You cannot correct the world. You cannot save the world. You cannot change the world.
God has a plan for human history and human history for the most part, is allowed by God, to go its way. Those who sit in the seats of power in the world, are allowed to rule as they see fit. The masses of the world are allowed to have the rulers that they desire.
In some cases God raises up good rulers from good populations, and pockets of truth and prosperity thrive in the world. But in the long run, the world will eventually go down the tubes just as the doom and gloom prophecies foretell.
But, regardless of what the world will do in any given generation, you always have the control of choice over your own life. With doctrine, your life will be a successful preparation for the next life. Without doctrine, your life will end up a disaster, regardless of your worldly successes.
Jesus Christ controls history, not you. Jesus Christ controls history, not legislation. Jesus Christ controls history, not the liberals, not the conservatives, no one. Jesus Christ controls history, and it is Gods plan that will continue to its conclusion, not mans.
You do not resist, because resistance is futile in a world ruled by evil. But you do not do nothing either.
What you do, is study your Bible, live in fellowship, grow up spiritually, be responsible in all things, and be obedient to Gods mandates and will. You voice your opinion where it is appropriate. You vote at the polls. You fight for and defend freedom wherever it is attacked. But most of all, you observe Gods miracle controls over history, and watch as His will is always accomplished, not mans.
