Interesting thoughts...... (renamed post)

   Today I stumbled upon this quote by Dave Hunt that I thought was interesting. It is a different perspective than the popular one that I usually hear touted, so I thought I would share :o)   Nothing like a little food for thought! ;o)

The subject of social and political activism is a difficult and controversial one among Christians who truly want to do the Lord’s will; and I do not suggest that those who disagree with me desire to obey the Lord any less than I do.
The Roman Empire was not a democracy and therefore its citizens did not have the opportunities to exercise a Christian influence in it which we have today in the United States. That would not, however, have prevented Christ and the Apostles from actively working toward improved morality and social justice. That they faced the wrath of the government and even death did not deter them from preaching the gospel, which was vigorously opposed by both religious and political leaders, so it would hardly have inhibited them from at least social activism—yet they never engaged in it. Furthermore, there are Bible examples of those who had the opportunity to exercise great moral influence over whole societies (Noah, Joseph, Naaman, Daniel, et al.), yet the Bible contains no hint that they even attempted to do so. That fact weighs heavily upon me.
I desire to be obedient to God’s Word. I cannot escape the fact that I find nothing in Scripture to support social and political activism on the part of the church. I’m not trying to argue, but ask sincerely that those who disagree explain why Christ said explicitly that He did not pray for the world (Jn 17:9); why He never addressed the evils of the Roman Empire or of King Herod but confined Himself to critiquing and correcting the Jewish religious leaders and His followers or would-be followers; why the Epistles are intended to correct only the church and Christians, but never involve any rebuke of the world or any instruction to believers to work for moral improvement of the world around them?
We have great detail in Acts concerning the activities of Paul, but never do we find him engaging in social action. Surely the fact that the Roman Empire was not a democracy would not have prevented him from organizing Christians to work for improved morals and justice in their cities and neighborhoods.
Yet we find none of this. That fact, again, weighs heavily upon me. Of even greater concern is the fact that today’s church leaders who have dedicated themselves to opposing the immorality in secular society have so little to say in opposition to apostasy and rampant false doctrine in the church.