{"id":10623,"date":"2012-03-25T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=10623"},"modified":"2012-04-25T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T14:15:55","slug":"give-up-your-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/give-up-your-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Up Your Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10624\" title=\"Bill of Rights\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bill-of-Rights1-200x143.jpg\" alt=\"Constitutional Rights\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\"  \/>Chapter 14 in my book,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Close Your Church for Good\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/close-your-church-for-good\/\">Close Your Church for Good<\/a><\/em>, is called \u201cGive Up Your Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this chapter, we look at the unalienable rights and the constitutional rights which are listed in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and ask if these are guaranteed in Scripture. Are these rights something worthy fighting for and dying for, or are they contrary to the values of the Gospel and goals of the Kingdom of Heaven?<\/p>\n<p>We will see that while there is much inherent good within these rights, when they are divorced from accountability to God, they become little more than ways to justify our abuse and mistreatment of others. Furthermore, sometimes the values of the Gospel and the example of Jesus will lead us to voluntarily give up our rights for the sake of others. If churches really want to spread the Gospel and advance the Kingdom of God, we may be required to give up our rights.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that due to some of the feedback I receive on these posts, this chapter might be radically revised for the final edition of the book. These changes will only be available in the print or eBook version when it comes out.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the blog posts that form this chapter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death?\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death\/\">Give Me Libery or Give Me Death?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fighting for our Rights\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/fighting-for-our-rights\/\">Fighting for Our Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Our Right to be Wrong\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/our-right-to-be-wrong\/\">Our Right to be Wrong<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Right to Life\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-right-to-life\/\">The Right to Life<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Better off Dead\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/better-off-dead\/\">Better off Dead<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Loving LGBT People\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/loving-lgbt-people\/\">Loving LGBT People<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Right to Liberty\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/right-to-liberty\/\"><strong>The Right to Liberty<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Idol of Liberty\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-idol-of-liberty\/\">The Idol of Liberty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Liberty to Kill in the Name of Jesus\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/liberty-to-kill-in-the-name-of-jesus\/\">Liberty to Kill in the Name of Jesus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Liberty of the Gospel\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/liberty-of-the-gospel\/\">Liberty of the Gospel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Pursuit of Happiness\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-pursuit-of-happiness\/\">The Right to Pursue Happiness<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Separation of Church and State is not Biblical\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/separation-of-church-and-state-is-not-constitutional-and-not-biblical\/\"><strong>The Right to Practice Religion<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Against a Christian Government\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/against-a-christian-government\/\">Against a Christian Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"If Christianity Became Illegal\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/if-christianity-became-illegal\/\">If Christianity Became Illegal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gospel and Politics\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/gospel-and-politics\/\">The Gospel and Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"No Right to Free Speech\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/no-right-to-free-speech\/\">The Right to Free Speech<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Shutting Up about Free Speech\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shutting-up-about-free-speech\/\">Shutting Up about Free Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Right to Assemble\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/assembly-not-required\/\">The Right to Assemble<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Right to Bear Arms<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Myth of Redemptive Violence\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/myth-of-redemptive-violence\/\">The Myth of Redemptive Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Is there such a thing as Just War?\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/just-war-theory\/\">Is there such a thing as a Just War?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Death to our Enemies\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/death-to-our-enemies\/\">Death to our Enemies?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a title=\"Our Rights and Jesus\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/our-rights-and-jesus\/\">Our Rights and Jesus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see other chapters in this book, see the <a title=\"Close Your Church for Good\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/close-your-church-for-good\/\">Table of Contents post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are the unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Bill of Rights really guaranteed in Scripture? 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