Page 53 - The Road from Babylon to Zion

Now don't misunderstand me. I certainly am not opposed to good and
godly laws in our land, nor to Christians exerting their influence for
righteousness in society or government. That is all well and good and
to be commended, and I praise God for it. JUST DON'T CALL IT THE
KINGDOM OF GOD. It is not the Kingdom of God. It has nothing to do
with the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is not good laws or
religiously oriented politics in this or any other land. The Kingdom of
God is "righteousness, and peace, and joy IN THE HOLY GHOST."
What is the difference? I will tell you! When Christians exert pressure
on carnal institutions and impose their will and standards on
unregenerated men, you have just another function of human
government. It may be better human government. But it is still just
human government. But, when those carnal institutions are changed
because all the people in them have been transformed by the washing
of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost — then YOU HAVE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD! You have now not a legislated righteousness
imposed from without, but "righteousness...in the Holy Ghost." Ah,
the former was imposed by the law of the statute books — the Old
Covenant; the latter is the result of the laws written in the hearts of men
by the Spirit of the living God — the New Covenant! The Kingdom of
God offers the solution to both sin and death. The world needs the
solution to its evils and sorrows, not another band aid. God is preparing
a people to step forth upon the world scene in the nature, wisdom,
power and glory of God's Christ. THIS IS THE POWER AND GLORY
OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

This is why I have consistently refused to become involved in
movements, or organizations, in campaigns, crusades, and whatever
work is dedicated to "anti" something. If I become a militant moralist
to fight the degeneracy in our midst, if I work myself to death screaming
against the communists, if I labor day and night warning God's people
and the nation against politicians, the Illuminati, the world bankers, the
Trilateral Commission, the United Nations, the New World Order, and
all the other conspiracy theories — will it deliver even one soul from the
power of darkness and translate him into the Kingdom of God's dear
Son? Will it lead to transformation and to the glorification of as much
as one life rescued from the power of hell, and raised up to sit together
in heavenly places in Christ Jesus? The answer is abundantly clear.
God's purpose for His chosen ones is to become a part of THE STONE
THAT IS CHRIST, which is cut out of the mountain without hands. It
is a Kingdom not of this world, out of the heights and depths of God...

The great truth is that the man in Christ does not keep the letter of the