Mark 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand
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The reputed author of the Nebraska Bill finds an early occasion to make a speech at this capital indorsing the Dred Scott Decision, and vehemently denouncing all opposition to it. The Supreme Court met again; did not announce their decision, but ordered a re-argument. Mr. Buchanan was elected, and the indorsement, such as it was, secured. The indorsement, however, fell short of a clear popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes, and so, perhaps, was not overwhelmingly reliable and satisfactory. A definitive biography of the 16th U.S. president, the man who led the country during its bloodiest war and greatest crisis.
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On one occasion his exact language is, "except in cases where the power is restrained by the Constitution of the United States, the law of the State is supreme over the subject of slavery within its jurisdiction." Secondly, that "subject to the Constitution of the United States," neither Congress nor a Territorial Legislature can exclude slavery from any United States Territory. Let any one who doubts, carefully contemplate that now almost complete legal combination -- piece of machinery so to speak -- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine, and the Dred Scott decision.
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He has done all in his power to reduce the whole question of slavery to one of a mere right of property; and as such, how can he oppose the foreign slave trade -- how can he refuse that trade in that "property" shall be "perfectly free" -- unless he does it as a protection to the home production? We can not absolutely know that all these exact adaptations are the result of preconcert. This opened all the national territory to slavery, and was the first point gained. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided.
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Four days later commenced the struggle which ended in repealing that congressional prohibition. This opened all the national territory to slavery and was the first point gained. In his “house divided” speech, Lincoln countered that the Dred Scott decision the previous year had already opened the doors for slavery to be legal in the north, as well as all territories that the U.S. expanded into. If the U.S. wanted to be a free country, he argued, it had to act now before it was too late. 25 ‘If (P)a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her customary impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. 26 Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.
Let any one who doubts, carefully contemplate that now almost complete legal combination - piece of machinery so to speak- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine, and the Dred Scott decision. The national attention Lincoln gained from that campaign earned him the Republican presidential nomination and then the presidency in 1860. Soon after this victory, his “house divided” speech became strangely prophetic as southern states seceded from and waged war on the Union.
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That principle is the only shred left of his original Nebraska doctrine. I do not understand his declaration that he cares not whether slavery be voted down or voted up, to be intended by him other than as an apt definition of the policy he would impress upon the public mind -- the principle for which he declares he has suffered much, and is ready to suffer to the end. When Abraham Lincoln said “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” he wasn’t talking about the kind of political divisions common today.
And, unquestionably they can be bought cheaper in Africa than in Virginia. Such a decision is all that slavery now lacks of being alike lawful in all the States. Thirdly, that whether the holding a negro in actual slavery in a free State, makes him free, as against the holder, the United States courts will not decide, but will leave to be decided by the courts of any slave State the negro may be forced into by the master. The Presidential inauguration came, and still no decision of the court; but the incoming President, in his inaugural address, fervently exhorted the people to abide by the forthcoming decision, whatever might be. Four days later, commenced the struggle, which ended in repealing that congressional prohibition.
Lincoln's House Divided Speech
Of strange, discordant, and even, hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy. First, that no Negro slave, imported as such from Africa, and no descendant of such slave can ever be a citizen of any state in the sense of that term as used in the Constitution of the United States. This point is made in order to deprive the Negro, in every possible event, of the benefit of that provision of the United States Constitution which declares that "the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states."
Why Lincoln’s ‘House Divided’ Speech Was So Important
He stated that “a house divided against itself will not stand,” making the point to the Pharisees, who were set on disproving everything that Jesus did and actually were causing strife among the body of believers. Senator Douglas holds, we know, that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday-that he may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong.But, can we for that reason, run ahead, and infer that he will make any particular change, of which he, himself, has given no intimation? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference? - now - when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent? We shall not fail-if we stand firm, we shall not fail.Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but sooner or later the victory is sure to come.
Several things will now appear less dark and mysterious than they did when they were transpiring. The people were to be left "perfectly free," "subject only to the Constitution." What the Constitution had to do with it, outsiders could not then see. Plainly enough, now, it was an exactly fitted niche for the Dred Scott decision to afterward come in and declare the perfect freedom of the people to be just no freedom at all. The presidential inauguration came, and still no decision of the Court; but the incoming President, in his inaugural address, fervently exhorted the people to abide by the forthcoming decision, whatever it might be. Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down?
This shows exactly where we now are; and partially, also, whither we are tending. Second, that, "subject to the Constitution of the United States," neither Congress nor a territorial legislature can exclude slavery from any United States territory. This point is made in order that individual men may fill up the territories with slaves, without danger of losing them as property, and thus enhance the chances of permanency to the institution through all the future. And this may especially be expected if the doctrine of "care not whether slavery be voted down or voted up, shall gain upon the public mind sufficiently to give promise that such a decision an be maintained when made.
Their hatred of Jesus and their heartless religiosity blinded them (or some of them at least) to the truth, causing more harm than anything Rome could do. In other words, Rome was not the enemy Christ came to defeat. 31 “Therefore I say to you, (I)every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, (J)but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who (K)speaks a word against the Son of Man, (L)it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. To reach unity in the body of Christ, we must build our spiritual lives on the person of Jesus Christ. We have the task to grow into maturity with Christ as our leader and Lord.
God did not intend for the law to be more important than the people. Sabbath was not meant to become another form of oppression, another brick on the backs of Israel. Jessica Van Roekel loves the upside-down life of following Jesus as she journeys to wholeness through brokenness.
Introducing “A House Divided” - Harvard Political Review
Introducing “A House Divided”.
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Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is both present and future. It is present in the person of Jesus Christ and what he did through his death and resurrection. It is within us as we experience spiritual growth in the middle of a fallen world. It is in the future that Christ will come again in his power and glory to finalize the devil's destruction. To be with him, to gather with him, and to tell others about him. The kingdom of God is already and not yet, and the church can help or hinder the work of the kingdom of heaven.
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. 20 “And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. Now is the time for us to come together to stabilize our house to not let division unsettle it. For if we stand with Jesus, God will always keep our house together and know that life’s promises are nothing compared to the promises of God. While it is said in playful humor for certain situations nowadays, when Jesus stated these words, He was describing the division within the house of the Lord that would eventually lead to His sacrifice on the cross. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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