Former prime minister Scott Morrison has urged churchgoers not to trust in governments, warning it would be a “mistake” to do so based on his experience as having worked in the upper echelons of power.
In a sermon to Perth’s Victory Life Centre, the Pentecostal church run by controversial former tennis champion Margaret Court, Morrison encouraged the congregation to put their faith in God rather than government.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison delivered a sermon to Margaret Court’s church Victory Life Centre on Sunday where he urged the congregation to trust in God, not government.Credit:
“We trust in Him. We don’t trust in governments. We don’t trust in United Nations, thank goodness,” Morrison said in the Sunday sermon.
“We don’t trust in all of these things, fine as they might be and as important as the role that they play. Believe me, I’ve worked in it and they are important.
“But as someone who’s been in it, if you are putting your faith in those things, like I put my faith in the Lord, you are making a mistake. Firstly they are fallible. I’m so glad we have a bigger hope.”
Morrison attended the service at the invitation of Court to mark the church’s 27th birthday. Also in attendance were former federal Liberal MP Vincent Connelly, and former WA premier Richard Court, whose older brother is married to Margaret Court.
In the 50-minute address to the congregation, Morrison touched on his election defeat, telling the crowd he believed God had a plan for him.
“Do you believe that if you lose an election that God still loves you and has a plan for you?” I do. Because I still believe in miracles,” he said to applause from churchgoers.
He dedicated the majority of the sermon to talking about anxiety, which he defined as everyday worries that the “oil of God” could assuage.
“All of this anxiousness, all of this anxiety … all of this feeling about the bills that are pouring in, all of this feeling about the anxiety and then the oil of God, the ointment of God comes on this situation and releases you, if you will have it, and receive His gift,” he said.
Succumbing to anxiety was “Satan’s plan”, he said.
“We cannot allow these anxieties to deny us that that’s not his plan. That’s Satan’s plan. It’s not His plan.”
He drew a distinction between anxiety and mental illness, saying the latter had “very real casual factors” such as biological issues and brain chemistry that required professional clinical treatment.
Upon finishing the address, Court took to the stage, telling the congregation: “The Lord certainly has a life for you after politics.”
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