We Were Warned

 

by Susan Snelling

 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; (Prov. 1:7)

I am as sure as I am of the fact of Christ’s reign that a comprehensive and centralized system of national education, separated from religion, as is now commonly proposed, will prove the most appalling enginery for the propagation of anti-Christian and atheistic unbelief, and of anti-social nihilistic ethics, individual, social, and political, which this sin-rent world has ever seen (A. A. Hodge, principal of Princeton University from 1878 to 1886).

Often decisions regarding what is constitutional and the right thing to do are left up to the political leaders and those who are supposedly more “educated.”  However, the protectors of this Republic are the people.  As “the sole depository of our political and religious freedom” (Thomas Jefferson), knowledge of the biblical principles at the foundation of this government should reside in the people.

We the people are the ones trusted with liberty and the success of this nation.  The founders believed that unless Americans were educated that our liberty would not endure for long.  “…I have looked on our present state of liberty as a short-lived possession unless the mass of the people could be informed to a certain degree” (Thomas Jefferson). The most effective way of preventing tyranny is to educate people on the facts of history, so they may recognize “ambition under all its shapes” as Jefferson puts it.

With this knowledge, the American people can defeat tyranny.  Ignorance never leads to freedom.  Jefferson stated, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Jefferson also said, “There is a price to pay for ignorance.  No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity.”  A nation that refuses to be educated on the foundational principles that produce and maintain freedom will lose it all.  There is no way to escape it.

Noah Webster wrote: Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice.  As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country. The right kind of education results in youth who have an affinity for America, an attachment that cannot be corrupted, violated, or infringed upon; an “inviolable attachment,” as Webster puts it.

Education alone without the right foundation is worthless.  The right kind of education is the difference between freedom and tyranny.  The right kind of education produces a moral people. Gouverneur Morris, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, said:  For avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy….the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support of free governments.  Therefore, education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man towards God.

A.A. Hodge warned what would happen if education veered away from its purpose and became centralized.  We can connect the dots from the time of Hodge’s warning (and earlier) to what we see today in education and in our culture.  The goalpost keeps moving until we end up with the godless worldviews that permeate education and society today. Hodge was of the opinion that church attendance could not adequately counter the “poison” children are subjected to in public schools (which are now government schools). He said, “atheism taught in the school cannot be counteracted by theism taught in the Church.”

It all goes back to the fact that America was designed only for a moral people.  The Christian foundation in education cannot be shoved aside, relegated to the footnotes of history as that is where the nation will then end up as well.  J. Gresham Machan (1923) calls public schools (government schools) in America “a soul-killing system” and tyrannical.

A public school system, if it means the providing of free education for those who desire it, is a noteworthy and beneficent achievement of modern times; but when once it becomes monopolistic it is the most perfect instrument of tyranny which has yet been devised.

…Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed by the state, force them then to attend schools where the higher aspirations of humanity are crushed out, and where the mind is filled with the materialism of the day, and it is difficult to see how even the remnants of liberty can subsist.

Such a tyranny, supported as it is by a perverse technique used as the instrument in destroying human souls, is certainly far more dangerous than the crude tyrannies of the past, which despite their weapons of fire and sword permitted thought at least to be free (Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, 1923).

 

Will You Stand?

 

by Richard Farm

 

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. ~ Billy Graham

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense—to fight the government. ~ Alexander Hamilton

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.  “But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.  ~ Daniel 3:17-18

We are in a battle for our freedoms and the ultimate survival of our nation as we know it.  For some time now it has been under attack by evil forces to remove our freedoms and force us into submission to be ruled by the Elite.  We are influenced every day as humans by good or by evil.  However, as self-autonomous creatures, we are still in control.

Our Creator made us with the ability to make decisions and act upon what we believe to be true.  Let’s get this foundation right first, as it has gone all but missing in this age of relativism we are living in today—sadly, even within the church.  This is but only ONE TRUTH and that truth comes from the ONE who created everything.  His TRUTH is absolute.

The law of non-contradiction shows us that two conflicting beliefs cannot both be true; one has to bow to the other.  This is why there is such a war waged on our minds.  Through arts and entertainment, media, education, and government they feed us information that is contrary to that absolute truth daily in order to sway us into a certain way of thinking. Why?  Because if one can cause someone to believe a certain thing then you will either be enslaved or liberated.  If we see this as a spiritual battle between good and evil, we have to understand the motives and the end game of each of the Generals.

The captain of the Hosts of heaven is about freedom to choose.  He gives us the ability to choose for ourselves between right and wrong, good and evil.  The enemy however tries to force us into submission through deception for the purpose of enslaving us. The founders were brilliant men to come up with a system of government that divides power between multiple branches of government because of what they experienced in England, and they knew that one man (or even a small group of men) with too much power could become corrupt and wicked.

So, the Constitution became the law of land.  Yet no one ever talks about the spirit of that law. To that, I draw you to the Declaration of Independence.  We can see it as the Constitution is the “how”, the Declaration is the “why”. To quote from it: we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.

We all have the right to self-autonomy to live free to make decisions that are best for us and our family within the framework of God’s MORAL law.  Moral law? That still exists? Yes, that is why there is such an attack on absolute truth and morality in our culture.  The goal is to eliminate God and His standard and have a free for all of the people to do what is right in their own eyes.

Where am I going with this?  Hang with me for just a few more minutes.  Have you heard these phrases?  It’s just a mask.  It’s just a little social distancing.  I’ll do my part if it saves just one life.  It’s for the greater good.  Oh, my time to hop down another rabbit trail.  Who’s good are we talking about? This is why absolutes and morality should be the standard in making decisions.  If everything is relative, what is “good” to our government is not necessarily good to us.

The problem here is the “greater good” is in conflict with our autonomy.  When they mandate masks and mandate the vax, they have taken our God-given right and ability to think and reason for ourselves. They have taken our ability to take in the information and weigh the consequences of things and make the best decision we see fit.  All the entities I mentioned above, media, education, government feed us information on a daily basis that is quite frankly one-sided.  It is not journalism or education anymore; it is propaganda and indoctrination.

The founders said they derive their powers from consent.  Consent is giving permission for something to happen.  Unfortunately, our consent in this country has been based on fear.  Fear of an invisible virus that in all honesty doesn’t add up, even with inflated numbers of cases and deaths we currently sit at .00065% death rate of the global population.

How is that considered a pandemic?  These same overlords that spew this nonsense of saving just one life are the same ones that push for abortion on demand.  Anyone know the death rate of that?  Currently this year alone we are sitting at 39.08 million aborted worldwide (it averages 40-50 million every year).  So just in the 2 years of this pandemic, we have a death rate of .001%, tell me what is the greater pandemic?

My point here is we need to be more discerning of what is going on.  We need to see through the lies to the malicious evil that is behind this totalitarian control power grab.  “For some, it is not even important what truth is, only the people hearing or viewing their message perceive their words as truth so that their targeted audience can be manipulated into particular actions.” (Shaw, Mark David (2009), Warfare! Strategies of the Enemy: Collegium Books).

So, what is the easiest way to manipulate?  It is through emotions.  They have manipulated numbers, in order to manipulate emotions (fear and sympathy), in order to make you comply.  They have done the same thing through the racial tensions with the social justice causes as well.  It is time for Americans who love liberty, and especially Christians who love the truth to get wise, do their own research, and not rely on mainstream sources for their information. That is because they have deliberately and maliciously been deceiving the masses over the last two years, and if you are paying attention it is starting to be exposed.

Back to my statements of it’s just a mask, it’s just a shot, it could help someone else out.  My question is when will it stop?  If you have any understanding or have heard of end-times events, we are heading closer and closer to this one-world government where there will be a one-world ruler. This ruler will most certainly force all to bow to him or be persecuted or die.  We are already seeing some extremes in Austria and Australia.  When are we going to stand up?  When it’s too late?  Now since I’ve brought up the end, I want to speak to the Christians.

This has been running through my mind over the last year or more, when the rubber meets the road, how far will I go to stand?  If I don’t stand now, for liberty and for truth, will I be able to stand when they threaten me with imprisonment or death for my faith in Christ?  My fear is that those who have just rolled over and complied every step of the way for the “greater good” will not be able to.  Do you want to feel that regret that Peter felt when he denied Christ?  As for me, I will see this fight for freedom as training, for when the real persecution comes.

I do believe the American church has become too complacent and comfortable, but now our faith is being put to the test.  We have the examples of the three Hebrew boys in Daniel chapter 2 being thrown into the fire for refusing to bow to the king, and even Daniel himself being thrown into the lion’s den for continuing to pray to YHWH.  In both cases, because of their courage and boldness, God provided a way of escape and protection in the darkest time.

The question for my brothers and sisters and fellow Americans is, will you stand?  Will you stand for righteousness and truth and liberty?  Will you trust the Father in heaven to be with you every step of the way and protect you even in the face of death?