I wanted to let everyone know that I am selling water Kefir grains. If anyone is interested let me know. It is $16 including shipping and handling or if you would like a mason jar to put the Kefir in so you can get started right away once you receive your Kefir then it will be $20 all together with shipping and handling included. Once you buy the grains you won't have to buy them again because if they are healthy they will reproduce and you will have more grains!
Milk Kefir vs. Water Kefir
Milk kefir and water kefir are essentially very similar. Both exist in the form of small crystalline grains which can be brewed into drinks and both confer huge health benefits to the people that include them in their diet. The main difference between them – and the reason why many people prefer water kefir – is the difference in versatility between them.
Milk kefir grains were the first kind of grains used to brew drinks. Since they have been around a lot longer, they have had more time to become widespread popularity and are currently well known throughout Russia and Eastern Europe (which is a pretty wide area).
They are also popular in the west, although not yet to the same extent. One of the great limiting factors on milk kefir popularity is the fact that there are many people out there who do not enjoy “milky foods”, or simply cannot digest them.
Water kefir grains provide all of the same health benefits as milk kefir, whilst being much more versatile! It is fun to experiment with them and see just how much they can do. If you start to cultivate your water kefir and then want to make a milk-based drink with them, you can just transfer a few of the grains into some milk. After a brief “lag phase”, the bacteria inside the grains will adjust to living off milk and start acting like milk kefir!
Water kefir grains really are that versatile. Many water kefir enthusiasts also enjoy brewing their grains with grape juice or coconut water, since it opens up whole new avenues of recipes that can be made with the finished drinks.
Many probiotics – the types of foods that, like kefir, contain helpful bacteria – are made from milk products. Pro-biotic yogurts are great, but not if you don’t like yogurt!
Water kefir grains allow you to make probiotic foods without always having to involve dairy, which is something milk kefir grains cannot achieve. They can be brewed into drinks (starting with almost any sugary liquid) or simply eaten, and can benefit almost anyone.
Although milk kefir grains are more widespread, and often easier to come across than water kefir grains, with a little effort it is usually possible to find someone who is happy to send you the things you need to get started making water kefir for yourself.
What is Kefir?
Strictly speaking, Kefir is the substance that exists as “Kefir grains,” that either look like pieces of cauliflower (in the case of Milk Kefir) or like little crystals (in the case of Water Kefir)..
These grains are living colonies of bacteria and yeasts that live in perfect harmony together, and have been around for thousands of years! One day someone discovered that if these strange-looking grains were brewed into a drink, the person that drank it would experience enormous health benefits. The idea soon spread, and Kefir is now popular as a health drink all over the world.
Kefir, is a cultured and enzyme-rich probiotic drink that's filled with friendly micro-organisms that help balance your inner ecosystem.
Drinking Water Kefir may help you achieve your optimal health, strengthen your immune system, and help to prevent diseases of all kinds.
Here's just a some of the MANY benefits of drinking Water Kefir:
Contains a wide variety of good bacteria and beneficial yeasts as well as many vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes. (including Vitamin c, Vitamin B, and
Has antibiotic and anti fungal properties.
Contributes to a healthy immune system and has been used to help patients suffering from many conditions, including AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, herpes, Candida, autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Can stop unhealthy food cravings, especially cravings for sugar and sweet foods. (For some)
Aids in the digestion of all foods.
Has a tonifying affect on the intestines, reduces bloating, and flattens the abdominals!
It appears to cleanse the liver.
Many see changes in their complexion and overall condition of their skin.
Brown liver spots may fade as can skin tags, moles, warts, etc.
With high levels of valuable minerals, including potassium, natural sodium, and chloride, the hair, skin and nails become stronger and have a prettier shine.
It appears to have a beneficial, cleansing effect on the endocrine system (adrenals, thyroid, pituitary, ovaries). Women find that their periods are healthier; some who had experienced early menopause have found this important monthly cleansing returning again.
It increases energy and gives you an overall feeling of good health.
Its tranquilizing effect on the nervous system has benefited many who suffer from sleep disorders, depression, ADHD and autism.
Drinking water kefir regularly can help, promote bowel movement, relieve all intestinal disorders, reduce flatulence and help create an all together healthier digestive system.
It's cleansing effect on the whole body helps to establish a balancing of the insides for optimum health and longevity.
It can also ameliorate eczema, psoriasis, and acne.
It tastes great... and it's a really inexpensive drink to make!
~ I myself have noticed a difference. It definitely detoxifies. I feel much better after drinking it.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Handkerchief/Dish Rag Pics
Here are pics I took of a dish rag I knitted(first knittin' project) and one of the fishy handkerchiefs that I made(first sewin' project by myself with no help). My Brother originally wanted me to make one for a friend who was gettin' married and I had some material left over, so I made my Pa and my Brother one since that's what Bradley wanted me to do. I need to practice sewin' some more.
Friday, January 29, 2010
The Pope’s Plans on Organizing Political, Economic and Religious Activities Worldwide
Dear Friend,
The Pope’s latest encyclical can read like an ideological bombshell. However, when we study papal history with its obsession for global power, it is not so shocking. The Pa-pacy has an agenda for the United Nations, economic institutions, and international fi-nance organizations. The Pope has called for the crafting of a new governmental body above these groups and intends that the new body be equipped with enforcement power on a startling scale. Much more sobering is the detailed body of Roman Catholic social doctrine on which the encyclical is built and which the Papacy is in the process of insti-tuting secularly. These documents need to be analyzed and rejected before nations and peoples unwittingly concede both temporal and religious control to the Vatican. We have outlined the heart of the major tactics found in the body of Roman Catholic social doctrine, which includes the Pope’s latest encyclical. Our article is called; “The Pope’s Plans on Organizing Political, Economic, and Religious Activities Worldwide.” We consider this to be one of the more important analyzes we have done. I ask therefore that you forward the article to many Christians who need to take heed. I request also, if possible, that you post it on your Website or blog. The article is below.
Trusting in the Lord’s grace and mighty power,
Richard Bennett
The Pope’s Plans on Organizing
Political, Economic and Religious Activities Worldwide
By Richard Bennett
On June 29, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI published a new encyclical entitled “Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth).”1 After a list of Roman Catholic people to whom the document is ad-dressed, it inclusively states, “and [to] all people of good will.” The Pope’s audience is to be not only the adherents of the Church of Rome, but also all those who claim to believe that jus-tice, integrity, and love are the ethical foundations of human wellbeing. Thus to induce others into his line of thinking, the Pope includes leaders and followers of every religious creed, social dogma, economic and political persuasion. Many who purport to be Evangelical are already actively endorsing Papal Rome. For example, a Presbyterian conference to be held January 2010 is to offer “insight into some of the factors involved in Protestants converting to the Ro-man Church” and a study of the influence of the Vatican Council II in order to learn from the Roman Catholic communities.2 One of fifty books offered on the Internet explains how you can accept Roman Catholicism. It states, “If you are of a Baptist or Evangelical persuasion … get an understanding of how Catholicism corrects and fulfills many of the strands of theology.”3 Thus the Papacy moves ahead with strategic dialogue for enlisting every civil regime and all major religious establishments worldwide
The Pope’s latest encyclical does not stand alone. Rather it is only the most recent ad-dition to the corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine. Catholic social doctrine, a tool of the Papacy, has been and is being carefully honed and directed toward gaining both spiritual and temporal control over all nations.
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1 www.vatican.va7/.../encyclicals/.../hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html
2 www.auburnavenue.org/pastorsconference/index.html
3 www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/.../3MNVUE0HW2NSR
Historically the Papacy has been obsessed with world control. It could not and did not arise until after the power of the Imperial Roman Empire had disintegrated. The horrendous persecutions of Bible believers in earlier centuries did not cause them to give up their faith but instead created turmoil within the authority structure of the Imperial Roman Empire. Conse-quently, the Emperor Constantine in 313AD declared Christianity to be the official state relig-ion. This gave Christians legitimate status within the Imperial Empire. Accordingly, Constan-tine organized the newly designated official religion under four districts, very much as was his military. Thus he replaced the biblical structure of the church with a new military style struc-ture. In the fifth century, as the Imperial Roman Empire destabilized, the bishops of the realm, particularly the Bishop of Rome, were called on for advice. Gradually through this setting they gained legal authority in the civil arena. In the sixth century the Emperor Justinian sought the use the “Christian” state church as a stabilizing force to thwart the disintegration of the Imperial Roman Empire, which had been established and held together by military might. Justinian’s edict in 538 AD proclaimed the bishop of Rome “the Head of all the holy churches.”4 Thus he declared the Bishop of Rome head of the state church over all four districts of the Imperial Ro-man Empire. By 800 AD, however, the shoe was on the other foot when the Pope as religious leader of the Holy Roman Empire crowned Charlemagne as its Emperor.
It was Hildebrand, Pope Gregory VII, in the eleventh century who nailed down the legal power base of papal canon law so that it became incorporated into Western civilization in the legal system. Through Hildebrand’s claim of divine authority for his teaching, the Papacy in the succeeding centuries was able to surpass the kings and princes with whom it fought for su-preme authority in the Holy Roman Empire. It was through Popes Innocent III and Boniface VIII that Hildebrand’s strategy was fully implemented throughout the Holy Roman Empire. Innocent III’s contribution was principally to turn the Crusades from being used against Islam to being used against those whom the Papacy termed “heretics.” The Roman Catholic Church as part of the civil state had the authority to define and teach the Christian faith. Therefore, what ever the Papacy called heresy was a civil offense, and civil authority could be used to enforce conformity to the state religion. Thus the infamous Inquisition began in 1203 against the pros-perous Bible believing Albigenses.5 The Inquisition, the Papacy’s bloody tool for enforcing submission to its dictates by both kings and common people, lasted over 600 years across Europe. Upwards of fifty million people were tortured and killed, their goods and lands confis-cated to the Papal treasury.6 Nobody was exempt.
The beginnings of the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire manifested in the sixteenth century and seemed complete at the end of the eighteenth century. The power of the Papacy with its enforcer, the Inquisition, was broken by the recovery of the Bible and the true biblical Gospel, which were the power of the Reformation of the sixteenth century. Apparent final de-mise of the Holy Roman Empire and the Inquisition occurred when Napoleon’s army entered the Vatican and removed Pope Pius VI from his throne. With that, the destruction of the Holy Roman Empire per se was complete, for the Papacy had lost the last vestige of its basis as a civil power. The Papacy at that point had neither military might nor civil authority infrastruc-ture by which to enforce its rule through its Inquisitors.
Current Papal Progress towards Moral and Judicial Authority
The kind of world government Pope Benedict XVI is seeking to advance is one over which the Papacy would again sit as moral and judicial authority. It is to be a one-world civil body com-
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4 LeRoy Edwin Froom, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, 4 vols. R & H 1950, 1978) Vol. I, p. 511-513
5 See our DVD on the Inquisition on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8PdvOELvY
6 John Dowling, The History of Romanism (Vance Publications 2002, 1845) Bk. 8, Ch.1, pp. 542, 543
posed of member nations, all of whom are equal in status and power. Over the civil body of member nations is to be a political governing body which in turn will enforce through civil law the ideas of Catholic social doctrine. While papal plans for accomplishing this agenda are still being formulated, much of their strategy and practice is already at work in the world.
First, the Roman Catholic Church still claims that its popes, who sit in the Chair of Pe-ter, are each in his time “the Vicar of Christ.”7 As such he claims the right and the duty to judge everybody and every institution of whatever kind and magnitude. In present day canon law, Canon 1405 states that it is the right of the Pope to judge those in highest civil offices.8 Canon 333, Sect. 3 states, “There is neither repeal nor recourse against a decision or decree of the Roman Pontiff.” Pope Pius XI’s encyclical “Quadragesimo Anno,” is part of the corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine. It states “[T]hat principle which Leo XIII so clearly estab-lished must be laid down at the outset here, namely, that there resides in Us [the Papacy] the right and duty to pronounce with supreme authority upon social and economic matters.”9 These documents, and many others, state emphatically that the modern day Papacy has right and duty to pronounce with supreme authority upon social and economic matters.
Second, the papal plan will require a new social order as defined by the corpus of Ro-man Catholic social doctrine. The new social order does not apply to the Papacy itself, which is claimed to be divinely instituted, or in their terminology “from above.” It does apply to all peo-ples, all lay Roman Catholics, all civil and secular structures. These all are designated as tem-poral, or “from below.” This distinction is absolutely primary to the Papacy.
The new social structure will include every human person of the temporal realm. In his latest encyclical Benedict, citing Pope Paul VI, states, “authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension.”10 And, “The truth of development consists in its completeness: if it does not involve the whole man and every man, it is not true [authen-tic]…development.”11 What many true Bible believers may not understand is that “the whole man and every man” in the temporal realm will be required to conform to the goals of the world administration devised by the Popes of Rome and enforced by the nation states and the govern-ing body superior to them.
The Conformity that will be Mandatory
In order to implement this agenda, the Compendium of [Roman] Catholic Social Doctrine has already spelled out some of the necessary compliances. For example, nobody will be allowed to refrain from cooperating in “the common good.” “The common good” is officially defined as follows,
“The principle of the common good, to which every aspect of social life must be related if it is to attain its fullest meaning, stems from the dignity, unity and equality of all people…the common good indicates ‘the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfilment more fully and more easily…The common good, in fact, can be understood as the social and community dimension of the moral good.”12
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7 Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994), Para. 882
8 Code of Canon Law, Latin-English ed. (Wash. DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1983). All canons are taken from this source unless otherwise stated.
9 Encyclical “Quadragesimo Anno,” Pius XI, May 15, 1931, Para. 41 Emphasis not in original.
10 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 11
11 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 18
12 Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the [Roman Catholic] Church, Sect. 164 On line at: www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html 9/30/09
Benedict’s encyclical makes much of requiring freedom for the individual “human person” and for the Papacy. This is totally a ploy as there is no freedom allowed for anyone in the temporal realm. Thus Compendium states, “The common good therefore involves all members of soci-ety, no one [in the temporal realm] is exempt from cooperating, according to each one’s possibilities, in attaining it and developing it.”13 Further, all private property and goods are to be subject to papal ruling on whether it is being used for “the common good.” The Compen-dium, of which this latest papal encyclical is a part, states the position to which Benedict holds. Its directive is the following,
“Putting the principal of the universal destination of goods into concrete practice…means that methods, limits and objects must be precisely defined…If it is true that everyone is born with the right to use the goods of the earth, it is likewise true that, in order to ensure that this right is exercised in an equitable and orderly fashion, regulated interventions are necessary, interventions that are the result of national and international agreements, and a juridical order that adjudicates and specifies the exercise of this right.” 14
While this is astonishing, the directives become worse, the Compendium states,
“Christian [i.e., Roman Catholic] tradition has never recognized the right to private property as absolute and untouchable: ‘On the contrary, it has always understood this right within the broader context of the right common to all to use the goods of the whole of creation: the right to private property is subordinated to the right to common use, to the fact that goods are meant for everyone.” 15
The idea that “goods are meant for everyone” is a principal that inspired Marxism and has been practiced in all the communist regimes of the Soviet Union, North Korea, China, Yugoslavia, Cuba, Hungary, etc. The Compendium continues,
“The Church’s social teaching moreover calls for recognition of the social function of any form of private ownership that clearly refers to its necessary relation to the common good….The universal destination of goods entails obligations on how goods are to be used by their legitimate owners…From this there arises the duty on the part of owners not to let the goods in their possession go idle and to channel them to productive activity, even entrusting them to others who are desirous and capable of putting them to use in produc-tion. 16
“New technological and scientific knowledge must be placed at the service of mankind’s primary needs, gradually increasing humanity’s common patrimony. Putting the principle of the universal destination of goods into full effect therefore requires action at the interna-tional level and planned programmes on the part of all countries.”17
Whatever papal Rome teaches on economics, re-distribution of wealth, and social justice, it does so even while seated as a primary player in international industry and banking. Being in-ternational itself, the Papacy wants increasing influence on an international level.
Clearly Roman Catholic social doctrine envisions neither a communist nor a welfare state because it holds that all goods, including private property, are to be at the service of civil authorities. These authorities will direct how, when, and by whom all goods are to be used. Further, the Papacy understands that people do not come easily or willingly to accept govern-mental authority over the use of their privately owned goods. But it is expected that over time,
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13 Compendium, Sect. 167 Throughout this paper, emphasis in original is marked by underlining. This paper’s emphasis is marked by bolding.
14 Compendium, Sect. 173
15 Compendium Sect. 177
16 Compendium Sect. 178
17 Compendium Sect. 179
with education as to their duty to provide for “the common good,” they should do so. There-fore, bad attitudes concerning participation continue to be tolerated, but presumably only until effective measures to correct them can be instituted. Thus the Compendium continues,
“The overcoming of cultural, juridical and social obstacles that often constitutes real barri-ers to the shared participation of citizens in the destiny of their communities' calls for work in the areas of information and education. In this regard, all those attitudes that encour-age in citizens an inadequate or incorrect practice of participation or that cause wide-spread disaffection with everything connected with the sphere of social and political life are a source of concern and deserve careful consideration.”18
In spite of its incessant talk of freedom, the new Roman Catholic social structure imposes many parameters that interfere with the individual’s exercise of choices regarding every area of his life.
Revamping of the Structure of the United Nations
The envisioned new social structure also has an agenda for the highest governing bodies, which are part of the temporal sphere. To this end, Pope John Paul II, in his address to the United Na-tions in 1995, called for that body to revise its thinking. Rather than to understand its function as mostly administrative, it ought to promote all nations not as a collection of nations but as a family of nations, a much different concept.19 Implicit in the idea of family is the understand-ing of a governing body, the parents, who train, oversee, and guide the development of each individual member. The same idea is implicit in the concept of the family of nations. In 1995 Pope John Paul II publicly set the stage for Benedict’s latest encyclical.
Further, all member nations are to be of equal status with a civil governing body over them. This equality rests on the concept of “the dignity of the human person” and therefore “human rights.” Indeed “the dignity of the human person” is the foundation, about which the whole corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine continually speaks. The Compendium has de-scribed the Roman Church’s social doctrine,
“The permanent principles of the Church’s social doctrine [are]…the dignity of the human person…which is the foundation of all the other principles and content of the Church's so-cial doctrine; the common good; subsidiarity; and solidarity.”20
Further, the true concept of subsidiarity is that matters ought to be handled by the least central-ized competent authority. It means that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more local level. This principle in the society of the Western world acknowledges the rights and freedom of the indi-vidual through self government, generally called self-control.21 The principle recognizes the next layer of society, the freedom of the husband with the help of his wife22 to manage his household, including his financial interests. Last, society acknowledges civil government.23 According to the Bible, civil government is given the power to enforce its nation’s laws by co-ercion and to protect its citizens by making war against the nation’s enemies. Issues of charity,
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18 Compendium, Sect. 191 Emphasis in original
19 Pope John Paul II, Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 5 October 1995 http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1995/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_05101995_address-to-uno_en.html 10/3/09
20 Compendium, Sect. 160.
21 Timothy 3:4-5; II Peter 1:5-8; Proverbs 16:32
22 Psalm 101; II Ephesians 6:1-4; 1 Timothy 3-4-5
23 Romans 13:1-4; I Peter 2:13-14 It is God’s prerogative to make His laws bind conscience so that men, “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:17
therefore, are not the legitimate concern of civil government. Rather, they are the legitimate concern of individuals and of the church.
In his latest encyclical, however, the Pope makes use of the concept of “subsidiarity,” a concept which does not apply to the Papacy. He writes,
“A particular manifestation of charity and a guiding criterion for fraternal cooperation be-tween believers and non-believers is undoubtedly the principle of subsidiarity an expression of inalienable human freedom. Subsidiarity is first and foremost a form of assistance to the human person via the autonomy of intermediate bodies. Such assistance is offered when individuals or groups are unable to accomplish something on their own, and it is always de-signed to achieve their emancipation, because it fosters freedom and participation through assumption of responsibility. Subsidiarity respects personal dignity by recognizing in the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others.” 24
The Pope gives the impression that the Papacy itself accepts and lives by the principle of sub-sidiarity. In its official teaching and practice it does no such thing. Regarding individual per-sons and the basic rights of families, the Papacy claims and exercises its power. It claims to have absolute authority over families in its legislation over marriage, even its validity and un-making.25 In its present Code of Canon Law, Canon 1671 states, “Marriage cases of the bap-tized belong to the ecclesiastical judge by the proper right.” In Canon 1142 the Pope legislates, “For a just cause, the Roman Pontiff can dissolve a non-consummated marriage between bap-tized persons or between a baptized party and a non-baptized party at the request of both parties or of one of them, even if the other party is unwilling.” These are just two of the more than one hundred ten canon laws that Church of Rome legislates on family life for Catholics around the world.26 Thus the Pope’s statement concerning subsidiarity and “inalienable human freedom” is simply a ruse and strategy to conceal his true intentions. In a similar way while speaking of the sovereignty of governments, the Papacy claims authority over nations across the world. Pope Benedict, in speaking of the principle of subsidiarity, uses it to fashion a façade under which he operates to capture power over families and nations. Thus the Pope with many long sentences of many words attempts to entice authorities worldwide to institute the Vatican’s policies.
The thrust of the latest encyclical is to promote the “reform” of the United Nations, economic institutions and international finance so that a newly established authority will be able legally to enforce papal social doctrine among nations that belong to this world body. This is what is being articulated in it's section 67,
“In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence, there is a strongly felt need…for a reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institu-tions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth…Such an authority would need to be regulated by law, to observe consistently the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity, to seek to establish the common good, and to make a commitment to securing authentic integral human development inspired by the values of charity in truth. Furthermore, such an authority would need to be universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights. Obviously it would have to have the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties, and also with the coordinated measures adopted in various in-
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24 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 57
25 Pope Leo XIII’ decree in The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, Ne-uner, J., and Dupuis, J., eds. (Cork: The Mercier Press, 1967) Para. 1821
26 So comprehensive are these laws that they are organized into chapters. Canons 1055 – 1165:
ternational forums…The integral development of peoples and international coopera-tion…also require the construction of a social order that at last conforms to the moral order, to the interconnection between moral and social spheres, and to the link between politics and the economic and civil spheres, as envisaged by the Charter of the United Nations." 27
The papal call for reforming the United Nations, economic institutions and international finance under a new universal authority has come a little over a century since the public advent of the new Roman Catholic social doctrine. Strong nations still have to be leveled to be economically equal with the third world nations. Capitalists still abound and stand in the way of redistribu-tion of their goods. National governments throughout world continue to be regulated by inter-nal laws and accountability measures. As such, they are not so quick to give over their national sovereignty. Thus the Papacy wants a world civil authority that is able “to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties.” It means that the Papacy, in spite of all its talk of peace, understands red-letter perfect the necessity of a new universal civil authority that possesses co-ercive powers to enforce effectively its decisions on every nation. Finally, it is the Pope, as the purported “Vicar of Christ”, and his Vatican that will declare what is the correct “interconnec-tion between moral and social spheres.” Regarding politics, economics and civil governments of all levels – or the temporal sphere – the new universal temporal authority will enforce these papal declarations. Section 67 of the latest encyclical, when placed in the context of the corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine, shows that the Papacy is very much obsessed with gaining the power to have all the world under it's control.
“Pincer Tactic” The Papacy is engaged in applying a classic pincer tactic of squeezing from the top and the bot-tom to capture its objective. It is employing both the civil governments, as shown above, and the Catholic lay faithful to achieve its objective. The Pope as the “supreme teaching authority" of the Roman Catholic church has decreed the following for it's lay people.
“In the tasks of evangelization, that is to say, of teaching, catechesis and formation that the church's social doctrine inspires,it is addressed to every christian[ie. Catholic]...
“This social doctrine implies as well responsibilities regarding the building, organization and functioning of society, that is to say, political, economic and administrative obligations — obligations of a secular nature — which belong to the lay faithful, not to priests or reli-gious. These responsibilities belong to the laity in a distinctive manner, by reason of the secular condition of their state of life, and of the secular nature of their vocation. By fulfilling these responsibilities, the lay faithful put the church's social teaching into action and thus fulfil the Church's secular mission." 28
“Testimony to Christ's charity, through works of justice, peace and development [as defined by Roman Catholic social doctrine]… form the basis for the missionary aspect of the Church's social doctrine, which is an essential element of evangelization. The Church's social doctrine proclaims and bears witness to faith [in the Roman Catholic Church 29]. It is an instrument and an indispensable setting for formation in faith." 30
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27 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 67
28Compendium Sect. 83
29 Catechism, Para. 168, 169, 181 30 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 15. See also “Justice in the World,” World Synod of Catholic Bishops, 1971, Sect 58 “The liturgy, which we preside over and which is the heart of the Church's life, can greatly serve education for justice…The liturgy of the word, catechesis and the celebration of the sacraments have the power to help us to discover the teaching of the prophets, the Lord and the Apostles on the subject of jus-tice. The preparation for baptism is the beginning of the formation of the Christian conscience. The
The Papacy has put real teeth into its dictates on this issue: “Insofar as it is part of the Church's moral teaching, the Church's social doctrine has the same dignity and authority as her moral teaching. It is authentic Magisterium, which obligates the faithful to adhere to it.”31 The duty of all lay Catholics to evangelize by teaching and implementing Roman Catholic social doctrine everywhere in secular society is obligatory on pain of excommunication. This means that the Papacy has a dependable fifth column in every nation where Catholics are found.
The Papacy’s vision is this: it claims the divine right to organize the whole human race by whatever means necessary to participate in its “divine vision” because “Man's earthly activ-ity, when inspired and sustained by charity, contributes to the building of the universal city of God, which is the goal of the history of the human family. In an increasingly globalized soci-ety, the common good and the effort to obtain it cannot fail to assume the dimensions of the whole human family, that is to say, the community of peoples and nations, in such a way as to shape the earthly city in unity and peace, rendering it to some degree an anticipation and a pre-figuration of the undivided city of God.”32
Conclusion
To organize “the community of peoples and nations, in such a way as to shape the earthly city” is to work to implement a terrible snare. The Lord Jesus clearly proclaimed, “My kingdom is not of this world.”33 The Lord fulfilled all righteousness in respect to fearing God and fulfilling His law. Plainly, the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ is heavenly, not a “globalized society” on earth. True believers in the Lord Jesus Christ live in the world as He did. They are in the world, but they not of the world. In contrast, the kingdom of the Pope of Rome is very much of this world. Papal Rome binds men in political, economic and religious activities. Papal pro-nouncements documented here can only be understood in the light of the Pontiff’s continued plans for world government. His presupposition is that the kingdom of God already exists in the Roman Catholic Church. This is consistent with his teaching in his new Catechism, “The [Roman Catholic] Church is the seed and beginning of this kingdom. Its keys are entrusted to Peter.”34 His documented statements are an affront to the Lord Jesus Christ in His work of re-demption. Likewise they are an affront to the Holy Spirit in His ministry of convincing the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. The Apostle Paul wrote under the direction of the Holy Spirit, “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighte-ousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.”35 Who can bear with the devouring fire of God’s everlasting wrath? The good news is that personal faith and salvation are also from His hand, “Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.”36 The Scripture proclaims, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” The Lord Himself declared, “He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned.” The Lord will always be mer-ciful to those who turn to Him in faith for the remission of sins. He clearly said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest to your souls.” Before the
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practice of penance should emphasize the social dimension of sin and of the sacrament. Finally, the Eucharist forms the community and places it at the service of people.” http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/print/49 10/8/09
31 Compendium, Sect. 80
32 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 7
33 John 18:36
34 Catechism, Para. 567.
35 Romans 1:18.
36 Acts 5:31.
all-holy God, according to the Bible, an individual is saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Following on this, all glory and praise is to God alone! ♦
The Pope’s latest encyclical can read like an ideological bombshell. However, when we study papal history with its obsession for global power, it is not so shocking. The Pa-pacy has an agenda for the United Nations, economic institutions, and international fi-nance organizations. The Pope has called for the crafting of a new governmental body above these groups and intends that the new body be equipped with enforcement power on a startling scale. Much more sobering is the detailed body of Roman Catholic social doctrine on which the encyclical is built and which the Papacy is in the process of insti-tuting secularly. These documents need to be analyzed and rejected before nations and peoples unwittingly concede both temporal and religious control to the Vatican. We have outlined the heart of the major tactics found in the body of Roman Catholic social doctrine, which includes the Pope’s latest encyclical. Our article is called; “The Pope’s Plans on Organizing Political, Economic, and Religious Activities Worldwide.” We consider this to be one of the more important analyzes we have done. I ask therefore that you forward the article to many Christians who need to take heed. I request also, if possible, that you post it on your Website or blog. The article is below.
Trusting in the Lord’s grace and mighty power,
Richard Bennett
The Pope’s Plans on Organizing
Political, Economic and Religious Activities Worldwide
By Richard Bennett
On June 29, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI published a new encyclical entitled “Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth).”1 After a list of Roman Catholic people to whom the document is ad-dressed, it inclusively states, “and [to] all people of good will.” The Pope’s audience is to be not only the adherents of the Church of Rome, but also all those who claim to believe that jus-tice, integrity, and love are the ethical foundations of human wellbeing. Thus to induce others into his line of thinking, the Pope includes leaders and followers of every religious creed, social dogma, economic and political persuasion. Many who purport to be Evangelical are already actively endorsing Papal Rome. For example, a Presbyterian conference to be held January 2010 is to offer “insight into some of the factors involved in Protestants converting to the Ro-man Church” and a study of the influence of the Vatican Council II in order to learn from the Roman Catholic communities.2 One of fifty books offered on the Internet explains how you can accept Roman Catholicism. It states, “If you are of a Baptist or Evangelical persuasion … get an understanding of how Catholicism corrects and fulfills many of the strands of theology.”3 Thus the Papacy moves ahead with strategic dialogue for enlisting every civil regime and all major religious establishments worldwide
The Pope’s latest encyclical does not stand alone. Rather it is only the most recent ad-dition to the corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine. Catholic social doctrine, a tool of the Papacy, has been and is being carefully honed and directed toward gaining both spiritual and temporal control over all nations.
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1 www.vatican.va7/.../encyclicals/.../hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html
2 www.auburnavenue.org/pastorsconference/index.html
3 www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/.../3MNVUE0HW2NSR
Historically the Papacy has been obsessed with world control. It could not and did not arise until after the power of the Imperial Roman Empire had disintegrated. The horrendous persecutions of Bible believers in earlier centuries did not cause them to give up their faith but instead created turmoil within the authority structure of the Imperial Roman Empire. Conse-quently, the Emperor Constantine in 313AD declared Christianity to be the official state relig-ion. This gave Christians legitimate status within the Imperial Empire. Accordingly, Constan-tine organized the newly designated official religion under four districts, very much as was his military. Thus he replaced the biblical structure of the church with a new military style struc-ture. In the fifth century, as the Imperial Roman Empire destabilized, the bishops of the realm, particularly the Bishop of Rome, were called on for advice. Gradually through this setting they gained legal authority in the civil arena. In the sixth century the Emperor Justinian sought the use the “Christian” state church as a stabilizing force to thwart the disintegration of the Imperial Roman Empire, which had been established and held together by military might. Justinian’s edict in 538 AD proclaimed the bishop of Rome “the Head of all the holy churches.”4 Thus he declared the Bishop of Rome head of the state church over all four districts of the Imperial Ro-man Empire. By 800 AD, however, the shoe was on the other foot when the Pope as religious leader of the Holy Roman Empire crowned Charlemagne as its Emperor.
It was Hildebrand, Pope Gregory VII, in the eleventh century who nailed down the legal power base of papal canon law so that it became incorporated into Western civilization in the legal system. Through Hildebrand’s claim of divine authority for his teaching, the Papacy in the succeeding centuries was able to surpass the kings and princes with whom it fought for su-preme authority in the Holy Roman Empire. It was through Popes Innocent III and Boniface VIII that Hildebrand’s strategy was fully implemented throughout the Holy Roman Empire. Innocent III’s contribution was principally to turn the Crusades from being used against Islam to being used against those whom the Papacy termed “heretics.” The Roman Catholic Church as part of the civil state had the authority to define and teach the Christian faith. Therefore, what ever the Papacy called heresy was a civil offense, and civil authority could be used to enforce conformity to the state religion. Thus the infamous Inquisition began in 1203 against the pros-perous Bible believing Albigenses.5 The Inquisition, the Papacy’s bloody tool for enforcing submission to its dictates by both kings and common people, lasted over 600 years across Europe. Upwards of fifty million people were tortured and killed, their goods and lands confis-cated to the Papal treasury.6 Nobody was exempt.
The beginnings of the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire manifested in the sixteenth century and seemed complete at the end of the eighteenth century. The power of the Papacy with its enforcer, the Inquisition, was broken by the recovery of the Bible and the true biblical Gospel, which were the power of the Reformation of the sixteenth century. Apparent final de-mise of the Holy Roman Empire and the Inquisition occurred when Napoleon’s army entered the Vatican and removed Pope Pius VI from his throne. With that, the destruction of the Holy Roman Empire per se was complete, for the Papacy had lost the last vestige of its basis as a civil power. The Papacy at that point had neither military might nor civil authority infrastruc-ture by which to enforce its rule through its Inquisitors.
Current Papal Progress towards Moral and Judicial Authority
The kind of world government Pope Benedict XVI is seeking to advance is one over which the Papacy would again sit as moral and judicial authority. It is to be a one-world civil body com-
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4 LeRoy Edwin Froom, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, 4 vols. R & H 1950, 1978) Vol. I, p. 511-513
5 See our DVD on the Inquisition on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8PdvOELvY
6 John Dowling, The History of Romanism (Vance Publications 2002, 1845) Bk. 8, Ch.1, pp. 542, 543
posed of member nations, all of whom are equal in status and power. Over the civil body of member nations is to be a political governing body which in turn will enforce through civil law the ideas of Catholic social doctrine. While papal plans for accomplishing this agenda are still being formulated, much of their strategy and practice is already at work in the world.
First, the Roman Catholic Church still claims that its popes, who sit in the Chair of Pe-ter, are each in his time “the Vicar of Christ.”7 As such he claims the right and the duty to judge everybody and every institution of whatever kind and magnitude. In present day canon law, Canon 1405 states that it is the right of the Pope to judge those in highest civil offices.8 Canon 333, Sect. 3 states, “There is neither repeal nor recourse against a decision or decree of the Roman Pontiff.” Pope Pius XI’s encyclical “Quadragesimo Anno,” is part of the corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine. It states “[T]hat principle which Leo XIII so clearly estab-lished must be laid down at the outset here, namely, that there resides in Us [the Papacy] the right and duty to pronounce with supreme authority upon social and economic matters.”9 These documents, and many others, state emphatically that the modern day Papacy has right and duty to pronounce with supreme authority upon social and economic matters.
Second, the papal plan will require a new social order as defined by the corpus of Ro-man Catholic social doctrine. The new social order does not apply to the Papacy itself, which is claimed to be divinely instituted, or in their terminology “from above.” It does apply to all peo-ples, all lay Roman Catholics, all civil and secular structures. These all are designated as tem-poral, or “from below.” This distinction is absolutely primary to the Papacy.
The new social structure will include every human person of the temporal realm. In his latest encyclical Benedict, citing Pope Paul VI, states, “authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension.”10 And, “The truth of development consists in its completeness: if it does not involve the whole man and every man, it is not true [authen-tic]…development.”11 What many true Bible believers may not understand is that “the whole man and every man” in the temporal realm will be required to conform to the goals of the world administration devised by the Popes of Rome and enforced by the nation states and the govern-ing body superior to them.
The Conformity that will be Mandatory
In order to implement this agenda, the Compendium of [Roman] Catholic Social Doctrine has already spelled out some of the necessary compliances. For example, nobody will be allowed to refrain from cooperating in “the common good.” “The common good” is officially defined as follows,
“The principle of the common good, to which every aspect of social life must be related if it is to attain its fullest meaning, stems from the dignity, unity and equality of all people…the common good indicates ‘the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfilment more fully and more easily…The common good, in fact, can be understood as the social and community dimension of the moral good.”12
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7 Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994), Para. 882
8 Code of Canon Law, Latin-English ed. (Wash. DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1983). All canons are taken from this source unless otherwise stated.
9 Encyclical “Quadragesimo Anno,” Pius XI, May 15, 1931, Para. 41 Emphasis not in original.
10 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 11
11 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 18
12 Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the [Roman Catholic] Church, Sect. 164 On line at: www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html 9/30/09
Benedict’s encyclical makes much of requiring freedom for the individual “human person” and for the Papacy. This is totally a ploy as there is no freedom allowed for anyone in the temporal realm. Thus Compendium states, “The common good therefore involves all members of soci-ety, no one [in the temporal realm] is exempt from cooperating, according to each one’s possibilities, in attaining it and developing it.”13 Further, all private property and goods are to be subject to papal ruling on whether it is being used for “the common good.” The Compen-dium, of which this latest papal encyclical is a part, states the position to which Benedict holds. Its directive is the following,
“Putting the principal of the universal destination of goods into concrete practice…means that methods, limits and objects must be precisely defined…If it is true that everyone is born with the right to use the goods of the earth, it is likewise true that, in order to ensure that this right is exercised in an equitable and orderly fashion, regulated interventions are necessary, interventions that are the result of national and international agreements, and a juridical order that adjudicates and specifies the exercise of this right.” 14
While this is astonishing, the directives become worse, the Compendium states,
“Christian [i.e., Roman Catholic] tradition has never recognized the right to private property as absolute and untouchable: ‘On the contrary, it has always understood this right within the broader context of the right common to all to use the goods of the whole of creation: the right to private property is subordinated to the right to common use, to the fact that goods are meant for everyone.” 15
The idea that “goods are meant for everyone” is a principal that inspired Marxism and has been practiced in all the communist regimes of the Soviet Union, North Korea, China, Yugoslavia, Cuba, Hungary, etc. The Compendium continues,
“The Church’s social teaching moreover calls for recognition of the social function of any form of private ownership that clearly refers to its necessary relation to the common good….The universal destination of goods entails obligations on how goods are to be used by their legitimate owners…From this there arises the duty on the part of owners not to let the goods in their possession go idle and to channel them to productive activity, even entrusting them to others who are desirous and capable of putting them to use in produc-tion. 16
“New technological and scientific knowledge must be placed at the service of mankind’s primary needs, gradually increasing humanity’s common patrimony. Putting the principle of the universal destination of goods into full effect therefore requires action at the interna-tional level and planned programmes on the part of all countries.”17
Whatever papal Rome teaches on economics, re-distribution of wealth, and social justice, it does so even while seated as a primary player in international industry and banking. Being in-ternational itself, the Papacy wants increasing influence on an international level.
Clearly Roman Catholic social doctrine envisions neither a communist nor a welfare state because it holds that all goods, including private property, are to be at the service of civil authorities. These authorities will direct how, when, and by whom all goods are to be used. Further, the Papacy understands that people do not come easily or willingly to accept govern-mental authority over the use of their privately owned goods. But it is expected that over time,
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13 Compendium, Sect. 167 Throughout this paper, emphasis in original is marked by underlining. This paper’s emphasis is marked by bolding.
14 Compendium, Sect. 173
15 Compendium Sect. 177
16 Compendium Sect. 178
17 Compendium Sect. 179
with education as to their duty to provide for “the common good,” they should do so. There-fore, bad attitudes concerning participation continue to be tolerated, but presumably only until effective measures to correct them can be instituted. Thus the Compendium continues,
“The overcoming of cultural, juridical and social obstacles that often constitutes real barri-ers to the shared participation of citizens in the destiny of their communities' calls for work in the areas of information and education. In this regard, all those attitudes that encour-age in citizens an inadequate or incorrect practice of participation or that cause wide-spread disaffection with everything connected with the sphere of social and political life are a source of concern and deserve careful consideration.”18
In spite of its incessant talk of freedom, the new Roman Catholic social structure imposes many parameters that interfere with the individual’s exercise of choices regarding every area of his life.
Revamping of the Structure of the United Nations
The envisioned new social structure also has an agenda for the highest governing bodies, which are part of the temporal sphere. To this end, Pope John Paul II, in his address to the United Na-tions in 1995, called for that body to revise its thinking. Rather than to understand its function as mostly administrative, it ought to promote all nations not as a collection of nations but as a family of nations, a much different concept.19 Implicit in the idea of family is the understand-ing of a governing body, the parents, who train, oversee, and guide the development of each individual member. The same idea is implicit in the concept of the family of nations. In 1995 Pope John Paul II publicly set the stage for Benedict’s latest encyclical.
Further, all member nations are to be of equal status with a civil governing body over them. This equality rests on the concept of “the dignity of the human person” and therefore “human rights.” Indeed “the dignity of the human person” is the foundation, about which the whole corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine continually speaks. The Compendium has de-scribed the Roman Church’s social doctrine,
“The permanent principles of the Church’s social doctrine [are]…the dignity of the human person…which is the foundation of all the other principles and content of the Church's so-cial doctrine; the common good; subsidiarity; and solidarity.”20
Further, the true concept of subsidiarity is that matters ought to be handled by the least central-ized competent authority. It means that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more local level. This principle in the society of the Western world acknowledges the rights and freedom of the indi-vidual through self government, generally called self-control.21 The principle recognizes the next layer of society, the freedom of the husband with the help of his wife22 to manage his household, including his financial interests. Last, society acknowledges civil government.23 According to the Bible, civil government is given the power to enforce its nation’s laws by co-ercion and to protect its citizens by making war against the nation’s enemies. Issues of charity,
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18 Compendium, Sect. 191 Emphasis in original
19 Pope John Paul II, Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 5 October 1995 http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1995/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_05101995_address-to-uno_en.html 10/3/09
20 Compendium, Sect. 160.
21 Timothy 3:4-5; II Peter 1:5-8; Proverbs 16:32
22 Psalm 101; II Ephesians 6:1-4; 1 Timothy 3-4-5
23 Romans 13:1-4; I Peter 2:13-14 It is God’s prerogative to make His laws bind conscience so that men, “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:17
therefore, are not the legitimate concern of civil government. Rather, they are the legitimate concern of individuals and of the church.
In his latest encyclical, however, the Pope makes use of the concept of “subsidiarity,” a concept which does not apply to the Papacy. He writes,
“A particular manifestation of charity and a guiding criterion for fraternal cooperation be-tween believers and non-believers is undoubtedly the principle of subsidiarity an expression of inalienable human freedom. Subsidiarity is first and foremost a form of assistance to the human person via the autonomy of intermediate bodies. Such assistance is offered when individuals or groups are unable to accomplish something on their own, and it is always de-signed to achieve their emancipation, because it fosters freedom and participation through assumption of responsibility. Subsidiarity respects personal dignity by recognizing in the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others.” 24
The Pope gives the impression that the Papacy itself accepts and lives by the principle of sub-sidiarity. In its official teaching and practice it does no such thing. Regarding individual per-sons and the basic rights of families, the Papacy claims and exercises its power. It claims to have absolute authority over families in its legislation over marriage, even its validity and un-making.25 In its present Code of Canon Law, Canon 1671 states, “Marriage cases of the bap-tized belong to the ecclesiastical judge by the proper right.” In Canon 1142 the Pope legislates, “For a just cause, the Roman Pontiff can dissolve a non-consummated marriage between bap-tized persons or between a baptized party and a non-baptized party at the request of both parties or of one of them, even if the other party is unwilling.” These are just two of the more than one hundred ten canon laws that Church of Rome legislates on family life for Catholics around the world.26 Thus the Pope’s statement concerning subsidiarity and “inalienable human freedom” is simply a ruse and strategy to conceal his true intentions. In a similar way while speaking of the sovereignty of governments, the Papacy claims authority over nations across the world. Pope Benedict, in speaking of the principle of subsidiarity, uses it to fashion a façade under which he operates to capture power over families and nations. Thus the Pope with many long sentences of many words attempts to entice authorities worldwide to institute the Vatican’s policies.
The thrust of the latest encyclical is to promote the “reform” of the United Nations, economic institutions and international finance so that a newly established authority will be able legally to enforce papal social doctrine among nations that belong to this world body. This is what is being articulated in it's section 67,
“In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence, there is a strongly felt need…for a reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institu-tions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth…Such an authority would need to be regulated by law, to observe consistently the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity, to seek to establish the common good, and to make a commitment to securing authentic integral human development inspired by the values of charity in truth. Furthermore, such an authority would need to be universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights. Obviously it would have to have the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties, and also with the coordinated measures adopted in various in-
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24 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 57
25 Pope Leo XIII’ decree in The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, Ne-uner, J., and Dupuis, J., eds. (Cork: The Mercier Press, 1967) Para. 1821
26 So comprehensive are these laws that they are organized into chapters. Canons 1055 – 1165:
ternational forums…The integral development of peoples and international coopera-tion…also require the construction of a social order that at last conforms to the moral order, to the interconnection between moral and social spheres, and to the link between politics and the economic and civil spheres, as envisaged by the Charter of the United Nations." 27
The papal call for reforming the United Nations, economic institutions and international finance under a new universal authority has come a little over a century since the public advent of the new Roman Catholic social doctrine. Strong nations still have to be leveled to be economically equal with the third world nations. Capitalists still abound and stand in the way of redistribu-tion of their goods. National governments throughout world continue to be regulated by inter-nal laws and accountability measures. As such, they are not so quick to give over their national sovereignty. Thus the Papacy wants a world civil authority that is able “to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties.” It means that the Papacy, in spite of all its talk of peace, understands red-letter perfect the necessity of a new universal civil authority that possesses co-ercive powers to enforce effectively its decisions on every nation. Finally, it is the Pope, as the purported “Vicar of Christ”, and his Vatican that will declare what is the correct “interconnec-tion between moral and social spheres.” Regarding politics, economics and civil governments of all levels – or the temporal sphere – the new universal temporal authority will enforce these papal declarations. Section 67 of the latest encyclical, when placed in the context of the corpus of Roman Catholic social doctrine, shows that the Papacy is very much obsessed with gaining the power to have all the world under it's control.
“Pincer Tactic” The Papacy is engaged in applying a classic pincer tactic of squeezing from the top and the bot-tom to capture its objective. It is employing both the civil governments, as shown above, and the Catholic lay faithful to achieve its objective. The Pope as the “supreme teaching authority" of the Roman Catholic church has decreed the following for it's lay people.
“In the tasks of evangelization, that is to say, of teaching, catechesis and formation that the church's social doctrine inspires,it is addressed to every christian[ie. Catholic]...
“This social doctrine implies as well responsibilities regarding the building, organization and functioning of society, that is to say, political, economic and administrative obligations — obligations of a secular nature — which belong to the lay faithful, not to priests or reli-gious. These responsibilities belong to the laity in a distinctive manner, by reason of the secular condition of their state of life, and of the secular nature of their vocation. By fulfilling these responsibilities, the lay faithful put the church's social teaching into action and thus fulfil the Church's secular mission." 28
“Testimony to Christ's charity, through works of justice, peace and development [as defined by Roman Catholic social doctrine]… form the basis for the missionary aspect of the Church's social doctrine, which is an essential element of evangelization. The Church's social doctrine proclaims and bears witness to faith [in the Roman Catholic Church 29]. It is an instrument and an indispensable setting for formation in faith." 30
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27 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 67
28Compendium Sect. 83
29 Catechism, Para. 168, 169, 181 30 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 15. See also “Justice in the World,” World Synod of Catholic Bishops, 1971, Sect 58 “The liturgy, which we preside over and which is the heart of the Church's life, can greatly serve education for justice…The liturgy of the word, catechesis and the celebration of the sacraments have the power to help us to discover the teaching of the prophets, the Lord and the Apostles on the subject of jus-tice. The preparation for baptism is the beginning of the formation of the Christian conscience. The
The Papacy has put real teeth into its dictates on this issue: “Insofar as it is part of the Church's moral teaching, the Church's social doctrine has the same dignity and authority as her moral teaching. It is authentic Magisterium, which obligates the faithful to adhere to it.”31 The duty of all lay Catholics to evangelize by teaching and implementing Roman Catholic social doctrine everywhere in secular society is obligatory on pain of excommunication. This means that the Papacy has a dependable fifth column in every nation where Catholics are found.
The Papacy’s vision is this: it claims the divine right to organize the whole human race by whatever means necessary to participate in its “divine vision” because “Man's earthly activ-ity, when inspired and sustained by charity, contributes to the building of the universal city of God, which is the goal of the history of the human family. In an increasingly globalized soci-ety, the common good and the effort to obtain it cannot fail to assume the dimensions of the whole human family, that is to say, the community of peoples and nations, in such a way as to shape the earthly city in unity and peace, rendering it to some degree an anticipation and a pre-figuration of the undivided city of God.”32
Conclusion
To organize “the community of peoples and nations, in such a way as to shape the earthly city” is to work to implement a terrible snare. The Lord Jesus clearly proclaimed, “My kingdom is not of this world.”33 The Lord fulfilled all righteousness in respect to fearing God and fulfilling His law. Plainly, the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ is heavenly, not a “globalized society” on earth. True believers in the Lord Jesus Christ live in the world as He did. They are in the world, but they not of the world. In contrast, the kingdom of the Pope of Rome is very much of this world. Papal Rome binds men in political, economic and religious activities. Papal pro-nouncements documented here can only be understood in the light of the Pontiff’s continued plans for world government. His presupposition is that the kingdom of God already exists in the Roman Catholic Church. This is consistent with his teaching in his new Catechism, “The [Roman Catholic] Church is the seed and beginning of this kingdom. Its keys are entrusted to Peter.”34 His documented statements are an affront to the Lord Jesus Christ in His work of re-demption. Likewise they are an affront to the Holy Spirit in His ministry of convincing the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. The Apostle Paul wrote under the direction of the Holy Spirit, “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighte-ousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.”35 Who can bear with the devouring fire of God’s everlasting wrath? The good news is that personal faith and salvation are also from His hand, “Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.”36 The Scripture proclaims, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” The Lord Himself declared, “He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned.” The Lord will always be mer-ciful to those who turn to Him in faith for the remission of sins. He clearly said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest to your souls.” Before the
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practice of penance should emphasize the social dimension of sin and of the sacrament. Finally, the Eucharist forms the community and places it at the service of people.” http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/print/49 10/8/09
31 Compendium, Sect. 80
32 “Charity in Truth”, Sect. 7
33 John 18:36
34 Catechism, Para. 567.
35 Romans 1:18.
36 Acts 5:31.
all-holy God, according to the Bible, an individual is saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Following on this, all glory and praise is to God alone! ♦
Biblical Christian Marriage
Biblical Christian Marriage
v.61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. v.62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi: for he dwelt in the south country. v.63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were coming. v.64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. v.65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil and covered herself. v.66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. v67. And Isaac brought Rebekah unto the local magistrate to obtain a license before they could be lawfully married. And after Isaac had paid the governing authority 2 shekels of silver the magistrate blessed the couple and said, "You must be the children of the most high God because of your obedience to YHWH in submitting to every ordinance here in the south country." So after this, Isaac was free to take Rebekah to wife, for Isaac knew that if he didn't take a license he would be living in sin and their subsequent children would be illegitimate.
Just in case you didn't catch it v.67 was not the true reading of Genesis 24:61-67 in the authorized version of the Bible. However, the incorrect paraphrase I inserted definitely reflects the understanding of many Christians today concerning marriage.
Many Christians have forgotten or are unfortunately not aware that God has instituted marriage. In Genesis 2:18-24 the Bible makes it clear that God is the author of the union between one man and one woman for life (see Jesus' teaching in Matthew 19 for further elaboration).
Since it is God who has instituted marriage, and put his blessing upon it, the Christian should not seek permission from the state (civil government) to do that which God has already ordained.
As a correlation to this, people who have begun meeting as the body of Christ in a home or rented building often times look to the state later on for their legitimacy as a church. Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18 said, "I will build my church."
When the body of Christ, the church, seeks a 501c3 not-for-profit status from the civil government they are abandoning Jesus Christ as the true head of the church, and substituting the corporate regulations of the state in Christ's place as the head.
The same thing takes place in the marriage covenant when a couple seeks a license from the state. "The state is a party to every marriage contract with its own residents as well as the guardians of their morals." Robert's v Robert's (1947) 81 CA2d 871, 185 P2d 381.
In a marriage under the Lordship of Jesus Christ it is three to be married, the man, the woman, and Jesus Christ. Malachi 2 makes it clear that the Lord is in covenant with the Christian man and woman when they marry. It is God who is the guardian of the morals in a marriage not the state, Malachi 2:14.
This is critical because, "Statutes both in America and England have greatly modified the ancient law as to the validity of marriages." (35 Am Jur at 46.)
If a church or marriage seeks its validity from the state, it runs head on into the double mindedness of ever changing laws. For several thousand years large families were considered a blessing in China, but since atheistic communism has controlled their civil government in recent times, the Chinese are allowed only one child per family. But thanks be unto God, His word is eternal and an absolute authority for our lives.
The Christian should have no fear in executing the testament of Jesus Christ in these areas. Proverbs 18:22 says, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." Marriage is a blessing from our gracious Lord. It is God's gift to us. I believe it is an affront to God when Christians in effect say, "Thank you Lord for my spouse to be, but let me check first with the state, and give them 50 bucks for a license to make sure I can receive your gift. What the state gives it may also take away. There is a big difference between God given rights and state privileges. The founders of this country understood this truth well when they said men, "are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights."
Pagan civil law is a law of license or permission (which can be revoked), while God's law is a perfect law of liberty under His Lordship and protection. Because much of Christianity in the United States today has drifted from the moorings of the Christian common law, our natural inclination upon reading this article might be one of shock or fear. The Christian common law is simply Biblical law applied, and the solemnization of marriage without state license is done by Christians fully cognizant of their covenant to one another and to God.
We still have vestiges of Biblical truth in most marriages today. For example, why is it that in a marriage ceremony the man comes to the front of the chapel first and the bride comes down the isle to meet him, usually presented and given away be her father? Because our Heavenly Father brought Eve unto Adam in Genesis 2:22.
I started this article by quoting Genesis 24:61-66 and misquoting vs. 67. Here is the way vs. 67 reads in the authorized version. "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death."
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v.61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. v.62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi: for he dwelt in the south country. v.63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were coming. v.64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. v.65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil and covered herself. v.66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. v67. And Isaac brought Rebekah unto the local magistrate to obtain a license before they could be lawfully married. And after Isaac had paid the governing authority 2 shekels of silver the magistrate blessed the couple and said, "You must be the children of the most high God because of your obedience to YHWH in submitting to every ordinance here in the south country." So after this, Isaac was free to take Rebekah to wife, for Isaac knew that if he didn't take a license he would be living in sin and their subsequent children would be illegitimate.
Just in case you didn't catch it v.67 was not the true reading of Genesis 24:61-67 in the authorized version of the Bible. However, the incorrect paraphrase I inserted definitely reflects the understanding of many Christians today concerning marriage.
Many Christians have forgotten or are unfortunately not aware that God has instituted marriage. In Genesis 2:18-24 the Bible makes it clear that God is the author of the union between one man and one woman for life (see Jesus' teaching in Matthew 19 for further elaboration).
Since it is God who has instituted marriage, and put his blessing upon it, the Christian should not seek permission from the state (civil government) to do that which God has already ordained.
As a correlation to this, people who have begun meeting as the body of Christ in a home or rented building often times look to the state later on for their legitimacy as a church. Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18 said, "I will build my church."
When the body of Christ, the church, seeks a 501c3 not-for-profit status from the civil government they are abandoning Jesus Christ as the true head of the church, and substituting the corporate regulations of the state in Christ's place as the head.
The same thing takes place in the marriage covenant when a couple seeks a license from the state. "The state is a party to every marriage contract with its own residents as well as the guardians of their morals." Robert's v Robert's (1947) 81 CA2d 871, 185 P2d 381.
In a marriage under the Lordship of Jesus Christ it is three to be married, the man, the woman, and Jesus Christ. Malachi 2 makes it clear that the Lord is in covenant with the Christian man and woman when they marry. It is God who is the guardian of the morals in a marriage not the state, Malachi 2:14.
This is critical because, "Statutes both in America and England have greatly modified the ancient law as to the validity of marriages." (35 Am Jur at 46.)
If a church or marriage seeks its validity from the state, it runs head on into the double mindedness of ever changing laws. For several thousand years large families were considered a blessing in China, but since atheistic communism has controlled their civil government in recent times, the Chinese are allowed only one child per family. But thanks be unto God, His word is eternal and an absolute authority for our lives.
The Christian should have no fear in executing the testament of Jesus Christ in these areas. Proverbs 18:22 says, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." Marriage is a blessing from our gracious Lord. It is God's gift to us. I believe it is an affront to God when Christians in effect say, "Thank you Lord for my spouse to be, but let me check first with the state, and give them 50 bucks for a license to make sure I can receive your gift. What the state gives it may also take away. There is a big difference between God given rights and state privileges. The founders of this country understood this truth well when they said men, "are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights."
Pagan civil law is a law of license or permission (which can be revoked), while God's law is a perfect law of liberty under His Lordship and protection. Because much of Christianity in the United States today has drifted from the moorings of the Christian common law, our natural inclination upon reading this article might be one of shock or fear. The Christian common law is simply Biblical law applied, and the solemnization of marriage without state license is done by Christians fully cognizant of their covenant to one another and to God.
We still have vestiges of Biblical truth in most marriages today. For example, why is it that in a marriage ceremony the man comes to the front of the chapel first and the bride comes down the isle to meet him, usually presented and given away be her father? Because our Heavenly Father brought Eve unto Adam in Genesis 2:22.
I started this article by quoting Genesis 24:61-66 and misquoting vs. 67. Here is the way vs. 67 reads in the authorized version. "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death."
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Pics from December and This last week
Howdy, Ya'll!
I figured since I promised some people that I would send them some pictures(don't do justice to how much snow we really got) of the blizzard we had that I would just post them on here and post pictures of the worm bin like I had promised awhile ago.
Worm Bin with tons of worms(babies included, it's hard to see the babies):
Snow...these were taken the day after the blizzard. There were many people who were driving when it started and many had to abandon their vehicles on the road, side of the road, and in parking lots because they couldn't drive when all the snow hit they would get stuck. Some left their vehicles for a day or two. Wish I would of taken pictures of the cars that got stuck. I think we got 11-15 inches. And let me say that is rare her in Okie. My Uncle took these pictures:
And here's a picture of my dear little brother. He originally wanted my Pa to draw a mustache on him but I said how about a beard, so he had my Pa draw a beard instead just for me:) Awww. Pa started running out of the black marker so he used the brown marker to finish it up.
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Hope everyone has a wonderful-good day!
Anchored in Jesus Christ,
Karla
I figured since I promised some people that I would send them some pictures(don't do justice to how much snow we really got) of the blizzard we had that I would just post them on here and post pictures of the worm bin like I had promised awhile ago.
Worm Bin with tons of worms(babies included, it's hard to see the babies):
Snow...these were taken the day after the blizzard. There were many people who were driving when it started and many had to abandon their vehicles on the road, side of the road, and in parking lots because they couldn't drive when all the snow hit they would get stuck. Some left their vehicles for a day or two. Wish I would of taken pictures of the cars that got stuck. I think we got 11-15 inches. And let me say that is rare her in Okie. My Uncle took these pictures:
And here's a picture of my dear little brother. He originally wanted my Pa to draw a mustache on him but I said how about a beard, so he had my Pa draw a beard instead just for me:) Awww. Pa started running out of the black marker so he used the brown marker to finish it up.
alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425931607436434674" />Hope everyone has a wonderful-good day!
Anchored in Jesus Christ,
Karla
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Satan's Master Plan To Destroy the Lord's Church
Satan’s Master Plan to Destroy the Lord’s Church
Link to this article
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DISCLAIMER: We in no way agree totally with Dr. Greg Dixon or Sam Adams doctrinally but he has done his research and has experience in this. I am sure you will find this informative and realize we have been ignorant when it comes to this and many other things.
Table of Contents
· Satan’s Master Plan to Destroy the Lord’s Church (Online Power Point Presentation)
· The Trail of Blood Revisited—Christ's True Church Its Past, Present and Future
· THIRTY WAYS THAT THE IRS TRIES TO CONTROL PREACHERS AND CHURCHES IN
AMERICA By Dr Greg Dixon
· Is Tax Exemption Modern-day Baal Worship? By Dr. Don Boys
· IRS WARNS CHURCH MAY LOSE TAX EXEMPTION
· FAITH BASED 501-c-3 Churches are part of HOMELAND SECURITY NOW!
· Romans 13 & Unlimited Subservience to the Government: Where should a Bible
Believing Christian Draw the Line?
· Will your pastor cooperate with the Federal Government, as liberal Protestant pastors
meekly did under the terror of Adolf Hitler?
· Feds Train Clergy To "Quell Dissent" During Martial Law
· Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in Preparation For Martial Law:
Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach congregations to "obey the
government" during seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and forced
relocation
· Excellent Study: The Surrender and Betrayal of the Church The Unholy Union of the
Church with the State thru Incorporation and Tax Exemption by Sam Adams
Satan’s Master Plan to Destroy the Lord’s Church
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The Trail of Blood
Revisited—Christ's
True Church Its Past,
Present and Future:
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contemporary overview of
some of the conflicts the Lord's
Church has encountered, and
the ever-increasing efforts of
civil government to ensnare
and control the Lord's Church.
If civil government can require
the Lord's Church to file one
form and provide one piece of
information regarding its
internal business and function
and ministry, it can—and
eventually will—require other
forms to be filed and other
information to be given about
every internal function and
ministry of the Lord's Church.
The Lord's Church is now faced with the question of whom she will
obey—the sovereign Lord God or civil government. For the Lord's
Church to ponder the question or seek legal advice as to whether the
Lord's Church should register with civil government, seek special
privileges from civil government, pay taxes to civil government, collect
taxes for civil government, keep records for civil government, or be an
informer for civil government reveals a serious scriptural and spiritual
deficiency.
Dr. Dixon provides some practical guidelines on how the Lord's
Church can function in the real world free from civil government
entanglement. Hopefully, this book will ignite a flame of concern and
interest that will result in an application of the essential biblical truth
that Jesus Christ is the sole Lord and Head of His Church.
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THIRTY WAYS THAT THE IRS TRIES TO CONTROL
PREACHERS AND CHURCHES IN AMERICA
By Greg J. Dixon, Pastor Emeritus
Indianapolis Baptist Temple
Each of these propositions has been taken from IRS Publication 1828, Tax Guide For
Churches and Other Religious Organizations, two letters from the Regional Commissioner of the
IRS Cincinnati that the Indianapolis received through discovery, the twenty-two interrogatories that
were included with the letters, and the 4 inch file that accompanied the letter with the news
clippings on the church and pastor dating back to 1971.
The following demands are what the Internal Revenue Service requires of churches to maintain
exemption from Federal Income Tax.
1. The church must have a “distinct legal existence” – According to IRS publication #557 that
legal existence would date from incorporation, page 3. Therefore a church must be
incorporated.
2. The church must admit that it exists by privilege granted by the IRS (tax-exempt) rather than
by right granted by God through the Holy Scriptures, (non-taxable) recognizing another
Head (State) rather than Christ.
3. The church must have a “recognized creed and form of worship”. The IRS must approve
(recognize) the creed (belief) and form (manner) of worship.
4. The church must have a “definite and distinct ecclesiastical government.”
5. The church must have a “formal code of doctrine and discipline.”
6. The church must have a “distinct religious history.” This is denominational.
7. The church must be an “organization”.
8. The church must be an “organization of ordained ministers”.
9. The church must have these ordained ministers who are “selected after completing
prescribed courses of study”. Like the Apostles, who had only “been with Jesus”, local
Baptist churches many times approve pastors who are not educated at all in any formal way.
10. The church must have “established places of worship.” True churches many times have no
permanent address (place of worship), but because of persecution and other reasons have
moved from place to place.
11. The church must submit to the IRS by paying a user fee (tribute) for tax-exempt status. This
would be contrary to the Scriptures, and U.S., and all State Constitutions.
12. The church must be engaged in activities that further “exclusively public Purposes rather
than Private interests.” The true church of Christ exists for the personal and private interest
of Christ her Head, not the State.
13. The church must answer to the IRS as to its “daily activities.”
14. The IRS controls all financial activities of the church including source, donors of $100.00 or
more, and expenditures.
15. The church may not use cash, or it will be suspected of money laundering. All books and
records must be available for IRS inspection at all times.
16. The church must act in the capacity of an informer to the RIS as to who serves at the church
in the capacity of “pastors, associates, counselors, educational directors, teachers, office
help, clerical, and maintenance personnel.”
17. The church must inform the IRS as to who the church helps in the area of charity.
18. The church must inform the IRS as to love gifts to evangelists and missionaries over
$600.00 by filing a Form 1099 on each including those who are regularly supported.
19. The church must use only IRS approved methods of fund raising.
20. The pastor of the church must not preach against the tax system of the U.S. or say anything
against the practices and tactics of the IRS.
21. The pastor of the church must answer to the IRS and give unlimited submission to the civil
magistrate pertaining to all laws, federal, state and local, including “Public Policy.”
22. The pastor of the church must advocate, promote, and actively encourage race mixing if the
church has an educational ministry.
23. The pastor of the church cannot influence legislation concerning licensure of church
ministries.
24. The pastor of the church cannot engage in political activity in regard to opposing
pornography.
25. The pastor of the church cannot actively support legislation that declares that children
belong to their parents not the state.
26. The pastor of the church cannot actively support legislation opposing a state lottery or other
gambling laws.
27. The pastor of the church cannot advocate support of the U.s. or State Constitutions as the
Supreme Law of the U.S. or the various states.
28. The pastor of the church cannot actively participate in opposing the public school system.
29. The pastor of the church cannot declare publicly that the church is to obey God, not
government.
30. The pastor of the church cannot oppose laws legalizing sodomy.
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Is Tax Exemption Modern-day Baal Worship?
By Dr. Don Boys
Many people have confused the tax issue as it relates to churches. And there is no comparison
with personal taxes. That is a different subject altogether. The issue relating to churches and taxes
is two-fold: Should churches pay taxes and do churches have a right to demand that all gifts be
deductible from a contributor's income tax? That is the issue before us today.
The Bible nor the Constitution speak to this issue of tax deduction. The fact that we have been
permitted to deduct from our taxes what we give to the church is simply a benefit that we have had
since the income tax was foisted upon us in 1913. I believe that benefit is coming to an end - and
maybe it should!
Should churches be willing to bow to Baal in order to have the privilege of tax deduction by its
members? Remember the principle that if you get a benefit from government, you willingly put
yourself (or church) under its authority while at the same time losing some autonomy.
The Bob Jones decision (where the Supreme Court twisted the Constitution and reality like a
pretzel) will haunt us for decades. If a church stands for anything contrary to "public policy" it will be
said to be in violation of the Constitution. What is "public policy"? If you preach against perversion,
abortion, welfare, etc. then you are going against "public policy" and may lose your tax exemption.
Should a church have tax exempt status especially when you realize the price that must be paid to
keep it? The price? Obedience to Federal regulations. If a church did not have the benefits of tax
exemption, there would be no "sword" over it. A pastor could preach about any moral issue and
could support any political candidate without fear of losing that tax exempt status since the church
would not have it to lose.
Another question: Suppose you knew a candidate for office were another Hitler who would do
irreparable harm to our nation and wreak havoc with our churches. Under the law your church
cannot help defeat him and help elect his opponent. Why? Because that is part of the "contract"
you have with the government. Is it worth it? Is it now past time for churches to declare themselves
totally independent of government coercion by surrendering their tax exempt status?
Frankly, I think the issue is moot because I believe the government will "cut the cord" between us in
order to collect more personal taxes from each of us. Of course, concerned pastors will ask: Will
church members continue to give the same amount if their gifts are not deductible from their tax
returns? Wise pastors should start preparing their people NOW for that day.
We have bowed the knee to Baal for too long, and while government has its legitimate place, it is
not at church! Maybe it is time to tell public officials to keep their grubby hands off the Church of
Jesus Christ and keep them out of church coffers. And as for tax exemption, we will trade it for our
freedom. Not a bad deal when you come to think about it, and I hope you will.
Copyright, 1997, Don Boys, Ph.D
IRS WARNS CHURCH MAY LOSE TAX EXEMPTION
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com
Free speech and the right to oppose policies you consider unjust may be even more at stake than
we had thought under the present Administration. According to a Los Angeles Times story cited on
What Really Happened, one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches could be
losing its tax-exempt status, merely because of an anti-war sermon its now-former rector delivered,
two days before the 2004 election.
The Internal Revenue Service has warned the All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena,
California, that it may be losing its tax exemption, citing a sermon by the Rev. George F. Regas, on
Oct. 31, 2004. In his lesson that day, Regas (who had previously opposed from the pulpit both the
Vietnam War and 1991's Gulf War), imagined Jesus in a political debate with then-candidates
George W. Bush and John Kerry.
According to the story, he did not take sides or tell parishioners who to vote for, but he did criticize
the war in Iraq, stating that Jesus would have called Bush's pre-emptive war "a failed doctrine," and
that "Forcibly changing the regime of an enemy that posed no imminent threat has led to disaster."
Regas was rector of All Saints from 1967 to 1995, and was a guest speaker at that particular
service.
The response from the IRS was far from immediate, but the church received a notice on June 9
that "a reasonable belief exists that you may not be tax-exempt as a church," citing an LA Times
account of the Regas sermon. Perhaps most ironic is the fact that the IRS cited the Times's
coverage of the sermon, and not the sermon itself, as its basis for the decision; the Times went
beyond quoting from the sermon's text and characterized it as a "searing indictment of the Bush
administration's policies in Iraq," which also described "tax cuts as inimical to the values of Jesus."
The IRS letter specifically cited these news report characterizations of Regas's words. Meanwhile,
current Rector J. Edwin Bacon was quoted as saying, "We are so careful at our church never to
endorse a candidate. One of the strongest sermons I've ever given was against President Clinton's
fraying of the social safety net." Phone calls by the Times, attempting to reach IRS officials in
Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles for comment, were not returned.
A further consideration is that churches all over California have been taking stances on both sides
of the controversial Proposition 73, which would ban abortions for minors without parental
notification. Some at All Saints believe they are being singled out in spite of the tolerance for this
widespread political activity. Bacon said the church had retained the services of a Washington law
firm with expertise in tax-exempt organizations, and told his congregation: "It's important for
everyone to understand that the IRS concerns are not supported by the facts."
In an October letter to the IRS, Marcus Owens, the church's tax attorney and a former head of the
IRS tax-exempt section, said, "It seems ludicrous to suggest that a pastor cannot preach about the
value of promoting peace simply because the nation happens to be at war during an election
season." - ST
staff reports - Free-Market News Network
FAITH BASED 501-c-3 Churches are part of HOMELAND
SECURITY NOW!
Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060307-5.html
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand
opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to
better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department
of Homeland Security.
(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) shall establish within the Department of
Homeland Security (Department) a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
(Center).
(b) The Center shall be supervised by a Director appointed by Secretary. The Secretary shall
consult with the Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
(WHOFBCI Director) prior to making such appointment.
(c) The Department shall provide the Center with appropriate staff, administrative support, and
other resources to meet its responsibilities under this order.
(d) The Center shall begin operations no later than 45 days from the date of this order.
Sec. 2. Purpose of Center. The purpose of the Center shall be to coordinate agency efforts to
eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faithbased
and other community organizations in the provision of social and community services.
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. In carrying out the
purpose set forth in section 2 of this order, the Center shall:
(a) conduct, in coordination with the WHOFBCI Director, a department-wide audit to identify all
existing barriers to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the
delivery of social and community services by the Department, including but not limited to
regulations, rules, orders, procure-ment, and other internal policies and practices, and outreach
activities that unlawfully discriminate against, or otherwise discourage or disadvantage the
participation of faith-based and other community organizations in Federal programs;
(b) coordinate a comprehensive departmental effort to incorporate faith-based and other
community organizations in Department programs and initiatives to the greatest extent
possible;
(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE
Romans 13 & Unlimited Subservience to the Government: Where should a
Bible Believing Christian Draw the Line?
It seems that every time someone such as myself attempts to encourage our
Christian brothers and sisters to resist an unconstitutional or otherwise
reprehensible government policy, we hear the retort, "What about Romans
Chapter 13? We Christians must submit to government. Any government.
Read your Bible, and leave me alone."
Or words to that effect.
No doubt, some who use this argument are sincere. They are only repeating
what they have heard their pastor and other religious leaders say. On the
other hand, let's be honest enough to admit that some who use this argument
are just plain lazy, apathetic, and indifferent.
And Romans 13 is their escape from responsibility. I suspect this is the much larger group, by the
way.
Nevertheless, for the benefit of those who are sincere (but obviously misinformed), let's briefly
examine Romans Chapter 13. I quote Romans Chapter 13, verses 1 through 7, from the
Authorized King James text:
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers
that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of
God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou
shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that
which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only
for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For this cause pay ye tribute
also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all
their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to
whom honor."
Do our Christian friends who use these verses to teach that we should not oppose President Bush
or any other political leader, really believe that civil magistrates have unlimited authority to do
anything they want without opposition? I doubt whether they truly believe that.
For example, what if our President decided to resurrect the old monarchal custom of Jus Primae
Noctis (Law of First Night)? That was the old medieval custom when the king claimed the right to
sleep with a subject's bride on the first night of their marriage. Would our sincere Christian brethren
sheepishly say, "Romans Chapter 13 says we must submit to the government"?
I think not. And would any of us respect any man who would submit to such a law?
So, there are limits to authority.
A father has authority in his home, but does this give him power to abuse his wife and children? Of
course not.
An employer has authority on the job, but does this give him power to control the private lives of his
employees? No.
A pastor has overseer authority in the church, but does this give him power to tell employers in his
church how to run their businesses? Of course not.
All human authority is limited in nature. No man has unlimited authority over the lives of
other men. (Lordship and Sovereignty is the exclusive domain of Jesus Christ.)
By the same token, a civil magistrate has authority in civil matters, but his authority is limited and
defined. Observe that Romans Chapter 13 clearly limits the authority of civil government by strictly
defining its purpose: "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil . . . For he is the
minister of God to thee for good . . . for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon
him that doeth evil."
Notice that civil government must not be a "terror to good works." It has no power or authority to
terrorize good works or good people. God never gave it that authority. And any government that
oversteps that divine boundary has no divine authority or protection.
Civil government is a "minister of God to thee for good." It is a not a minister of God for evil. Civil
magistrates have a divine duty to "execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." They have no
authority to execute wrath upon him that doeth good. None. Zilch. Zero. And anyone who says
they do is lying.
So, even in the midst of telling Christians to submit to civil authority, Romans Chapter 13 limits
the power and reach of civil authority.
Did Moses violate God's principle of submission to authority when he killed the Egyptian
taskmaster in defense of his fellow Hebrew?
Did Elijah violate God's principle of submission to authority when he openly challenged Ahab and
Jezebel?
Did David violate God's principle of submission to authority when he refused to surrender to Saul's
troops?
Did Daniel violate God's principle of submission to authority when he disobeyed the king's law to
not pray audibly to God?
Did the three Hebrew children violate God's principle of submission to authority when they refused
to bow to the image of the state?
Did John the Baptist violate God's principle of submission to authority when he publicly scolded
King Herod for his infidelity?
Did Simon Peter and the other Apostles violate God's principle of submission to authority when
they refused to stop preaching on the streets of Jerusalem?
Act 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather
than men.
Did Paul violate God's principle of submission to authority when he refused to obey those
authorities who demanded that he abandon his missionary work? In fact, Paul spent almost as
much time in jail as he did out of jail.
Remember that every apostle of Christ (except John) was killed by hostile civil authorities
opposed to their endeavors. Christians throughout church history were imprisoned,
tortured, or killed by civil authorities of all stripes for refusing to submit to their various
laws and prohibitions. Did all of these Christian martyrs violate God's principle of
submission to authority?
So, even the great prophets, apostles, and writers of the Bible (including the writer of
Romans Chapter 13) understood that human authority--even civil authority--is limited.
Plus, Paul makes it clear that our submission to civil authority must be predicated on more than
fear of governmental retaliation. Notice, he said, "Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake." Meaning, our obedience to civil authority is more than just
"because they said so." It is also a matter of conscience. This means we must think and reason
for ourselves regarding the justness and rightness of our government's laws.
Obedience is not automatic or robotic. It is a result of both rational deliberation and moral
approbation.
Therefore, there are times when civil authority may need to be resisted. Either governmental
abuse of power or the violation of conscience (or both) could precipitate civil disobedience. Of
course, how and when we decide to resist civil authority is an entirely separate issue. And I will
reserve that discussion for another time.
Beyond that, we in the United States of America do not live under a monarchy. We have no king.
There is no single governing official in this country. America's "supreme Law" does not rest
with any man or any group of men. America's "supreme Law" does not rest with the President, the
Congress, or even the Supreme Court. In America, the U.S. Constitution is the "supreme Law of
the Land." Under our laws, every governing official publicly promises to submit to the Constitution
of the United States. Do readers understand the significance of this distinction?
This means that in America the "higher powers" are not the men who occupy elected office; they
are the tenets and principles set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Under our laws and form of
government, it is the duty of every citizen, including our elected officials, to obey the U.S.
Constitution.
Dear Christian friend, the above is exactly the proper understanding of our responsibility to civil
authority in these United States, as per the teaching of Romans Chapter 13.
Furthermore, Christians, above all people, should desire that their elected representatives submit
to the Constitution, because it is constitutional government that has done more to protect Christian
liberty than any governing document ever devised by man..
As a result, Christians in America (for the most part) have not had to face the painful decision to
"obey God rather than men" and defy their civil authorities.
The problem in America today is that we have allowed our political leaders to violate their oaths of
office and to ignore, and blatantly disobey, the "supreme Law of the Land," the U.S. Constitution.
Therefore, if we truly believe Romans Chapter 13, we will insist and demand that our civil
magistrates submit to the U.S. Constitution.
Now, how many of us Christians are going to truly obey Romans Chapter 13?
Proverbs
25:26
: "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a
troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring."
---- Original Message -----
From: Greg Dixon
Dear friend in Christ, Some fifteen years ago or more I stood in the pulpit of the Indiana Baptist
College of the city of Indianapolis, which later became Heritage Baptist University, in a summer tent
camp meeting and warned the pastors that this event that World Net Daily announces today would
take place in the future. Most of those present stared at me with glassy eyes. One of the most
prominent pastors of the area followed me to the pulpit and In his introductory remarks rebuked me
publicly for preaching that type of sermon because it had nothing to do with our responsibility as
preachers of getting the gospel of Christ to out. That dear brother is with the Lord now. I am still
here to see the prophecy that I warned of, which was not in reality a prophecy but based on sound
facts, fulfilled before the entire world. However the preachers for the most part are still glassy eyed
and I am still being attacked for trying to warn them. Amazing but true.
Dr. Greg Dixon
During the coming dissolution of our Constitutional
government, will your pastor cooperate with the
Federal Government, as liberal Protestant pastors
meekly did under the terror of Adolf Hitler?
Before you scoff, let us review our current news story.
NEWS BRIEF: "Homeland Security Enlists Clergy to Quell Public Unrest
if Martial Law Ever Declared", KSLA-TV, Shreveport, LA, Aug 23, 2007
View the actual TV video on this most explosive topic!
"Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical
attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help
the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us."
The Federal Government rightly knows that many, many gun owners are genuine Christians.
Therefore, in the early stages of the managed crisis which will give Federal officials the opportunity
to dissolve our Constitutional government and take away our freedoms, they know they will have to
deal with gun owners who are Bible-believing Christians.
How can the government possibly convince these Christian gun owners to surrender their guns
peaceably? Remember, the first acts a dictatorial government always takes is to declare martial
law and then confiscate guns from the public. Therefore, this discussion is not an academic one, is
it?
"... gun confiscation is exactly what happened during the state of emergency following Hurricane
Katrina in New Orleans, along with forced relocation. U.S. Troops also arrived, something far
easier to do now, thanks to last year's elimination of the 1878 Posse Comitatus act, which had
forbid regular U.S. Army troops from policing on American soil." (Ibid.)
The government plans to create the conditions ripe for the imposition of dictatorship. What is their
plan?
1) Huge disaster -- in this case, the Illuminati plans another disaster on the scale of 9/11, or
possibly even greater. Such a disaster would provide the pretext to implement their plan created
over 100 years ago; we speak more of this fact, below, as we discuss "The Protocols of the
Learned Elders of Zion".
2) Forced relocation from their homes -- New Orleans residents were forced to relocate out of
their neighborhoods, in many instances to other states. Disclocation is key to disruption of normal
life for tens of millions of civilians.
3) American troops could patrol the city, because Presidents Clinton and Bush have
consistently eroded the prohibitions of the Posse' Comitatus Act. It generally prohibits Federal
military personnel and units of the United States National Guard under Federal authority from
acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized
by the Constitution or Congress. The Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act substantially
limit the powers of the Federal government to use the military for law enforcement.In New Orleans
after Hurricane Katrina, Army troops did engage in law enforcement duties, as the video, below,
demonstrates.
Now, let us return to this feature story, so we can see the role the government envisions for
clergymen who do not know their Bibles. You will literally see that deceived and/or "wolves in
sheep's clothing" clergymen are going to fulfill the role of the "Judas Goat", the animal which
sheepherders use to be the first up the ramp to the slaughter truck, knowing that, once sheep see
the goat going up the ramp, they will quietly and meekly follow -- going to their slaughter without
resistance!
"If martial law were enacted here at home, like depicted in the movie 'The Siege', easing public
fears and quelling dissent would be critical. And that's exactly what the 'Clergy Response Team'
helped accomplish in the wake of Katrina. Dr. Durell Tuberville serves as chaplain for the
Shreveport Fire Department and the Caddo Sheriff's Office. Tuberville said of the clergy team's
mission, 'the primary thing that we say to anybody is, 'let's cooperate and get this thing over with
and then we'll settle the differences once the crisis is over.' " (Ibid., Emphasis added)
That last concept is most interesting, don't you think? Liberal clergy will be assuring their flock that
they will soon get their freedoms and their Constitution back "once the crisis is over". Isn't it
interesting that the Illuminati thought of this very concept as they planned over 100 years ago to
take our freedoms from us? Listen to their exact wording:
"4. WE ARE WOLVES -- The [people] are a flock of sheep, and we are their wolves. And you know
what happens when the wolves get hold of the flock?
5. There is another reason also why they will close their eyes: for we shall keep promising them to
give back all the liberties we have taken away as soon as we have quelled the enemies of peace
and tamed all parties .....
6. It is not worthwhile to say anything about how long a time they will be kept waiting for this return
of their liberties" ["PROTOCOL 11 -- THE TOTALITARIAN STATE", The Protocols of the
Learned Elders of Zion]
Did you completely understand this last sentence? "It is not worthwhile to say anything about how
long a time they will be kept waiting for this return of their liberties".
To see how important this false assurance is going to be to these clergymen in convincing people
to cooperate with the Federal Government, let us return to this current news article.
"Civil rights advocates believe the amount of public cooperation during such a time of unrest may
ultimately depend on how long they expect a suspension of rights might last." (Ibid.)
All clergymen who plan on cooperating with the Federal Government by holding up the false hope
that, when the crisis is over, the people will get their freedoms and their Constitution back, had
better think again! No hungry wolf ever spares the life of his victim once he has him in his jaws.
Neither will this most power-hungry Illuminati ever give his victims another chance once he has
disbanded the beloved American Constitution.
Lest you think I am wrong on this issue, listen to a current Illuminati boldly state this part of the
Plan.
"Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that
inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of
government ... if terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) against the
U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished
republican form of government." ("Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack", by
NewsMax, 11/21/03; read our analysis in NEWS1979).
At this point, you must be asking yourself a pertinent question: since Christians place much stock in
the Bible, will these liberal clergymen be able to base their message of cooperation with the
government upon any Scripture?
Let us return to our news story:
"For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or
to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13. Dr. Tuberville elaborated, 'because the
government's established by the Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the Christian faith.
That's what's stated in the scripture'." (Ibid.)
Too many churches and pastors have been misleading their flocks on this issue for the past 100
years. Cutting Edge recently posted an article written by Pastor Chuck Baldwin on this very subject.
While we cannot quote it at length here, we encourage you to read it fully, for Pastor Baldwin
debunks the use of Romans 13 as the basis for meekly cooperating with the government all of the
time, and under any circumstances. This article is NEWS2229.
During the reign of Adolf Hitler, three prominent Protestant theologians were dramatically
successful in convincing German Protestants to cooperate with Hitler, including with his genocide
of 18 million "Devalued People". (See DVD pictured above, "Theologians Under Hitler". You will
be shocked)
The Illuminati here in America is using this same tactic, and will most assuredly get the same
cooperative response, from a Christian population not familiar enough with Romans 13 to know
when they are being deceived.
When America has reached this unfortunate point, will these liberal clergymen also use the powers
of their office to assist the government in the persecution of true believers who are not willing to
give the Federal Government carte blanche authority based on Romans 13, or who are not willing
to compromise their beliefs to accomodate the new political/religious paradigm?
Will these liberal christian leaders act like the liberal churchmen of Hitler's Germany in identifying
recalcitrant church members and turn them in to the dictatorial authorities?
I personally believe that much of the reason genuine Christians will be turned in to authorities is
because church leaders submissive to the government will turn them in. Hitler was so
successful in turning Germany from a democracy to the kind of dictatorial power which could
murder 18 million devalued people and begin a war which would consume the lives of tens of
millions, that the current Illuminati leadership is following his example.
If you are a genuine Christian pastor, are you prepared for officers of Homeland Security to
enter your sanctuary, to sit down on your front row -- dressed in intimidating official
clothing -- and to listen to your sermon and your announcements? Are you prepared to have
them arrest you after the service for not adhering to official government guidelines as to
what you can and cannot say?
These intimidation tactics worked extremely well during Hitler's reign, and they will work once
again, all over the world. Pastors need to remember the era in which they are living, and not
succumb to the temporary political and religious pressure from your Illuminist government, but keep
their minds focused on the eternal.
This following Biblical passage is simply pregnant with meaning for pastors and other church
leaders of this present era.
Proverbs
25:26
: "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a
troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring."
Feds Train Clergy To "Quell Dissent" During Martial Law
Shocking KSLA 12 news report confirms story we broke last year, Pastors to cite Romans 13 as
reason for public to obey government orders, relinquish guns and be taken to camps during state of
emergency
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, August 16, 2007
A shocking KSLA news report has confirmed the story we first broke last year, that Clergy
Response Teams are being trained by the federal government to "quell dissent" and pacify citizens
to obey the government in the event of a declaration of martial law.
In May 2006, we exposed the existence of a nationwide FEMA program which is training Pastors
and other religious representatives to become secret police enforcers who teach their
congregations to "obey the government" in preparation for the implementation of martial law,
property and firearm seizures, mass vaccination programs and forced relocation.
A whistleblower who was secretly enrolled into the program told us that the feds were clandestinely
recruiting religious leaders to help implement Homeland Security directives in anticipation of a
potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a nationally declared emergency.
The first government led directive was for Pastors to preach to their congregations Romans
13, the often taken out of context bible passage that was used by Hitler to hoodwink Christians into
supporting him, in order to teach them to "obey the government" when martial law is declared.
It was related to the Pastors that quarantines, martial law and forced relocation were a problem for
state authorities when enforcing federal mandates due to the "cowboy mentality" of citizens
standing up for their property and second amendment rights as well as farmers defending their
crops and livestock from seizure.
It was stressed that the Pastors needed to preach subservience to the authorities ahead of time in
preparation for the round-ups and to make it clear to the congregation that "this is for their own
good."
Pastors were told that they would be backed up by law enforcement in controlling uncooperative
individuals and that they would even lead SWAT teams in attempting to quell resistance.
Though some doubted the accuracy of this report at the time due to its fundamentally disturbing
implications, the story has now been confirmed by a KSLA 12 news report, in which participating
clergy and officials admit to the existence of the program.
Watch the "Clergy Response Team" video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIDNQNsUss
Such clergy response teams would walk a tight-rope during martial law between the demands of
the government on the one side, versus the wishes of the public on the other. "In a lot of cases,
these clergy would already be known in the neighborhoods in which they're helping to diffuse that
situation," assured Sandy Davis. He serves as the director of the Caddo-Bossier Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or
to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13. Dr. Tuberville elaborated, "because the
government's established by the Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the
Christian faith. That's what's stated in the scripture."
Screenshot from the KSLA 12 news article that accompanies the video report
(http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=6937987).
So there you have it - Homeland Security are working with local police departments and religious
leaders to prepare for the declaration of martial law and in particular developing techniques they
will employ during the crisis to "quell dissent."
Phony Christian leaders are brainwashing their congregations to accept the premise that the
totalitarian police state is "of the Lord" and that they should get on their knees and lick jackboots
while the round-ups take place as citizens are processed into quarantine zones and detention
camps by the National Guard and U.S. troops returning from Iraq.
The precedent for mass gun confiscation and martial law in times of a real or manufactured
emergency was set during Hurricane Katrina, when police and National Guard patrols forced home
owners - even in areas unaffected by the hurricane - to hand over their legally owned firearms at
gunpoint.
This is a clear precursor for the imminent declaration of a state of emergency, a scenario that
President Bush codified in his recent Presidential Decision Directive of May 9th, which states in
the event of a "catastrophic event" the President can take total control over the government
and the country, bypassing all other levels of government at the state, federal, local,
territorial and tribal levels, and thus ensuring total unprecedented dictatorial power.
The scope of the program is so secretive that even Homeland Security Committee member and
Congressman Peter DeFazio was denied access to view the classified portion of the documents.
Clergy to be used to quell dissent
WDN--August 18, 2007--A government plan to use members of the clergy to quell dissent and
objections to government orders during a time of national emergency has been revealed by a
Shreveport, La., television station.The story by reporter Jeff Ferrell on television station KSLA says
such "Clergy Response Teams" already have been used - following the hit on New Orleans by
hurricane Katrina.The station's video is available on a link on its website, and also available on
YouTube. It asks if martial law ever could become reality in the United States, following a nuclear,
biological or chemical attack.
The report said one of the biggest tools the clergy members would use would be the Bible itself,
specifically Romans 13, where Tuberville said the Bible states "the government's established by the
Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the Christian faith. That's what's stated in the
Scripture." A blogger for the Christian education site, Chalcedon noted that the training has been
going on in secret for over a year already.
"The clergy are being advised to use Romans 13 to encourage parishioners to submit to the
sudden and massive expansion of government control that takes place during martial law,"
the writer said.
WND already has documented a series of executive orders by the president, that so far give the
government broad new powers to address private property if it's related to any one of several
issues, all of which are foreign so far.
One recent order, for example, gives Bush the power to freeze the assets of people who threaten
Iraq's stability. A former Reagan administration officials says the wording is so broad it could be
applied to any domestic opponent of the Iraq war who has assets in the U.S.
To view the entire article, visit
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57219
that even Homeland Security Committee member and Congressman Peter DeFazio was denied
access to view the classified portion of the documents.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57219
Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in
Preparation For Martial Law
Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach
congregations to "obey the government" during
seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and
forced relocation
Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | May 24 2006
A Pastor has come forward to blow the whistle on a nationwide FEMA program
which is training Pastors and other religious representatives to become secret
police enforcers who teach their congregations to "obey the government" in
preparation for a declaration of martial law, property and firearm seizures, and
forced relocation.
In March of this year the Pastor, who we shall refer to as Pastor Revere, was
invited to attend a meeting of his local FEMA chapter which circulated around
preparedness for a potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a
nationally declared emergency.
The FEMA directors told the Pastors that attended that it was their job to help
implement FEMA and Homeland Security directives in anticipation of any of
these eventualities. The first directive was for Pastors to preach to their
congregations Romans 13, the often taken out of context bible passage that was
used by Hitler to hoodwink Christians into supporting him, in order to teach them
to "obey the government" when martial law is declared.
It was related to the Pastors that quarantines, martial law and forced relocation
were a problem for state authorities when enforcing federal mandates due to the
"cowboy mentality" of citizens standing up for their property and second
amendment rights as well as farmers defending their crops and livestock from
seizure. It was stressed that the Pastors needed to preach subservience to the
authorities ahead of time in preparation for the round-ups and to make it clear to
the congregation that "this is for their own good."
We have received confirmation from other preachers and Pastors that this
program is a nationwide initiative and a literal Soviet model whereby the
churches are being systematically infiltrated by government volunteers and used
as conduits for martial law training and conditioning. The Pastor was told that
over 13,000 counties were already on board.
It falls under the umbrella of the NVOAD program which is training volunteers in
a "Peer to Peer" program in a neighborhood setting.
Pastors were told that the would be backed up by law enforcement in controlling
uncooperative individuals and that they would even lead SWAT teams in
attempting to quell resistance.
Police provide cover for a FEMA house-by-house search in New Orleans.
"We get the the picture that we're going to be standing at the end of some
farmer's lane while he's standing there with his double barrel, saying we have to
confiscate your cows, your chickens, your firearms," said Pastor Revere.
The Pastor elaborated on how the directives were being smoke screened by an
Orwellian alteration of their names.
"They're not using the term 'quarantine' - this is the term they're going to be using
- it's called 'social distancing' don't you like that one," said the Pastor.
He also highlighted how detention camps had been renamed to give them a
friendly warm veneer.
"Three months ago it was quarantine and relocation centers and now it's
'community centers' and these are going to be activated at the local schools," he
said.
Pastor Revere outlined the plan to carry out mass vaccination and enforced
drugging programs in times of crisis such as a bird flu outbreak.
"In the event of an outbreak or a bio-terrorist attack, there'd be a mass
vaccination....they have a program nationwide 'Pills in People's Palm In 48
Hours'," said the Pastor who was told that Walmart had been designated as the
central outlet of this procedure.
Pastor Revere said that many attendees believed in the necessity of the program
and were completely unaware to the motivations behind its true purpose and
were offered incentives to become volunteers such as preferential treatment and
first access for themselves and their families to vaccines and food shipments in
times of emergency.
Which roads to close off after martial law was declared had also already been
mapped out.
The precedent for mass gun confiscation in times of real or manufactured
emergency was set during Hurricane Katrina when police and national guard
patrols forced homeowners even in areas unaffected by the hurricane to hand
over their legally owned firearms at gunpoint as is detailed in the video below.
In the following video Alex Jones exposes FEMA's deliberate sabotage of
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts which were used as a platform for a beat test of
forced relocation and gun confiscation.
Alex Jones' 2001 documentary film 9/11: The Road to Tyranny featured footage
from a FEMA symposium given to firefighters and other emergency personnel in
Kansas City in which it was stated that the founding fathers, Christians and
homeschoolers were terrorists and should be treated with the utmost suspicion
and brutality in times of national emergency.
We have highlighted previous training manuals issues by state and federal
government bodies which identify whole swathes of the population as potential
terrorists. A Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Law Enforcement
pamphlet gives the public characteristics to identify terrorists that include buying
baby formula, beer, wearing Levi jeans, carrying identifying documents like a
drivers license and traveling with women or children.
A Virginia training manual used to help state employees recognize terrorists
lists anti-government and property rights activists as terrorists and includes
binoculars, video cameras, pads and notebooks in a compendium of terrorist
tools.
Shortly after 9/11 a Phoenix FBI manual that was disseminated amongst federal
employees at the end of the Clinton term caused waves on the Internet after it
was revealed that potential terrorists included, "defenders of the US Constitution
against federal government and the UN, " and individuals who "make numerous
references to the US Constitution." Lawyers everywhere cowered in fear at being
shipped off to Gitmo.
In December 2003 the FBI warned Americans nationwide to be on the lookout
for people reading Almanacs as this could indicate an act of terrorism in
planning. Almanacs are popular glove box inventory of any vehicle and this
ludicrous fearmongering was met with a raucous response from satirists and
news commentators.
In another twilight zone Nazi-like spectacle, Pastors were asked to make a
pledge or an affirmation during the meeting to fulfil the roles ascribed to them by
FEMA. They were given assurances that they would be covered by full
compensation in the event of resisters injuring them during property seizures and
round-ups.
The Pastor said that his county had already succumbed to a tattle-tale like
mentality where neighbors were reporting neighbors to the authorities for things
like having chickens in their back yard. The brown shirt precedent has been set
whereby people immediately turn to the authorities in fealty whenever their
paranoid suspicions, fueled by zealous government and media fearmongering,
are heightened.
Pastor Revere said the completion of the first stage of the program was slated for
August 31st. At this point all the counties within the United States would be
networked as part of the so-called disaster relief program.
We issue a challenge to all of our readers to print off this article and the
supporting documents and confront their local preacher with it. If they don't
receive a response within a week they should investigate further into whether
their preacher is involved and hand out information to other members of the
congregation.
Click here to listen to the Pastor's interview on the Alex Jones Show.
The Surrender and Betrayal of the Church The
Unholy Union of the Church with the State thru
Incorporation and Tax Exemption by Sam Adams
A great and treacherous apostasy has taken place in the churches of America to
which most Christians are totally oblivious, but which almost every church in
America has fallen prey to. Though the New Testament Church has been called
out to be the faithful bride of her one and only husband, the Lord Jesus Christ,
she has betrayed her espoused head. The Apostle Paul said to the church at
Corinth, “For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I have espoused
you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I
fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your
minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Cor. 11:2-3).
Just as Old Testament Israel was unfaithful to her husband and went “whoring”
after other gods, so has the Church in America corrupted herself, and as the
Apostle feared, has indeed been beguiled by the Serpent as was Eve. Like the
church at Ephesus she has left her first love, and has joined herself in an
adulterous affair with another head, the civil government, otherwise known as the
state, and has thereby been neutralized from being the “salt” of our society (Mt
5:13). This betrayal has taken place by: (1) re-organizing the churches into
fictitious corporations which by law are created by and therefore controlled by the
state, and by: (2) entering into a traitorous contract with the government to limit
their message and influence in society in exchange for tax exemption. Though
the Bible clearly teaches that Christ is to be head over all things to the church
(Eph. 1:22), the churches have taken the idolatrous position that the Lord Jesus
must share his lordship over his Church with the state; and they are furthermore,
except for a few brave souls, refusing to see how great and abominable this sin
is, and are refusing to repent and correct their error. In this exposé the following
facts will be conclusively shown:
1. Incorporated “churches” are not and cannot be true New Testament churches,
in that: • Corporations are created by the state, not by Jesus; • Their head and
master by law is the State, not Jesus; • Their final authority for faith and practice
by law is their corporate charter and statute law, not the Bible; • At law their
property belongs to the State, not to God • Their pastors do not have Biblical
authority (per Heb. 13:7,
17; etc.) over their flocks but are mere hirelings (John 10:12) under authority of
the corporate trustees, and:
2. Tax Exemption for “not-for-profit” organizations (for corporations, trusts and
unincorporated associations) under Internal Revenue Code sec. 501(c)3 is a trap
used by the government to control the churches and silence the preachers of
America from influencing our government and society, and from crying out
against wicked government policies, politics and politicians. For the churches to
enter into such a treacherous contract with the state constitutes a grievous,
abominable SIN. In fact, for all practical purposes it is a sin very similar to taking
the "mark of the beast" (Rev. 13) upon the Church, in betraying the Lordship of
Christ by bowing to the supremacy of the state. The civil government has always,
from the first century onward, attempted to control and subjugate the Church of
the Lord Jesus Christ. The Jewish Sanhedrin asked Peter of his authority to
preach and heal in Acts 4:7, “By what power, or by what name [(i.e., By whose
authority)], have ye done this?” This was essentially the same question they had
asked the Lord Jesus in Matt 21:23: “By what authority doest thou these things?
and who gave thee this authority?” They wanted the disciples to ask them for
their permission or authority to preach. They may have let them preach about
Jesus, but only under their authority. It has been the same down through the
ages, through the days of intense and bloody persecution of the true church by
the Roman Caesars and then for many centuries by the Roman Papacy, after the
apostate church entered into an unholy marriage compact with Roman emperor
Constantine in the fourth century. The issue has always been who would control
the Church; civil/ecclesiastical government, or the Lord Jesus. One of the primary
reasons God had so blessed America is that under our Constitutional system and
Bill of Rights, the Church could for the first time in history function unhindered by
the state. Before that time, even in America, most of the 13 colonies had their
own state churches, which often persecuted those of dissenting denominations.
Patrick Henry’s timeless quote, “I know not what course other men may take, but
as for me, give me liberty or give me death” was inspired when he witnessed a
man being publicly flogged in Culpepper, Virginia, in March of 1775. The man
was of one of twelve Baptist preachers jailed for preaching without a license from
the state (Episcopal) church. In 1789 there were many delegates to the
Constitutional Convention who were still of the belief that the nation must select
and support a state church. It was primarily at the insistence of the Baptists of
Rhode Island, assisted by Madison and Jefferson of Virginia, that the First
Amendment was adopted guaranteeing that no particular denominational sect
would be sanctioned by the government. During Madison’s presidency the
Episcopal Church sought incorporation through Congress. Madison vetoed the
legislation, saying that if the government incorporated the Episcopal Church it
would have created a state church. For over a hundred years after the adoption
of the Bill of Rights, the Church stood rightly as the “watchdog” over the
government, holding government accountable to the Word of God (Ps. 149:5-9).
Legislation in Christian America back then had to pass the “pulpit test”; if it
wouldn’t preach well from the pulpits it would surely not pass in the legislature.
Sadly, those days are now long gone and the Church has been effectively
silenced. It has become incorporated, and it has, to its shame, become a state
church. A CORPORATION CANNOT BE A CHURCH A true New Testament
church cannot organize as a corporation, because a corporation cannot be a true
New Testament church. What exactly is a corporation? Black’s Law Dictionary
(6th. Ed.) defines a corporation as “an artificial person or legal entity created by
or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by
statute as a legal entity.” By law, corporations are created by the state and are
therefore by law under the state’s jurisdiction and control. To affirm this point, in
the landmark case of Hale v. Hinkle, 201 U.S.
43 (1906), the U.S. Supreme Court made the following very revealing
declaration: “A corporation is a creature of the state. It is presumed to be
incorporated for the benefit of the public. It receives certain special privileges and
franchises and holds them subject to the laws of the state and the limitations of
its charter. Its powers are limited by law. It can make no contract not authorized
by its charter. Its right to act as a corporation are only preserved to it so long as it
obeys the laws of its creation. There is a reserved right in the legislature to
investigate its contracts and ascertain if it has exceeded its power.” (emphasis
added) It should be obvious to every thinking Christian that every statement in
the above legal definition of a corporation is diametrically opposed to the Biblical
definition of the Church and to the lordship of Christ over His church. Consider
these statements one by one: “A corporation is a creature of the state...” Our
copyright and patent laws are based on the legal maxim that the creator always
has ownership and control over his creation. By law whatever the state creates,
the state controls. A New Testament church cannot be a creature of the state;
Jesus founded the church and said He would build His church. “...It is presumed
to be incorporated for the benefit of the public...” The Church exists for the
benefit of its members (1 Cor. 12) and its head, the Lord Jesus Christ, NOT the
public. Jesus promised us that the world (the public) would HATE the Church
(John 15:18-
19). Corporate churches must by law exist for the benefit of the public, which is
exactly why the IRS says they cannot publicly preach any “propaganda” contrary
to established public policy. “...It receives certain special privileges and
franchises...” (the Church exists and functions as a matter of right, not of
privilege; by order of the Lord Jesus’ commission in Matthew 28:18-20, not by
permission from the government) “and holds them subject to the laws of the state
and the limitations of its charter [(not the Bible)]. Its powers are limited by law
[(not the Bible)]. It can make no contract not authorized by its charter [(not the
Bible)]. Its right to act as a corporation are only preserved to it so long as it obeys
the laws of its creation.” By law the first and final authority for the corporation is
the corporation’s charter
(corporate constitution and by-laws) and corporate statute law, not the Bible.
“There is a reserved right in the legislature to investigate its contracts and
ascertain if it has exceeded its power.” Regarding this right, the court also said:
“the right of visitation [by government] is for the purpose of control and to see that
the corporation keeps within the limits of it powers.” A corporate church has no
privacy in its membership, financial or other business records, which may be
ordered at any time to be open to public scrutiny and control. Incorporated
churches are therefore informants for the government regarding the finances and
contributions of its members. Corporate churches are required to conduct regular
business meetings and maintain minutes from those meetings, also open to
public scrutiny. Also, by corporate law, all property owned by the corporation is
held in trust by the trustees for the beneficiary of the trust, which is the state; i.e.,
the property is ultimately owned by the state. Under corporate law, Biblical
church government is turned on its head as the trustees run the corporation on
behalf of the State, and are over the pastor in authority. The church is converted
to a business, the pastor is reduced to a CEO of the business and is now a mere
a hireling
(John 10:12). Consider the glaring contrast between the above quote from the
Hale v. Hinkle ruling and the 1st Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall
make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof.” That means Congress can neither protect nor restrict the
Church’s activities. Congress has no jurisdiction to make any law which applies
to the Church. Conversely, as stated in Hale v. Hinkle, corporations cannot exist
or function apart from statute law! When a church incorporates, it is then seen in
the eyes of the law (by the courts) as a corporation, not a church. As such,
incorporated churches are not protected under the First Amendment to the
Constitution, but are entities over which the courts and the legislature may take
jurisdiction and command to perform according to their orders. That is how the
courts can hand down decisions against incorporated churches that seem to
violate the First Amendment, when actually the First Amendment does not even
apply! Incorporated “churches” have no 1st Amendment rights; they have
willingly given up First Amendment protection in exchange for corporate
privileges and government subsidies, just as Jacob’s older brother Esau traded
his birthright for a mess of pottage. Beyond this, however, and by far the most
critical issue, is that the head of every incorporated “church” is the State, not the
Lord Jesus. TAX EXEMPTION vs. TAX IMMUNITY As if incorporation itself
wasn’t bad enough, the incorporated “church” then goes to the state to humbly
beg for tax exemption as a “Non-Profit Charitable Organization” (see Jer. 2:11,
“but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit”). The true
Church, protected under the 1st Amendment, is actually non-taxable; it is
immune from taxation and needs no exemption, which is only a privileged
exception extended to taxable entities at the government’s expense. As such, the
Supreme Court ruled in the Bob Jones University case that tax exemption for
non-profit organizations is a government subsidy. Regarding their Supreme Court
ruling, Dr. Bob Jones III wrote the following summary
(emphasis added), clearly showing that tax exemption is a trap: “From 1971 until
1983 Bob Jones University was in controversy with the IRS over its tax-exempt
status. The issue culminated in a 1983 ruling against this institution by the U.S.
Supreme Court declaring that since we held views that were contrary to
prevailing federal public policy we would forfeit our exemption...the court ruled in
our case that tax exemption was a subsidy...and that religious organizations had
to yield their religious beliefs in favor of ‘overriding government interests.” In case
you missed it, that quote said tax exemption is a government subsidy. What the
government subsidizes, it also controls. Tax Exemption is a trap, which has been
intentionally baited and sprung by the government to lure and draw the churches
outside of Constitutional protection, and thereby to control the churches and
pulpits of America and prevent them from speaking out against established
government policy. To receive tax exemption the corporate “churches” must
enter into a treacherous covenant with the IRS to preach public policy and
remain silent on all issues before the legislature. This “new covenant” for the
corporate church, otherwise known as Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)3,
reads as follows: Sec. 501. Exemption from Tax on Corporations, Certain Trusts,
etc...
(c). List of Exempt Organizations...
(3). Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and
operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety,
literary, or educational purposes or to foster national or international amateur
sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part
of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or
individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda
[?] or otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided
in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in, (including
the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of
(or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. (emphasis added) By begging
for tax exemption under IRC 501(c)3 the incorporated churches have lumped
themselves together with secular and pagan organizations (most of which are
allowed to lobby to influence legislation under an exception clause not offered to
churches; see 501(h)(5)); and have made an agreement with the government not
to “carry on propaganda” (not defined in the IR Code, but defined in the BJU
case quoted above as speaking out against "prevailing Federal public policy") or
to “attempt to influence legislation.” If an issue such as homosexual rights or child
pornography or abortion rights is being considered in Congress, pastors of
501(c)3 incorporated churches are not allowed to tell their people to call their
congressmen to voice their views, as that is attempting to influence legislation.
They are not allowed to take out ads in the local news media to inform Christians
on legislative issues. Technically, IRC 501(c)3 can be interpreted to completely
disallow preachers from even preaching from their own pulpits on political issues.
The day will soon come that the “propaganda” forbidden by 501(c)3 will include
preaching the Gospel that the only way to heaven is through the Lord Jesus.
Actually, under current “hate crime” legislation, that day is already upon us. For
preachers to say (as many do when confronted with the issue) that they can
make such an agreement without intending to keep it constitutes fraud, and is
exactly parallel to taking the mark of the beast with their fingers crossed behind
their backs. Also, any Christian who believes the Church should be confined to
its own four walls and should not influence government or society needs to reread
his Bible, particularly such passages as Matt. 5:13-14, Matt. 28:18 (“all
authority in heaven and in earth”), Rev. 5:10, Is. 9:6-7, Ps. 2:8-12 and Ps. 149:5-
9 which shows that all of God’s saints have the honor of holding kings and nobles
accountable to the two-edged sword, the word of God (Heb 4:12). Since Jesus is
the “king of kings” then all civil authorities answer to him (Rom 13:6). He is
presently working on this earth through His Church, which is to be the salt of the
earth. The Bible Subjected to the Internal Revenue Code No incorporated taxexempt
"church" can honestly claim that it is operating under the fundamental
doctrine of the Sole Authority of the Scriptures. Incorporated tax-exempt
churches have by their contract not only placed the Bible under their corporate
charter, but also under the Internal Revenue Code in authority. Consider the
following quote from the opening statement of the Constitution and By-laws of an
independent, fundamental Baptist church in Land O’ Lakes, Florida: Section 2 -
Purpose A) This congregation is organized and incorporated as a church
exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes within the meaning
of Section
501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of
any future United States Revenue law)... (emphasis added) In case you missed
it, that said “exclusively” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code! This
blatant apostasy and treacherous betrayal is not unique to this church but is fairly
common as this very wording has been promoted by the lying deceivers of the
CLA, the “Christian Law (Lie) Association.” This is an outright betrayal of the
blood of the martyrs through the centuries who were tortured and burned at the
stake for standing on the sole authority of the scriptures. It is also a betrayal of
another of the main distinctive doctrines of the Baptists held throughout history, a
doctrine of which modern-day Baptists seem to be sadly ignorant: the doctrine of
the Separation of Church and State. (Note: historically Baptists were the few that
believed it is not the Church’s job to control the government, neither is it the
government’s job to control the Church. History was dominated from the 4th
through the 18th centuries first by the Popes and then by the Protestants
enforcing false doctrines by the edge of the sword and persecuting, torturing and
murdering the Baptists.) This is not just a Baptist issue, but Baptists must wake
up and see that any preacher that pastors an incorporated, 501(c)3 taxexempt
(state-sponsored) church, and at the same time preaches against worldly attire,
worldly music, smoking, or other personal compromises is straining at gnats
when he has swallowed a camel (Matt 23:24). He can preach against the NIV or
NASV on behalf of the King James Bible, but his first and final authority is the
IRC (Internal Revenue Code) and his corporate constitution and by-laws, not the
Bible. He can preach against sexual immorality and adultery, but he has
committed spiritual adultery by marrying the bride of Christ to another husband.
He can call himself Baptist, but he has compromised and betrayed both Baptist
distinctive doctrines of the Sole Authority of the Scripture and the Separation of
Church and State, and is unworthy of the name Baptist and those doctrines for
which many thousands of saints courageously and willingly gave their lives.
“COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM” Many pastors and churches have
awakened from their ignorance and now see that it is wrong, immoral, idolatrous,
unbiblical and sinful to allow the Church to be organized as a
501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation (or any other similar statutory tax-exempt
organization) and are now standing up for the Lordship of Christ over His Church
no matter what the cost. The main reason for their conviction is the premise that
Christ alone is the one and only authority over the Church, as found in Ephesians
1:19-23: “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when
he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly
places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And
hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to
the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” The central
issue concerning church incorporation, based on Ephesians 1:22, (also Matt.
16:18, Col. 1;18, and Eph. 5:23) is that the Lord Jesus Christ has sole jurisdiction
and authority over the Church in all matters; therefore: THE CHURCH CANNOT
ANSWER TO ANY AUTHORITY OTHER THAN JESUS CHRIST. Jesus is head
over all things to the church. That means the civil government has no authority
whatsoever over the church. To grant authority over the church to anyone other
than Jesus is denial of Ephesians 1:22 and is absolute idolatry. America’s
founding fathers understood this, when they wrote in the 1st Amendment to the
Constitution, “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Congress has no jurisdiction to
restrict or tax the Church. As the Supreme Court has stated, “the power to tax
involves the power to destroy.” Congress does NOT have authority to destroy the
Church through any form of taxation. Congress cannot tax the Church because
the government cannot tax God or take His tithe. This is why the Church is nontaxable
and does not need any “exemption.” Even if the 1st Amendment had not
been written, if Congress made any law apply to the Church, the Church would
be duty-bound to ignore the law, because the State has no authority over the
Church. This same principle applies to local government. For the Church to go to
local government for occupancy permit, marriage license or any other permit or
license is to acknowledge another head over the Church. We cannot take a
license from government to do what God commands. This is why during the
1600’s, John Bunyan, author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” spent 13 years in jail -
at great price to his wife and children - for preaching the gospel without a license
from the Anglican state church. This is why Baptist preachers were persecuted in
Virginia and other colonies even up until the 1770’s; for preaching the gospel
without a license from the state church. 1st century Christians were martyred by
Rome not because they were Christians, but because they refused to accept
Caesar’s lordship and seek permission (“licit”) from Caesar to be Christians. In
going to the government for incorporation and tax exemption, the churches have
done what the martyrs refused to do; they have asked the state to license the
church, and thereby have voluntarily surrendered Jesus’ lordship over the church
to the government, “even denying the Lord that bought them” (2 Pet 2:1). “But
they’re not telling me what to preach!” This is the typical reaction most preachers
have when confronted with this information. They think that if the government is
not holding them to the contract they have signed and the covenant they have
made, then they have no problem. They say that when they are told what to
preach (which in fact they already are), then they will get out of the corporate
trap, or they will simply not honor their contract and will preach what they want to
anyway. As stated, this dishonest and dishonorable approach constitutes fraud.
Furthermore, the problem is not whether or not the government is enforcing the
contract; the problem is in the preachers’ willingness to give the government
jurisdiction over the Church that only belongs to Jesus! “Know ye not, that to
whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye
obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (Rom.
6:16). Again, incorporating a church and begging for tax-exemption involves the
same sin as taking the mark of the beast; both acts deny the exclusive lordship of
Christ by bowing to the supremacy of the state. This issue is totally one of
Lordship. While God “winks” at the sins we commit in ignorance (Ac. 17:30, 1
Tim. 1:13), the pastors of America must now repent and free their churches from
the wicked covenants they have made with the state, and return their churches to
the Lord Jesus. “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent,
and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent” (Rev 2:5). It is time for the
Church to be the Church; for the Bible to once again be our sole authority for
faith and practice, and for the Lord Jesus Christ to once again be our only Lord
and Master. Amen.
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Table of Contents
· Satan’s Master Plan to Destroy the Lord’s Church (Online Power Point Presentation)
· The Trail of Blood Revisited—Christ's True Church Its Past, Present and Future
· THIRTY WAYS THAT THE IRS TRIES TO CONTROL PREACHERS AND CHURCHES IN
AMERICA By Dr Greg Dixon
· Is Tax Exemption Modern-day Baal Worship? By Dr. Don Boys
· IRS WARNS CHURCH MAY LOSE TAX EXEMPTION
· FAITH BASED 501-c-3 Churches are part of HOMELAND SECURITY NOW!
· Romans 13 & Unlimited Subservience to the Government: Where should a Bible
Believing Christian Draw the Line?
· Will your pastor cooperate with the Federal Government, as liberal Protestant pastors
meekly did under the terror of Adolf Hitler?
· Feds Train Clergy To "Quell Dissent" During Martial Law
· Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in Preparation For Martial Law:
Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach congregations to "obey the
government" during seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and forced
relocation
· Excellent Study: The Surrender and Betrayal of the Church The Unholy Union of the
Church with the State thru Incorporation and Tax Exemption by Sam Adams
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THIRTY WAYS THAT THE IRS TRIES TO CONTROL
PREACHERS AND CHURCHES IN AMERICA
By Greg J. Dixon, Pastor Emeritus
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Each of these propositions has been taken from IRS Publication 1828, Tax Guide For
Churches and Other Religious Organizations, two letters from the Regional Commissioner of the
IRS Cincinnati that the Indianapolis received through discovery, the twenty-two interrogatories that
were included with the letters, and the 4 inch file that accompanied the letter with the news
clippings on the church and pastor dating back to 1971.
The following demands are what the Internal Revenue Service requires of churches to maintain
exemption from Federal Income Tax.
1. The church must have a “distinct legal existence” – According to IRS publication #557 that
legal existence would date from incorporation, page 3. Therefore a church must be
incorporated.
2. The church must admit that it exists by privilege granted by the IRS (tax-exempt) rather than
by right granted by God through the Holy Scriptures, (non-taxable) recognizing another
Head (State) rather than Christ.
3. The church must have a “recognized creed and form of worship”. The IRS must approve
(recognize) the creed (belief) and form (manner) of worship.
4. The church must have a “definite and distinct ecclesiastical government.”
5. The church must have a “formal code of doctrine and discipline.”
6. The church must have a “distinct religious history.” This is denominational.
7. The church must be an “organization”.
8. The church must be an “organization of ordained ministers”.
9. The church must have these ordained ministers who are “selected after completing
prescribed courses of study”. Like the Apostles, who had only “been with Jesus”, local
Baptist churches many times approve pastors who are not educated at all in any formal way.
10. The church must have “established places of worship.” True churches many times have no
permanent address (place of worship), but because of persecution and other reasons have
moved from place to place.
11. The church must submit to the IRS by paying a user fee (tribute) for tax-exempt status. This
would be contrary to the Scriptures, and U.S., and all State Constitutions.
12. The church must be engaged in activities that further “exclusively public Purposes rather
than Private interests.” The true church of Christ exists for the personal and private interest
of Christ her Head, not the State.
13. The church must answer to the IRS as to its “daily activities.”
14. The IRS controls all financial activities of the church including source, donors of $100.00 or
more, and expenditures.
15. The church may not use cash, or it will be suspected of money laundering. All books and
records must be available for IRS inspection at all times.
16. The church must act in the capacity of an informer to the RIS as to who serves at the church
in the capacity of “pastors, associates, counselors, educational directors, teachers, office
help, clerical, and maintenance personnel.”
17. The church must inform the IRS as to who the church helps in the area of charity.
18. The church must inform the IRS as to love gifts to evangelists and missionaries over
$600.00 by filing a Form 1099 on each including those who are regularly supported.
19. The church must use only IRS approved methods of fund raising.
20. The pastor of the church must not preach against the tax system of the U.S. or say anything
against the practices and tactics of the IRS.
21. The pastor of the church must answer to the IRS and give unlimited submission to the civil
magistrate pertaining to all laws, federal, state and local, including “Public Policy.”
22. The pastor of the church must advocate, promote, and actively encourage race mixing if the
church has an educational ministry.
23. The pastor of the church cannot influence legislation concerning licensure of church
ministries.
24. The pastor of the church cannot engage in political activity in regard to opposing
pornography.
25. The pastor of the church cannot actively support legislation that declares that children
belong to their parents not the state.
26. The pastor of the church cannot actively support legislation opposing a state lottery or other
gambling laws.
27. The pastor of the church cannot advocate support of the U.s. or State Constitutions as the
Supreme Law of the U.S. or the various states.
28. The pastor of the church cannot actively participate in opposing the public school system.
29. The pastor of the church cannot declare publicly that the church is to obey God, not
government.
30. The pastor of the church cannot oppose laws legalizing sodomy.
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Is Tax Exemption Modern-day Baal Worship?
By Dr. Don Boys
Many people have confused the tax issue as it relates to churches. And there is no comparison
with personal taxes. That is a different subject altogether. The issue relating to churches and taxes
is two-fold: Should churches pay taxes and do churches have a right to demand that all gifts be
deductible from a contributor's income tax? That is the issue before us today.
The Bible nor the Constitution speak to this issue of tax deduction. The fact that we have been
permitted to deduct from our taxes what we give to the church is simply a benefit that we have had
since the income tax was foisted upon us in 1913. I believe that benefit is coming to an end - and
maybe it should!
Should churches be willing to bow to Baal in order to have the privilege of tax deduction by its
members? Remember the principle that if you get a benefit from government, you willingly put
yourself (or church) under its authority while at the same time losing some autonomy.
The Bob Jones decision (where the Supreme Court twisted the Constitution and reality like a
pretzel) will haunt us for decades. If a church stands for anything contrary to "public policy" it will be
said to be in violation of the Constitution. What is "public policy"? If you preach against perversion,
abortion, welfare, etc. then you are going against "public policy" and may lose your tax exemption.
Should a church have tax exempt status especially when you realize the price that must be paid to
keep it? The price? Obedience to Federal regulations. If a church did not have the benefits of tax
exemption, there would be no "sword" over it. A pastor could preach about any moral issue and
could support any political candidate without fear of losing that tax exempt status since the church
would not have it to lose.
Another question: Suppose you knew a candidate for office were another Hitler who would do
irreparable harm to our nation and wreak havoc with our churches. Under the law your church
cannot help defeat him and help elect his opponent. Why? Because that is part of the "contract"
you have with the government. Is it worth it? Is it now past time for churches to declare themselves
totally independent of government coercion by surrendering their tax exempt status?
Frankly, I think the issue is moot because I believe the government will "cut the cord" between us in
order to collect more personal taxes from each of us. Of course, concerned pastors will ask: Will
church members continue to give the same amount if their gifts are not deductible from their tax
returns? Wise pastors should start preparing their people NOW for that day.
We have bowed the knee to Baal for too long, and while government has its legitimate place, it is
not at church! Maybe it is time to tell public officials to keep their grubby hands off the Church of
Jesus Christ and keep them out of church coffers. And as for tax exemption, we will trade it for our
freedom. Not a bad deal when you come to think about it, and I hope you will.
Copyright, 1997, Don Boys, Ph.D
IRS WARNS CHURCH MAY LOSE TAX EXEMPTION
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com
Free speech and the right to oppose policies you consider unjust may be even more at stake than
we had thought under the present Administration. According to a Los Angeles Times story cited on
What Really Happened, one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches could be
losing its tax-exempt status, merely because of an anti-war sermon its now-former rector delivered,
two days before the 2004 election.
The Internal Revenue Service has warned the All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena,
California, that it may be losing its tax exemption, citing a sermon by the Rev. George F. Regas, on
Oct. 31, 2004. In his lesson that day, Regas (who had previously opposed from the pulpit both the
Vietnam War and 1991's Gulf War), imagined Jesus in a political debate with then-candidates
George W. Bush and John Kerry.
According to the story, he did not take sides or tell parishioners who to vote for, but he did criticize
the war in Iraq, stating that Jesus would have called Bush's pre-emptive war "a failed doctrine," and
that "Forcibly changing the regime of an enemy that posed no imminent threat has led to disaster."
Regas was rector of All Saints from 1967 to 1995, and was a guest speaker at that particular
service.
The response from the IRS was far from immediate, but the church received a notice on June 9
that "a reasonable belief exists that you may not be tax-exempt as a church," citing an LA Times
account of the Regas sermon. Perhaps most ironic is the fact that the IRS cited the Times's
coverage of the sermon, and not the sermon itself, as its basis for the decision; the Times went
beyond quoting from the sermon's text and characterized it as a "searing indictment of the Bush
administration's policies in Iraq," which also described "tax cuts as inimical to the values of Jesus."
The IRS letter specifically cited these news report characterizations of Regas's words. Meanwhile,
current Rector J. Edwin Bacon was quoted as saying, "We are so careful at our church never to
endorse a candidate. One of the strongest sermons I've ever given was against President Clinton's
fraying of the social safety net." Phone calls by the Times, attempting to reach IRS officials in
Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles for comment, were not returned.
A further consideration is that churches all over California have been taking stances on both sides
of the controversial Proposition 73, which would ban abortions for minors without parental
notification. Some at All Saints believe they are being singled out in spite of the tolerance for this
widespread political activity. Bacon said the church had retained the services of a Washington law
firm with expertise in tax-exempt organizations, and told his congregation: "It's important for
everyone to understand that the IRS concerns are not supported by the facts."
In an October letter to the IRS, Marcus Owens, the church's tax attorney and a former head of the
IRS tax-exempt section, said, "It seems ludicrous to suggest that a pastor cannot preach about the
value of promoting peace simply because the nation happens to be at war during an election
season." - ST
staff reports - Free-Market News Network
FAITH BASED 501-c-3 Churches are part of HOMELAND
SECURITY NOW!
Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060307-5.html
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand
opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to
better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department
of Homeland Security.
(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) shall establish within the Department of
Homeland Security (Department) a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
(Center).
(b) The Center shall be supervised by a Director appointed by Secretary. The Secretary shall
consult with the Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
(WHOFBCI Director) prior to making such appointment.
(c) The Department shall provide the Center with appropriate staff, administrative support, and
other resources to meet its responsibilities under this order.
(d) The Center shall begin operations no later than 45 days from the date of this order.
Sec. 2. Purpose of Center. The purpose of the Center shall be to coordinate agency efforts to
eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faithbased
and other community organizations in the provision of social and community services.
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. In carrying out the
purpose set forth in section 2 of this order, the Center shall:
(a) conduct, in coordination with the WHOFBCI Director, a department-wide audit to identify all
existing barriers to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the
delivery of social and community services by the Department, including but not limited to
regulations, rules, orders, procure-ment, and other internal policies and practices, and outreach
activities that unlawfully discriminate against, or otherwise discourage or disadvantage the
participation of faith-based and other community organizations in Federal programs;
(b) coordinate a comprehensive departmental effort to incorporate faith-based and other
community organizations in Department programs and initiatives to the greatest extent
possible;
(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE
Romans 13 & Unlimited Subservience to the Government: Where should a
Bible Believing Christian Draw the Line?
It seems that every time someone such as myself attempts to encourage our
Christian brothers and sisters to resist an unconstitutional or otherwise
reprehensible government policy, we hear the retort, "What about Romans
Chapter 13? We Christians must submit to government. Any government.
Read your Bible, and leave me alone."
Or words to that effect.
No doubt, some who use this argument are sincere. They are only repeating
what they have heard their pastor and other religious leaders say. On the
other hand, let's be honest enough to admit that some who use this argument
are just plain lazy, apathetic, and indifferent.
And Romans 13 is their escape from responsibility. I suspect this is the much larger group, by the
way.
Nevertheless, for the benefit of those who are sincere (but obviously misinformed), let's briefly
examine Romans Chapter 13. I quote Romans Chapter 13, verses 1 through 7, from the
Authorized King James text:
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers
that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of
God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou
shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that
which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only
for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For this cause pay ye tribute
also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all
their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to
whom honor."
Do our Christian friends who use these verses to teach that we should not oppose President Bush
or any other political leader, really believe that civil magistrates have unlimited authority to do
anything they want without opposition? I doubt whether they truly believe that.
For example, what if our President decided to resurrect the old monarchal custom of Jus Primae
Noctis (Law of First Night)? That was the old medieval custom when the king claimed the right to
sleep with a subject's bride on the first night of their marriage. Would our sincere Christian brethren
sheepishly say, "Romans Chapter 13 says we must submit to the government"?
I think not. And would any of us respect any man who would submit to such a law?
So, there are limits to authority.
A father has authority in his home, but does this give him power to abuse his wife and children? Of
course not.
An employer has authority on the job, but does this give him power to control the private lives of his
employees? No.
A pastor has overseer authority in the church, but does this give him power to tell employers in his
church how to run their businesses? Of course not.
All human authority is limited in nature. No man has unlimited authority over the lives of
other men. (Lordship and Sovereignty is the exclusive domain of Jesus Christ.)
By the same token, a civil magistrate has authority in civil matters, but his authority is limited and
defined. Observe that Romans Chapter 13 clearly limits the authority of civil government by strictly
defining its purpose: "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil . . . For he is the
minister of God to thee for good . . . for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon
him that doeth evil."
Notice that civil government must not be a "terror to good works." It has no power or authority to
terrorize good works or good people. God never gave it that authority. And any government that
oversteps that divine boundary has no divine authority or protection.
Civil government is a "minister of God to thee for good." It is a not a minister of God for evil. Civil
magistrates have a divine duty to "execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." They have no
authority to execute wrath upon him that doeth good. None. Zilch. Zero. And anyone who says
they do is lying.
So, even in the midst of telling Christians to submit to civil authority, Romans Chapter 13 limits
the power and reach of civil authority.
Did Moses violate God's principle of submission to authority when he killed the Egyptian
taskmaster in defense of his fellow Hebrew?
Did Elijah violate God's principle of submission to authority when he openly challenged Ahab and
Jezebel?
Did David violate God's principle of submission to authority when he refused to surrender to Saul's
troops?
Did Daniel violate God's principle of submission to authority when he disobeyed the king's law to
not pray audibly to God?
Did the three Hebrew children violate God's principle of submission to authority when they refused
to bow to the image of the state?
Did John the Baptist violate God's principle of submission to authority when he publicly scolded
King Herod for his infidelity?
Did Simon Peter and the other Apostles violate God's principle of submission to authority when
they refused to stop preaching on the streets of Jerusalem?
Act 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather
than men.
Did Paul violate God's principle of submission to authority when he refused to obey those
authorities who demanded that he abandon his missionary work? In fact, Paul spent almost as
much time in jail as he did out of jail.
Remember that every apostle of Christ (except John) was killed by hostile civil authorities
opposed to their endeavors. Christians throughout church history were imprisoned,
tortured, or killed by civil authorities of all stripes for refusing to submit to their various
laws and prohibitions. Did all of these Christian martyrs violate God's principle of
submission to authority?
So, even the great prophets, apostles, and writers of the Bible (including the writer of
Romans Chapter 13) understood that human authority--even civil authority--is limited.
Plus, Paul makes it clear that our submission to civil authority must be predicated on more than
fear of governmental retaliation. Notice, he said, "Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake." Meaning, our obedience to civil authority is more than just
"because they said so." It is also a matter of conscience. This means we must think and reason
for ourselves regarding the justness and rightness of our government's laws.
Obedience is not automatic or robotic. It is a result of both rational deliberation and moral
approbation.
Therefore, there are times when civil authority may need to be resisted. Either governmental
abuse of power or the violation of conscience (or both) could precipitate civil disobedience. Of
course, how and when we decide to resist civil authority is an entirely separate issue. And I will
reserve that discussion for another time.
Beyond that, we in the United States of America do not live under a monarchy. We have no king.
There is no single governing official in this country. America's "supreme Law" does not rest
with any man or any group of men. America's "supreme Law" does not rest with the President, the
Congress, or even the Supreme Court. In America, the U.S. Constitution is the "supreme Law of
the Land." Under our laws, every governing official publicly promises to submit to the Constitution
of the United States. Do readers understand the significance of this distinction?
This means that in America the "higher powers" are not the men who occupy elected office; they
are the tenets and principles set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Under our laws and form of
government, it is the duty of every citizen, including our elected officials, to obey the U.S.
Constitution.
Dear Christian friend, the above is exactly the proper understanding of our responsibility to civil
authority in these United States, as per the teaching of Romans Chapter 13.
Furthermore, Christians, above all people, should desire that their elected representatives submit
to the Constitution, because it is constitutional government that has done more to protect Christian
liberty than any governing document ever devised by man..
As a result, Christians in America (for the most part) have not had to face the painful decision to
"obey God rather than men" and defy their civil authorities.
The problem in America today is that we have allowed our political leaders to violate their oaths of
office and to ignore, and blatantly disobey, the "supreme Law of the Land," the U.S. Constitution.
Therefore, if we truly believe Romans Chapter 13, we will insist and demand that our civil
magistrates submit to the U.S. Constitution.
Now, how many of us Christians are going to truly obey Romans Chapter 13?
Proverbs
25:26
: "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a
troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring."
---- Original Message -----
From: Greg Dixon
Dear friend in Christ, Some fifteen years ago or more I stood in the pulpit of the Indiana Baptist
College of the city of Indianapolis, which later became Heritage Baptist University, in a summer tent
camp meeting and warned the pastors that this event that World Net Daily announces today would
take place in the future. Most of those present stared at me with glassy eyes. One of the most
prominent pastors of the area followed me to the pulpit and In his introductory remarks rebuked me
publicly for preaching that type of sermon because it had nothing to do with our responsibility as
preachers of getting the gospel of Christ to out. That dear brother is with the Lord now. I am still
here to see the prophecy that I warned of, which was not in reality a prophecy but based on sound
facts, fulfilled before the entire world. However the preachers for the most part are still glassy eyed
and I am still being attacked for trying to warn them. Amazing but true.
Dr. Greg Dixon
During the coming dissolution of our Constitutional
government, will your pastor cooperate with the
Federal Government, as liberal Protestant pastors
meekly did under the terror of Adolf Hitler?
Before you scoff, let us review our current news story.
NEWS BRIEF: "Homeland Security Enlists Clergy to Quell Public Unrest
if Martial Law Ever Declared", KSLA-TV, Shreveport, LA, Aug 23, 2007
View the actual TV video on this most explosive topic!
"Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical
attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help
the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us."
The Federal Government rightly knows that many, many gun owners are genuine Christians.
Therefore, in the early stages of the managed crisis which will give Federal officials the opportunity
to dissolve our Constitutional government and take away our freedoms, they know they will have to
deal with gun owners who are Bible-believing Christians.
How can the government possibly convince these Christian gun owners to surrender their guns
peaceably? Remember, the first acts a dictatorial government always takes is to declare martial
law and then confiscate guns from the public. Therefore, this discussion is not an academic one, is
it?
"... gun confiscation is exactly what happened during the state of emergency following Hurricane
Katrina in New Orleans, along with forced relocation. U.S. Troops also arrived, something far
easier to do now, thanks to last year's elimination of the 1878 Posse Comitatus act, which had
forbid regular U.S. Army troops from policing on American soil." (Ibid.)
The government plans to create the conditions ripe for the imposition of dictatorship. What is their
plan?
1) Huge disaster -- in this case, the Illuminati plans another disaster on the scale of 9/11, or
possibly even greater. Such a disaster would provide the pretext to implement their plan created
over 100 years ago; we speak more of this fact, below, as we discuss "The Protocols of the
Learned Elders of Zion".
2) Forced relocation from their homes -- New Orleans residents were forced to relocate out of
their neighborhoods, in many instances to other states. Disclocation is key to disruption of normal
life for tens of millions of civilians.
3) American troops could patrol the city, because Presidents Clinton and Bush have
consistently eroded the prohibitions of the Posse' Comitatus Act. It generally prohibits Federal
military personnel and units of the United States National Guard under Federal authority from
acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized
by the Constitution or Congress. The Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act substantially
limit the powers of the Federal government to use the military for law enforcement.In New Orleans
after Hurricane Katrina, Army troops did engage in law enforcement duties, as the video, below,
demonstrates.
Now, let us return to this feature story, so we can see the role the government envisions for
clergymen who do not know their Bibles. You will literally see that deceived and/or "wolves in
sheep's clothing" clergymen are going to fulfill the role of the "Judas Goat", the animal which
sheepherders use to be the first up the ramp to the slaughter truck, knowing that, once sheep see
the goat going up the ramp, they will quietly and meekly follow -- going to their slaughter without
resistance!
"If martial law were enacted here at home, like depicted in the movie 'The Siege', easing public
fears and quelling dissent would be critical. And that's exactly what the 'Clergy Response Team'
helped accomplish in the wake of Katrina. Dr. Durell Tuberville serves as chaplain for the
Shreveport Fire Department and the Caddo Sheriff's Office. Tuberville said of the clergy team's
mission, 'the primary thing that we say to anybody is, 'let's cooperate and get this thing over with
and then we'll settle the differences once the crisis is over.' " (Ibid., Emphasis added)
That last concept is most interesting, don't you think? Liberal clergy will be assuring their flock that
they will soon get their freedoms and their Constitution back "once the crisis is over". Isn't it
interesting that the Illuminati thought of this very concept as they planned over 100 years ago to
take our freedoms from us? Listen to their exact wording:
"4. WE ARE WOLVES -- The [people] are a flock of sheep, and we are their wolves. And you know
what happens when the wolves get hold of the flock?
5. There is another reason also why they will close their eyes: for we shall keep promising them to
give back all the liberties we have taken away as soon as we have quelled the enemies of peace
and tamed all parties .....
6. It is not worthwhile to say anything about how long a time they will be kept waiting for this return
of their liberties" ["PROTOCOL 11 -- THE TOTALITARIAN STATE", The Protocols of the
Learned Elders of Zion]
Did you completely understand this last sentence? "It is not worthwhile to say anything about how
long a time they will be kept waiting for this return of their liberties".
To see how important this false assurance is going to be to these clergymen in convincing people
to cooperate with the Federal Government, let us return to this current news article.
"Civil rights advocates believe the amount of public cooperation during such a time of unrest may
ultimately depend on how long they expect a suspension of rights might last." (Ibid.)
All clergymen who plan on cooperating with the Federal Government by holding up the false hope
that, when the crisis is over, the people will get their freedoms and their Constitution back, had
better think again! No hungry wolf ever spares the life of his victim once he has him in his jaws.
Neither will this most power-hungry Illuminati ever give his victims another chance once he has
disbanded the beloved American Constitution.
Lest you think I am wrong on this issue, listen to a current Illuminati boldly state this part of the
Plan.
"Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that
inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of
government ... if terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) against the
U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished
republican form of government." ("Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack", by
NewsMax, 11/21/03; read our analysis in NEWS1979).
At this point, you must be asking yourself a pertinent question: since Christians place much stock in
the Bible, will these liberal clergymen be able to base their message of cooperation with the
government upon any Scripture?
Let us return to our news story:
"For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or
to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13. Dr. Tuberville elaborated, 'because the
government's established by the Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the Christian faith.
That's what's stated in the scripture'." (Ibid.)
Too many churches and pastors have been misleading their flocks on this issue for the past 100
years. Cutting Edge recently posted an article written by Pastor Chuck Baldwin on this very subject.
While we cannot quote it at length here, we encourage you to read it fully, for Pastor Baldwin
debunks the use of Romans 13 as the basis for meekly cooperating with the government all of the
time, and under any circumstances. This article is NEWS2229.
During the reign of Adolf Hitler, three prominent Protestant theologians were dramatically
successful in convincing German Protestants to cooperate with Hitler, including with his genocide
of 18 million "Devalued People". (See DVD pictured above, "Theologians Under Hitler". You will
be shocked)
The Illuminati here in America is using this same tactic, and will most assuredly get the same
cooperative response, from a Christian population not familiar enough with Romans 13 to know
when they are being deceived.
When America has reached this unfortunate point, will these liberal clergymen also use the powers
of their office to assist the government in the persecution of true believers who are not willing to
give the Federal Government carte blanche authority based on Romans 13, or who are not willing
to compromise their beliefs to accomodate the new political/religious paradigm?
Will these liberal christian leaders act like the liberal churchmen of Hitler's Germany in identifying
recalcitrant church members and turn them in to the dictatorial authorities?
I personally believe that much of the reason genuine Christians will be turned in to authorities is
because church leaders submissive to the government will turn them in. Hitler was so
successful in turning Germany from a democracy to the kind of dictatorial power which could
murder 18 million devalued people and begin a war which would consume the lives of tens of
millions, that the current Illuminati leadership is following his example.
If you are a genuine Christian pastor, are you prepared for officers of Homeland Security to
enter your sanctuary, to sit down on your front row -- dressed in intimidating official
clothing -- and to listen to your sermon and your announcements? Are you prepared to have
them arrest you after the service for not adhering to official government guidelines as to
what you can and cannot say?
These intimidation tactics worked extremely well during Hitler's reign, and they will work once
again, all over the world. Pastors need to remember the era in which they are living, and not
succumb to the temporary political and religious pressure from your Illuminist government, but keep
their minds focused on the eternal.
This following Biblical passage is simply pregnant with meaning for pastors and other church
leaders of this present era.
Proverbs
25:26
: "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a
troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring."
Feds Train Clergy To "Quell Dissent" During Martial Law
Shocking KSLA 12 news report confirms story we broke last year, Pastors to cite Romans 13 as
reason for public to obey government orders, relinquish guns and be taken to camps during state of
emergency
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, August 16, 2007
A shocking KSLA news report has confirmed the story we first broke last year, that Clergy
Response Teams are being trained by the federal government to "quell dissent" and pacify citizens
to obey the government in the event of a declaration of martial law.
In May 2006, we exposed the existence of a nationwide FEMA program which is training Pastors
and other religious representatives to become secret police enforcers who teach their
congregations to "obey the government" in preparation for the implementation of martial law,
property and firearm seizures, mass vaccination programs and forced relocation.
A whistleblower who was secretly enrolled into the program told us that the feds were clandestinely
recruiting religious leaders to help implement Homeland Security directives in anticipation of a
potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a nationally declared emergency.
The first government led directive was for Pastors to preach to their congregations Romans
13, the often taken out of context bible passage that was used by Hitler to hoodwink Christians into
supporting him, in order to teach them to "obey the government" when martial law is declared.
It was related to the Pastors that quarantines, martial law and forced relocation were a problem for
state authorities when enforcing federal mandates due to the "cowboy mentality" of citizens
standing up for their property and second amendment rights as well as farmers defending their
crops and livestock from seizure.
It was stressed that the Pastors needed to preach subservience to the authorities ahead of time in
preparation for the round-ups and to make it clear to the congregation that "this is for their own
good."
Pastors were told that they would be backed up by law enforcement in controlling uncooperative
individuals and that they would even lead SWAT teams in attempting to quell resistance.
Though some doubted the accuracy of this report at the time due to its fundamentally disturbing
implications, the story has now been confirmed by a KSLA 12 news report, in which participating
clergy and officials admit to the existence of the program.
Watch the "Clergy Response Team" video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIDNQNsUss
Such clergy response teams would walk a tight-rope during martial law between the demands of
the government on the one side, versus the wishes of the public on the other. "In a lot of cases,
these clergy would already be known in the neighborhoods in which they're helping to diffuse that
situation," assured Sandy Davis. He serves as the director of the Caddo-Bossier Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or
to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13. Dr. Tuberville elaborated, "because the
government's established by the Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the
Christian faith. That's what's stated in the scripture."
Screenshot from the KSLA 12 news article that accompanies the video report
(http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=6937987).
So there you have it - Homeland Security are working with local police departments and religious
leaders to prepare for the declaration of martial law and in particular developing techniques they
will employ during the crisis to "quell dissent."
Phony Christian leaders are brainwashing their congregations to accept the premise that the
totalitarian police state is "of the Lord" and that they should get on their knees and lick jackboots
while the round-ups take place as citizens are processed into quarantine zones and detention
camps by the National Guard and U.S. troops returning from Iraq.
The precedent for mass gun confiscation and martial law in times of a real or manufactured
emergency was set during Hurricane Katrina, when police and National Guard patrols forced home
owners - even in areas unaffected by the hurricane - to hand over their legally owned firearms at
gunpoint.
This is a clear precursor for the imminent declaration of a state of emergency, a scenario that
President Bush codified in his recent Presidential Decision Directive of May 9th, which states in
the event of a "catastrophic event" the President can take total control over the government
and the country, bypassing all other levels of government at the state, federal, local,
territorial and tribal levels, and thus ensuring total unprecedented dictatorial power.
The scope of the program is so secretive that even Homeland Security Committee member and
Congressman Peter DeFazio was denied access to view the classified portion of the documents.
Clergy to be used to quell dissent
WDN--August 18, 2007--A government plan to use members of the clergy to quell dissent and
objections to government orders during a time of national emergency has been revealed by a
Shreveport, La., television station.The story by reporter Jeff Ferrell on television station KSLA says
such "Clergy Response Teams" already have been used - following the hit on New Orleans by
hurricane Katrina.The station's video is available on a link on its website, and also available on
YouTube. It asks if martial law ever could become reality in the United States, following a nuclear,
biological or chemical attack.
The report said one of the biggest tools the clergy members would use would be the Bible itself,
specifically Romans 13, where Tuberville said the Bible states "the government's established by the
Lord, you know. And, that's what we believe in the Christian faith. That's what's stated in the
Scripture." A blogger for the Christian education site, Chalcedon noted that the training has been
going on in secret for over a year already.
"The clergy are being advised to use Romans 13 to encourage parishioners to submit to the
sudden and massive expansion of government control that takes place during martial law,"
the writer said.
WND already has documented a series of executive orders by the president, that so far give the
government broad new powers to address private property if it's related to any one of several
issues, all of which are foreign so far.
One recent order, for example, gives Bush the power to freeze the assets of people who threaten
Iraq's stability. A former Reagan administration officials says the wording is so broad it could be
applied to any domestic opponent of the Iraq war who has assets in the U.S.
To view the entire article, visit
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57219
that even Homeland Security Committee member and Congressman Peter DeFazio was denied
access to view the classified portion of the documents.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57219
Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in
Preparation For Martial Law
Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach
congregations to "obey the government" during
seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and
forced relocation
Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | May 24 2006
A Pastor has come forward to blow the whistle on a nationwide FEMA program
which is training Pastors and other religious representatives to become secret
police enforcers who teach their congregations to "obey the government" in
preparation for a declaration of martial law, property and firearm seizures, and
forced relocation.
In March of this year the Pastor, who we shall refer to as Pastor Revere, was
invited to attend a meeting of his local FEMA chapter which circulated around
preparedness for a potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a
nationally declared emergency.
The FEMA directors told the Pastors that attended that it was their job to help
implement FEMA and Homeland Security directives in anticipation of any of
these eventualities. The first directive was for Pastors to preach to their
congregations Romans 13, the often taken out of context bible passage that was
used by Hitler to hoodwink Christians into supporting him, in order to teach them
to "obey the government" when martial law is declared.
It was related to the Pastors that quarantines, martial law and forced relocation
were a problem for state authorities when enforcing federal mandates due to the
"cowboy mentality" of citizens standing up for their property and second
amendment rights as well as farmers defending their crops and livestock from
seizure. It was stressed that the Pastors needed to preach subservience to the
authorities ahead of time in preparation for the round-ups and to make it clear to
the congregation that "this is for their own good."
We have received confirmation from other preachers and Pastors that this
program is a nationwide initiative and a literal Soviet model whereby the
churches are being systematically infiltrated by government volunteers and used
as conduits for martial law training and conditioning. The Pastor was told that
over 13,000 counties were already on board.
It falls under the umbrella of the NVOAD program which is training volunteers in
a "Peer to Peer" program in a neighborhood setting.
Pastors were told that the would be backed up by law enforcement in controlling
uncooperative individuals and that they would even lead SWAT teams in
attempting to quell resistance.
Police provide cover for a FEMA house-by-house search in New Orleans.
"We get the the picture that we're going to be standing at the end of some
farmer's lane while he's standing there with his double barrel, saying we have to
confiscate your cows, your chickens, your firearms," said Pastor Revere.
The Pastor elaborated on how the directives were being smoke screened by an
Orwellian alteration of their names.
"They're not using the term 'quarantine' - this is the term they're going to be using
- it's called 'social distancing' don't you like that one," said the Pastor.
He also highlighted how detention camps had been renamed to give them a
friendly warm veneer.
"Three months ago it was quarantine and relocation centers and now it's
'community centers' and these are going to be activated at the local schools," he
said.
Pastor Revere outlined the plan to carry out mass vaccination and enforced
drugging programs in times of crisis such as a bird flu outbreak.
"In the event of an outbreak or a bio-terrorist attack, there'd be a mass
vaccination....they have a program nationwide 'Pills in People's Palm In 48
Hours'," said the Pastor who was told that Walmart had been designated as the
central outlet of this procedure.
Pastor Revere said that many attendees believed in the necessity of the program
and were completely unaware to the motivations behind its true purpose and
were offered incentives to become volunteers such as preferential treatment and
first access for themselves and their families to vaccines and food shipments in
times of emergency.
Which roads to close off after martial law was declared had also already been
mapped out.
The precedent for mass gun confiscation in times of real or manufactured
emergency was set during Hurricane Katrina when police and national guard
patrols forced homeowners even in areas unaffected by the hurricane to hand
over their legally owned firearms at gunpoint as is detailed in the video below.
In the following video Alex Jones exposes FEMA's deliberate sabotage of
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts which were used as a platform for a beat test of
forced relocation and gun confiscation.
Alex Jones' 2001 documentary film 9/11: The Road to Tyranny featured footage
from a FEMA symposium given to firefighters and other emergency personnel in
Kansas City in which it was stated that the founding fathers, Christians and
homeschoolers were terrorists and should be treated with the utmost suspicion
and brutality in times of national emergency.
We have highlighted previous training manuals issues by state and federal
government bodies which identify whole swathes of the population as potential
terrorists. A Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Law Enforcement
pamphlet gives the public characteristics to identify terrorists that include buying
baby formula, beer, wearing Levi jeans, carrying identifying documents like a
drivers license and traveling with women or children.
A Virginia training manual used to help state employees recognize terrorists
lists anti-government and property rights activists as terrorists and includes
binoculars, video cameras, pads and notebooks in a compendium of terrorist
tools.
Shortly after 9/11 a Phoenix FBI manual that was disseminated amongst federal
employees at the end of the Clinton term caused waves on the Internet after it
was revealed that potential terrorists included, "defenders of the US Constitution
against federal government and the UN, " and individuals who "make numerous
references to the US Constitution." Lawyers everywhere cowered in fear at being
shipped off to Gitmo.
In December 2003 the FBI warned Americans nationwide to be on the lookout
for people reading Almanacs as this could indicate an act of terrorism in
planning. Almanacs are popular glove box inventory of any vehicle and this
ludicrous fearmongering was met with a raucous response from satirists and
news commentators.
In another twilight zone Nazi-like spectacle, Pastors were asked to make a
pledge or an affirmation during the meeting to fulfil the roles ascribed to them by
FEMA. They were given assurances that they would be covered by full
compensation in the event of resisters injuring them during property seizures and
round-ups.
The Pastor said that his county had already succumbed to a tattle-tale like
mentality where neighbors were reporting neighbors to the authorities for things
like having chickens in their back yard. The brown shirt precedent has been set
whereby people immediately turn to the authorities in fealty whenever their
paranoid suspicions, fueled by zealous government and media fearmongering,
are heightened.
Pastor Revere said the completion of the first stage of the program was slated for
August 31st. At this point all the counties within the United States would be
networked as part of the so-called disaster relief program.
We issue a challenge to all of our readers to print off this article and the
supporting documents and confront their local preacher with it. If they don't
receive a response within a week they should investigate further into whether
their preacher is involved and hand out information to other members of the
congregation.
Click here to listen to the Pastor's interview on the Alex Jones Show.
The Surrender and Betrayal of the Church The
Unholy Union of the Church with the State thru
Incorporation and Tax Exemption by Sam Adams
A great and treacherous apostasy has taken place in the churches of America to
which most Christians are totally oblivious, but which almost every church in
America has fallen prey to. Though the New Testament Church has been called
out to be the faithful bride of her one and only husband, the Lord Jesus Christ,
she has betrayed her espoused head. The Apostle Paul said to the church at
Corinth, “For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I have espoused
you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I
fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your
minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Cor. 11:2-3).
Just as Old Testament Israel was unfaithful to her husband and went “whoring”
after other gods, so has the Church in America corrupted herself, and as the
Apostle feared, has indeed been beguiled by the Serpent as was Eve. Like the
church at Ephesus she has left her first love, and has joined herself in an
adulterous affair with another head, the civil government, otherwise known as the
state, and has thereby been neutralized from being the “salt” of our society (Mt
5:13). This betrayal has taken place by: (1) re-organizing the churches into
fictitious corporations which by law are created by and therefore controlled by the
state, and by: (2) entering into a traitorous contract with the government to limit
their message and influence in society in exchange for tax exemption. Though
the Bible clearly teaches that Christ is to be head over all things to the church
(Eph. 1:22), the churches have taken the idolatrous position that the Lord Jesus
must share his lordship over his Church with the state; and they are furthermore,
except for a few brave souls, refusing to see how great and abominable this sin
is, and are refusing to repent and correct their error. In this exposé the following
facts will be conclusively shown:
1. Incorporated “churches” are not and cannot be true New Testament churches,
in that: • Corporations are created by the state, not by Jesus; • Their head and
master by law is the State, not Jesus; • Their final authority for faith and practice
by law is their corporate charter and statute law, not the Bible; • At law their
property belongs to the State, not to God • Their pastors do not have Biblical
authority (per Heb. 13:7,
17; etc.) over their flocks but are mere hirelings (John 10:12) under authority of
the corporate trustees, and:
2. Tax Exemption for “not-for-profit” organizations (for corporations, trusts and
unincorporated associations) under Internal Revenue Code sec. 501(c)3 is a trap
used by the government to control the churches and silence the preachers of
America from influencing our government and society, and from crying out
against wicked government policies, politics and politicians. For the churches to
enter into such a treacherous contract with the state constitutes a grievous,
abominable SIN. In fact, for all practical purposes it is a sin very similar to taking
the "mark of the beast" (Rev. 13) upon the Church, in betraying the Lordship of
Christ by bowing to the supremacy of the state. The civil government has always,
from the first century onward, attempted to control and subjugate the Church of
the Lord Jesus Christ. The Jewish Sanhedrin asked Peter of his authority to
preach and heal in Acts 4:7, “By what power, or by what name [(i.e., By whose
authority)], have ye done this?” This was essentially the same question they had
asked the Lord Jesus in Matt 21:23: “By what authority doest thou these things?
and who gave thee this authority?” They wanted the disciples to ask them for
their permission or authority to preach. They may have let them preach about
Jesus, but only under their authority. It has been the same down through the
ages, through the days of intense and bloody persecution of the true church by
the Roman Caesars and then for many centuries by the Roman Papacy, after the
apostate church entered into an unholy marriage compact with Roman emperor
Constantine in the fourth century. The issue has always been who would control
the Church; civil/ecclesiastical government, or the Lord Jesus. One of the primary
reasons God had so blessed America is that under our Constitutional system and
Bill of Rights, the Church could for the first time in history function unhindered by
the state. Before that time, even in America, most of the 13 colonies had their
own state churches, which often persecuted those of dissenting denominations.
Patrick Henry’s timeless quote, “I know not what course other men may take, but
as for me, give me liberty or give me death” was inspired when he witnessed a
man being publicly flogged in Culpepper, Virginia, in March of 1775. The man
was of one of twelve Baptist preachers jailed for preaching without a license from
the state (Episcopal) church. In 1789 there were many delegates to the
Constitutional Convention who were still of the belief that the nation must select
and support a state church. It was primarily at the insistence of the Baptists of
Rhode Island, assisted by Madison and Jefferson of Virginia, that the First
Amendment was adopted guaranteeing that no particular denominational sect
would be sanctioned by the government. During Madison’s presidency the
Episcopal Church sought incorporation through Congress. Madison vetoed the
legislation, saying that if the government incorporated the Episcopal Church it
would have created a state church. For over a hundred years after the adoption
of the Bill of Rights, the Church stood rightly as the “watchdog” over the
government, holding government accountable to the Word of God (Ps. 149:5-9).
Legislation in Christian America back then had to pass the “pulpit test”; if it
wouldn’t preach well from the pulpits it would surely not pass in the legislature.
Sadly, those days are now long gone and the Church has been effectively
silenced. It has become incorporated, and it has, to its shame, become a state
church. A CORPORATION CANNOT BE A CHURCH A true New Testament
church cannot organize as a corporation, because a corporation cannot be a true
New Testament church. What exactly is a corporation? Black’s Law Dictionary
(6th. Ed.) defines a corporation as “an artificial person or legal entity created by
or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by
statute as a legal entity.” By law, corporations are created by the state and are
therefore by law under the state’s jurisdiction and control. To affirm this point, in
the landmark case of Hale v. Hinkle, 201 U.S.
43 (1906), the U.S. Supreme Court made the following very revealing
declaration: “A corporation is a creature of the state. It is presumed to be
incorporated for the benefit of the public. It receives certain special privileges and
franchises and holds them subject to the laws of the state and the limitations of
its charter. Its powers are limited by law. It can make no contract not authorized
by its charter. Its right to act as a corporation are only preserved to it so long as it
obeys the laws of its creation. There is a reserved right in the legislature to
investigate its contracts and ascertain if it has exceeded its power.” (emphasis
added) It should be obvious to every thinking Christian that every statement in
the above legal definition of a corporation is diametrically opposed to the Biblical
definition of the Church and to the lordship of Christ over His church. Consider
these statements one by one: “A corporation is a creature of the state...” Our
copyright and patent laws are based on the legal maxim that the creator always
has ownership and control over his creation. By law whatever the state creates,
the state controls. A New Testament church cannot be a creature of the state;
Jesus founded the church and said He would build His church. “...It is presumed
to be incorporated for the benefit of the public...” The Church exists for the
benefit of its members (1 Cor. 12) and its head, the Lord Jesus Christ, NOT the
public. Jesus promised us that the world (the public) would HATE the Church
(John 15:18-
19). Corporate churches must by law exist for the benefit of the public, which is
exactly why the IRS says they cannot publicly preach any “propaganda” contrary
to established public policy. “...It receives certain special privileges and
franchises...” (the Church exists and functions as a matter of right, not of
privilege; by order of the Lord Jesus’ commission in Matthew 28:18-20, not by
permission from the government) “and holds them subject to the laws of the state
and the limitations of its charter [(not the Bible)]. Its powers are limited by law
[(not the Bible)]. It can make no contract not authorized by its charter [(not the
Bible)]. Its right to act as a corporation are only preserved to it so long as it obeys
the laws of its creation.” By law the first and final authority for the corporation is
the corporation’s charter
(corporate constitution and by-laws) and corporate statute law, not the Bible.
“There is a reserved right in the legislature to investigate its contracts and
ascertain if it has exceeded its power.” Regarding this right, the court also said:
“the right of visitation [by government] is for the purpose of control and to see that
the corporation keeps within the limits of it powers.” A corporate church has no
privacy in its membership, financial or other business records, which may be
ordered at any time to be open to public scrutiny and control. Incorporated
churches are therefore informants for the government regarding the finances and
contributions of its members. Corporate churches are required to conduct regular
business meetings and maintain minutes from those meetings, also open to
public scrutiny. Also, by corporate law, all property owned by the corporation is
held in trust by the trustees for the beneficiary of the trust, which is the state; i.e.,
the property is ultimately owned by the state. Under corporate law, Biblical
church government is turned on its head as the trustees run the corporation on
behalf of the State, and are over the pastor in authority. The church is converted
to a business, the pastor is reduced to a CEO of the business and is now a mere
a hireling
(John 10:12). Consider the glaring contrast between the above quote from the
Hale v. Hinkle ruling and the 1st Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall
make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof.” That means Congress can neither protect nor restrict the
Church’s activities. Congress has no jurisdiction to make any law which applies
to the Church. Conversely, as stated in Hale v. Hinkle, corporations cannot exist
or function apart from statute law! When a church incorporates, it is then seen in
the eyes of the law (by the courts) as a corporation, not a church. As such,
incorporated churches are not protected under the First Amendment to the
Constitution, but are entities over which the courts and the legislature may take
jurisdiction and command to perform according to their orders. That is how the
courts can hand down decisions against incorporated churches that seem to
violate the First Amendment, when actually the First Amendment does not even
apply! Incorporated “churches” have no 1st Amendment rights; they have
willingly given up First Amendment protection in exchange for corporate
privileges and government subsidies, just as Jacob’s older brother Esau traded
his birthright for a mess of pottage. Beyond this, however, and by far the most
critical issue, is that the head of every incorporated “church” is the State, not the
Lord Jesus. TAX EXEMPTION vs. TAX IMMUNITY As if incorporation itself
wasn’t bad enough, the incorporated “church” then goes to the state to humbly
beg for tax exemption as a “Non-Profit Charitable Organization” (see Jer. 2:11,
“but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit”). The true
Church, protected under the 1st Amendment, is actually non-taxable; it is
immune from taxation and needs no exemption, which is only a privileged
exception extended to taxable entities at the government’s expense. As such, the
Supreme Court ruled in the Bob Jones University case that tax exemption for
non-profit organizations is a government subsidy. Regarding their Supreme Court
ruling, Dr. Bob Jones III wrote the following summary
(emphasis added), clearly showing that tax exemption is a trap: “From 1971 until
1983 Bob Jones University was in controversy with the IRS over its tax-exempt
status. The issue culminated in a 1983 ruling against this institution by the U.S.
Supreme Court declaring that since we held views that were contrary to
prevailing federal public policy we would forfeit our exemption...the court ruled in
our case that tax exemption was a subsidy...and that religious organizations had
to yield their religious beliefs in favor of ‘overriding government interests.” In case
you missed it, that quote said tax exemption is a government subsidy. What the
government subsidizes, it also controls. Tax Exemption is a trap, which has been
intentionally baited and sprung by the government to lure and draw the churches
outside of Constitutional protection, and thereby to control the churches and
pulpits of America and prevent them from speaking out against established
government policy. To receive tax exemption the corporate “churches” must
enter into a treacherous covenant with the IRS to preach public policy and
remain silent on all issues before the legislature. This “new covenant” for the
corporate church, otherwise known as Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)3,
reads as follows: Sec. 501. Exemption from Tax on Corporations, Certain Trusts,
etc...
(c). List of Exempt Organizations...
(3). Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and
operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety,
literary, or educational purposes or to foster national or international amateur
sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part
of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or
individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda
[?] or otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided
in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in, (including
the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of
(or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. (emphasis added) By begging
for tax exemption under IRC 501(c)3 the incorporated churches have lumped
themselves together with secular and pagan organizations (most of which are
allowed to lobby to influence legislation under an exception clause not offered to
churches; see 501(h)(5)); and have made an agreement with the government not
to “carry on propaganda” (not defined in the IR Code, but defined in the BJU
case quoted above as speaking out against "prevailing Federal public policy") or
to “attempt to influence legislation.” If an issue such as homosexual rights or child
pornography or abortion rights is being considered in Congress, pastors of
501(c)3 incorporated churches are not allowed to tell their people to call their
congressmen to voice their views, as that is attempting to influence legislation.
They are not allowed to take out ads in the local news media to inform Christians
on legislative issues. Technically, IRC 501(c)3 can be interpreted to completely
disallow preachers from even preaching from their own pulpits on political issues.
The day will soon come that the “propaganda” forbidden by 501(c)3 will include
preaching the Gospel that the only way to heaven is through the Lord Jesus.
Actually, under current “hate crime” legislation, that day is already upon us. For
preachers to say (as many do when confronted with the issue) that they can
make such an agreement without intending to keep it constitutes fraud, and is
exactly parallel to taking the mark of the beast with their fingers crossed behind
their backs. Also, any Christian who believes the Church should be confined to
its own four walls and should not influence government or society needs to reread
his Bible, particularly such passages as Matt. 5:13-14, Matt. 28:18 (“all
authority in heaven and in earth”), Rev. 5:10, Is. 9:6-7, Ps. 2:8-12 and Ps. 149:5-
9 which shows that all of God’s saints have the honor of holding kings and nobles
accountable to the two-edged sword, the word of God (Heb 4:12). Since Jesus is
the “king of kings” then all civil authorities answer to him (Rom 13:6). He is
presently working on this earth through His Church, which is to be the salt of the
earth. The Bible Subjected to the Internal Revenue Code No incorporated taxexempt
"church" can honestly claim that it is operating under the fundamental
doctrine of the Sole Authority of the Scriptures. Incorporated tax-exempt
churches have by their contract not only placed the Bible under their corporate
charter, but also under the Internal Revenue Code in authority. Consider the
following quote from the opening statement of the Constitution and By-laws of an
independent, fundamental Baptist church in Land O’ Lakes, Florida: Section 2 -
Purpose A) This congregation is organized and incorporated as a church
exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes within the meaning
of Section
501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of
any future United States Revenue law)... (emphasis added) In case you missed
it, that said “exclusively” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code! This
blatant apostasy and treacherous betrayal is not unique to this church but is fairly
common as this very wording has been promoted by the lying deceivers of the
CLA, the “Christian Law (Lie) Association.” This is an outright betrayal of the
blood of the martyrs through the centuries who were tortured and burned at the
stake for standing on the sole authority of the scriptures. It is also a betrayal of
another of the main distinctive doctrines of the Baptists held throughout history, a
doctrine of which modern-day Baptists seem to be sadly ignorant: the doctrine of
the Separation of Church and State. (Note: historically Baptists were the few that
believed it is not the Church’s job to control the government, neither is it the
government’s job to control the Church. History was dominated from the 4th
through the 18th centuries first by the Popes and then by the Protestants
enforcing false doctrines by the edge of the sword and persecuting, torturing and
murdering the Baptists.) This is not just a Baptist issue, but Baptists must wake
up and see that any preacher that pastors an incorporated, 501(c)3 taxexempt
(state-sponsored) church, and at the same time preaches against worldly attire,
worldly music, smoking, or other personal compromises is straining at gnats
when he has swallowed a camel (Matt 23:24). He can preach against the NIV or
NASV on behalf of the King James Bible, but his first and final authority is the
IRC (Internal Revenue Code) and his corporate constitution and by-laws, not the
Bible. He can preach against sexual immorality and adultery, but he has
committed spiritual adultery by marrying the bride of Christ to another husband.
He can call himself Baptist, but he has compromised and betrayed both Baptist
distinctive doctrines of the Sole Authority of the Scripture and the Separation of
Church and State, and is unworthy of the name Baptist and those doctrines for
which many thousands of saints courageously and willingly gave their lives.
“COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM” Many pastors and churches have
awakened from their ignorance and now see that it is wrong, immoral, idolatrous,
unbiblical and sinful to allow the Church to be organized as a
501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation (or any other similar statutory tax-exempt
organization) and are now standing up for the Lordship of Christ over His Church
no matter what the cost. The main reason for their conviction is the premise that
Christ alone is the one and only authority over the Church, as found in Ephesians
1:19-23: “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when
he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly
places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And
hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to
the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” The central
issue concerning church incorporation, based on Ephesians 1:22, (also Matt.
16:18, Col. 1;18, and Eph. 5:23) is that the Lord Jesus Christ has sole jurisdiction
and authority over the Church in all matters; therefore: THE CHURCH CANNOT
ANSWER TO ANY AUTHORITY OTHER THAN JESUS CHRIST. Jesus is head
over all things to the church. That means the civil government has no authority
whatsoever over the church. To grant authority over the church to anyone other
than Jesus is denial of Ephesians 1:22 and is absolute idolatry. America’s
founding fathers understood this, when they wrote in the 1st Amendment to the
Constitution, “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Congress has no jurisdiction to
restrict or tax the Church. As the Supreme Court has stated, “the power to tax
involves the power to destroy.” Congress does NOT have authority to destroy the
Church through any form of taxation. Congress cannot tax the Church because
the government cannot tax God or take His tithe. This is why the Church is nontaxable
and does not need any “exemption.” Even if the 1st Amendment had not
been written, if Congress made any law apply to the Church, the Church would
be duty-bound to ignore the law, because the State has no authority over the
Church. This same principle applies to local government. For the Church to go to
local government for occupancy permit, marriage license or any other permit or
license is to acknowledge another head over the Church. We cannot take a
license from government to do what God commands. This is why during the
1600’s, John Bunyan, author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” spent 13 years in jail -
at great price to his wife and children - for preaching the gospel without a license
from the Anglican state church. This is why Baptist preachers were persecuted in
Virginia and other colonies even up until the 1770’s; for preaching the gospel
without a license from the state church. 1st century Christians were martyred by
Rome not because they were Christians, but because they refused to accept
Caesar’s lordship and seek permission (“licit”) from Caesar to be Christians. In
going to the government for incorporation and tax exemption, the churches have
done what the martyrs refused to do; they have asked the state to license the
church, and thereby have voluntarily surrendered Jesus’ lordship over the church
to the government, “even denying the Lord that bought them” (2 Pet 2:1). “But
they’re not telling me what to preach!” This is the typical reaction most preachers
have when confronted with this information. They think that if the government is
not holding them to the contract they have signed and the covenant they have
made, then they have no problem. They say that when they are told what to
preach (which in fact they already are), then they will get out of the corporate
trap, or they will simply not honor their contract and will preach what they want to
anyway. As stated, this dishonest and dishonorable approach constitutes fraud.
Furthermore, the problem is not whether or not the government is enforcing the
contract; the problem is in the preachers’ willingness to give the government
jurisdiction over the Church that only belongs to Jesus! “Know ye not, that to
whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye
obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (Rom.
6:16). Again, incorporating a church and begging for tax-exemption involves the
same sin as taking the mark of the beast; both acts deny the exclusive lordship of
Christ by bowing to the supremacy of the state. This issue is totally one of
Lordship. While God “winks” at the sins we commit in ignorance (Ac. 17:30, 1
Tim. 1:13), the pastors of America must now repent and free their churches from
the wicked covenants they have made with the state, and return their churches to
the Lord Jesus. “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent,
and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent” (Rev 2:5). It is time for the
Church to be the Church; for the Bible to once again be our sole authority for
faith and practice, and for the Lord Jesus Christ to once again be our only Lord
and Master. Amen.
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