GENESIS 49:14-15  ¹⁴ “Issachar is a rawboned donkey


    lying down among the sheep pens.


¹⁵ When he sees how good is his resting place

    and how pleasant is his land,


he will bend his shoulder to the burden


    and submit to forced labor.

R.J.  YOU MUST BE FAITHFUL

IF PAUL HAD NOT BEEN WILLING TO MAKE TENTS, HE WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED THE GREAT REVELATION. HE HAD TO BE MOORED TO THE PRACTICAL.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH GIFTED PEOPLE.  PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO THE HARD STUFF.  THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE DRUDGING.  THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE PRACTICAL STUFF SO GOD CAN'T TRUST THEM WITH MUCH.

JESUS WANTS US TO TURN OUR DRUDGERY INTO WORSHIP UNTO HIM.

PAUL MAD EVERY TENT AS IF THE LORD WAS GOING TO LIVE IN THAT TENT.

BEING THE LORD'S SLAVE IS ABOUT THE MOST FUN ONE COULD EVER HAVE.  BEING THE LORD'S SSLAVE, YOU CAN HAVE THE MOST FUN YOU EVER HAVE ON THIS EARTH.

THE HIGH CALLING TO CHRIST JESUS IS THE GREATEST THING ONE COULD EVER GET IN CREATION.  EVEN THE ANGELS MARVEL AT THIS.  WHAT HE HAS OPEEND UP FOR MEN TO PURSUE - IN CHRIST - THAT IS ABOUT TO BE CLOSED FOREVER.

WE'VE GOT TO RUN THIS NOW FOR THAT HIGH CALLING.

IN LITERALLY 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES, WE HAVE TAUGHT:

'DEAR GOD, FORGIVE ME MY SINS,

JESUS COME INTO MY HEART - AMEN'

BEING BORN AGAIN IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF LIFE.  WE'VE GOT TO GROW INTO ALL THINGS INTO CHRIST.

J.B.  "I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'VE LOST 98% OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.  BY HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT WALKING THAT PATH.  THEY'RE NOT ... THERE ARE TRAPS IN THE PATH - DISTRACTIONS ALONG THE WAY.

THERE ARE KEY THINGS TO STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH.

WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE TODAY.  WE REALLY DO!"

R.J.  (LAUGHS) "I CAN SAY THOSE THINGS AS I'VE BEEN DISTRACTED AND TRIPPED OVER GOOD THINGS.  ONE THING! TIME IS SHOR.  WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO MESS AROUND.

PHILLIPIANS 3:12  Paul wasn't talking about salvation of eternal life --- he had these things the day he said he believe in Jesus, and the atonement of the cross.  But he saw something so awesome, it has to be revealed.

I'M NOT ASHAMED OF WHAT HE SHOWED ME.  I'M GOING TO SHARE IT AS CLEARLY AND AS BOLDLY AS I CAN, BUT THERE'S NEVER, EVER BEEN EITHER A CALLING LIKE THIS OR AN ADVENTURE LIKE THIS.

NO MATTER IF YOU ARE A KID OR 99 YEARS OLD, YOU CAN GET ON THE PATH AND YOU CAN WIN THIS RACE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ABRAHAM WAS ON IT, HE PURSUED WHAT GOD WAS BUILDING, NOT JUST MEN, AND WAS TOO OLD WHEN HE GOT CALLED.  AND THEN GOD MADE HIM WAIT!  IT'S NOT ABOUT AGE.  IT'S ABOUT FAITH!  YOU HAVE TO KNOW TO HAVE SUCH FEAITH IN YOUR PURSUIT OF GOD THAT YOU WILL LEAVE ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO IN THIS TEMPORARY REALM TO PURSUE GOD IN CHRIST.

SPIRITUAL FATHERS AND MOTHERS ARE RARE IN THESE TIMES.  I THINK IN GENERAL THE LEADERS HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES TO BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS MORE THAN BUILDING PEOPLE.  GREAT SAINTS ARE BECOMING RARE.

J.B.  CHURCH LEADERS!  WHERE ARE THE GREAT LEADERS?  I'M LOOKING FOR CHURCH LEADERS TO STAND AT THE PULPIT AND SAY, "AMERICA!  COME BACK TO GOD!  WE NEED THE PULPITS ONCE AGAIN TO CRY OUT FROM THE HEART OF GOD.

THERE IS A PARALLEL IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.  WE SAY THIS ALL THE TIME.  WHERE ARE OUT LEADERS?  WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND UP FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RIGHTNESS?  NOT EVEN RELIGION!  JUST STAND UP!

I GREW UP WITH EISENHOWER AND PATTON AND SO MANY I CAN'T NAME THEM ALL.

  ADLAI STEVENSON - AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.

  MC ARTHUR - WHO WAS SECRETARY OF STATE

  CONRAD ADENAUER

  GENERAL MARSHALL

  JOHN KENNEDY

  BOBBY KENNEDY

  TED KENNEDY

  MADELINE ALBRIGHT

  COLIN POWELL

  GEORGE BUSH I

  JOHN KERRY

  GEORGE SCHULTZ

  GENERAL SCHWARTZKOPF

R.J.  IF WE DON'T SPEAK OUT, WE'LL ALL BE IN PRISON.

J.B.  PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT NOW!

R.J.

ISAIAH 60:2 ² See, darkness covers the earth


    and thick darkness is over the peoples,


but the Lord rises upon you


    and his glory appears over you.

ISAIAH 5:2  My loved one had a vineyard


    on a fertile hillside.


² He dug it up and cleared it of stones


    and planted it with the choicest vines.


He built a watchtower in it


    and cut out a winepress as well.


Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,


    but it yielded only bad fruit.

THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF JUDGMENT FROM GOD.  NOT JUST DESTRUCTION, BUT DISCIPLINE.

PROVERBS 3:12  ¹² For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

ISAIAH 3:4  ⁴ And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

ISAIAH 5 

Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

² And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

³ And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

⁴ What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

⁵ And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

⁶ And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

⁸ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

⁹ In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

¹⁰ Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

¹¹ Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

¹² And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

¹³ Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

¹⁴ Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

¹⁵ And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

¹⁶ But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

¹⁷ Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

¹⁸ Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

¹⁹ That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

²⁰ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

²¹ Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

²² Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

²³ Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

²⁴ Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁵ Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

²⁶ And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

²⁷ None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

²⁸ Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

²⁹ Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

³⁰ And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

THE LORD PREFERS MERCY OVER JUDGMENT, BUT HE PREFERS THAT WE WOULD JUDGE OUTSELVES SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT!

1 CORINTHIANS 11:31-34

³² But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

³³ Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

³⁴ And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

 IF WE GET THE MESSAGE NOW, HE WON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, FOR OUR SAKE, AND THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN, JUDGMENETS GET MORE INTENSE AND MORE SEVERE AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

BY EVERYTHING WE READ IN SCRIPTURE, WE HAVE WICKED LEADERS IN THIS COUNTRY.  DO YOU KNOW WHOSE FAULT THAT IS?  OURS! 

WHO IS SOVEREIGN HERE?  THEY ARE NOT SOVEREIGN!  WE ARE!  WE ARE THE SOVEREIGN IN A REPUBLIC.  WE ARE THE ONES ABDICATING TO THIS AND ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.

IF WE DON'T SPEAK OUT, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN PRISON, VERY, VERY SOON.

AND ITS GOING TO BE A WORSE PRISON THAN WE CAN IMAGINE.

I'VE BEEN WARNING AGAINST THIS MARTIAL LAW, AND I'M GLAD IT'S GETTING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION!  I'VE BEEN TALKNG ABOUT THIS SINCE 1987.

I'M PRAYING FOR REPENTANCE SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN.

J.B. IT ACTUALLY SAYS IN THE BIBLE - IN THE LAST DAYS, PEOLE WILL BE PUT IN PRISON  - Luke 21:12

NEWS STORY:  MORE CHRISTANS KILLED LAST YEAR IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, THAN HE REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED.

NEWS STORY:  ATHEIST GROUP THREATENS TO SUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER PARTICIPATION IN FRANKLIN GRAHAM'S OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD!  Operation Christmas Child send little boxes of toys and pencils and crayons to little children all over the world. They sent out over 7 million last year.  Photo is of little black boys in Africa, beaming smiles ear to ear to get these gifts for Christmas. Otherwise they would get nothing.

NEWS STORY:  RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION MEANS CHRISTIANITY IS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION.

J.B. HOW COULD WE HAVE GONE SO FAR, SO FAST?

R.J.  CHRISTIANITY IS AT A LOW EBB RIGHT NOW, AROUND THEH WORLD.  IT'S GROWING AT ABOUT 185,000 NEW BELIEVERS EVERY DAY.

THAT'S A LOW POINT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.  AT THIS POINT OF 185,000 NEW BELIEVERS EVERY DAY, AT THIS LOW EBB, WE ARE STILL GROWING TWICE AS FAST AS EVERY OTHER RELIGION ON THE PLANET.

FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN YEARS AGO, THERE WAS 400,000 NEW BELIEVERS EVERY DAY.  WE HAVE HAD AN INGATHERS OF NEW BELIEVERS IN THE LAST TWO DECADES THAN IN ANY PERIOD OF TIME SINCE THE ORIGINAL PENTECOST.

I WAS IN GERMANY RECENTLY AND THE AMBASSADOR ASKED ME, "WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT?" 

II KNEW THAT THIS AMBASSADOR HAD JUST BEEN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.

I'M A PILOT, SO I RELATED MY ANSWER TO THAT AND SAID, "I FEEL LIKE I'M RIDING IN THE BACK OF A 747 AND THERE IS SOMEBODY FLYING THIS THING WHO HAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AND HE'S UP THERE PULLING THOSE KNOBS TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.

HE SAID, "I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.  WE WERE SO HAPPY WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED.  THIS GUY IS SO NAIVE, WE CAN CONTROL HIM EASILY. BUT NOW HE IS WRECKING THE WORLD'S ECONOMY.  HE IS DESTROYING EVERYTHING."

THIS IS HOW MANY OF OUR ALLIES ARE THINKING.  THIS THING IS OUT OF CONTROL.

I DON'T LIKE TO PRE-EMPT PEOPLE'S INTENTIONS, BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE BEING DONE IN INTENTIALLY.  AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND EVIDENCE IS EVIDENCE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE INTENT IS, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO, BUT WHAT IS COMING BESIDES ALL THIS, IS THAT IT IS HARVEST TIME.

MATTHEW 13:39  ³⁹ The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

THE HARVEST IS THE END OF THE AGE AND THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS.  AND THE KINGDOM IS COMING.

J.B. BUT WITH MARTIAL LAW, EVERYTHING BASICALLY STOPS AND TREMENDOUS CONTROL TAKES OVER!...

R.J.  BUT DOES IT?  LET'S ASK THAT QUESTION.

J.B.  BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?  IS AMERICA COMING TO MARTIAL LAW?

R.J.  LET'S FACE IT.  IT COULD BE GOD'S GRACE ON AMERICA.  THE KEY IS:  WHO THE MARTIAL IS!  THAT'S THE REAL KEY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO BE PRAYING FOR RIGHT NOW.  WHO THE MARTIAL IS!

IF WE TURN OUR HEARTS BACK TO THE LORD AS IN REVELATION 3:20 

Behold I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him and he with me.

IN THE LAST 1/2 CENTURY, WE'VE BEEN SAYING, "WE DON'T WANT YOU.  GET OUT OF OUR PUBLIC PLACES." AND HE'S DONE IT BASICALLY.  EXCEPT WHERE WE WANT HIM.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA WITHOUT REVIVAL AND ANOTHER GREAT AWAKENING.  WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT AS A REPUBLIC. BUT NOW IF WE'VE TURNED BACK TO THE LORD OR TURN BACK TO HIM, HE WILL USE MARTIAL LAW AND WILL USE THE RIGHT MARTIAL OR MARTIALS, WHO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AND WILL RESTORE THOSE FOUNDATIONS AND REBUILD THE FIREWALLS THAT WERE TORN DOWN, THAT HAVE ENABLED THAT HAS HAPPENED TO DESTROY OUR CONSTITUTION AND THEY WILL RESTORE IT AND REBUILD IT AND OUR REPUBLIC WILL GO ON.

II CHRONICLES 7:14  If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE IN OUR REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THAT I BELIEVE WAS DIVINELY INSPIRED BUT NOT SCRIPTURE.  IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT IT WAS MEANT TO HELP PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD, WHICH WE DO IN ISAIAH 4, BY BUILDING A HIGHWAY.

ISAIAH 40:3  Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert, a highway for our God.

WE NEED TO BUILD THAT HIGHWAY AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD AND AS HE SAID IN PHILLIPIANS 1

I DIDN'T SEARCH OUT HIS HAND AND I DIDN'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE, I WANTED TO SEE IT FOR MYSELF, AND I SAW IT AND I BELIEVE THAT I RECEIVED A PROMISE THAT IF WE BEGIN, HE WILL COMPLETE IT. HE WILL FINISH THE JOB.

PHILLIPIANS 1:6  that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

BUT WE ARE IN THE ULTIMATE CRISES WE'VE EVEN BEEN IN RIGHT NOW.

AND IT DEPENDS ON US.  ARE WE GOING TO TURN TO THE LORD OR NOT?

AND IT WOULDN'T TAKE MANY.  ONE OF THE DECEPTIONS AND DELUSIONS THAT ARE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM DOING WHT THEY CAN DO IS THIS DEMOCRATIC MENTALITY, AND THAT'S NOT AN ANTI-DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT, BUT HEAR ME ... WE AHVE THIS MENTALITY THAT SAYS, UNTIL WE GET A MAJORITY ON OUR SIDE, THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.

IN GLADWELL'S TIPPING POINTS AND N SOCIETIES' SCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT WERE DONE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUIRED TO BRING ABOUT PROFOUND CULTURAL CHANGE OR CIVILIZATION'S WORLD WIDE CHANGE WAS DETERMINED IN THESE STUDIES OF HISTORY WAT DETERMINED TO THE SQUARE ROOT OF 1% OF THE POPULATION.

THAT MEANS 100 PEOPLE. THERE IS ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TO TAKE OVER MISSOURI, KANSAS AND MAYBE MANY OTHER STATES.  JUST 100 PEOPLE SHOWED TO BE ABLE TO PROFOUNDLY AND RADICALLY CHANGE A CITY OF A MILLION.

AND JESUS SAID, "I CAN DO EVEN BETTER THAN THAT.  LET'S SEE WHAT I CAN DO WITH TWELVE."  WITH GOD, JUST ONE EPRSON IS MAJORITY IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ONE!

AND WE SAID, "IF WE CAN GET THE VOTE...  "  LISTEN!  VOTING ISN'T GOING TO FIX THIS. THERE ISN'T ONE PERSON WHO CAN VOTE INTO POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING TO FIX THIS.  WE'VE GOT TO HAVE GOD BACK.  WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE GOD BACK.

SAY, ONE OF YOU SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE, ANY ONE OF YOU COULD BE THE PERSON THAT CAN TURN THE TIDE.

YOU COULD BE THE ONE TO RESOLVE THIS!  YOU COULD STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. YOU WILL NOT COMPROMISE YOUR CONVICTIONS.

MARTIN LUTHER DID THAT. HE WAS JUST A MONK.  HE TOOK A STAND AND NAILED THAT 95 THESIS TO THE DOOR OF THAT CHURCH AND SAID, "I WILL NOT COMPROMISE ON THESE", AND THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED.  THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED.

HE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERNET.  HE DIDN'T HAVE SOCIAL NETWORKING, BUT WHAT HE HAD WAS COURAGE AND HAD RESOLVE THAT HE WOULD NOT COMPROMISE IS CONVICTIONS.

I TELL YOU, ONE CHRISTIAN CAN TURN THIS AROUND AND  TELL YOU, GOD LOVES TO USE THE FOOLISH, THE SMALL AND THE WEAK.

ONE OF OUR BIG PROBLEMS IS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR TOO MANY TO BE ON OUR SIDE.  YOU KNOW! WE WANT POPULAR OPINION, WE WANT .....   NO! WE DON'T NEED THAT!  THE LORD DOES HIS BEST WORK WHEN ITS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:27  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.

J.B.  TO BE FOREWARNED AND TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WE NEED TO KNOW.  THAT'S WHAT THE PROPHET IS TO DO ... IS TO WARN ABOUT WHAT IS COMING AND WE KNOW THESE THINGS AND PREPARE.  WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR MARTIAL LAW?

YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT DERIVATIVES LAST NIGHT.  YOU KNOW ABOUT QE.  YOU KNOW WE THINK ITS QUEEN ELIZABETH ... YOU NOW IT'S JUST A ...  YOU KNOW WE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND!

R.J.  YOU KNOW, NEITHER DOES THE BRITISH, THE FRENCH, THE BELGIANS, AND EVERONE ELSE.  EVEN WHEN WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID "THE BEST ARGUMENT AGAINST DEMOCRACY IS A FIVE MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH THE AVERAGE VOTER."

IT'S NOT SUPPOSE TO BE THAT WAY AND OUR FOUNDER WAS VERY CLEAR AND THEY SAID, "THIS WON'T WORK!"

J.B.  WHO RUNS AMERICA?  WHO RUNS OUR COUNTRY?  I DON'T KNOW WHO RUNS OUR COUNTRY.  WE HAVE AGENCIES WHO COULD LITERALLY COME IN AND SHUT ME DOWN TOMORROW!

AN AGENCY!  TWO WOMEN COULD COME IN HERE AND SHUT ME DOWN TOMORROW!  AND ANY CHURCH AND ANY CHURCH IN AMERICA.

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

IT USED TO BE THE PEOPLE.  I'M SERIOUS!  I REALLY DONT KNOW.  I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE SUCH CONFUSION.

WE WAKE UP A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THE NSA HAS BUILT A BUILDING, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BUILDING IN AMERICA - THE UTAH DATA CENTER!  AND THEY BUILT THIS BUILDING TO RECORD EVERY WORD WE SPEAK AND NOW WE FIND OUT, THEY ARE USING IT.

NSA -UTAH DATA CENTER

COMPUTERS?

J.B.  - AND THEN I TALKED TO SENATORS ABOUT IT AND YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.  HOW CAN THAT BE?  I'M CRAZY!  RIGHT?

R.J. LAUGHS -  WELL! YOU'RE PECULIAR!  LAUGHS AGAIN!

NOTE FROM DEE:  THE LOOK ON JIM BAKKER'S FACE WAS PRICELESS.  EVEN I LAUGHED AT HIS EXPRESSION!

J.B.  I SEE THE CHURCH!  THEY ARE LIKE SHEEP WHO HAD JUST LAID DOWN AND GIVEN UP.  IT REALLY HAS.  WE'RE SCARED TO DEATH! 

WE CAN'T SPEAK OUT.  YOU KNOW!  I'M SCARED!  I'M SCARED TO SAY CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING OVER THE EDGE HERE!  BUT IF I DIE, I DIE!  IF THEY TAKE ME AWAY, THEY TAKE ME AWAY!

R.J.  YOU KNOW!  WE CAN'T LIVE IN THE FEAR OF DEATH!  THE FEAR OF GOVERNMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE!  WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHO IS AT THE TOP. 

THERE IS ONE SITTING ON THE THRONE WHO IS ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER AND DOMINION!

AND HE'S NOT MOVING.  HE HAS NOT LOST AN ELECTION AND DOESN'T HAVE TO FUN AND HE ON THAT THRONE!  AND WE HAVE TO SEE THAT FIRST!

JESUS IS ON THE THRONE!

NOW!  WAY BELOW HIM ... YOU KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD LIES IN THE POWER OF THE EVIL ONE.  BUT WHY ARE WE SHOCKED?

YOU KNOW AT ANY MOMENT, T HE LORD COULD MOVE HIS LITTLE FINGER AND ALL THE POWER OF THE EVIL ONE IS OVER.

BUT HE HAS ALLOWED CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE HE SAID, "THE HEAVENS ARE THE HEAVENS OF THE LORD, BUT THE EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE SON OF MAN.

PSALM 115:16  which is why he won't do things on earth unless we pray!

HE SAID, "I gave you that!  Pray and I'll help you!"

BUT HE IS THE HELPER AND HE'S GOING TO SEND THE HELPER -  THE DOER!  THIS IS SOMETHING FOR US TO DO!

BUT THERE IS A PART FOR US!  WE'VE GOT TO RESPOND.  WE'VE GOT TO RESOLVE AND ALL THAT CONTAINS BELONGS TO THE LORD.

HE'S THE KING OF THE KINGDOM AND THE KINGDOM IS COMING AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE WHOLE KINGDOM BACK.  WE KNOW THAT!

HE'S GOING TO RESTORE THIS TO THE PARADISE IT WAS CREATED TO BE.

BUT THIS BATTLE IS FOR OUR SAKE AND I EXPLAINED IN THIS BOOK -  'THE PATH'.

IT'S ALL FOR OUR SAKE.

THE FIRST ADAM HAD  BRIDE IN THE MOST PERFECT CONDITIONS AND SHE WAS GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL AND SHE CHOSE EVIL.

NOTE FROM DEE:  I DON'T PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT.  SHE CHOSE THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL -  THE KNOWLEDGE - WHICH IS NOT EVIL.  THE SERPENT IS WISDOM!

R.J  THE LAST ADAM!  SHE IS GOING TO PAY.  THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS!  THEY KNOW THEIR TIME IS UP.  WHEN THEY SEE THAT OBEDIENCE IN THE CHURCH.  THE ANGELS ARE GOING TO SAY ... "NO ONE HAS REMAINED FAITFUL AND THEY AR GONG TO SAY ... SHE IS WORTHY TO BE OUR JUDGE.  SHE IS WORTHY TO RULE WITH THE LAMB!"

BUT IT'S REALLY MOSTLY ABOUT US!

PAUL SAID IN GALATIONS 1:10  If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond servant of Christ!

ARE WE GONG TO SEE THE APPROVAL OF MAN?  OR ARE WE GOING  TO LIVE IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD?

NOTE FROM DEE:  WE SHOULD LIVE IN THE LOVE OF THE LORD!

R.J.  WE'VE GOT A CHOICE TO MAKE!  WE'VE GOT A CHOICE TO MAKE!  THE WORST THING I COULD IMAGINE IS TO BE A WATCHMAN AND NOT SOUNDED THE ALARM!  AND TO BE A SHEPHERD AND NOT HAVE PROTECTED HIS SHEEP!

AND WE'VE ALL GOT TO DO OUR PART!

WE DO HAVE A VACUUM OF LEADERSHIP.  NOT JUST IN THE GOVERNMENT, BT IN THE CHURCH!  IN INDUSTRY!  ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.  THERE IS A HUGE VACCUM OF LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE WORLD.

WELL!  THAT'S A GREAT TIME FOR THE LORD TO RAISE UP THOSE HE HAS CHOSEN TO BE LEADERS!

WHO DID HE CHOSE TO BE HIS LEADERS?  WHO WOULD HAVE PICKED ANY ONE OF THOSE GUYS?

AND MAYBE WE ARE LOOKIKNG IN THE WRONG PLACES EVEN TO BE OUR LEADERS!

ALAN KEYES TOLD ME ONE TIME WHILE WE WERE HAVING LUNCH.  HE SAID, "JUST THE WAY WE CHOOSE OUR LEADERS IS UNBIBLICAL!"

THE WAY WE DO IT... "IT'S ME!  IT'S ME!  I'M THE BEST! LOOK AT ME!"

SELF PROMOTION! 

THE BIBLE SAID, "IT'S EVIL!"

OR PUTTING DOWN THE OPPOSITION.  JUST CRITICIZING.  THE IS ONLY ...  WHO DID GOD CHOOSE?

LOOK AT KING DAVID!

The biblical King David of Israel was known for his diverse skills as both a warrior and a writer of psalms. In his 40 years as ruler, between approximately 1010 and 970 B.C.E., he united the people of Israel, led them to victory in battle, conquered land and paved the way for his son, Solomon, to build the Holy Temple. Almost all knowledge of him is derived from the books of the Prophets and Writings: Samuel I and II, Kings I and Chronicles I.

David was the eighth and youngest son of Jesse from the kingly tribe of Judah. He was also a direct descendent of Ruth the Moabite. David began his life as a shepherd in Bethlehem. One day, the prophet Samuel called him out of the field and anointed him without the knowledge of the current king, Saul. David simply returned to his sheep. His first interaction with Saul came when the king was looking for someone to play music for him, and the king’s attendant summoned the skilled David to play for him. Saul was pleased with David and kept him in his service as a musician.

The first time David publicly displayed his courage was when, as an inexperienced boy armed with only a stick and a few stones, he confronted the nine-foot, bronze armored Philistine giant, Goliath of Gath. After skilled warriors had cowered in fear for 40 days, David made a slingshot, invoked God’s name, and killed the giant. After this, Saul took David on as commander of his troops and David formed a close friendship with Saul’s son, Jonathan.

David was successful in battle against the Philistines and this aroused the jealousy of Saul, who tried to kill David by throwing a spear at him. David stayed with Saul, however, and Saul offered him his own daughter, Merav, as a wife. He later reneged on his promise, but offered David his second daughter, Michal, in exchange for the foreskins of 100 Philistines, a price that David paid.

Saul’s jealousy of David grew and he asked his son Jonathan to kill David. Jonathan was a friend of David’s, however, and hid David instead. He then went to his father and convinced Saul to promise not to kill David. Saul promised, and David returned to his service. This promise did not last and, after Saul attempted to kill David a second time, Michal helped David run away to the prophet Samuel in Ramah. David returned briefly to make a pact of peace with Jonathan and to verify that Saul was still planning to kill him. He then continued his flight from Saul, finding refuge with the king of Moab. On the way, the priest Ahimelech of Nob gave David a weapon. When Saul heard this, he sent Doeg the Edomite to kill 85 of the city’s priests.

In the course of his flight, David gained the support of 600 men, and he and his band traveled from city to city. At one point, in Ein Gedi, David crept up on Saul while he was in a cave, but instead of killing him, cut a piece from his cloak and confronted Saul. Saul broke down and admitted that David would one day be king and asked David to swear that he would not destroy Saul’s descendants or wipe out Saul’s name. David swore to this, but it did not stop Saul from continuing to pursue him. Finally, David and his supporters joined the service of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath who entrusted David with control of the city of Ziklag. Under Achish’s employ, David raided the cities of nomads who harassed the Jews and gave the spoils as gifts to the leaders of Judah to win their support for him against Saul.

Eventually, while David was out battling a tribe called the Amalekites, Saul and Jonathan were killed on Mt. Gilboa in a fight with the Philistines. David mourned, and then began a new stage in his life, as king of Judah. He moved to Hebron, along with his wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, and his followers. The people of Judea were grateful to David for saving them from desert raiders while he was in Ziklag, and they appointed David king.

Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner crowned Ish-Boshet son of Saul king over the tribes of Israel. The kingdoms of Judah and Israel fought, with David’s dynasty growing stronger as Saul’s grew weaker. Finally, after Abner had a fight with Ish-Boshet, Abner approached David and made a pact with him, which allowed David to unite the two kingdoms and rule over all of Israel. As Abner was leaving David, however, David’s advisor and army commander, Joab, killed Abner without David’s knowledge. Soon, Ish-Boshet was also killed and the tribes of Israel anointed David as their king. David was 30 years old at the time, and had ruled over Judah for seven years and six months. Over the years, he had taken more wives and had many children. He had also made pacts with kings of various surrounding countries.

David’s first action as king was to capture what is now the City of David in Jerusalem, fortify it and build himself a palace. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king and was threatening their hegemony over all of Palestine, they attacked, spread out over the Valley of Raphaim and captured Bethlehem. David retaliated and, in three battles, forced the Philistines out of Israel.

Once David had established the safety of his kingdom, he brought the Holy Ark, which had been passed from city to city, to Jerusalem. He then wanted to build a temple to God and consulted Natan the prophet. Natan replied to David that God would always be with David, but it would be up to David’s son to build the Temple because David had been a warrior and shed blood.

David then began fighting wars against Israel’s neighbors on the east bank of the Jordan. He defeated the Moabites, the Edomites, the Ammonites and the Arameans. These wars began as defensive wars, but ended with the establishment of a Davidic empire that extended over both sides of the Jordan River, as far as the Mediterranean Sea. David enforced justice in his empire and established civil and military administrations in Jerusalem, modeled after those of the Canaanites and Egyptians. He divided the country into twelve districts, each with its own civil, military and religious institutions. He also established Jerusalem as the secular and religious center of the country. Each district paid taxes to Jerusalem and the people began to make pilgrimages to Jerusalem each year on the holidays of Passover, Shavout and Sukkot.

Despite this flawless reign on a national level, David had many problems in his personal life. One day while the men were at war, David spied a beautiful woman, Bathsheba, from his rooftop. He discovered that she was married to Uriah the Hittite, but this did not stop him from sending for her and getting her pregnant. He then recalled Uriah from battle and pretended that Uriah was the father of Bathsheba’s baby. Uriah refused to go home to his wife, so David sent Uriah to the front lines of battle, where he was killed. David then married Bathsheba. When confronted by Natan the prophet, David admitted his sin. In punishment, Bathsheba’s child died and David was cursed with the promise of a rebellion from within his own house. Bathsheba and David soon conceived a second son, Solomon.

David’s personal strife continued when his son Amnon raped Tamar, Amnon’s half-sister. Absalom, who was David’s son and Tamar’s brother, then killed Amnon. Absalom fled, but David could not stop thinking about him. Finally, Joab convinced David to allow Absalom to return. Absalom was a handsome man and became popular with the people of Israel. Then, 40 years after Samuel had anointed David king, Absalom, along with 200 men, journeyed to Hebron with the intention of rebelling against his father and taking over his kingdom. He had the support of the men of Hebron who were insulted by the removal of the kingdom from Hebron to Jerusalem, the elders whose status was undermined by parts of David’s policy and the Benjamites who wanted to avenge Saul’s family.

David feared that Absalom would return and conquer Jerusalem, so he and all his followers fled the city, leaving only 10 concubines to guard the palace. David told the priests Zadok and Abiathar to remain in the city along with his friend and now spy Hushai the Archite. Meanwhile, Absalom reached Jerusalem, took over the city and slept with David’s concubines. Hushai befriended Absalom, advised him, and told the priests to send messengers informing David of Absalom’s plans. David gathered his troops and then killed 20,000 of Absalom’s Israelite soldiers, including Absalom himself. David returned to power. A second revolt broke out at the hands of Sheba son of Bichri, but with the help of Joab, David succeeded in crushing this rebellion as well, and in killing Sheba.

Eventually David grew old and had to stop fighting. He constantly felt cold and could not get warm. At this point, Adonijah, David’s oldest son, declared himself king. David, however, had promised Bathsheba that her son Solomon would be king, and publicly anointed Solomon. Fearful of retribution Adonijah ran to the altar in Jerusalem, but Solomon pardoned him and sent him home.

David delivered a last set of instructions to his son, telling him to follow the words of God and to repay in kind specific people that had either wronged David or helped him. David then died after 40 years as king, 33 of those in Jerusalem. He was buried in the City of David.

David was a poet and the rabbis believe that David wrote the Book of Psalms, or at least edited it. Throughout his life, David prepared for the construction of the Holy Temple by setting aside the necessary physical materials, commanding the Levites and others in their duties for the Temple, and giving the plan for the Temple to Solomon. It is then fitting that according to tradition, the Messiah, who will build the third temple, will be from the Davidic dynasty. Today, Jews pray daily for the coming of the "Messiah, son of David."

Sources: Cohen, Barbara. David: A Biography. Clarion Books, New York: 1995.
Encyclopedia Judaica. "David."
Scriptures: Samuel I and II, Kings I, Chronicles I. The Jewish Publication Society’s translation, New York: 1985.

ALL HIS BROTHERS WERE OUT THERE SAYING, 'LOOK AT ME'.  DAVID WAS OUT THERE BEING FAITHFUL TO HIS ASSIGNMENT!

THE LORD KNEW WHO THE KING WAS GOING TO BE!

I THINK WE SHOULD START CHOOSING LEADERS THE WAY THE LORD CHOOSES LEADERS.

AND ELISHA:  HE'S OUT THERE PLOWING!

1 KINGS 19:19  So he departed there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with 12 yoke of oxen.  Elijah found him.  He was being faithful.

R.J.  THINGS ARE PROFOUNDLY AWRY RIGHT NOW IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THE RIGHT LEADERS THE WAY WE CHOOSE THEM.

I'M GLAD SOME ARE THERE BECAUSE OF A CALLING, AND A PURPOSE, AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT, AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM, AND WE SHOULD SEEK GODLY PEOPLE TO PUT INTO OFFICE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD START LOOKING AT THE WHOLE SYSTEM THAT HAS EVOLVED.

EVEN GEORGE WASHINGTON.  HE GOT ELECTED PRESIDENT AND DIDN'T KNOW IT!  HE NEVER RAN!

HE DID NOT KNOW HE WAS RUNNING OR THAT HE HAD BEEN NOMINATED.

SOMEONE FINALLY SENT HIM A NOTE:  "HEY! WE ELECTED YOU PRESIDENT!"

EVEN INTO THE 20TH CENTURY, WE HAD CANDIDATES THAT REFUSED TO CAMPAIGN FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY SAID, "YOU GUYS GOT TO DO THE WORK! IF I'M ELECTED, I'LL SERVE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!"

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE SYSTEM, THAT IS AWRY RIGHT NOW, AND WE MAY NEED SOMEONE TO COME IN AND TAKE IT AND FIX IT AND GET IT BACK ON TRACK.

THERE WERE TWO MAJOR FOUNDERS THAT GAVE US THE CONSTITUTION

WE TEAR THEM DOWN IT WON'T WORK.  AND WE TORE THEM DOWN AND IT NOT WORKING.  THOSE FIREWALLS GOT TO BE REBUILT OR ITS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MELT DOWN.

THIS CAN BE IF WE TURN TO THE LORD, A JUBILEE.  IT CAN BE A RESET.  WE'VE GOT TO SAY, "WE'VE SCREWED IT UP!"

WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE FOUNDATION - TO THE MOORINGS THAT WERE BUILT ON SOUND BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND DON'T EVER LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

J.B. WHAT ARE THE FIREWALLS?

R.J.  THE FIREWALLS WERE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY FROM TYRANNY EITHER FROM THE KIKNG OR THE EXECUTIVE OR THE PEOPLE - I.E.  MOB RULE

THEY WERE AFRAID OF ABUSE FROM EITHER DIRECTION

THESE FIREWALLS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ATTACKED OR ERODED, BUT THE MAIN FIREWALL THAT WAS BLOCKED WAS THE TYRANNY OF THE PEOPLE.  ONCE THE PEOPLE REALIZED THEY COULD VOTE FOR THEMSELVES, THE RESOURCES OF THE TREASURY, THIS WILL NOT WORK.  IT CAN'T WORK.

THAT FIREWALL WAS TORN DOWN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.  IT STARTED TO SLIDE AND SNOWBALLED AND GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER AND THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE.  BECAUSE PEOPLE FOUND OUT THEY CAN VOTE FOR THEMSELVES.

WE HAVE MANY OUT THERE NOW WHO ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER AND HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES BECAUSE THEY GOT EECTED NOT FOR POLICY BUT 'WHAT CAN II GIVE YOU"?  AND WHAT THEY ARE GIVING THEM ARE OUR RESOURCES - OUR HARD EARNED MONEY OF THOSE WHO ARE WORKING - THOSE WHO ARE PRODUCING.

THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE SENATE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.  SENATOR WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE STATES' GOVERNMENTS.  THEY WOULD PUT THOSE PEOPLE INTO GOVERNMNT WHO REALLY  UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON - THOSE WHO REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT AND THESE THINGS AND THAT THEY COULD BE THE FIREWALL AGANST PEOPLE WHO WERE VOTNG OR RESOURCES THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T HAVE.

THEY DESIGNED THIS AFTER THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN ENGLAND.  THEY HAVE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND YOU HAVE TO WORK A LOT OF THINGS OUT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT FIREWALL BECAUSE THE ENCROACHMENT IS COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS - BOTH THE EXECUTIVE ANDTHE TYRANNY OF THE PEOPLE.  JUST DEMANDING MORE AND MORE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE.

OUR DOLLAR?  AND THEN WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GET?  WHAT IS ANYONE GOING TO GET?

OUR MONEY IS GONE!

In some basic ways both Russia and China now have more liberty than we have in America. They are trending toward more individual liberty, even if they are hitting bumps on the road to this and occasionally may even run into a ditch. Even so, they get going again and are trending in the direction toward personal liberty. As impatient as many have been with their slowness in this, we should remember how long we struggled. Even after nearly a century of American democracy, we still had slavery, and America invented the concentration camps that we used for displacing and even killing Native Americans. The march of civilization has not been smooth or consistent anywhere or with anyone. So let us too give grace to those who are struggling.

However, after accomplishing so much, Western nations are now trending toward tyranny and the loss of individual freedom. There have been occasional slowdowns in this march to bondage, but then the pace gets even faster. The East and West are going in opposite directions again. 

 Thankfully, there is a third column. It is the kingdom of God. Every good gift that has come down to man, including better governments, has come from above. Even so, no government on earth is the kingdom of God even if they have some of the elements of the kingdom. The kingdom is yet to come to the earth, but it surely will. Many governments on the earth that have been built on at least some kingdom principles will “become the kingdom of our Lord.” 

 One of the things the Lord said that He would do after His return is to separate the nations as “sheep” or “goats.” He explained the qualifications for being a sheep or goat nation. For those who are here to help prepare the way for the Lord, one way that we do this is by helping our nation become a sheep nation. One of the ways that we are called to help prepare the way for the Lord is to help our nations adopt kingdom principles that would help them become “sheep” nations rather than “goat” nations. To help a nation get to where it is supposed to go, we must first know where it is. 

 There are other major forces in the world than Marxism and capitalism, but these have been the two most powerful counterweights in recent times. Under each of these there are nuances. For example, free enterprise is different than capitalism, but can only exist under capitalism. With pure capitalism you must have capital to have opportunity, but with free enterprise you only need initiative to have opportunity. However, if you have free enterprise and you become successful, you will have capital that you will want to invest, so you become a capitalist. The more capitalists and the more capital there is to invest, the more people have been successful in the system.

 You must have capitalism to have free enterprise. But if capitalism grows unchecked, it can choke out free enterprise and destroy itself by cutting itself off from its lifeblood. Left to itself without any steering and the needed corrections from government, greed can take over capitalism in such a way that it starts to abuse and hurt people. This leads to revolution and is not in anyone’s interest to allow this to happen—except the Marxists. The lifeblood of Marxism is promoting the envy of the successful, which they call “social justice.” 

 Not all who call for social justice are Marxists, and there is a devotion to social justice that we must have to remain a Republic. Even so, Marx, and subsequent Marxists, have been brilliant in the way they have seized popular and even noble terms to mobilize and exploit those whom Marx called the “useful idiots.” The “useful idiots” were the idealists that Marx saw as being so easily manipulated, but which he also despised. They were always the first to feel the wrath when Marxists gained control. 

 That being said, The Bible is still the biggest proponent of true social justice, and requires justice for all with a special devotion to providing justice for those who are weak. It requires freedom for the oppressed, and then it requires generosity from the prosperous to the poor. However, the key distinction between Christianity and the Marxist social justice, or the liberal social justice promoted by many today, is that nowhere does The Bible demand charity from the government, but from individuals. 

When charity becomes institutional it loses its basic power to uplift. It becomes demeaning, dehumanizing, and always leads to bondage.

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