| Render unto Caesar. Who is Caesar in the USA? |
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Written by Christopher H. Hansen The following is a religious statement of beliefs of Christopher H. Hansen after years of study concerning what LDS prophets have stated about Socialism, the Social Security System, withholding taxes, Social Security Numbers (AKA Mark of the Beast), Christians’ salvation and Christians’ firstfruits and what a Christian’s duty is concerning all of the above in order to exercise Christian religious freedom and in doing so attain a Christian salvation. The Old Testament, in the text below states that we are to give the Lord our firstfruits as tithing. Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary defines firstfruits as: “1: the earliest gathered fruits offered to the Deity in acknowledgement of the gift of fruitfulness 2 : the earliest products or results of an endeavor.” I believe that we are REQUIRED to give our “firstfruits” equaling ten percent, unto the Lord. We cannot fulfill this part of our Christian religion if the government forces an employer to withhold these firstfruits from a Christian’s paycheck. If we give unto the Lord of that which remains of our pay following their first removal then we give the dregs of our pay which is less than that which we are required to give our Deity. I believe that this adversely affects our salvation. The system that was devised by men under the guidance of Lucifer, to create this abomination and rebellion against the Law of Christ includes but is not limited to the Social Security Administration and its enforcement and collection arm, the Internal Revenue Service, for the devil believes it is his due. These federal agencies fulfill what Satan fought for in the war in Heaven, the slavery of mankind while calling is “security.” It is appropriate to state here that both these agencies use the Social Security number to mark those that voluntarily choose to become a part of Satan’s plan. John the Revelator foresaw fierce looking beasts which represent tyrannical earthly governments controlled by Satan (Rev. 13:16 & 17): And he (the Beast) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. The Social Security number marks us just as certainly as if it was in our right hand or in our foreheads. The federal government is now forcing the National ID Act that will have created a national identification system. This National ID will, allegedly, keep Americans that refuse to carry it, from traveling, getting medical attention, getting a job, entering into federal buildings or to buy or sell. This fits the prophecy too close to just ignore.
When we add this National ID to the following federal statute the possibilities become all too frightening that most Americans and most American LDS have already taken the Mark of the Beast upon themselves. Take a good look at what President Heber J. Grant had to say concerning Roosevelt’s Social Security plan. When ever you think of giving up or becoming a part of the Social Security or Federal Income tax lie read this again. He says that such plans are in violation of the revelations of Jesus Christ. Choose you this day who you will serve!
“We have on, at the present time, a great political campaign (1936), and I want to say to the Saints that I hope they will not allow their political affiliations, their regard for political affairs, to cause feelings of ill-will towards one another. I have had some of the most insulting letters that ever came to me, condemning me for not being in favor of the Townsend Plan (This”Plan” was renamed Social Security) , and that I must be ignorant of the plan. I am not ignorant of the plan. I have not read every word of it, but I have asked one of my secretaries to read every word of the plan and to give me the important points, and to my mind it is in direct opposition to everything I have quoted from Brigham Young and from the revelations of the Lord. The idea of allowing every man and woman who has reached the age of sixty years and wishes to retire from working to get two hundred dollars a month from the government! There is nothing truer than Brigham Young's statement, that we should give nothing to people, unless they are not able to work, without requiring them to do something for it…. Christians must not accept Socialism or the “Mark” in our lives. Please note that the scripture says “in” and not on. A brand, tattoo or a ring would be considered on our hand not “in” our hand yet when we hold something it is referred to as being “in” your hand. Who does not have to show their Social Security card and hold it “in” their hand when applying for a job or to get a bank account? And who does not know their number by memory having it metaphorically “in” their “forehead” so they may quote it upon demand by the government and their agents. Many people also assume that the number must be 666 and that is not their Social Security Number so they fail to recognize it as the “Mark of the Beast”. The scripture says, “…and his (the Beast’s) number is six hundred three score and six (666).” The scripture does not even say that the mark that we must carry is 666 for that is the number of HIS name. We will be marked by a “mark” OR “the name of the beast” OR “the number of his name.” The true identifying quality of the “Mark” is that it must restrict buying and selling or in other words the ability to earn a living (selling our products or our labor) or to obtain that which we need (buying) in order to survive without the Beast receiving his portion. 42 USC, Section 666 actually does limit the average person’s ability to buy o sell in America today. Any requirement, therefore, by any government that would mark us, especially numerically, is so unconditionally repugnant to those whose names are “…written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (Rev 13: 8) as to make it impossible to practice their chosen religion. “If any man have ear, let him hear.” (Rev. 13:9) The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was openly supported by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was, however, correctly struck down by the United States Supreme Court concerning its applicability to the States but it was not struck down in relation to and limitations upon the Federal Government. It was merely an attempt by Congress to restore the First Amendment to its original meaning when written by the founders and bastardized by the judiciary. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, 1821: "...the Federal Judiciary; an irresponsible body (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow), working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little to-day and a little to-morrow, and advancing it's noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of all be consolidated into one. ...when all government... in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the centre of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated." The RFRA did not weaken the First Amendment, for it could not; but it does help us to understand the restrictions placed upon the Federal government. It must be used and read with caution and never used as a replacement for the Constitutional restrictions of the First, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments; for even the Congress did not truly express the original intent of the Founders as this may have weakened their usurped power. The RFRA states in part: SEC. 3. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION PROTECTED. (a) IN GENERAL. – Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b). (b) EXCEPTION. – Government may burden a person's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person (1) furthers a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. Before the Federal Government can require an employer to withhold taxes form a non-volunteering Christian’s pay “it” (the Federal Government) must “demonstrate” that it is the least restrictive means. That means the burden of proof is not upon us but upon the Federal Government to “demonstrate” that it is using the least restrictive means of collecting taxes. We already know of the abandonment of Information Systems Consulting by the IRS in Texas when a law suit was brought against this company by the EEOC concerning the lack of a Social Security number requirement and civil rights violations caused by the dismissal of a Christian concerning this issue. The IRS knows that they can force no Christian that does not seek Federal Government Satanic benefits to have a Social Security Number or any Federal Government issued identification number. "To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson Please remember the Tax Requirement placed upon all Christians by Jesus Christ has two provisions not just the most quoted front section. We find in Mark.12:17 “And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.” If you interpret this scripture to mean we are required to pay taxes to the Federal government then please remember that it requires us to only pay those taxes to which Caesar is entitled. It does not say render unto Caesar that which is NOT Caesar’s. But we believe that this thinking has no real place in the United States of America. Remember that in America the government is our servant and we are the Caesars of this nation. If this scripture is interpreted for our nation, then we are required to render unto ourselves that which is our own. We believe it calls for us to jealously guard our property from all those who would steal, or usurp, or abuse it. For if we do not, then God will hold us personally responsible for improper stewardship of that property He put into our charge. If we let our property be used to enslave others, kill babies, restrict liberty and promote ungodliness then we will be less than the unwise, wicked and slothful servant that buried his talent in the ground. This servant returned to the master all that had been given him but had failed to increase upon that amount. The slothful servant received his reward as found in Matt. 25:30: “And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” How more just will our condemnation be if we not only fail to increase our master’s (Christ’s) abundance but will have allowed His property to be used against God’s will by our servants, the Federal Government. The second half of this scripture also condemns us if we do not render unto God the things which are God’s. He expects increase and wise use of His gifts to us and demands only our firstfruits. The Social Security tax and the Income tax both ask us to “voluntarily” violate both halves of this scripture. And what will be our eternal reward if we continue to violate His commandments? He has answered that question for us. We will be cast, as unprofitable servants, into outer darkness: there we shall be weeping and gnashing our teeth. Our entire law; Constitutional, Statutory, Common; our unalienable rights and our culture are based upon the fact that God and His will must come before government. The book A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants written circa 1579 was highly influential in the thinking of the Founding Fathers. In fact John Adams held it to be one of the most influential books in America on the eve of the Revolution. This treasured book, on the very first page, embraces the very heart of the revolutionary thinking embedded in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence stating: “Otherways wherefore should the apostles have answered, that God must rather be obeyed than men, and also seeing that the only will of God is always just, and that of men may be, and is, oftentimes unjust, who can doubt but that we must always obey God’s commandments without any exception, and men’s ever with limitations.” Justice O'Connor and Justice Breyer confirmed this Christian thinking while writing about the importance of freedom of religion in CITY OF BOERNE, PETITIONER v. P. F. FLORES, ARCHBISHOP OF SAN ANTONIO, AND UNITED STATES said this about the Father of the United States Constitution, the Father of the Declaration of Independence, the Father of our Country and other founders: “The ‘Memorial and Remonstrance’ begins with the recognition that ‘[t]he Religion... of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate.’ 2 Writings of James Madison 184 (G. Hunt ed. 1901). By its very nature, Madison wrote, the right to free exercise is ‘unalienable,’ both because a person's opinion ‘cannot follow the dictates of other[s],’ and because it entails ‘a duty toward the Creator.’ Ibid. Madison continued: "This duty [owed the Creator] is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.... [E]very man who becomes a member of any Civil Society, [must] do it with a saving of his allegiance to the Universal Sovereign. We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance." Id., at 184–185. “To Madison, then, duties to God were superior to duties to civil authorities–the ultimate loyalty was owed to God above all. Madison did not say that duties to the Creator are precedent only to those laws specifically directed at religion, nor did he strive simply to prevent deliberate acts of persecution or discrimination. The idea that civil obligations are subordinate to religious duty is consonant with the notion that government must accommodate, where possible, those religious practices that conflict with civil law. “Other early leaders expressed similar views regarding religious liberty. Thomas Jefferson, the drafter of Virginia's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, wrote in that document that civil government could interfere in religious exercise only ‘when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order.’ In 1808, he indicated that he considered ‘the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.’ 11 The Writings of Thomas Jefferson 428–429 (A. Lipscomb ed. 1904) (quoted in Office of Legal Policy, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Report to the Attorney General, Religious Liberty under the Free Exercise Clause 7 (1986)). Moreover, Jefferson believed that ‘[e]very religious society has a right to determine for itself the time of these exercises, and the objects proper for them, according to their own particular tenets; and this right can never be safer than in their own hands, where the Constitution has deposited it.” Ibid. “George Washington, writing in a letter to a group of Quakers, expressly stated that he believed that government should do its utmost to accommodate religious scruples,: “‘[I]n my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness; and it is my wish and desire, that the laws may always be as extensively accommodated to them, as a due regard to the protection and essential interests of the nation may justify and permit.’ Letter from George Washington to the Religious Society Called Quakers (Oct. 1789), in George Washington on Religious Liberty and Mutual Understanding 11 (E. Humphrey ed. 1932). “Oliver Ellsworth, a Framer of the First Amendment and later Chief Justice of the United States, expressed the similar view that government could interfere in religious matters only when necessary ‘to prohibit and punish gross immoralities and impieties; because the open practice of these is of evil example and detriment.’ Oliver Ellsworth, Landholder, No. 7 (Dec. 17, 1787), reprinted in 4 Founders' Constitution, 640. Isaac Backus, a Baptist minister who was a delegate to the Massachusetts ratifying convention of 1788, declared that ‘‘every person has an unalienable right to act in all religious affairs according to the full persuasion of his own mind, where others are not injured thereby.’ Backus, A Declaration of Rights, of the Inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts Bay, in Isaac Backus on Church, State, and Calvinism 487 (W. McLoughlin ed. 1968). “These are but a few examples of various perspectives regarding the proper relationship between church and government that existed during the time the First Amendment was drafted and ratified. Obviously, since these thinkers approached the issue of religious freedom somewhat differently, see Adams & Emmerich 21–31– it is not possible to distill their thoughts into one tidy formula. Nevertheless, a few general principles may be discerned. Foremost, these early leaders accorded religious exercise a special constitutional status. The right to free exercise was a substantive guarantee of individual liberty, no less important than the right to free speech or the right to just compensation for the taking of property. See P. Kauper, Religion and the Constitution 17 (1964) (‘[O]ur whole constitutional history ...supports the conclusion that religious liberty is an independent liberty, that its recognition may either require or permit preferential treatment on religious grounds in some instances...’). As Madison put it in the concluding argument of his ‘Memorial and Remonstrance’: “‘[T]he equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his Religion according to the dictates of [his] conscience' is held by the same tenure with all our other rights.... [I]t is equally the gift of nature;... it cannot be less dear to us;... it is enumerated with equal solemnity, or rather studied emphasis.’ 2 Writings of James Madison, at 191. “Second, all agreed that government interference in religious practice was not to be lightly countenanced. Adams & Emmerich at 31. Finally, all shared the conviction that `true religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.' Curry, The First Freedoms, at 219 (quoting Continental Congress); see Adams & Emmerich at 72 (‘The Founders… acknowledged that the republic rested largely on moral principles derived from religion’). To give meaning to these ideas–particularly in a society characterized by religious pluralism and pervasive regulation–there will be times when the Constitution requires government to accommodate the needs of those citizens whose religious practices conflict with generally applicable law. “The Religion Clauses of the Constitution represent a profound commitment to religious liberty. Our Nation's Founders conceived of a Republic receptive to voluntary religious expression, not of a secular society in which religious expression is tolerated only when it does not conflict with a generally applicable law. As the historical sources discussed above show, the Free Exercise Clause is properly understood as an affirmative guarantee of the right to participate in religious activities without impermissible governmental interference, even where a believer's conduct is in tension with a law of general application. Certainly, it is in no way anomalous to accord heightened protection to a right identified in the text of the First Amendment. For example, it has long been the Court's position that freedom of speech–a right enumerated only a few words after the right to free exercise–has special constitutional status. Given the centrality of freedom of speech and religion to the American concept of personal liberty, it is altogether reasonable to conclude that both should be treated with the highest degree of respect.” {End of the justices’ statement used here.} The Declaration of Independence confronted the abuse of power by a man, King George, and established the necessity of governments to secure Unalienable God given rights. Our founders knew King George was not following God’s laws so they rebelled and took away his divine right to govern, and the sovereignty devolved to the people through obvious divine intervention. The Constitution is an acknowledgement of the frailties and wickedness inherent in man. It grants very limited power to the Federal Government tying it down with metaphoric chains. The founders were so afraid men would seek to gain power and not follow the limits already found in the Constitution, that they would not even ratify the Constitution until assurances were granted that a Bill of Rights would be adopted that would further limit government. Every Christian knows that the first unalienable right mentioned and secured was religion. Freedom of religion is the Keystone of this Nation. The Social Security Number and the associated withholding taxes not only substantially burden a person's exercise of religion, but in addition, where Christian beliefs are concerned, it completely eliminates a Christian’s exercise of religion and forces us to become children of Hell. As we are instructed in John 8: 34: ‘Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.’ So to have the Mark of the Beast and to pay Satan’s tithing is to make us servants of Satan and removes our name from the ‘book of life of the Lamb’ subjecting us to eternal damnation. It is written: Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, …that He may bestow upon you a blessing this day… Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin:… and Moses returned unto the Lord and said, O, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold…. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I block out of my book.” (Ex 32: 29–33) To force us to have a government identification number or to pay firstfruits withholding tax is to condemn us to hell. So God asks: Will our government rob God? Yet they have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. And because of this God informs us thus: Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Our nation has become more humanistic and less Christian in the last sixty years, and this increase in evil is in direct correlation to the Social Security Number’s voluntary acceptance and IRS withholding taxes. We have indeed robbed God of His demanded firstfruits. Thus, as a nation we have been cursed, i.e.: Increased violence; crime; a spiraling divorce rate; the heavy massive, even incomprehensible, debt; ad nauseam, while Christian morals and law and our Christ given Constitution are ridiculed to scorn. The fact that God has “cursed us (our nation) with a curse” for embracing the plan of hell, socialism, is plain to all who have eyes to see and ears to hear. We must bow before God and His son, Jesus Christ, or we shall lose our liberty and in doing so lose our salvation. “There is no law requiring a person to apply for a Social Security number, and there is no section of title 18, United States Code, making it a crime to not have a social security number.” –Dorcas R. Hardy, former Commissioner of Social Security The following scriptures are from the King James Version of the Bible and concern God’s law of tithing and of the necessity of them being our firstfruits. As can be plainly seen, these Biblical quotations are not isolated aberrations, but form a consistent train of unambiguous doctrine and commandments to mark the path and clearly show the way to temporal and eternal liberty and salvation. Mal. 3:8-10 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Prov. 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: Ezek. 20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. Exod. 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God… Exod. 34:26. The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God… Lev. 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. Num.18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. Deut.18: 4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. Deut. 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: II Chr. 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the fields; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
Neh.10:35 and 37 Neh.13:31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. Jer. 2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. Ezek. 44:30. And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. Ezek. 48:14. And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. Deut.14:22-23 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. We are further informed by Jesus Christ that we must not sit upon the fence. We must choose between good and evil and make our lives fruitful in righteousness. If we choose evil God will curse us. If we choose righteousness we will be blessed (see below, the following: Luke 11, John 7, Lev. 26, Deut. 11, IIChr. 34, Prov. 8, Gal. 6) And if we sit idly by our lot is also made crystal clear in: Rev.3 Verses 15 to 22: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Luke.11:28. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. John.7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. Lev.26:14-38 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. Deut.11:26-28 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. IIChr.34:17-21 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen…. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. And the king…saying, Go, inquire of the LORD for me,…: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. Prov.8:32-36 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. Jer.11:1-3 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak … And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, Gal.6: 7, 9-10 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. As all can clearly see Christians have no choice in these matters if we wish to continue to be in the Book of the Lamb. Our salvation is at stake. We shall not allow ourselves to be cursed just because an earthly government demands that we do so in violation of their own constitution and laws which in America include the laws of God. We must do all we can for God and deny ourselves of all ungodliness. Then as a great prophet said: “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is His grace sufficient for you, that by His grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.” We are saved by Grace after all we can do. - - - Christopher H. Hansen is the founder and Presiding Sovereign of The First Christian Fellowship of Eternal Sovereignty, the State Chairman of the Independent American Party of Nevada, and has his own TV show in Pahrump, Nevada called American Sovereign.
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