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Spiritual Warfare in a Corrupt Society

God’s People are Rediscovering their Divine Legacy in such a time as this by Dennis Petersen

You’re not alone if you feel horrified by the perverse and corrupt wickedness being exposed openly in our society’s mountains of influence.

Truly, the manufactured political crisis of a highly questionable health emergency is tragic.  But God has been using it to expose unimaginable corruption and ignorance.  Now, He’s using all of it to generate awakening and repentance.  

In the post-Civil War generations, Christian pastors en masse, began failing their Biblical assignment. What’s that? Ephesians 4:12-14 tells us.  It’s for…

“…the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ…”  And that is expected to result that we would all grow up to maturity… no longer children… being tossed around by the trickery of deceitful men.

Doesn’t it make sense that should mean that the saints should all be actively prepared to disciple their own young people to be the influencers for righteousness in THIS nation?

But think of what happened.  The generation that survived the Civil War created the industrial revolution, ushering humanity into the Space Age.  It took only a century of growing, but eventually unimagined national prosperity reduced a spoiled and entitled generation to face the possible disaster of becoming another third world socialist country.

But God, who is “rich in mercy,” continues to open eyes and hearts… even in the crucibles of economic pain and suffering.  As faithful servants of Christ deepen their roots to intercede for others and show self-less charity to those truly in need, don’t you think this hour of refining fire will reveal an outpouring of God’s intervention? If God is in it… there will be justice to His enemies and mercy to millions of recipients of His grace.

May God’s Word direct each of us, as we pray for our heavenly Father’s WILL to be done on EARTH as it IS done in heaven because ALL authority has been given to JESUS, OUR Lord – our MASTER. And because He delegated His authority, through the agency of His Holy Spirit, to work through His Ekklesia – His called out adopted children, we can come boldly to the throne of the King of the universe. We can ask for His guidance in our obedient actions. With a humble heart, we can KNOW that He will always be faithful to use us in accomplishing HIS will for HIS glory.

And a critical part of our Biblical mission is to rediscover our legacy of spiritual warfare in a corrupt society.

Critical times require critical thinking. The art of Biblical war absolutely hinges on knowing the patterns of God’s unchanging nature. The wisdom of those patterns are clear directions… but they’ve been obscured by teachings that have been labeled as “post-modern Christianity.”  Remember God’s clear direction to Joshua?  He was assigned the leadership of Israel’s armed and trained young men as they crossed the Jordan, preparing to conquer Canaan.

“Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.”  Joshua 1:7

And what did that involve?

The Book of God’s Teachings (called the Torah) was to be woven into all of Joshua’s talk.  His meditation both day and night, would enable him to do everything written in it.  And that, in turn, assured his prosperity and success.

Imagine having God’s Angel tell YOU to “Be strong and of good courage” and to “not be afraid.”

And the truth is the same for us if we belong to Jesus and are truly born of God’s Spirit. We don’t need to be dismayed, because the LORD our God is with us wherever we go!  Joshua 1:7-9

Almighty God is able to equip His saints with the Truth, but only if they listen to it and do it.  Whatever we call believing “Faith”… without corresponding actions … it’s dead – useless, powerless.  Jesus said in His prayer for His disciples, “sanctify them (set them apart as your peculiar people) by the Truth. Your Word is Truth” (John 17:17).

When his disciples asked Jesus to increase their faith, let’s not forget the Biblical solution. Paul made it clear in Romans 10:17 that “faith comes by hearing, and (specifically) by hearing the word of Christ (the Messiah – God’s only anointed Redeemer of all mankind).

 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?  I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find (the) faith on the earth?” Luke 18:6-8

Think about that. If Jesus came to you and me today, would He find us living the confident faith that He prescribed to Joshua?  

We have battle assignments to actively engage with the mountains of influence in our world today. To do that, like any soldier, we must submit to be trained. In the Ekklesia (church), that Jesus established on the authority of His ownership of the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Matt 16:18-19), that means, denying our tendency to idolize ourselves, taking up our cross, and following Him. Like Joshua, we have orders.  Learn His word. Speak His word. Meditate on His word day and night. Be strong. Be courageous. Know your God intimately. … And that takes discipline.  Victory has no shortcuts. We learn God’s ways by personally studying His word… like our life depends on it.

Psalm 2 is so timely for the hour we’re witnessing today.

“Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”

All the modern English translations rightly translate “ethnos” (heathen in KJV) as “nations.”  It’s the ethnic people groups of the nations that we all witness in angry confusion or “rage.”  The NLT renders the second part of that statement as: “Why do they waste their time with futile plans?”

“Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.” Psalm 96:3-5

We all need to wake up and pay attention to what God’s Word is alerting us to see here. What does the unthinking man miss?

Psalm 92 assures us:

“A brutish man (a senseless, stupid, unthinking simpleton) doesn’t know; neither does a fool understand this. That when the wicked sprouted up like grass and all who did iniquity flourished, it was only that they might be destroyed forevermore. But You, O LORD, are on high forever. For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, … will perish; All who do iniquity will be scattered.” Psalm 92:6-9

We modern Christians sometimes fail to see that the Lord hates the wicked with perfect hatred, (Psalm 139:22).  His peculiar people are called to recognize evil and overcome it with good (Romans 12:21). 

Read the context of one of my most oft-repeated prayers in Scripture, Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Now, listen closely to the context of that prayer.

“Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! [​​Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.] ​​For they speak against You wickedly; ​​Your enemies take Your name in vain. ​​Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? ​​And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? ​​I hate them with perfect hatred; ​​I count them my enemies.” Psalm 139:23-24

A major spiritual insight is sorely missing in much of today’s religious society – DISCERNMENT.  Even in many well-meaning, spiritually active Christian circles, even basically Godly people don’t have the discernment to sort out what’s good and what’s evil.  Like Isaiah predicted, there will be woe (anguish, distress, and sadness) to those who “call evil good and good evil.” Why? Because they don’t bother even thinking about “the work of the LORD or the operation of his hands” (see Isaiah 5:20 and 12).  That’s precisely WHY they lack knowledge and rush to their own captivity (bondage and imprisonment) under the sworn enemies of their existence (5:13).

It doesn’t take a genius to connect the dots – to see the cause of a nation’s captivity.  For America, our drunken obsession with success and affluence has done just what it did to Solomon’s Israel. God’s people fell into the idolatry of satisfying their appetites. Self-centered preoccupation with entertainment dominates society. Our submission to the otherwise honorable pursuit of knowledge, yet without God, led to atheistic compromising with truth.  Abandoning the fight to keep the Bible, prayer and godly morality central in our children’s daily education, we took the bait of pride to have lavish federally-run schools. We got disastrous results… both academically and morally.

So, God allowed a manipulated public health crisis to virtually close under-performing public schools. And that wakes up a sizeable percentage of caring parents, who switch to parent and home-guided education.

Millions of people who typically don’t participate in civic voting are becoming engaged in what’s really true. The fruit of corrupted government policies railroaded our nation’s forgotten vision of moral and religious discipline to the brink of utter ruin.

Millions of younger people are seeing first-hand the fierce insanity of ideologically misguided socialist-Marxists. God is sovereignly opening minds and hearts to see what happens to influential humans who arrogantly set themselves up to be demi-god-like tyrants on Mount Olympus. They’re heading for a Haman-like destruction of their own making.  And, just like Queen Esther, many of God’s chosen – even if unlikely – servants are being raised up for His special assignments for His kingdom in “such a time as this.”

Discernment, guided by God’s Holy Spirit, allows us to see through the smoke so we can know the motivation behind the words and actions of people. More importantly, discernment enables us to see what God forged for good, even when the devil intended evil. Much of our perception depends on what we’ve voluntarily subjected ourselves to perceive. If you listen to all the dismal reports of the corrupted news analysts, you could be easily depressed and confused. But if you listen to God’s Word and His anointed prophetic ambassadors who rely on the genuine and clear authority of that Word, your hope will be steadfast, and your trust in God’s providence will be unshakeable.

A Providential Turning Point in American History through a controversial man

God miraculously gave America a surprisingly Samson-like, popular leader to begin rebuilding the broken-down walls of our nation’s freedoms. Those who reject the fact that God set’s up and puts down leaders of nations will never see this (Psalm 75:7). Discernment tells us that this miraculous modern turning point will bring God glory. A divinely gifted strong man has no selfish reason to put himself in the caldron of every demonic attack from hell. And what God has proven by His deliverance through each goliath challenge from heaven’s enemies, is the growing confidence that God himself is raising up a new generation of courageous warriors.  They refuse to back down to the evil reports of the 10 spies a generation ago. That generation failed to see God’s planned victory over the demonically-held territory that God equipped His warriors to occupy THEN for His Kingdom and for His glory. A new generation is being sharpened with divine gifts and supernatural courage to destroy the works of the enemy and restore the ancient foundations of Kingdom principles. This new Re-awakening is reestablishing the brave pioneering spirit that toughened the men God used to make this nation a beacon that brought the gospel of Christ to more tribes of people than ever in history.

Let God’s Spirit give you discernment to hear the plans He has for your generation. When the demonically inspired enemies of God seem to forecast a hopelessly evil agenda, join the millions of Godly intercessors who are expectantly standing – engaged in the battle. Use your historically unique privilege to influence your public servants for truth and justice. Remind them – they are accountable to answer to a higher authority. The secular idols of their changing world, to which they’re tempted to bow down, will soon crumble. Only righteousness will endure. And the season for the shaking of every power that can BE shaken is upon us now.

We must not miss a key principle of God’s eternal nature.  He’s just. And He expects His people to expectantly trust in His judgment in the affairs of nations in this present time…  Nations are NOT judged in the distant future… people ARE.

Speaking of the “evil-doers” who are “workers of iniquity” God’s psalmist proclaims…

“​​He has brought on them their own iniquity, ​​And (He) shall cut them off in their own wickedness; ​​The LORD our God shall cut them off.” Psalm 94:23

Read Psalm 94:8 and following…

“Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise? The LORD knows the thoughts of man, ​​that they are futile.”

12 ​​Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, ​​And teach out of Your Torah,

13 ​​That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, ​​Until… the pit is dug for the wicked.

14 ​​For the LORD will not cast off His people, ​​nor will He forsake His inheritance.

15 ​​But judgment will return to righteousness, ​​and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 ​​Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? ​​Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

17 ​​Unless the LORD had been my help, ​​my soul would soon have settled in silence.

Psalm 94:8, 12-17

President Trump said on Nov 7, 2020, after proven, hard-working patriots, worked tirelessly to challenge the fraudulent manipulation of the 2020 general election,

“This is about more than just honoring the votes of 74 MILLION Americans who voted for me. It’s about ensuring that Americans can have faith in this Election, and in all future Elections.”

President Donald J Trump

Our President’s declaration is the bedrock on which we must stand, no matter what the cost, if we are to keep what our fathers have died to preserve.

Don’t minimize or EVER forget that stand. It must be the stand that every God-fearing and true American MUST take … if he claims to be faithful to the law of the land – our Constitution. That means something. 

The United States of America is unique in its assignment of leadership responsibility.  Hired bureaucrats are not your leaders. They’re our civil servants, hired to do a job honestly. Elected representatives at every level – local, state and federal – are NOT your leaders! They are our civil magistrates, elected temporarily to REPRESENT our interests and to obey the same Constitution to which we all submit our respect and duty to obey.  As Christians who submit to God’s authority, we admit that Jesus Christ is our supreme leader. As our founding fathers declared openly, “We have no king but Jesus.” As true Americans, we admit that our providentially conceived Constitution puts the responsibility of our nation on We the People.

And, like our founders, we Christians – of all people – should understand the motto of our Founders: Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

That’s WHY those three words are written in huge bold letters.  WE are the sovereign initiators of our Constitutional Republic. If we claim, in any way, to have respect for a Biblical mandate to submit to authority, we MUST also admit that all delegated and elected representative governors or agents of our land are held accountable to the constitutional process that WE THE PEOPLE have established in the Constitution. WE THE PEOPLE MUST do our rightful job of enforcing those delegated duties in every way that the Constitution provides. And Christians, of all citizens – no matter what their doctrinal beliefs – should insist, by their very essence, to be governed by honesty and morality, that their Christian peers take their responsibility of citizenship seriously! If you and I, as Christian citizens, have any desire to assure that our grandchildren have the freedom to exercise their Biblically-derived human rights of life, liberty and property, how can we NOT participate in the legal process of governing ourselves with moral restraint to assure our peaceful existence? How else can we expect to provide our families with the opportunity to work for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom and the everyday exercise of our Biblical faith?

Rediscovering our legacy of spiritual warfare is a big part of what God is doing today to reestablish the fear of God in our largely immoral society. But that warfare is foreign to those misguided souls, who think New Testament Christianity is passive.  Worse, they forget that God’s vengeance is not real on the corrupted enemies of truth. You shall know them by their fruit.

Over 248 years ago, our nation’s founders made banners declaring “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”

The American people are at a crossroads.  They must choose either liberty, or slavery. There’s no polite compromising solution left. The orchestrated distortions of media pawns have so many unwise people submitting to fear that massive civil conflict is practically inevitable, requiring trained, peace-keeping intervention.  But remember… the tyrants are outnumbered. They’re unsupported by our constitution when they disobey the law of the land… and they know it. They can NOT rule over us if we refuse to obey. And if we humbly appeal to heaven for God’s divine intervention of justice on the unjust, those tyrants will soon discover the “fear of God.”

Why does a significant slice of humanity always choose slavery over freedom in exchange for perceived “safety.” It’s because they’re bullied into cowardice.  And, if you’re wondering what it takes to stop this madness… remember it does NOT take a majority to transform a society. Jesus started with 12. While God’s people rally to pray Biblically for God’s protection for the just… and justice for enemies of truth… we know historically, that as society is pushed to a breaking point, it takes less than 5% to build major movement in the right direction. When 10% actively resist, full-scale upheaval results in an Awakening Reformation. This is why we all need to be humbly calling our like-minded friends to pray, even if our church leaders are not doing it. Pray Biblically from Psalms for the deliverance of God’s people and the rightfully deserved justice upon His enemies.

“Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just; for the righteous God tests the hearts and minds. ​​My defense is of God, ​​Who saves the upright in heart. ​​God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day…​

​​Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. ​​He made a pit and dug it out, and has fallen into the ditch which he made. ​​His trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown. ​​I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.’

Psalm 7:9-17

Pray Psalm 28:3-6 like your life depends on it.

“Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. ​​Do not take me away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but evil is in their hearts. ​​Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them according to the work of their hands. ​​Render to them what they deserve. ​​Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of His hands, ​​He shall destroy them and not build them up. ​​Blessed be the LORD, because He has heard the voice of my supplications! Psalm 28:3-6

…and Psalm 40:13-16

“Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; ​​O LORD, make haste to help me! ​​Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion who seek to destroy my life; ​​Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor who wish me evil. ​​Let them be confounded because of their shame, who say to me, “Aha, aha!”  ​​Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; ​​Let such as love Your salvation say continually, ​​“The LORD be magnified!” Psalm 40:13-16

Even though Queen Esther did her brave intercession, the people had to defend themselves

Even when God used Esther to open the king’s eyes to Haman’s wicked plot, the people of God had to stand and fight against any enemies who might dare to try to exterminate them.

Once Esther took her step of faith, things the king could not yet see began to be revealed. Her obedience caused the king to be able to see, hear, discover, and take action. Haman’s plan was foiled. He was impaled on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. And the people of God were granted the ability to fight back against their enemies, thus being preserved as a nation.

 This is an incredible story that seems to be playing out in America today. We, the praying church, are playing the role of Esther. The Holy Spirit is guiding us. Our obedience in intercession is causing our enemies’ plans to be revealed. Our prayers are encouraging those in secular positions who need strength and encouragement – President Trump and so many others.

When our cause is just, God’s people have the confident authority to trust in their God who will do exploits in His name, and for His glory.

“Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” Daniel 11:32

“The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.” Isaiah 32:17

 “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.” Psalm 89:14

“Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him..” (Isaiah 30:18 ESV)

Now… it’s your turn… Go to ReclaimYourLegacy.com and put in the search term for today’s episode… “Spiritual Warfare in A Corrupt Society.”  Copy the link and send it to the friend who you know could use a dose of Biblical courage. And when you do that, pray that God’s Holy Spirit would confirm His truth to the heart of those willing to hear Him. 

As you’ve heard in today’s discussion, there are aspects of spiritual warfare that some of us haven’t considered much before.  A big one is God’s righteous justice that we are invited to personally… and vocally… agree with in prayer.  Another is urging our peers to participate in our American privilege to hold our public servants accountable by our deliberate actions in the process of American civics.

We all need to be participating… and that does take effort and some of our time.  That’s why I take seriously God’s providential guidance as I prepare this time together each week on Reclaiming Your Legacy.  And that’s why you have the opportunity, even now, to pray, asking God for His directions in doing your part in the process of planting His Word in the lives of those who have ears to hear what God is saying through our humble efforts.  If, in that process, the Lord guides you to help us continue this mission for listeners each week, I want you to know that your gifts are deeply appreciated.  You have several ways you can communicate and contribute to this mission. You’ll find them when you click on the “Donate” button at https://reclaimyourlegacy.com/donate/

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Why Christians must Engage the Culture to Influence voting in America?

The fact that the battle to preserve our society of liberty is a spiritual war against demonic principalities in high places is more evident now than ever before in our lifetime.  The question is – will God’s people who are called by His name not only humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways, but will they be the preserving salt of influence on our society or will they continue to be ‘trampled’ by society’s mountains of influence?

The Power of Keeping People in Darkness (ignorant)

The gross darkness of ignorance that prevails in today’s world results from one thing: deliberate re-education.  Historic disciples of Marx, Lenin and Mao know very well that society-wide ignorance depends on the perversion of true history, and the censoring of moral truth found in God’s Word.  Paul insisted that Christ followers “prove all things.” Why?  Faith (in God, the Bible or all truth) comes by hearing the Word of God! Without a clear and spoken declaration of relevant, Christ glorifying words (Rhema) of God’s timeless truth, people are lost in confusion, deception, and pop culture entertainment. It’s all devoid of substance that challenges us to seek God.

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Bible Commands for Gods people regarding Evil Tyrants

By Dennis Petersen

“WHO WILL RISE UP FOR ME AGAINST THE EVILDOERS? WHO WILL STAND UP FOR ME AGAINST THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY?” Psalm 94:16

Have you ever noticed the strong words God has for those who deliberately practice evil?  They are sometimes referred to as “evildoers” in the Bible.  Because we often tend to look at Scripture in a more personalized application, we can miss the fact that God’s word of condemnation often refers to the concerted efforts of organized evildoers.  Likewise, it’s important for us to realize that our Heavenly Father is working in us corporately as His body to unitedly pray and work together to “destroy the works of (our enemy) the devil.” With that in mind, hear some of what God says about these enemy “workers of iniquity.”

“evildoers shall be cut off…” Psalm 37:9 …destroyed… eliminated… wiped out.

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Our Warfare Has Intensified as Millions Suffer loss and Discover Why

When millions of people in countries all over the entire world are dying unexpectedly and prematurely, while millions more are being handicapped for life, you can understand why practically all your friends and neighbors are wondering how to explain these tragedies to their children.

How does the Bible direct Gods children to respond to injustice and intentional harm done by todays pharaohs?

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God-orchestrated courage produced the Declaration of Independence – it is producing New Awakening

People all over the world are rediscovering many of the realities of the long chain of events that precipitated the unanimous declaration of some of the bravest honorable men who ever lived.

When those 56 very somber leaders of the American colonists gathered together in Philadelphia to sign the document they had crafted, the extreme hardship of revolution that they faced could only have been sustained because of the deep conviction and confidence they had in their Creator whom they often referred to as “Providence.” 

Over the course of their relatively young lives, their experience of dependency on their Creator reflected the profound knowledge that they had of the Bible and the principles of the God who is “at work in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” They intimately relied on the Sovereign of the Universe who “works all things according to the counsel of His own will (Eph 1:11),” and “works all things together for good to those who love God and …are called according to His purpose (Ro 8:28).”

As we review the preamble to that declaration, perhaps we can refresh our own need to make a renewed declaration of commitment to God’s purposes in the unfolding story of God’s development of this generation’s determination – determination to be a people – indeed, a family and community – whose God is the Lord.

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Propaganda is easily sold to those easily influenced by what they love – money

By Dennis Petersen

For people who don’t follow or even believe in the Creator God and Savior of mankind as revealed in the Bible, the current state of the world is bringing the consideration of Almighty God into their reality.

Psalm 25 verse 8-13 speaks clearly to us if we have ears to hear the revelation: “Good and upright is the LORD; therefore, He shows sinners the way. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way…. Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.”

The Lord has repeatedly reminded me of two of the pivotal Biblical motivations He used to drive me into the truth-telling, discovery-focused work of service that has used my meager abilities for over 45 years now. The first is Isaiah 58:12 – “you will raise up the age-old foundations, be called the repairer of the breach, and the restorer of streets in which to dwell.” 

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Your freedom to choose is why Truth tellers must Resist tyrants by obeying God

We’re all facing a lot of censorship and rampant disinformation and propaganda these days. If you’ve been a sincere follower of the Way of our master, Jesus the Messiah-the Christ for very long, you’ve likely been reminded of the answer of Peter and John to the Sanhedrin in Acts 4:19-20. Do you remember it?  Dr Luke records it this way.

“But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Honest people can’t help when confronted to give a straight-forward testimony of what they have personally witnessed. This applies not only to our testimony of what our Lord has done in our lives. It is a principle that applies to every area of what we know to be true, especially if that knowledge can make a life-saving difference in the choices that someone else will make, even after making a chain of bad choices.

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End of Humanity? Will you equip your loved ones to stand up against Wicked Evildoers?

Did you know there is an official agenda to replace the human race with robots, cyborgs and AI? That’s ‘artificial intelligence.’

As bizarre as that sounded just a few years ago, this agenda has been heavily promoted for decades by a coalition of many of the big-name national and corporate leaders in what is called the World Economic Forum. Their plan is to end the era of humanity and usher in a new era of neo-humanity.  They intend to make people into a blend of man and machine.  As unbelievable as it sounds, they confidently state that our thoughts and emotions will be monitored by AI – artificial intelligence – in order to combat … are you ready for it?… climate change! Is that the world you want for yourself and your children?

The more that the general public learns about this reprehensible plan, the more people are inclined to think that we might be living in the “last days” of this age or era of human history. We’re sure seeing a level of widespread evil in America like nothing since the mass exterminations of the 20th century.  

The Bible tells us to be strong in the Lord… able to resist (stand against) in the evil day… doing everything to stand firm (Eph 6:10-14ff).  Do you get the feeling that this is like divine marching orders for soldiers of Messiah?  This is where we read in Scripture about God’s spiritual weapons of warfare – the full armor of God (Eph 6:14-18). Is God’s Spirit here speaking to cowards who are bowing to worldly lusts and discouraging cares?  Remember, this is written to God’s true church – His Ekklesia – His divinely organic family – not to outsiders of His kingdom.

The problem with a lot of people, both Christians and pagans alike, is that they are inclined to be ruled by fear. Of all people, believers in the risen Messiah, must constantly keep in mind that fear is a spiritual ‘thing.’ It’s a ‘spirit.’ Scripture says that God has not given us a spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7). Rather than take the time and trouble to be informed, to overcome the ignorance that is leading lots of God’s people to destruction in various ways, their human tendency to fear what they can’t control naturally leads them to various forms of denial or cognitive dissonance.  They either look away from the negative realities of the world that they don’t like, or they allow their minds to disconnect. It’s almost like they go into a kind of mental trance. Claiming they can’t do anything about their future, they rationalize to themselves that they should go along with the governing authorities in their lives, rather than rock the boat. I’m talking about their jobs, their clubs, their governments, … even their religious organizations.  All of those seemingly well-meaning entities can… and will… let us down.  That’s why Scripture proclaims “my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6).” “My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge (Isaiah 5:3). With all the doctrines and dogmas that God’s people receive from their popular media prophets, religious priests and political ‘kings’, how many are diligently following the model of the believers of the town of Berea (Acts 17:10-11).  They were commended because they “searched the Scriptures to see if these things be true.” Was what they were hearing from the Apostle Paul truly based on God’s Word?  They dared to actually “test all things (1 Thessalonians 5:21).”

Many in the Western world have been conditioned by a lifetime of popular, repetitious, religious doctrines that they’ve never taken the time to investigate critically for themselves. Jesus prayed in John 17 for His disciples specifically (John 17:9). That passage is often called our Lord’s high priestly prayer of intercession for His flock of followers. He didn’t pray for the world, but for those whom His Father had given Him. Facing persecution, that’s promised to all who live godly in this world (2 Timothy 3:12), Jesus knew that there were severe trials ahead. That’s why He led the way it’s always been for God’s righteous people living in a hostile, fallen world.  Think of Noah before the Flood.  Think of Moses and the Israelites at the Exodus from Egypt.  Think of Esther, facing all out extermination of God’s people. Jesus actually prayed, “Father, I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the (power of the) evil one (John 17:15).

Every generation of believers for 20 centuries has prayed “Thy kingdom come…” hoping for Messiah’s return. And they’ve suffered grievous tribulations at the hands of many “anti-Christs.” Has the mission assignment from our Master changed? Are we discipling the nations (the ethnos… the people group) that we’ve been delegated to serve with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18)?  That’s a serious job… reconciling lost people to their Creator, Who sacrificed His only Son to be our Savior.  It’s true that we share the same blessed hope of “His appearing” (Titus 2:13).  But, to put all our hope in a miraculous escape, before the looming disaster ahead destroys the poor souls who are left behind… that could set us up for a terrible disappointment. Nevertheless, He says, “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming (Mat 24:42).”

Many people today are awakening to the realities of how the societies of the whole world are being controlled and conditioned how to think. It’s happening all over the world, at the directions of extremely powerful people.  The “plandemic” of 2020 truly began to expose the depth of nefarious evil, pulling the strings behind the scenes of modern civilization. But their agendas are becoming increasingly exposed as being led by evil entities that most Bible believers would label as demons or the Devil himself. For good reason… Scripture tells us…

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1).”

The Apostle John wrote to believers in the first century that, “The whole world lies in the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19).”

“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” 1 John 5:19 NKJV

This can be scarry to those who don’t have a knowledgeable view of the world from God’s perspective. Fear is just as crippling to people today as it was to Saul’s army being challenged by Goliath. Yet God providentially prepared, in young David, a confident warrior to give us all an example of how to overcome God’s fear-mongering enemies with what the apostle Paul describes as “the weapons of our warfare” (2 Co 10:4).

We must be clearly aware which god we serve and if our actions synch with our choice.

“To whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are.”

Rom 6:16 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?

I urge you to watch the video online for free at the following link … and share it with all your friends if you care about them and their loved ones.  Some of them are already hearing about this, and eventually, everyone will see parts of it playing out in front of them, but by then, it might be too late for them to change their direction toward their own destruction. That’s why they need the resources from reliable researchers who are committed believers in Jesus, willing to share the truth. 

THE END OF HUMANITY – As Planned By The Global Leaders  https://rumble.com/v4q7hcq-the-end-of-humanity-as-planned-by-the-global-leaders.html

Stopworldcontrol

Or https://stopworldcontrol.com/endhumanity/

When you watch this very well-produced video report, you’ll see that it’s disturbing… even unsettling. There’s a biblical reason for that. Lost people don’t know they’re lost until they stare into the face of hopelessness or despair.  Could it be that this discussion could open their heart and mind to their absolute need for “the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord? (Jude 1:25)”

Did you know there is an official agenda to replace the human race with robots, cyborgs and AI? This agenda is being heavily promoted by the World Economic Forum. Their plan is to end the era of humanity and usher in a new era of neo-humanity, in which people are a mix of man and machine. They also state that our thoughts and emotions will be monitored by AI in order to combat climate change. Is that the world you want for yourself and your children?

Ending humanity to ‘save the planet’

Many of us – or our children – have been seeing things in the popular science fiction movies about robots taking over the world and eradicating humanity. But little do we know that this is exactly what is being prepared by today’s global leaders. It’s what they are promoting, developing, financing and calling for, all around the world. They are called globalists, because they essentially idealize the dissolving of independent sovereign nations, and putting ultimate authority over all humans on earth in a single corporate government.

The online collaboration of ideas called “Quora” has many definitions for globalism. They posted the simplest definition of globalization/globalism this way:

The Oligarch plan administrated by the British aristocrats calls for a Great Green Reset with simply only around 1 billion citizen slaves answering to a tiny dictatorship who would be controlling all of what they consider wealth on our planet – gold, $ and papers of ownership.

 A man named Greg Oscar posted about globalism this way:

A group of gangsters in suits who are extremely powerful people that influence governments and corporations to implement a global agenda and control every facet of people’s daily lives. They don’t want unity between people; they thrive on chaos and disorder.

On September 24, 2019, President Trump started his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, telling the global body of world leaders that “the future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.” Listen to a minute of what he told the world’s leaders at this epic gathering. https://youtu.be/7wJ8tdxDVgI?si=tHaVicMY_8LOh6rK

Didn’t president Trump lay out a clear contrast between globalism and national sovereignty?

The globalists even claim that this is the only way to save the Earth from total collapse. Without exiting the era of mankind and entering into the era of NEO-HUMANITY, the world is doomed, they say. One of their arguments is that humans are the cause of climate change, and must therefore be replaced with artificial alternatives to “save the planet”.

This worldwide reformation is called “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” and is intended to completely digitize every aspect of life on Earth.

The film production of David Sorensen’s excellent online channel, Stop World Control.com is: “THE END OF HUMANITY.” It exposes this global agenda vividly, so there can be no doubt about what the globalists are actively working to achieve. The general public is being too distracted by the challenges of today’s economic and social/political turmoil to even know that this global agenda is being forcefully promoted with massive support from the most powerful organizations worldwide.

This documentary is not just a film that everyone ought to see. This is a sobering reality that will wake up many of our friends who’ve been stuck, listening to main stream media.

Klaus Schwab, founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum, stated during the recent World Government Summit in Dubai:

“The future is already here. It’s coming like a tsunami! This Fourth Industrial Revolution will not only change everything we do, but it will have an impact on who we are.”

It’s unbelievable when you first hear it, but major technological developments are underway to transplant the human personality into robotic carriers, to give man artificial immortality. This is the ultimate dream of the elites: to become immortal.

Robots are already replacing nurses, social workers, psychological assistants, doctors, cashiers, cooks, and even law enforcement officers, in several areas of the world. The first computer chips are already being implanted into humans. The blending of man with machine is a reality. AI is taking the world by storm, replacing millions of human jobs and making human employees seemingly unnecessary.

The horrifying thing is that specifically those sensitive jobs where people need a human touch, true understanding and emotional support are being replaced with robots. Can you imagine being taken care of by a robot in the hospital or nursing home? That’s exactly what is happening. Removing the human experience, which is so precious, beautiful and deep, and replacing it with unfeeling robotic alternatives. We’ve already been set up for it with all the automated self-check-out lines at grocery stores

Inserting thoughts and emotions into everyone

At the same time, technologies are being installed in every nation of the world that will continually record all the thoughts, emotions and dreams of everyone. These technologies even have the ability to insert thoughts and emotions into the population. That is not a conspiracy theory, as it is publicly stated by the former president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, and by the Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Ida Auken, former minister of the environment of Denmark.

In Europe, the public ‘School TV’ tells kids how ‘cool’ it is to have a chip in your brain.

Google is organizing symposia declaring how humans will become one with computers, while the CEO of Nokia says that, in a few years, everyone will have their smartphones inside their body. This means that every detail of our lives can be constantly monitored. Meanwhile, the World Economic Forum hosts conferences about ‘brain transparency’, discussing how all our most intimate, personal data will be stored in the cloud and controlled by Big Tech.

All this falls in line with the announcement of the WEF that by 2030, no one will have any privacy. Klaus Schwab says we will have to get used to a society of “full transparency”, where everything we think, feel and dream is monitored.

The film “THE END OF HUMANITY” is a warning to mankind, intended to prevent this nefarious plan and to save the human race, from both eradication and from this extreme form of slavery.

Shortly after the release of this video on StopWorldControl.com, a great grandmother viewer wrote a pathetic comment, attempting to get others to take its message seriously.  She wrote:

“For those of you who say, “we don’t need to “OBEY” these psychopathic narcissists, let me remind you that there are any number of ways that “THEY” Klaus Schwab, Harari, Gates, Fauci, Soros et al have of getting “their TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR BODIES”. You don’t necessarily have to “line up for the next injection (she called it ‘CONVID QUACCACINE’) to get implants, RFID’S etc.  When it’s nanotechnology being used, it can be put into anything you eat or drink. When these narcissistic psychopaths are already referring to themselves as “BETTER THAN GOD” you should already know that they already have the necessary “technology/medical technology” in place to put whatever they want into our bodies. When these cretins who refer to themselves as “the elites” are already telling us that we are nothing more than “HACKABLE ANIMALS” and the “USELESS CLASS” you can be sure that it’s already too late for humanity.  

In light of all this, do you think Romans chapter one is worth sharing with others now?

Urging your fellow human beings – made in the image of God – to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matt 6:33) – is the first step for any of us to experience “the peace of God that surpasses all comprehension (Phil 4:7).”

Pray about whom God’s Spirit is guiding you right now to invite into this discussion. Then ask them if they would listen to what you share and offer to pray with them for God’s next step in their walk with Him. Then you can be used by God to show them the way in His Word, where they will discover His amazing grace and the only hope for their future – a future where they will participate in the exposure of more darkness and the expansion of Messiah’s kingdom.

The Just Live by Faith

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (gentile). 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

Hearing those words evokes conviction and exposure of those who are lost on a path of destruction, but Psalm 34 reminds us that …

“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed (contrite) in spirit” Ps 34:18.

Psalm 34 strengthens our resolve to keep our eyes on Jesus, no matter what fearful storms assail our journey…

‘I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; the humble shall hear it and rejoice. O magnify the lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.’ (Ps 34:1-3).

And while you’re in the neighborhood, swing by Psalm 57 where we join David when he fled from Saul in the cave saying…

‘Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge in Thee; and in the shadow of Thy wings, I will take refuge, until destruction passes by.  I will cry to God Most High, to God who accomplishes all things for me. He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. [Selah] God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth (faithfulness). Psalm 57:1-3.

And don’t miss one of the greatest promises for God’s people during times of divine judgment on the wicked of a generation… Isaiah 26

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusts in Thee” … (Isa 26:6) … and finally … “Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while, until indignation runs its course…” (Isa 26:20).

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A Free society Requires a Righteous People who appoint Righteous Accountable Leaders

Would you agree that the People of American society are able to be the effective core of our civil government, only when we participate in the process of informing, educating, and training our families and fellow citizens to live as the true “We the People?”  But for us as Christians, that raises an even more basic premise. How can we be ‘salt and light’ to civil society, if we are not actively asserting our role in filling our assignments in the body of our Messiah’s Ekklesia?  And by using that word – “Ekklesia” – I’m not talking here about just attending ‘church’ on Sunday.  Yes, it’s true that the Greek word “Ekklesia” is translated in English Bibles as the word church. But we all know that most people think of “church” as the building we go to… or the name of the event we attend on Sundays.  Oh yes, they might think of “church” as the institution of our denomination with all its hierarchy and programs.  But these are not what Jesus said He would “build” when He commended His disciple Peter for the declaration that Jesus is “the Messiah (or Christ), the Son of the living God” (Matt 16:16). 

The “Ekklesia” that Jesus deliberately said HE would build was to be HIS version of a pattern that was well-known in Roman culture of the first century. Caesar, king of Rome, had a system that was well defined 2,000 years ago. After conquering neighboring territories, how did the Empire establish the authority of Roman policies and cultural shaping in new communities? 

In studying the subject, I discovered that ambassadors from Rome would find trusted elders in every locality. Those elders would be trained how Roman society works. They would be assigned to indoctrinate or inculcate Roman customs into the fellow citizens of their own local community. They would function as “an assembly” or “congregation” of local people. And that is exactly the meaning of the word “Ekklesia” – “assembly” or “congregation.”  It was a process of a kind of evangelization and discipleship training on a secular level. They would teach their “assemblies” of people to live like Romans… adopt Roman customs… know and be responsible for following Roman laws. Nothing less than complete transformation was expected of these groups of local assembly leaders …and they were corporately referred to, in the Greek language, as “Ekklesia.” 

Jesus didn’t say “I will build my Synagogue.”  He didn’t say He would build His “religion.” And He didn’t announce to Peter that He was going to build His “temple” or “cathedral” on the man named Peter.  He clearly had something else in mind when He spoke those memorable words… and it wasn’t any of the things that most of us in modern times associate with the word “church.”

Let’s unpack the vital synergy of that assertion.

John Adams, America’s first vice president, serving with President George Washington, has famously been quoted for proclaiming that… “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

We would be fair to observe that to the culture of his day in the late 1700s and early 1800s, in English speaking culture, he was asserting the focus of his statement held godly and righteous people to be responsible for the preservation of our constitutional, republican form of governance.  Knowing the nearly unanimous Christian disposition of the signers of our Declaration of Independence, and how the American constitution was crafted upon the principles of the Holy Bible, is it not clear that our current situation stands almost completely devoid of the…

…Two primary pillars that supported our Republic? 

  1. It takes Christ-honoring voters,
  2. …electing God-fearing representatives.

And both must actively demonstrate their sincere desire to reflect the truth of the Almighty Creator in every aspect of their social order. Without those pillars, you have no means to support our constitutional structure.

If we claim to be followers of the light of truth, but don’t take appropriate actions to inform and defend those around us from the dangers of enemies seeking our destruction, does a righteous judge (Almighty God) hold us accountable for not doing good when we had the opportunity?

This raises the Biblical “watchman” principle of Ezekiel 33. But it takes the concept of being a watchman to a much higher level of responsibility.  You could say that the assignment of being a watchman or a sentry is a civic or military duty.  But at the same time, this passage in Ezekiel leaves no doubt that such a duty for our fellow countryman is a spiritual expectation as well.

Ezekiel heard the word of the LORD that came to him, saying,

“Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people, then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. ‘He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman’s hand.’ “Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so, you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me. “When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand. “But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.” Ezekiel 33:2-9.

For Righteousness to regain dominant influence in America, or any society, ‘we the people’ must assertively refresh the spirit that ignited the founders to declare a new nation would be free by declaring their independence from tyrants.

 Just as that premise became the catalyst to fuel the American Revolution, can we really believe that a similar revitalization of Christian society can happen with any less commitment? Should not ‘We the people,’ as representatives of a civil society, also assert ourselves as a body of ‘we the people’ as members of Messiah’s Ekklesia?  How can compromised leadership, on the level of civil government, result from anything less than compromised leadership on the level of Ekklesia government?

And if we take the attitude that we’re somehow exempt from actively influencing and serving our civic community by at least voting, if not serving in active duties, it’s no wonder that many of us who think we are following Jesus, somehow expect professional career people to do all the work of ministry in places we call church.

God’s Word reminds us often to “do good.”

Prov 31:9 “Open your mouth, judge righteously,”

Psalm 34:14 “Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”

Psalm 37:27 “Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.”

Isaiah 1:17 “learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.”

Eccl 3:12 “I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;”

1Peter 3:11 “let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.”

Jeremiah 4:22 ““For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”

Galatians 6:10 “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.”

James 4:17 “So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”

We’ve all noticed that the devastating global events of the years following the bio-weapon attack on humanity called ‘Covid-19’ have produced an historic result.  It’s perhaps the most notable awakening in history.  No one denies it now, that the pervasiveness of evil literally controls nearly every aspect of the many systems that govern our modern lives. The governments of all western nations have exposed to their citizens how thoroughly corrupted they are. Their complete subservience to global corporations has devastated public trust. People are fed up. The vast majority are now wise to the disgraceful behavior of politicians who have no moral compass or concern for the safety of humanity. Meanwhile, at least half of the population in America has not only awakened to the total depravity of mainstream media, they have also begun to lose trust in every institution that’s governed by university-educated, immoral, Bible-rejecting haters of anyone who’s not part of their modern aristocracy.

To understand better just how desperately corrupted is our U.S. system of justice, including many policy-makers in the DOJ, FBI, the courts and their related agencies, just consider the plight of cattle rancher, Ammon Bundy. 

 His 5-minute recap of what his family has gone through to defend his constitutional civil rights as a businessman and land owner in these united states is appalling. Listen to his testimony in the bonus segment of today’s broadcast at Reclaim Your Legacy.com, where you’ll search for the title “A Free Society Requires a righteous people…” at: https://youtu.be/J1rJogfCJdM?si=NSQcVU98WXR0V-ep

Most Christian leaders in institutional churches today do not take the time to publicly stand up for righteousness and regularly exhort their parishioners to be even minimally informed on matters of this kind.  If they did, they would be sufficiently equipped to teach their children how to maintain a society governed by the precepts of the fear of God. We cannot expect that condition to change unless we urge our leaders to be informed and to live by clear Biblical principles.

Can it be possible that God is stirring the pot… disturbing the apathetic complacency of many of His children… challenging them to do the uncomfortable tasks of discipling a new generation of world-changers?

10 Requirements for Turning America

February 22, 2024 – Give Him 15  https://www.givehim15.com/post/february-22-2024

Pastor Dutch Sheets shared a profound message on his daily “Give Him 15” podcast.

Larry Tomczak was born again during the Jesus Movement of the 60s and 70s. He and I would certainly picture the mavericks of that era who were “rounded-up” and led to “independence.” (See yesterday’s post here to read The “Mavericks” Are Coming.) In a recent article, Larry speaks of his dream of a transformed America, and the 10 requirements for turning our nation around. Here are Larry’s 10 points and explanations:

  1. “Reconsecrate ourselves to the Great Commission given us by Jesus. The Pilgrims prioritized this in the original Mayflower Compact – to proclaim the ‘gospel of the kingdom’ (not some ‘He Gets Us’ distortion!) to see lives transformed, not merely affirmed, by the power of the living God.
  2. “Renounce and reject complacency. This has brought about the decline and demise of civilizations throughout history. We must repent and return to the values that made us great in the first place, refusing to succumb to the seduction of affluence and leisure entertainment as substitutes for hard work. 
  3. “Cast off D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) mandates. These criteria for our institutions are inherently racist, giving people preferences and positions that should belong to achievers applying themselves to merit advancement. Our nation affords ‘equal opportunity for all’ who are willing and able to work for it!
  4. “Replace destructive Marxist, Globalist elements. These have poisoned our government, schools, media, and corporate boardrooms. In their places, we must put leaders of integrity and conviction, mirroring those of our truly great and revered statesmen and stateswomen. Though they, like all of us, had flaws, they deserve honor because of their overall character and achievements.
  5. “Put an end to propaganda and promotion of unbiblical socialism. We must return to a Constitutional Republic that has undergirded us successfully for close to 250 years – longer than any nation in world history. Anti-American activists are entitled to their opinions, but I agree with former Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher, who said: ‘The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.’(1) Check out our unsustainable $34 trillion debt!
  6. “Accept the sacred responsibility to expose and eradicate tyranny. We must replace oppressive government in all its forms and contend for freedom. Let us take seriously the warning of President Ronald Reagan: ‘Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling them what it was once like in America when men were free.’(2) 
    1. Note… do you find many older saints already beginning to reflect that forecast?
  7. “Pastors once again must arise to the urgency of the hour. Just as in colonial America, they must courageously lead the way to embrace the directive of Jesus to be ‘salt’ (holding back decay), accept the responsibility to equip their congregations with relevant truth, and refuse to be silent in our current cultural battle. May they heed the sobering words of pastor/martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who stood against Nazism in a similar situation. ‘Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak, is to speak. Not to act, is to act.’(3) We must reject fear of man and follow in the footsteps of Billy Graham, who stood openly against segregation, Apartheid, same-sex ‘marriage,’ and nuclear expansion, telling us, ‘Courage is contagious!’
    1. Note… though many across the country might be discouraged because of the cowardice displayed by their church leaders during the plandemic, it’s encouraging to see how that very lack of godly leadership is causing a new remnant to arise… even to start new congregations… new Ekklesias that are earnestly seeking to embrace the virtues of our Pilgrim forefathers.
  8. “Unapologetically affirm man/woman marriage and the nuclear family. ‘One man and one woman’ is the explicit design for this sacred institution recognized worldwide and honored for thousands of years as the divinely ordained foundation of a stable society. Biology and science have recognized male (XY chromosomes) and female (XX chromosomes) genders throughout history, so we’ll simply stay the course and stay safe from ‘Woke’ moral insanity and societal instability.
    1. Note… inherently, this axiom for reclaiming the legacy of principle ideals that American was founded upon… rests solidly on the indestructible foundation of the truth of the Genesis Record of Creation and the Flood. The inerrancy of Scripture and the truth of Biblical Creation must be fundamental to the principle scientific demand to “test ALL things, and hold fast what is TRUE.” The truth can be established because of the primary revelation of Romans 1:20 which proclaims that everything God made clearly shows his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature – so all men are without excuse.
  9. “Sound the alarm and stop the massive invasion of law-breaking foreigners into America. Millions of cartel-driven illegal aliens are disregarding our established immigration laws to unlawfully secure healthcare, food, housing, education, costly benefits and privileges at taxpayer expense. THIS MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY BY EXECUTIVE ORDER (not by Congressional debate). America represents 4% of the world’s population, and we cannot allow this unprecedented and unmitigated disaster to bring about our country’s collapse!
    1. Note… this cornerstone of national sovereignty and existence is championed by rational humans, no matter what is their political or religious persuasion. If you’re part of a Christian congregation that does not embrace this, you must ask yourself what good reason do you have not to change that status or find a new congregation that firmly and publicly endorses that position?
  10. “Expose as demagoguery the leftist tactic of regularly dismissing valid opinions and perspectives as ‘destroying democracy,’ ‘racist,’ and ‘authoritarian tyranny.’ Traditional conservatives, Christians, pro-lifers, and patriotic Americans are slandered as ‘right-wing extremists,’ while government agencies are weaponized to run roughshod over basic civil liberties, censor free speech, violate the Constitution, and use Soviet-style kangaroo courts to indict political opponents (so they can’t run for office). These agencies and tactics represent America’s real threats and must be exposed! 

If enough of us who love America stand in solidarity with these 10 points, we can trust God to successfully bring His people through the conflicts ahead.  Every flawed and corrupted institution of man or works of carnal wisdom that CAN be shaken… WILL be shaken.  But many Scriptures confirm with Psalm 37:18-20… “The LORD knows the days of the blameless and their inheritance will be forever. They will not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine, they will have abundance. But the wicked will perish… they vanish – like smoke they vanish away.”

 Freedom-loving, patriotic, traditional Americans are still the majority. And though we may not control the levers of power, there’s still hope if we repent, pray, meditate in His promises and proclaim His Word as we act courageously to turn America around.

I implore you to watch the new documentary movie, ‘Letter to the American Church,’ inspired by author Eric Metaxis; and do everything to be sure your pastor shows it to your congregation on a Sunday!

Search online for it now at lettertotheamericanchurch.com and get engaged today.”

Pray with me:

Father, thank You for seasoned and bold leaders like Dutch Sheets, Larry Tomczak, and Eric Metaxis. Bless their families and ministries with great favor, health, and provision. Use them greatly as they labor to see America transformed; we share their dreams and agree with the needed changes they lay before us.

We ask for a reconsecration in the church to the Great Commissions given in Mark 16 and Matthew 28, proclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom. We renounce complacency and laziness, and ask for an awakening of passion. Give us Your heart for the lost, for truth, and for justice.

We pray against all forms of racism and mistreatment. A true revival that changes millions of hearts will include a revival of compassionate and sacrificial love. Give us this. Break the influence of Marxism, socialism, globalism, wokism, and other anti-biblical philosophies invading our nation. Awaken the “mavericks” to the insanity of these dogmas.

Transform our government. Remove those who desire to weaken us. Help us close our borders and minimize the damage. Break the back of the wicked forces energizing this evil. Expose the evil distortion of truth, law, and justice in America.

And awaken the church. Forgive us for not being salt and light to our nation. Convict leaders of their silence regarding truths in Your Word. Break the fear of man off them and help them find their voices. Motivate them to be the watchmen You have called them to be, and to sound the alarm. We ask all of this in the name of Jesus. Amen.


The spirit that prompted President Abraham Lincoln’s famous wartime address aptly describes the spirit prompting today’s watchmen to make a solemn declaration of commitment.  As he said, “we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Indeed… a new birth of freedom can only arise from the hearts of today’s patriots who are willing to boldly declare their reliance on Almighty God to awaken and restore the gift of freedom in this generation.  That’s why, every chance we have, we should boldly make…

Our decree:

“We declare that a great awakening is coming to the church of America, and to America itself.”

Thanks to Dutch Sheets for the content from his post that was contributed by Larry Tomczak. You can find out more about Larry at LarryTomczak.com.

Now, let’s listen to the testimony of rancher, Amon Bundy. If you know anyone who doubts the fact that our government has long been rogue, remember that God’s prophet says “MY people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6). Perhaps this knowledge will turn them from continuing their blinded path to destruction. This is the link to Ammon Bundy’s report: https://youtu.be/J1rJogfCJdM?si=NSQcVU98WXR0V-ep

To learn about the “Baby Cyrus” case that Ammon Bundy refers to in his recording, you can access the webpage that has been made by my friend, Diego, who is the grandfather of Baby Cyrus. Go to: https://freedomman.ws/cyrus/story/

This takes you directly to the 90-minute presentation given by Diego Rodriguez (Baby Cyrus’s grandfather) on May 10th, 2023, about Government Subsidized Child Trafficking.  It not only describes the entire Baby Cyrus Story, but explains the reasons WHY Baby Cyrus was kidnapped in the first place. This EYE-OPENING video presentation can change your paradigm completely and can save you and or a loved family member from every suffering the pain and anguish of having your child kidnapped by CPS! (The presentation begins at the 4:10 mark, if you’d like to skip the introduction.)

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Is God raising up a praying remnant to refresh our generation with God’s deliverance?

Just days after a distinctively special gathering of God’s people, earnestly expressing repentance and intercession for this generation, I was invited to watch something that I absolutely must share with you. It sounded like nothing I ever heard before. And that’s because our current context is a time like none of us have ever experience before. But, even more, it’s because witnessing the broken, heart-felt contrition of a large number of fellow believers from all over the world in a single public gathering is truly unique.

Hundreds of people gathered for this Day of Repentance in D.C. on Jan 31st and many more watched online. According to co-leaders Jim Garlow and Tony Perkins, “God showed up.”

If you’d like to watch a replay of the National Gathering of Prayer and Repentance, you can do so here: https://ngpr.org/.

Today, I pray the Lord will help me share with you at least a taste of this exceptional prayer time. I’ll say right from the start, that if you have even a single hour in this coming week to give yourself to praying with others to sincerely call out to God for help in our national time of need, you WILL be profoundly rewarded with renewed hope, and invigorated to invite others to a more intimate time with your God and Savior, Jesus, our Messiah and LORD.

Lincoln’s 1863 Prayer & Fasting Proclamation

Do you remember ever reading or hearing President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation? Though it’s over 160 years in our past, How well does it apply to our nation today? Hear an excerpt of the text of Lincoln’s Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day, in March of 1863:

“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown.

But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!

It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”

 Reference: https://www.leaderu.com/orgs/cdf/onug/lincoln.html

Every one of us who recognizes the desperate and seemingly hopeless condition of our world and nation in our time, can be tempted to fear, to extreme grief, and even cowardice and capitulation to the enemy.

Pastor Jim Garlow spoke some of the sobering realities of our time of global crisis.

Rabbi Jonathan Cahn speaking at 2024 D.C. Prayer & Repentance gathering

Rabbi author of the book, The Return of the Gods, Jonathan Cahn, was introduced by Pastor Jim Garlow to give a brief teaching to set the tone of the five-hour meeting. If you haven’t yet read that book, I think you’ll want to get a copy as soon as you possibly can.

Tony Perkins praying for congressmen 2024 Repentance gathering

After the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, reminded us of the prayer of Israel’s King Solomon for wisdom in the face of his challenging time, a slate of several dozen members of our nation’s civic leadership, particularly our congress, without formal introduction, were given time to give their sincere prayers of repentance and need. It’s fascinating to listen to the sincerity and brokenness of these men and women.

After that, time was given to several different types of group leaders. First were pastors who have stood boldly up to tyrannical persecution. You might recognize some of them for the courage they’ve shown to the world in recent times of unlawful government suppression, like Canada’s pastor Artur Pawlowski.

Many of those who prayed at this special prayer meeting that was hosted by the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., have suffered and experienced God’s miraculous deliverance from seemingly hopeless situations. A whole string of young people in various parts of society were also given time to pray on behalf of their generation.

Significant time was given to let representatives from many of the countries of the world pray on behalf of their nations. This was precious to me, just knowing some of the difficult situations that the people of those lands are enduring. It’s not just the US that has been enduring painful fruit of evil and tyrannical oppression.

When you take the time to actually sit down, listen and personally join in with the prayers of your brothers and sisters in Christ – even for a recorded, Spirit-anointed prayer meeting – it’s indisputably amazing to sense the presence of God, and be stirred in your innermost being with the reality that He is moving on people all over the world to call out to God for His mercy and intervention for His deliverance and salvation.

After listening and joining these many fellow believers in prayer, in the very heart of Washington D.C., I’m sure you will sense, as I did, that God IS not only stirring His contrite servants to voice their dependency on Him, but He’s also raising up a generation of courageous watchmen and warriors to stand for righteousness and expose the works of darkness. And that’s just the kind of providential intervention that will confound the works of the devil and all his minions. He’s raising up Daniels to influence rulers. He’s positioning Esthers to intervene and in the complex workings of governments. He’s preparing ordinary people to use their God-given gifts and positions of influence to change the battleground for a different outcome than our adversaries have planned.  

There’s a tremendous difference between a generation of apostasy and a generation of humble ‘Image-Barrers’ of their Creator who cry out for God’s deliverance… even if it’s just a remnant.

As evil and dark as the horrible things being done by perpetrators of the enemy in our world ARE, yet God is using his humble children to stand against the wicked deceivers. That’s why we must not faint or give up in distressing times. This prayer and repentance gathering is a beacon of hope for us to share with others. Too many people that you and I know, don’t even know that such a meeting even happened. And they won’t ever know about it until you tell them.

Though we see all around us, what seems like an overwhelming ocean of destructive evil and godlessness, ours is unlike the time when God’s prophet Ezekiel had to prophecy a message of complete judgment and destruction upon Jerusalem.  He said:

“And I searched for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found no one. Thus, I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord God. (Ezekiel 22:30-31).

God was looking for intercessors then but found none.

He’s looking for intercessors now, and many are rising up in humble repentance. As they are hearing like what Isaiah heard,

“Who shall I send and who will go for us?”  Isaiah replied, “Here am I, send me!” (Isaiah 6:8).

There is a reason for the big difference between then (in the time of ancient Israel) and now. By His resurrection, Jesus has been given all authority in heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18) and He has given to us His awesome authority over all the power of the enemy. He is still building His assembly, His family, His Ekklesia… and as they receive His authority and use it against the illegitimate powers raised up against the knowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:5), they will prevail over the gates of Hell and over all the deceptions of the evil rulers of this age.