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America's Pastors: Preachers
of Truth or Promoters of Tyranny?
Chuck Baldwin
Lew Rockwell.com
Thursday Aug 23, 2007
Once
again, the burden of responsibility to help maintain America's
liberty rests upon the shoulders of the men in the pulpits. That
should not surprise us, because it has always been this way. Part
of what made America great was old-fashioned, tell-it-like-it-is,
no-nonsense preaching. Most of what we hear today is a bunch of
mealy-mouthed, pussyfooting, ear-tickling, don't-offend-anyone
preaching, which has largely contributed to America's current
slippery slope into the sewer. But if you thought it could not
get any worse, guess again.
A startling
television news report from Shreveport, Louisiana has revealed
a sinister plot hatched deep inside the diabolical brain cells
of the Bush administration to use America's pulpits as promoters
of tyranny. That is a strong statement, I know. But it is true.
According
to KSLA television in Shreveport, the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) intends to use America's preachers to help pave the way
for martial law in the event of another terrorist attack upon
the United States.
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The
KSLA report begins, "Could martial law ever become a
reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical
attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA 12 has discovered
that the clergy would help the government with potentially their
biggest problem: Us."
The report
continued by saying, "[G]un confiscation is exactly what
happened during the state of emergency following Hurricane Katrina
in New Orleans, along with forced relocation. U.S. Troops also
arrived, something far easier to do now, thanks to last year's
elimination of the 1878 Posse Comitatus act, which had forbid
regular U.S. Army troops from policing on American soil.
"If
martial law were enacted here at home, like depicted in the movie,
The Siege, easing public fears and quelling dissent would
be critical. And that's exactly what the 'Clergy Response Team'
helped accomplish in the wake of Katrina."
The report
went on to say: "[C]lergy response teams would walk a tight-rope
during martial law between the demands of the government on the
one side, versus the wishes of the public on the other. 'In a
lot of cases, these clergy would already be known in the neighborhoods
in which they're helping to diffuse that situation,' assured Sandy
Davis. He serves as the director of the Caddo-Bossier Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
"For
the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have
in helping calm the public down or to obey the law is the bible
itself, specifically Romans 13."
Dear Reader,
are you getting this?
In order
to convince American citizens to surrender their firearms to the
government during a time of martial law, DHS is enlisting the
assistance of America's pastors. According to the DHS, my job
as a church pastor, is to tell my congregation that, according
to Romans 13, they must surrender their firearms when the government
asks them to do so.
Of course,
faithful readers of this column know that I have already addressed
the Romans
13 question.
For those
who are ignorant of Romans 13, let me address the issue bluntly:
According to Romans 13, every citizen is only bound to obey his
or her governing official to the degree that the governing official
does not violate the duty of the citizen to obey the "higher
powers" which, for Americans, are God and the U.S. Constitution.
In other words, no Christian can be ordered to disobey God, and
no American citizen can be ordered to disobey the U.S. Constitution.
Properly understood, Romans 13 teaches that each and every governing
official (including the President of the United States and all
those under him) must submit to the U.S. Constitution.
Article VI,
Paragraph 3 of the U.S. Constitution states, "The Senators
and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several
State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both
of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound
by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution."
So, what
does the Constitution say regarding the disarmament of American
citizens? The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution could
not be clearer: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary
to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep
and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Did you get
that? "[T]he right of the people to keep and bear Arms, SHALL
NOT BE INFRINGED." [Emphasis added]
Therefore,
any attempt to disarm the American people must be viewed as an
act of tyranny and must be resisted.
The right
to keep and bear arms is rooted deep in American history. I remind
readers that it was the attempted gun confiscation of the colonists'
arms, which had been cached at Concord, Massachusetts, that directly
precipitated the beginning of America's fight for independence.
America's
founders were clear on this subject. Our first President, George
Washington, called our firearms "the people's liberty teeth."
Our third President and author of the Declaration of Independence,
Thomas Jefferson, said, "No free man shall ever be de-barred
the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain
their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect
themselves against tyranny in government."
America's
founders spoke unanimously on the subject. Patrick Henry said,
"The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who
is able may have a gun." Samuel Adams said, "The said
Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to
prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens
from keeping their own arms."
And what
did the Lord Jesus Christ tell His followers on this subject?
Jesus said in Luke 11:21, "When a strong man armed keepeth
his palace, his goods are in peace." Did you see that? Jesus
said that in order for a man's goods to be "in peace"
it was necessary that he be ARMED. Now, I don't know about you,
but I will take the word of Jesus over the word of a DHS official
anytime.
Furthermore,
Jesus told his disciples in Luke 22:36, "[H]e that hath no
sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Upon hearing
the words of Jesus, Simon Peter responded by saying, "Lord,
behold, here are two swords." (vs. 38) That means at least
two of Jesus' disciples were armed with swords (the 1st Century
equivalent of a modern handgun, something used for personal protection),
and Jesus did not rebuke them or ask them to surrender their swords.
He merely said, "It is enough."
I realize
that after Simon Peter used his sword to cut off the ear of the
man as soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,
Jesus told him to "put up thy sword." But notice, He
did not tell him to "give up" his sword; he merely told
him it was not time to use it, because it was in the plan and
providence of God that Jesus be taken to Pilate, that He might
be crucified for our sins.
Don't tell
me that the Bible teaches pacifism, because it doesn't. I am a
Christian, and I am a pastor. And I agree with Charlton Heston
who said that they could have his guns "over my cold, dead
hands." If DHS believes that I will ask my congregation to
give up their firearms, they are grossly mistaken.
It also needs
to be pointed out that, apparently, DHS must already be planning
to declare martial law in the United States or else this kind
of advanced strategy would not even be necessary. Why would they
already be asking pastors to be prepared to request their church
members give up their guns if they did not intend to declare martial
law?
Now, what
every single church-going Christian in America should immediately
find out for themselves is, What does my pastor intend to do?
Will he ask me to surrender my guns, or not? I highly encourage
every reader who currently attends church to ask your pastor this
question RIGHT NOW.
Of course,
the next question Christians need to ask themselves is, What will
I do if my pastor says he would ask me to surrender my guns to
the government? I suggest that every church member in America
settle this matter right now. And if you discover that your pastor
would indeed ask you to surrender your guns (or equivocate by
saying he would have to "pray about it") if asked to
do so, you should immediately leave that church and find a pastor
who believes the Bible and supports the U.S. Constitution. Furthermore,
if you do not currently own a firearm, you might want to heed
the words of Jesus and go buy one.
So, once
again, the burden of responsibility to help maintain America's
liberty rests upon the shoulders of the men in the pulpits. Will
we be preachers of truth or promoters of tyranny?
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