Freedom and Liberty are based on truth, and responsibilties stemming from truth. These concepts require the responsiblity to ensure that they are kept.
I was in the Service during Viet Nam. In 1968 the ' Tet Offensive' was launched by the Vietcong on January 30. They launched attacks on 5 of 6 cities as well as some fifty hamlets. Even though taken by surprise we and the ARVN respond quickly. Within one week we had regained all the ground the Vietcong had won, with the exception of one town, Hue', which was not retaken until Feb. 24.
The Tet Offiensivewas the worst reversal the Vietcong suffered through the entire war, having lost over 40,000 of their best troops and an enormous number of their heavy weapons. Yet our own media presented it as a decisive American defeat. This served to destroy any confidence left American ability to win the war, and this along with the unfairnes of the draft turned the youth against the war, and in fact led to Lyndon Johnson's decision to step down and refrain from running for reelection.
The truth of the matter is that our leaders believe the Media while a large number of the public does not. This is apparent in the number of folks who support Donald J. Trump. It will indeed prove fatal to the nation if our leaders are so influenced by the lies of the media, even though the public is resolute in finding the truth.
The truth shall make you free. But it must be pursued and acted upon if we are to maintain the freedom and liberty spelled out in the Bill of Rights, and founded upon the Law of God.
Anyone can tell a lie. That is easy. And we do not have a license, either in our government or by our Creator, to live that way. We all have a responsibility to maintain our God given liberty and freedom by living the truth, and holding the blessings of living in this land as truly just that. Much of our government has become a curse upon this land, and the people who support it as well.
We must stand up as the Law provides and restore truth and justice in so doing.
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Dale, this is a good posting. We must do everything we can, not only for our nation but also for ourselves.
We all have to go to sleep tonight with clean hands and a clear conscience knowing we are vigilant.
Well, I believe it is the Grace of God to reveal a thing, in order to extend His mighty arm to save this nation.
He let 0 be installed, to wake up the patriots. It did. It gave us Trump.
He let CoVid happen to wake us all up. Doctors woke up. People woke up. People died. People died from not searching out the matter. Still are. That hurts. But that wake-up call, WORKED.
It gave us ALTERNATIVE MEDIA!
Look at the battles in Congress.
Look at the week/s of WhistleBlower Testimony, Cathy O'Brian's important testimony about being sold and trapped in the CIA's MKUltra sex trafficking and brain experiements, (basically controlled electrical stimulation of parts of her brain and her daughter's brain). She still does not have her daughter back, btw, as the CIA found out on her daughter, how to access "deep primitive brain" functions, such as blinking and swallowing..... But now Congress knows.
And look at the momentum growing and reaching across the aisles, for our Trump. Trump, the "divider' is going to turn around and be Trump, the "unifier."
People cannot know what they cannot see. The fact that this nation went to hell due to not paying attention is all true. Guilty. Me, too. 0bama woke me up. CovID woke some up. The Biden shamshow is waking some up. Even the dress code situation in Congress is waking people up. Stupid is actually waking people up. Rand Paul got that message in a nanosecond. Mocking works.
Shutting churches down woke some up. Porn in schools woke some up. It even woke up some LGBTQ's. Trannies work up a bunch and began unifying Black and White. The border crisis is waking people up. So did Lahaina. Food processing plant fires woke up some. Prepping is growing. Homesteading is growing. Small business is going to rebirth itself. We will be taking our food back with organic/clean unjxxd foodstuffs.
Likely, the rich have not yet been woken up. But they will, when the dollar fiat is DOA. THAT oughta "DO IT." Have to say it again, Daniel 2:45.
What some Christians still see as this is rapture rug time, they are missing scriptures that have not happened yet, and have to happen.
My church is on HOLY FIRE. His brother's church is on HOLY FIRE. Prophets are on HOLY FIRE. When the church is on fire, the gates of hell don't stand a chance, not one chance.
Remember these Cultural Benchmarks—for they ARE markers of this time, it just isn't LOUD, it's quiet, but reflect on these ...things....
The Asbury Revival
Other college revivals
"The Jesus Revolution" movie
"Sound of Freedom" movie
"Rich Man North of Richmond" song
That song has resonated around the entire world. It has helped Blacks SEE that they are not the only ones being mistreated, feeling hopeless. They SEE now. Not all, but enough.
Parents standing UP.
Teachers standing UP.
WOKE FREE is now a selling point. It has invaded the advertising market, the mountain of MEDIA
The failures of BudLight
The failures of Disney
The failures of Target, Starbucks, etc.
Corporations are NOW having to consider BACKLASH, otherwise known as 'shoving back uphill'
And the Indomitable Trump!!! Can you feel the strength of his resolve and devotion to this country??
If one slows down, ponders the thing, one can seeeeee, the Hand of God in all of this. ssssshhhhh. He is here. Even as I write. He is with you, tooooooo. Let Him woo you.
just my opinion, of course....but, I have also to say, I am encountering a few, here and there, who want to know about God. Asking questions. daring to reveal a thing, or two.
I have also encountered so many service people over the last year, who are just as desperate as we are, and they want to know....more. Really, about anything true, anything hopeful. Spectrum, HVAC, Krogers, Electrician, more. That's just in my life. I am certainly not the only one.
They love this country, too. Eyes are opening.
Having been away for a few years and returning recently to this forum it is astonishing to see the amount of discussion topics concerned with our corrupt government. Crime at the highest levels have increased astronomically.
What is the result of such an increase in crime? The total collapse of the Nation? Or will attempts to stop it ultimately end in its destruction? Is it a product of human nature clinging relentlessly to the goal of 'GET' at the expense of 'GIVE'? In short, who in the hell do people in government think they are? And think that We, The People, are? Certified Idiots? Who will believe anything they utter?
Do we ever really think on such things? Or are we totally consumed with ourselves. If so, how on earth can we effectively bring it to a halt, and then turn it around?
What do people really think?
It is always most important to understand Why events unfold rather than placing our focus on only the event itself.
This requires effort and search for the root cause. Upon discovery the cause can be addressed if the people are willing to do it.
I do not think we have seen the worst of it yet. Our economy will soon likely collapse entirely, in fact it is certain unless a total change of direction is not pursued. We are living on borrowed funds from our enemies right now, and our own money is nothing but printed paper having no value of its own. Our country cannot survive indefinitely on such a condition.
I am writing this to everyone who might wander into your discussion, so it not directed to you.
I am pretty sure I sound like a broken record in here and other discussions, but it is going to take a major something to rebirth this nation. If there is not such a thing--as our only way back--then we are done. If there is -not- such an event, the globalists DS will finish pocketing our change and murdering us through environmental this and that. Feeding us locusts. Communing our kids. Searching, stripping, seizing us out of our homes, families, lives, dreams and robbing us of the blessing of independence, as the final devouring of all we hold dear.
Except----I used that word, ALL. Do we not hold dear the truth that He is our Rod and our Staff? That He saves a nation in a day? Am I still just screaming into the wind that HE is the way, even now. Does anyone pray warfare?
So, to say it AGAIN--for those who are, not in name only---Christian, (known as CINO). Don't let bad teaching put the spell of end-times-itis and victim mindsets into your hearts and minds, and into anyone you hold dear.
Gen. 1 has NOT been fulfilled. And many more.
Get up. Rise up. Know He who never sleeps watches what we do and reads our hearts and minds. Do we know who He is?
Because THIS is what HE SAYS. 2 Corin. 10:4-6.
The weapons of our WARFARE are not carnal (natural, visible). But MIGHTY in the pulling down of strongholds, casting down arguments and everything that exhaults itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
Obedience REQUIRES FAITH. Faith is a Shield! That shield covers your front because He's got your back if you lift him up and place Him where He belongs.
Circumstances and evil reports-- if allowed, demean the innocent Christian into positions lacking that shield, leaving someone weak and feeling helpless in these situations.
Faith is the OPPOSITE of hopelessness. We must be wiser than that serpent. And vocal...
Faith, the weapon of FAITH---is NOT-----Not despair. Not begging. No victimhood allowed. No pessimism. No paying more attention to the enemy that to God. Sayin' it one more time... Wake up, people. You know how to discipline a child. Discipline yourselves and pick up your Shield. Grab your Sword of the Word of the Lord and go into battle. Decree a thing that it shall be established. "That Thing," is His Word. His Word NEVER falls to the ground void of its purpose. ("Shall" is a legal term, btw)
At the risk of wearing the label of a pessimist let me assure all that I most certainly am not. My goal has been and is to be a Biblical Christian as I am confident that many folks are, even though it is a very small group relative to Traditional Christianity.
I know through reading the BOOK that we are forewarned of terrible times just ahead of us, and all of us need to take the warning to heart. There is a way to escape, provided by God, to those who take His Word to heart. Jesus Christ is the Word of God.
I am not a preacher, and I know that this forum is not about preaching. However, our country has lost its way. Not everyone in it, but the vast majority has. Look at it in this manner. If Traditional Christianity is the largest form of religious worship in the world ( and it is) then why is the world in so much trouble? (and it is) Why is that?
I think that we do know the answer to that. But many refuse to admit it.
Does it start with a "P?"