Obey the "Higher Powers"?

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." —Romans 13:1

       Above is one scripture that is being taken out of context and being used to very dangerous ends. Many churches today teach that we should just obey the government as they are the higher powers of our nation...Really? Read your the law of the land, the Constitution of the United States and it says plainly that the people are the higher power. And the people should have only one God and one King, Jesus.

       Imagine how different lives of Jesus disciples would have ended if they had just obeyed the government of their time? Talk about a bunch of domestic terrorists! They followed only the one true God and refused to regard the political leaders as the god of their lives, they called sin what it was, sin, and they continued to point people to the true king, Jesus.

‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

Matthew 25:23

A Nation Divided

2 Chronicles 7:14

...if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

People Awaken!

 Many words could be written from today's events on this topic but Daniel Webster said it almost 200 years ago so I'll just leave you with his words:

“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe . . . Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing. Make them intelligent, and they will be vigilant; give them the means of detecting the wrong, and they will apply the remedy.”
― Daniel Webster

If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.”
― Daniel Webster

“God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.”
― Daniel Webster

“If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, then error will be. If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendency. If the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will. If the power of the gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of this land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end.”
― Daniel Webster

“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.”
― Daniel Webster

“I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a benign Providence; it almost appears a "Divine interposition in our behalf... the hand that destroys our Constitution rends our Union asunder forever.”
― Daniel Webster

“The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions”
― Daniel Webster

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Take Care

 
Recent statements by our politicians suggest that one small portion of one sentence taken out of context gives them the right to invade and regulate our personal lives to the point of a nanny state. Our founding fathers would be ashamed of those willing to sacrifice their freedoms for a little safety. They fought with everything they had to win our liberty from tyrants and just a mere flash in history later we have forgotten their sacrifices.

Here is the part being taken out of context:

Constitution of the United States Article 2 Section 3 

...he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, ...

I could print the whole section but it's easy enough to look up and you should read it for yourself anyway... our government including our president are not here to take care of us, provide for us, regulate our everyday lives or keep us safe! Our government was set up to first and foremost protect our rights and liberties, not dictate them to us.  God gave them to us when He created us as our constitution's preamble plainly reminds us. God gave us the most basic form of liberty when he created us, Free Will and his ultimate wish for us is to use it within our ingrained  rules of morality and justice.

It would be real easy to rant off topic so I will control myself and get back to the take care clause. Our constitution is clear who makes the laws and it is not the President, it also makes it clear who who holds the ultimate power and it always comes back to the people. That is why it is so vitally important that we educate ourselves on our rights, read our Constitution, read our Declaration of Independence, pay attention to what our lawmakers  and get back to being the ever vigilant people of the United States of America our forefathers sacrificed so much for.

Educate yourself:

The Constitution of the United States of America

The Declaration of Independence


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Quote from Patrick Henry

From his famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech at 

St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia March 23, 1775

For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom
or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate.
It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth,
and fulfil the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offence,
I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country,
and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven,
which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President,
it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope.
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth,
and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears,
hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part,
whatever anguish of spirit it may cost,
I am willing to know the whole truth;
to know the worst, and to provide for it.

 2 Chronicles 7:

13"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 14and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.… 

Complacency, Conviction and the Constitution

I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust."Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
Psalms 91: 2-5 

Have you ever been complacent, comfortable in your life and willingly ignoring the ever present political upheaval of the day? I know you have, so have I but as our founding fathers came to a point where tyranny could no longer be ignored so have I. We live in a very interesting world today with so much information at our fingertips and so comfortable in our lifestyle that most turn a blind eye, willingly ignorant of important topics and events that could change our world beyond belief.

 My blindness convicted me especially hard when I came to the realization that I had been one of the comfortable, choosing to be ignorant. In my ancestry is a man and his family that gave their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor for freedom, literally.
Being a direct descendant of Richard Stockton signer of the Declaration of Independence I should have been more vigilant to protect what he and his family sacrificed so heavily for. He was a American lawyer holding the highest degree of law of the day, jurist, legislator, later a judge and continental congressman along with being a close friend of George Washington.

Quote found in Wikipedia:
Stockton initially showed little interest in politics. He once wrote, "The public is generally unthankful, and I never will become a Servant of it, till I am convinced that by neglecting my own affairs I am doing more acceptable Service to God and Man."

Stockton first took a moderate stance in the conflict between the Crown and the Colonies even traveling to England, Ireland and Scotland trying to bring the message of a peaceful resolution.  In 1774 he drafted and sent to Lord Dartmouth "a plan of self-government for America, independent of Parliament, without renouncing the Crown. In London he attended the Queen’s birthday ball and was presented to King George III, later he had the honor of giving a speech to the King acknowledging the repeal of the Stamp Act and the King was impressed by Stockton. But alas the King refused to be deprived of the fairest jewel in his crown, the colonies known as America. Long story made short Richard Stockton a successful man living a comfortable lifestyle came to the same conclusion many are coming to today that Liberty is worth standing for.

In Stockton's day they were forming a new nation, fighting for their freedom from a tyrant trying to enslave them. Today we don't need to form a new nation we just need to protect the one we have. We have been given a gift from God, a nation with liberties and wealth never before achieved in the history of man  all protected by a form of government known as a constitutional republic. We as a nation need to wake up, read our highest law known as the Constitution of the United States of America.  We need to educate ourselves, there are many out there who are trying very hard to distort history and do everything they can to distract us from the truth. A good place to start is to follow Constitutional educator Krisanne Hall a former constitutional attorney who's ministry is traveling the United States educating anyone who will listen on how to protect our Constitutional rights and liberties.
Search for her on YouTube, listen to her podcasts on iTunes or visit her website at Krisannehall.com