By Butch Paugh

January 4, 2025

History has proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that mankind, no matter how much they desire to do right, have and will always ultimately fail! The “natural” tendency of man generates a constant and persistent “pull” that no matter how determined he is not to give into his innate desire to do his own will, inevitably over time loses his resolve. (Rom. 7:7-25) Even when the God that created man writes His laws and wills on tablets of stone and eventually even their hearts, they are still totally incapable of understanding the importance of remembering and walking in God’s “rules” for a blessed life.

Scripture and history are replete with accounts of peoples and nations coming out of the “darkness” into the light of God’s truth and then falling further into darkness then from which they first escaped. It’s for certain a fact that man never learns from his repeated mistakes. Even if one generation recognizes their dilemma and moves to correct the situation, and even leaves “written” instructions to their posterity on how not to fall into the snares again, they always do! In this chapter we are going to look at a few examples found in the Bible and throughout history.

If you believe in God and study His precious word, the 1611 KJV Bible, then you should already fully realize and understand how totally incapable mankind is in staying faithful to doing what is right in God’s eyes. Let’s take a look at a few examples:

His people, Israel, had gotten “comfortable” living in Egypt. They grew and multiplied to such an extent that the pharaoh feared they were a threat to his kingdom. So to control them he began to abuse them and put them into absolute bondage. To keep this account brief, even after they were sent a deliverer to rescue them from their bondage in Egypt and even millions started them on their way to the “promised land”, and even after the miracles they all witnessed and even after God himself wrote His laws for them on stone, only two men made it into the Promised Land!

In Joshua chapter 24 after Israel had grown into a “people” again, Joshua told them to decide who they wanted to serve. All the people gave their word that they were going to follow and obey the one true God who had delivered them into the Promised Land. There is no doubt they were totally since in their vow! But according to Judges chapter 2 the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of elders that outlived Joshua, then they turned from Jehovah God to Baalam!

Let’s look at one more example found in the scriptures. You will find it in I Samuel chapter 8. Israel was about to turn from God one more time, and this time He said He would not hear their prayers for deliverance from the new “god” they chose. Up until this time Israel’s “civil” government was basically a theocracy watched over by judges that were “supposed” to govern according to God’s law. When Samuel became too old to carry the load, he made his sons judges over Israel. This only further proves the point that was made at the beginning of this article, man is totally incapable, because of his sin nature, to follow in God’s righteous laws for long. Godly Samuel’s sons forsook God’s laws and the people cried out. And again to even further prove the weakness of mankind instead of seeking God to help remedy the problem, they again forsook Him. Israel went from a golden calf “god” to a “man god”! They rejected God asking and desired to do as the heathen, have a man king reign over them! They wanted an “earthly” security to watch over them from the womb to the tomb. Although they were severely warned as to what it would “cost” them, up to and including their children being used as “cannon fodder” to fight their new king’s wars! They refused to obey Samuel’s warnings and said “Nay: but we will have a king over us”. They had escaped slavery in Egypt to become slaves in their own land”

Of course, we Christians here in America read this passage and proclaim, “What a rebellious, stiff necked, ungrateful and “stupid” bunch of people! We are so smug in our ignorance, (Hos. 4:6-7) that we actually believe that we would and “could” not have such an evil attitude, much less be that stupid!

Here is a simple, true historical fact to all who desire truth. America’s true founders first gathered on her shores in 1620. They were called Pilgrims and Puritans. They too were escaping from a king and “religious” system that hated them. They all were set up much as ancient Israel. They never formed legislators to pass man’s laws to harass and control the people. Their selected leaders met to ensure that God’s laws were observed in their communities. They were not perfect in all their ways either, but overall morality and decency were upheld. Their “real” Christian convictions “governed” in God’s will! The Mayflower Compact and the colonies’ State Charters (Constitution) recognized that only Christians could be elected to office. That ended in 1787in Article Six in the U.S. Constitution.

As America’s morality in accordance with God’s laws slowly faded, so did the people’s liberties. It wasn’t but a couple generations until a once free people decided they wanted a king to take care of them from the “womb to the tomb”. It started under Roosevelt when the people were frightened back into slavery through government “benefits”. First, the one we call “Social Security”. Not God security, man’s social security! (Matt. 6:25-34 / Ps. 68:19 / Ps. 103:2 / Ex. 34:14 / Prov. 23:1-2)

Warnings were given to His people in His Word, and wise men and watchmen He set over America, but we said, “Nay, we will have a king over us!”

A Bird’s-Eye View of the Evolution of Nations by Alexander Tyler

1. From bondage to spiritual faith.
2. From spiritual faith to great courage.
3. From courage to liberty.
4. From liberty to abundance.
5. From abundance to selfishness.
6. From selfishness to complacence.
7. From complacency to apathy.
8. From apathy to dependency.
9. From dependency back to bondage.

Enough said. Choose you this day who you will serve. II Thes. 2:1-12 and Rev. 13:8-18 warns of the what-will-come of those who refuse to accept the truth!

In Christ’s Service,

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By Butch Paugh

June 22, 2024

To: Hal Lawton
27444 Valley Center Road
Valley Center, CA 92082

Mr. Lawton,

First I will introduce myself.  I am Pastor Butch Paugh with Call to Decision Ministries.  I have been blessed to do a worldwide radio broadcast for over thirty one years.  I must tell you Sir, that millions of people just like me are totally committed to stop the spread of moral decadence!  I will keep this letter as brief as possible and to the point.

Sir, I am very surprised and disappointed with what you have done to a store that my wife and I both enjoyed patronizing.  Your store, Mr. Lawton, was an enjoyable place to purchase items we use personally and to maintain our property.  We always considered it a “family” friendly place with a wholesome atmosphere for folks of all ages.  BUT now you have transformed Tractor Supply into a very “dangerous” place to bring a family.

Mr. Lawton, why would you even consider placing items in any Tractor Supply facility that promote the decadence and immorality of the LGBTQP+ mob?  To be very blunt Sir, you are aiding in the destruction of the “natural”, God ordained family structure. Romans chapter one explains this very clearly.  But I feel certain God’s Word means very little to you.

As for me and my house, we will never shop at Tractor Supply again even if we have to go much further and pay more to purchase our needs.  This letter, Mr. Lawson, is going to be posted nationwide in as many locations as possible.  You have insulted the people who have patronized your business and made you a very successful entrepreneur.  We are angry!

Remember Sir, payday is coming!

In Chris’s service,

Pastor Butch Paugh

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By Pastor Butch Paugh

June 15, 2024

To:

Doug McMillon, CEO
Wal-Mart Headquarters
702 SW 8^th St.
Bentonville, AR 72716

Mr. McMillon,

Right at the beginning of this letter, Sir, I feel it is right and necessary to let you know that you will probably not like or appreciate what I am about to convey to you personally and to the company you are head of.  A company that was built on the idea of helping and supporting the families in our nation in the beginning!  But now, as with most other huge corporations that were made unbelievably successful and prosperous with the support of America’s families, you have not only forgotten this fact, but you have now turned your back on those families.  You are now actively working to destroy the “natural” family in America!

Mr. McMillon, we are holding you, as the head of Wal-Mart, “personally” responsible and accountable for what “your” company is doing to harm American families and destroy our children’s futures!  To “pervert” their minds and warp their thinking to the extent of making a sick, perverted abomination against God and mankind, as well as a sin against creation itself, seem the correct way to believe and live!

For you to support such obvious and evil, makes you completely guilty of every innocent individual, and especially children, whose innocence you have played a part in destroying!  Shame on you!  I would strongly urge and recommend that you read, and pay heed, to Christ’s warning to you and others in Matthew 18:6!

As a small sample of the poison you are spreading through our nation, here are some quotes from shirts and other items you have made available to fellow perverts and displayed openly to children America.

“I’m so gay, I can’t even think straight”
“I prefer cooking, but sometimes “eating out” with all my girls is fun”
“Dudes just taste better”
“Lez is more”
“I love my two moms”
“I love my dads”

I think that’s enough to prove the point.

In closing Mr. McMillon, I have to make an honest statement.  I’m ashamed to admit and say this, but I must.  I fully realize that this letter will almost certainly not persuade you into seeing the truth in what I have written to you.  And even sadder and far more evil, is the fact that there will be millions of people who “call” themselves Christians who will not stand with me on The Word of God and still patronize your centers of perversion!  I Timothy 6:10 certainly applies in both cases!

Payday is coming Mr. McMillon!  Take heed!

In Christ’s service,

Pastor Butch Paugh
Call to Decision Ministries

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By Pastor Butch Paugh

May 12, 2024

“I have lived, sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth:  That God governs in the affairs of men.”  (Partial Quote) Ben Franklin.

While I fully realize that in life Franklin was certainly not a born again believer in Christ, at least not for most of his life, since at one time he was a member of the “Hell Fire Club”.  It would behoove the reader to research this for themselves.  But this fact still does not preclude the fact that Franklin was correct in his famous quote.  The only true sovereign that ultimately rules in all affairs of mankind desires that His crowning creation would recognize of his own free will, the need to accept His authority in all spheres of man’s governments, personal, family, church and civil.  Unfortunately, history has very clearly proven that mankind is totally incapable in his fallen nature to follow God’s will in his personal life, much less in the civil sphere.  But that does not change the truth that God always has and always will see His word fulfilled on earth as it is in Heaven!  Mankind will either be governed by God and His “governmental” laws, or he will be judged by those same laws!  Individually, as the church and nationally!  Obviously man has been judged by God’s standards in the past, is still today and will be in the final judgment.

Now I have said all of the above to set the foundation of the point of truth I would like to establish in this article.  This is going to shock a lot of folks and upset several in many cases I’m sure.  God does not care what type of earthly government a nation establishes!   A monarchy, democracy, oligarchy or a republic to name a few.  Of course He abhors evil rulers who persecute His people for obedience to Him over themselves.  But keep in mind that He will use evil rulers to punish His people for their rebellion against Him and His Kingdom laws!  Ps. 106:40-42 is just one example.  As John Calvin stated “When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers”.

A Kingdom (monarchy), a democracy (majority rule), oligarchy (a small group of men ruling), or a republic (people rule through elected representative) can all be a glory to God and be blessed of Him if they lead or govern according to His Laws, statutes and judgments!  For those who perhaps learned a little American history before it was “changed” to fit our modern educational public “fool” system, you may remember this story about Ben Franklin.  A lady by the name of Elizabeth Willing Powell asked Mr. Franklin, “Well, doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”  Franklin’s answer was “A Republic if you can keep it.”

Whether a government is of one, a few or by the people, unless it is built solidly on the foundation of Jesus Christ and His teachings, it cannot and will not last long.  All will inevitably “devolve” into chaos, tyranny and finally collapse!  (Ps. 9:17)

As we have already established God’s sovereign will ultimately will be fulfilled.  Ps. 76:10 says, “Surely the wrath (anger, poison, rage) of man shall praise thee:  the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.”  Man’s evil will not in any way interfere with God’s sovereign plan for His creation.  But, do not be deceived, God is not mocked!  It has always been man’s “duty” to obey the laws of God at all times in all areas of life, personal or public! (Gal. 6:7) (Ecc. 12:13)  If men and women would only self-govern themselves according to God’s Word and demand their leaders do the same, any and all forms of civil authority would glorify God and nations would be peaceful and prosperous.  Erwin W. Lutzer said, “When God is separated from government we are forced to accept arbitrary laws.  Either God is the lawgiver or man is; either we derive our laws from the theistic universal values, or we say that the individual countries or cultures are the lawgivers.  Either God is supreme or the state is supreme.”  In order for those who govern to become tyrants, the people must surrender their will and obey their new “gods!”  To remain silent in the face of evil or tyranny is to acquiesce to that evil/tyranny.  To acquiesce is to comply and in so doing, support the evil itself.

We are “commanded” in Deut. 17:14-20 to only choose/elect “men” (brethren) that God chooses.  We are not to select a stranger/non-Christian for any reason.  We have been conditioned, deceived and entitled to believe the damnable lie that we have to choose the lesser of the evils offered to us by the “elite”.  After all we have been told a little evil is better than more evil.  So as Christians, we “must” choose the lesser evil!  We have ignored to our own destruction (I Cor. 5:67 and Gal 5:9)

Francis Schaeffer made a statement in the 1970’s, “There are times in which anyone with a shred of moral principle should be profoundly angry, we live in such times”.  But, as in the past, we are seeing the fulfilment of God’s Word in Jer. 5:31.  The people not only condone the evil, they love to have it so!

Two more quotes and three more scriptures in closing.  Albert Einstein said, “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it”.

As we are instructed in God’s Word to elect/appoint only Christian brethren in Christ as those given authority to lead and govern.  As with all, we can know them by their fruits.  In my lifetime of nearly seventy six years, I cannot think of a single instance in a national election that even “church goers” have followed this commandment.  Almost all of us have put our approval/vote on what we consider the “lesser” of evils!  Take an honest look at what this sinful compromise has wrought in America.  The “fruit” of our sin is not obeying the Word of God as referenced in the article is very obvious!

In November we will be expected to do the same thing again.  Biden or Trump!  Biden is an anti-christ as was his former boss, the homo Obama!  Trump says in the 2016 election that he was more “pro gay” than Hillary!  Melania Trump at a fundraiser as reported on ABC News, stated that she and her husband are starting a major voter outreach initiative to garner “conservative” gay and lesbian (sexual perverts) support in this election!  How dare we support either of these Godless men!!  Pro-American does not mean pro-Godly in either case!  God cannot and will not bless any nation that compromise His laws!  We know that there are no “perfect” men to vote for.  Even men with a sincere desire to follow God fall short!  But, only the willfully ignorant can even begin to believe that God would have us as Christians support either of these men as our leader!  (Jer. 12:5/Prov. 29:2 – 14:34, Ps. 9:17, Prov. 23:1-2)

You have been forewarned!  We must stop committing patriotic idolatry!  

Proverbs 29:7, “An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked”.

Take careful heed to this in Proverbs 17:15, “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.”

Proverbs 28:4 says “They (individuals or nations) that forsake the law praise the wicked:  but such as keep the law contend with them.

“All that it required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”  —Edmund Burke

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By Putch Paugh

April 27, 2024

Let me start this article by stating unequivocally, “Yes, by the grace of God, I am a Christian Nationalist with no apologies!”

Now you are probably asking, what in the world is a Christian Nationalist? Let’s start by looking at what a leftist humanistic reporter by the name of Heidi Przybyla says it is. Here’s one of her comments from an interview in part that she did on MSNBC recently. “They (Christian Nationalists) believe that our rights as Americans and as all human beings do not come from any earthly authority. They don’t come from Congress, from the Supreme Court, they come from God.” In an article in Politico she stated “Christian nationalists in America believe that the country was founded as a Christian nation and that Christian values should be prioritized throughout government and public life.” She also said in the interview on MSNBC the most “Christians” don’t believe this. Implying that only Christian Nationalists believe this and therefore are not true Christians. Please allow me to clarify something right now. If you are a Christian that believes in the superiority of the Creator God as taught in the scriptures then you must be a Christian Nationalist! And if you don’t believe the scriptures taught in the inerrant word of God, the 1611 KJV, you are not a Christian! So there Ms. Przybyla!

Anyone who has even a rudimentary knowledge of our country’s founding and the beliefs of some of the men who had a hand in bringing the very unique concept of a nation based on the belief that no man or group of men had a “divine” right to be the “sovereign” power and authority over other men must, of necessity, believe in a higher authority! In a document written and approved by such men that has been all but forgotten and ignored by society today titled “The Declaration of Independence’, you will find the following statement: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are “created” equal, that they are endowed by their “Creator” with certain unalienable Rights, that among these (not limited to) are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Obviously these “radicals” believed there is a divine Creator that man derived their rights from beyond man’s sphere or realm of authority! And even more importantly, mankind must bow to this authority as truly being the only true “sovereign” as supreme in their lives!

As a matter of truth and fact, the very same document continues with a very serious statement and warning to all who read it!

It makes a very clearly stated fact that has been ignored for so long that the very idea of a society of self-governing men who owe no allegiance to any other authority but their Creator, Saviour, Lord and King, Jesus Christ, that the concept of divine authority that rules in every sphere of mankind’s life on earth is regarded as not only radical and threatening to society, but a terroristic idea. This Christian nationalistic document states “when a long train of abuses and usurpations (man usurping the divine and sovereign authority of God over other men) pursuing invariable the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism (tyranny of men), “It is their right (God-given), it is their duty (commanded by God Himself) to throw off such (ungodly authority) government.”

Of course, what made this document even more evil in the eyes of the humanistic atheistic and anti-Christ influencers of society today is that all of writers and framers of such new luminary ideas of their day in history is that they were all “Caucasian white” Christian nationalists! While I have to admit there are very few true Christian Nationalists left, there is one wonderful truth to share! Today, although we are few in number, we now have Christian Nationalists of every color! Caucasian, Black, Hispanic and more who are sincerely born again, spirit-filled believers in our only Sovereign, Lord and King Jesus Christ!

Now, for the final point that the low down, God hating, Christian hating, humanism heathens that absolutely despise God’s laws and His Authority in all things; As is written in Psalms chapter 2, these heathen rose against God and His people. It also states that God laughs at their stupidity and arrogance and that He will have them in derision, which means He will hold them in contempt! Nonetheless, God is the supreme, sovereign and His Will will ultimately be done in the day of His final judgment!

In closing this article, I will make this final statement. I totally realize that the ideas, concepts and desires that many of our nation’s founders had from the pilgrims and puritans and on through our history are lost to us forever as Americans. Our nation has sinned beyond redemption. (II Kings 24:2-4, Ps. 106:40,41) but as for myself and other Christian Nationalists, let me state unequivocally that we believe and will declare before all men and their “earthly” government, that God’s laws, commandments and judgments should be the only foundation on how mankind should “govern” their lives! As individuals in our homes, our churches and in all spheres of civil government God’s law is sovereign and it is the whole duty of man to obey it! Ecc. 12:13-14

In Christ’s Service,

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By Butch Paugh

October 29, 2023

My, oh my, who doesn’t like a well stocked buffet with all the different varieties of delicious foods?  You get to choose what you like and you can skip over anything you don’t like!  Wow!  What a deal!  All you can eat of your favorite foods!  Unfortunately, that’s how most Christians treat The Holy Word of God!  They thing they can pick and choose only what “tastes” good and what pleases them.  Especially the sugar filled or coated items.  Kind of like the candy coated “sermonettes” they enjoy in the “church” with “pastors” of the same caliber as Joel Osteen or Jesse Duplantis.  The “Christian” buffet draws huge “hungry” crowds to get their fill of their chosen goodies!

Let’s all admit the fact that we enjoy a buffet.  If it doesn’t taste good to us, we can just pass it by.  Honestly, haven’t we all done the same thing with God’s Word?  We love His “delicacies” — such as His love, grace, mercy, promises of blessings and eternal life.  And we should absolutely love those “delicious” dainties!  But in order to be “healthy” and “well” physically and spiritually, we have to eat a well balanced diet to feed both the body and the soul!  Both will grow weak, sickly and die without the proper nutrition.  But the consequence for “spiritual” malnutrition is far more serious than that of the physical. The physical results of not eating a well balanced diet will be a sickly life and an early death.  But the results of an unbalanced diet of The Word of God can result in an eternal soul damned and a whole society becoming sickly and dying!

There are signs of only “eating” what we like that we can easily see in both the physical and spiritual spheres.  In the physical we can see obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and a myriad of other diseases manifested.  We can see the “symptoms” of a poor diet on the spiritual side as well like moral decay, lawlessness, chaos, hate, violence and more.

Let’s take a look at some of the “foods” in God’s Word that we chose not to partake of because we didn’t like them and see if we can discern some diseases it has caused in our lives and society.  Let’s start with some “simple” foods/verses that we have neglected, ignored and intentionally passed over because we didn’t like the “taste” of them.  Deuteronomy 22:5 says simply that male and female should not wear the same apparel!  It is an abomination to Him!  Here in America, this started in a big way n the 1960’s with “unisex” clothing.  Certainly we can see the results/symptoms of not eating/digesting this “healthy” morsel.

In the same line of thought, take a look at I Corinthians 11:14-15.  And as verse 16 clearly states, the early church never had a custom of men having long hair.  Surely we all can see that all of the sexual perversion in America today started with compromising and ignoring this “simple” instruction in God’s law!  And of course this “meaty” morsel is a tough one to chew and digest.  It’s found in Matthew 19:9.  Christ Himself speaking in “simple” terms should be easily understood!  But it tastes bad!  So most pass it over!  And because it has been passed over in God’s Buffet, the world and the church is full of adulterers and most that have broken the seventh Commandment and don’t even know it.  The whole of society and much of the church “body” is greatly weakened and sick because of it.

It seems we have lost our “taste” for the wholesome healthy “food” of God’s Word!  Perhaps on reflection we can see how ignoring and passing over Jeremiah 17:5 has brought forth America’s “welfare” state and enslaved our entire nation to “new gods” that now house us, clothe us, feed us and take care of us fulfilling other warnings in “God’s buffet” that we choose to bypass.  Like Exodus 20:1-3, 8: 13-14, Deuteronomy 6:1-9, I Timothy 5:8, Luke 22:36, Acts 15:20, I Thessalonians 4:3 (fornication/pre-marital sex), 5:22,  James 1:27, Psalm 141:4 and Proverbs 23:1-3 just to name a few.

Of course there are many that will cry that many of those are “old” style “foods” that have been done away with!  They are no longer needed to maintain good health in this modern world.  Even though we were clearly told that every morsel on the buffet (Word of God) is all to be consumed today to maintain a healthy life in Christ!

It is far too late to rebuild and return the body of America to good health.  But, praise God, as individual members of the body of Christ, we still can improve our “diet” and allow both our physical and spiritual bodies a chance to grow stronger for the glory of our Heavenly Father.

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By Pastor Butch Paugh

August 13, 2023

It is impossible for a righteous man to peaceably co-exist with evil.

Before we can begin to purge and destroy evil from society, we must first purge ourselves of evil deeds and even “thoughts” that are contrary to His Word as we are instructed to in scripture. (Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 2:5 & 4:8, Ephesians 4:22-24, II Corinthians 10:5, Hebrews 4:12 & II Timothy 1:7) The war between the “old” man (flesh) and the new man born of The Spirit is an ongoing battle. (Rom. 6:11-14 & Galatians 5:24-25) We are plainly and expressly warned in Heb. 10:26-31 and II Peter 2:19-22 about the deadly seriousness of returning back to the “world” (sin) after we have accepted Christ as our Savior! Only after we get the beam (sin) out of our own lives can we begin to help rid society of evil! (Matthew 7:1-5) In verse one, Christ does not tell us not to judge! Verses 15-20, in Matthew 7, clearly tell us “what” and “how” to judge between the righteous and the evil by their fruits (works)! As a matter of fact, Christ Himself tells us to judge with righteous judgment. (John 7:24)

Now that we have laid the foundation on the “Christian’s” need to purge her/himself and the duty to live righteously, we can move forward in our duty to demand, with authority in Christ, that our nation’s laws uphold God’s moral standards in all spheres of life! Brothers and sisters that are truly living in Christ and understand the statement made in the beginning of this article will accept this article in the spirit of righteous indignation in which it was written!

John Wesley once made this very serious and almost prophetic statement, “What one generation tolerates, the next will embrace.” How true and accurate Mr. Wesley was! It would take many pages to bring forth the solid evidence on all the ways we have compromised (tolerated) evils, large and small, to get where we are today in our once blessed nation! Romans 12:9 gave us clear instruction on how we have lost so much of the understanding of God’s Word that we don’t’ even know what evils we have tolerated and committed! In II Cor. 6:14-18 we are commanded to not be unequally yoked with unbelievers and that includes their institutions and governments! One huge reason the “church” in America has lost its authority and desire to confront and destroy evil is that we don’t dare bite the hand that feeds us!

We all have sold our birthright as Americans. Especially the “professed” believers in the church! Need I say more than “501c3” (idolatry)?! If you don’t have any idea of what I am saying, more is the pity! That’s one huge explanation of why our nation is being turned into hell. (Psalm 9:17)

The following quotes say it pretty well! “We the people” need God! We have damned our posterity to slavery and decadence! Galatians 4:16 may come into play here. I’m certain some will be offended by the truth contained in this writing. Truth does offend! Christ was crucified because He told the truth! Amos 8:11 and Ecc. 8:11 are now our judgment!

“When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace is your sin.” Abraham Kuyper -1837-1920 (Prime minister, Netherlands)

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath future generations”. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“In the world it is called tolerance, but in hell it is called despair, the sin that believes in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die. Dorothy Sayers

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” G.K. Chesteton

“That what is passively accepted by a people in practices will tell more about what they embrace as good and true then all of their verbal declarations to the contrary. Aristotle

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury and a man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” John Stewart

The famed 19th Century revivalist and major contributor to America’s “Second Great Awakening,” Charles Finney, said the following: “If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the public press lacks moral discernment, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the church is degenerate and worldly, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the world loses its interest in Christianity, the pulpit is responsible for it. If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it. If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it.” I believe Finney was absolutely correct.

Since I have probably already alienated many people with the blunt truth, let’s move on with even more brain numbing facts that your 501c3 church hireling will not tell you.

Let’s list a few “evils” the “people of God” have tolerated and allowed to promulgate and infest society. Thievery through ungodly taxation, covetness through accepting “men’s benefits”, destruction of our children’s minds and souls through and by a government run and controlled public “fool” system. And we “say” we love our children! We remained silent as one atheist was “chosen” by wicked men to take the last vestige of hope out of the public fool system in 1963! We “whined, cried and begged ‘our government’ gods” to stop the murder of babies! The same “gods” gave into the sexual deviants by “legalizing” gross sexual perversion in same sex marriage! Instead of rebuking the evil and spitting in the eye of the devil and his minions we, as usual, set on our “pews” and “silently” prayed and waited for the rapture!

I think it would benefit us immensely to read Revelation 3:15 and Matthew 10:32-42 again. Especially Mt. 10:34! Let us, the truly called ones, (Ekklesia) read, believe and obey Ps. 26:4-5 and 139:21-22. Evil will not relent or be turned away by tolerance or understanding!

Let’s get on the firing line NOW!!

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By Pastor Butch Paugh

April 2, 2023

What?! Who?! Me?! Never! I would never make a deal with the devil! But we all have! Perhaps Ignorantly! But we have! An almost innumerable amount of deals have been entered into that absolutely however unknown at the time, were deals with the devil. The “god” of this world, (age) and in with keeping with the “times” and “accepted” limits put on us by society (the age we live in). Most “deals” seem totally innocuous and innocent and the correct thing to do at the time or “age”. Let’s name a few, shall we? Social Security, Medicare, HUD, Food stamps, and government -(taxpayer)- funded health care. Let’s add this one comment about all of these above mentioned “deals.” They have led to massive fraud, greed and tremendous amount of immorality to obtain the “benefits” of these deals with the devil. After saying all of that, I will tell you that this article is not specifically about the church playing the “whore” with the world, or current age. Although the methods used to “soften” the people to accept the deals of this world or age has worked very well. Now, let’s look at some of the other “deals” we have intentionally made with the devil, with our consent through our silence! But always though compromise, cowardliness and greed. Please keep in mind that the “few” examples I listed previously are all in direct disobedience to Gods word, (Ex20:1:4, Ps9:17, Mt 6:24, Phil4:19). As we review “some” of the other “deals” we have continued to make with the devil/world/age it will be easier to understand our journey into destruction. When we connect the dots and keep in mind that the ones who should have known better and warned society ,the church, jumped right into the “deals “ with all others (Eph4:27)

The enemy comes to us offering ease of life, freedom in all areas, but along with these “deals” come the seeds of destruction and the chains of slavery. (II Peter chapter two). In the name of freedom and prosperity we have made many deals with the devil. (Hos 4:6/7 Mat 10:10)

1- In 1962 we made a deal by compromise with the “supreme” court ruling God out of the public life including schools. We said very little, and as a nation did virtually nothing in opposition to this attack on our children’s mind and souls. After all our children have to get an education after all we can’t afford a Christian school and we don’t have the ability to home school.

2- In 1973 the same “supreme” court overruled God’s law’s proclaiming that women had a constitutional right to kill/murder the unborn Life in her womb. “Some” protested most were going to stop the slaughter with their “vote” After nearly 50 years of voting the “right” people in office 70 to 100 million children were destroyed. But we did speak up and we voted! (Pro24:11/12).

3- In 1993 Bill Clinton said that when it comes to being a sexual pervert in the military just “don’t ask and don’t tell”. We said overtly or covertly, that sounds fair. After all what an individual does in private is his own business. We made a “deal” again violating Gods law for such “crimes”! (Lev 20:13 /Roms1:26/27/II Peter2:6)

4- In 2015, once again mans “supreme” court ruled that sexual deviants could legally be “married”, and once again with very little outcry from society or the “church”. One very courageous Christian lady in Kentucky was willing to go to jail for her Christian convictions on this issue. Most made a deal to keep the peace in their families and not have others call them a bigot, racist, Nazi or terrorist!

5- In 2017 once again the nine black robed “gods” ruled that the sexual perverts, pedophiles, child molesters and rapist could legally adopt children! You say “Pastor”, that’s not fair! All of them wouldn’t do that! However,they ALL have in them the propensity to commit these abominations! Most are already reprobate and will continue to follow their pernicious ways into further decadence (Romans 1:28) If evil isn’t dealt with quickly with Gods word as the guide it will spread until it can’t be stopped by man! (Ecc8:11).[6]

6- Now praise God, we have states that have been pressured by some righteous people that are sick and tired of all the absolute insanity caused by sin affecting their society and their children’s future taking a stand! (Deut28:28). The “deal” we have made with the devil is by tolerating and allowing this perversion to “peaceably” co-exist in society. By not eradicating it as Gods law directs, this “cancer” will never stop until it finally and totally destroys its “host”. In our case we have been a willing host for all the reasons already listed.[7]

7- Lets now expose the deal with the devil that brought all the destruction, chaos and damnation to our nation. That the majority of “us” have agreed to through ignorance, apathy and compromise. All we have mentioned and much, much more came through what Christ warned us about in (Matt 6:24)! Let’s face the simple fact that as a nation, including most of the church has “worshipped” a false god! All of the “benefits” we have accepted through our fleshly lust for ease of life in this present world /age have totally enslaved us! We tolerate and accept manifold evils because we don’t want to bite the hand that feeds us. We couldn’t pay our bills without the “benefits “our “god” grants to us!

This article is not “throwing” stones at anyone in particular. I’m guilty of being a part of the “deals” made with the devil. Yes, many were made before I was born. But the agreements/contracts have still bound me and most others to the “deals”. Ignorance of Gods law is no excuse in this case. All are held guilty, but the one that call themselves Gods chosen are held much more accountable (Luke12:48/Mt. 7:15-23]

We were told clearly that the Devil/Satan the god of this world is a liar and the father of liars! (John8:44) The enemy even has “preachers” and ministers to deceive the masses (II Cor11:13)

The deals we have made with the devil have destroyed America beyond any hope of help. But praise God, we as individuals still have a blessed hope through Jesus Christ! By his grace through faith in his blood sacrifice we can make void our “deals” with the devil!

One word of warning in closing, we must be willing to lose all to receive the gift of eternal life and be willing to count our earthly possessions on earth but “dung” to win Christ (Phil 3:8) .To break deals with the devil and society WILL cost you ! (II Tim 3:12/Heb 11:35/40) It’s all part of the “BEAST” system.

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By Butch Paugh

December 18, 2022

Let’s get one issue settled and out of the way up front. There is no such thing as a true atheist! It is an impossibility! There is no such thing as a non-religious individual, society or nation! All men and nations are governed by a set of values, principles or convictions based on their “philosophy” on and of life. And the philosophy they base all of their life decisions on are based on their “religious” beliefs. They must, out of necessity, live their lives to some set of rules and standards! And they had to have some “guidance” that influenced them upon whatever “religion” they base their life decisions.

We all have seen slogans like “there is no God” or “God is dead”. There can be no doubt that, to the masses of mankind, the only true, living God, The Creator, holy, sovereign of all men is denied and ignored! But, they are still very “religious” people! They all serve a god!

False gods abound all over the world! No matter where you travel, you will find a “religion” that the rules and laws that “govern” the people, society and nation are based and built on! There are no exceptions to this truth! It could be one of a myriad of belief systems (religions), but there is one religion that mostly dominates and influences that society!

Here is a list of a few of the false religions that the world’s population base their lives on and trust in for their “afterlife”. Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Shinto and Taoism to name a few! Now some folks will say, “Well, I don’t believe in any god or religion”! My friend, you have just told me what your true religion is! It’s so simple! The Supreme court has ruled that your religion is a “real” religion! A religion that is the guiding influence for all the decisions you make! That governs your thoughts and actions continually! That religion is called Humanism! You are your own god! You are your own final authority! You are the one you put your faith in! You believe that mankind can govern itself without an “outside” influence! That mankind can and will save itself! Of course the true Word of The One, true, “living” God says in His Book, the 1611 KJV Bible, in Proverbs 14:1 “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good”. None that doeth good! Even their “good works” are damnable! These “fools” are leading ignorant and brutish souls to hell! (Psalm 9:17)

Let’s face it folks! All religions that worship any god, or deity, other than the true and living Jehovah God, are, in fact, based on spiritual wickedness that leads mankind, and their societies, to their destruction! The foolish masses that follow the myriad of false gods have no hope for eternity! And the societies they “govern” with their religion, based on their false gods, are full of confusion and hopelessness! America is no exception. We have become a “humanistic” nation trusting in a myriad of false gods!

Even in what are “called” Christian churches, false gods abound and “govern” their “religious” services! False teachings and doctrines flourish in their sanctuaries. All manner of evil is taught as “gospel” and are used to influence all who attend, to govern their lives by a false belief system that actually denies The One true God and His Word! All manner of immorality is not only tolerated but embraced! Our hearts and minds must constantly be washed and nourished by the washing of The Word! To “tolerate” even a little false doctrine, no matter how innocent or “right” it sounds, will permeate and destroy all who receive it. A little “leaven” (sin) will leaven (influence), pollute and contaminate the whole “lump” of those who falsely believe they are doing God’s will! (I Cor. 5:67) Eventually, the whole of society will be destroyed by the little bit of tolerated leaven (sin)! In reality though, this is nothing new. Jeremiah 5:30-31 and Matthew 15:7-9 both confirm this along with II Thessalonians 2:3.

Oh, foolish people! You seek to “temper”, soften or change God’s commandments and laws to more fit the “religion” they have chosen! As Romans 1:21 tells us that when they “knew” God, they glorified Him not as God. They became vain (empty and useless) in their imaginations (reasoning) and their “foolish” heart was darkened!

People, do not be deceived! We shall reap what we have sown! God’s Word (laws) will not be mocked. We are reaping corruption and destruction because we have mocked, ridiculed and forsaken God’s instructions on, and in, how to conduct our lives in the manner His Word teaches!

Dear readers, why do we so “foolishly” ignore The Word of the only true and living God?! The Creator of all creation? (Colossians 1:16) Psalm 5:5-6 clearly states that God hates all workers of iniquity (lawlessness) and that He will destroy them that speak leasing (lies) and He abhors (regard with disgust and hatred) the bloody (innocent, shed blood) and deceitful (crafty and deceiving) man.

One definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Folks, there are no answers in, and from, mankind on their own! Read now the final and only answer that, along with sincere and heartfelt repentance, offered hope for man. Without total commitment and obedience to God’s Word, Psalm chapter 2 is our destiny.

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments; For this is the whole duty of man.” Ecc. 12:13

So to all you “humanists” of whatever “religion”, repent and turn to the only Hope of mankind whether it be temporal or eternal! John 3:16

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By Butch Paugh

September 18, 2022

There can be no doubt that the world is becoming darker and more depressing every day. The people of the world seem to be in constant turmoil, full of frustration and getting angrier every day! Unless an individual has been completely engulfed in the “ways” of mankind and the world “system”, there is no way that they can’t see the insanity and mass confusion that has overwhelmed the whole world and the people of the earth.

The masses are getting desperate! Their whole little “world is crumbling around them! Their hearts and minds are full of anxiety and fear! Most have dysfunctional families. The “natural” love that families and mankind had at one time that kept society somewhat steady and secure, has vanished and been replaced by a “perverted” and lustful “feeling”! It is not the nurturing, tender and compassionate caring that once held the fabric of families and communities together in a bond of peace and contentment.

Their hearts and minds have become places of darkness! Full of all manner of tormenting thoughts and feelings! They are desperately striving to escape this horrific “prison” of pain, fear and desperation! They are driven to “doctors” to seek help. They are given the only remedy mankind has to offer. Drugs! Or, as God’s Word describes these mind-controlling and mind altering “medicines” (drugs), as witchcraft! Gal. 5:20 Or pharmacy or “pharmakeia”! Also means “sorcery” and magic. (Strong’s 5331) The same meaning as the words “sorcery” that is written in Rev. 9:21 and 18:23.

Anti-depressants, uppers, downers, “nerve” pills and other quick, temporary “fixers” of the “symptoms” of a far too serious disease that man simply cannot cure! If they can’t obtain “legal” drugs, they find a ready supply of “fixes” on the streets! They can never be cured and rescued from the darkness and torment that fills their lives, but for a little while they can have their senses numbed against the pain!

Yet, through this maze and haze of confusion and fear some still try to function and cope with mostly an empty facade of a “normal” life. Hoping that the next “election” will bring sanity back to their world! That somewhere, somehow an individual will come forth to “stabilize” things once again. And “he” will! This individual will be the answer to the hopes, wishes and “prayers” of the masses and even to many who “falsely” think they are born again followers of Christ. Those who are caught up in this world system who depend on mans’ system to sustain them! (Mt. 7:21-23, Jer. 17:5, Dan. 8:25) In Daniel 8:25 there are three words used to reveal, to those who will receive the truth of God’s Word, as to how this “man” will come to be the long awaited savior of the world! Please read the verse again and notice these words used in the 1611 KJV Bible. (Throw the other “perversions” out now!) Peace, policy and craft. In order to understand how his deception will work, we need to know what each word mean according to the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.

peace – Strong’s No. 7962 – security (genuine or false): prosperity, peaceably, abundance. Also refers back to 7951 – to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful, prosper, safety

policy- Strong’s No. 7922 – intelligence, understanding, wisdom, prudence, knowledge and discretion.

craft- Strong’s No. 4820 – Fraud, deceit, false, guile, feigned, subtlety and treachery.

Yes, this “answer” to the hope, wishes and prayers of the people of the world will “seem” to be their final needed “fix”! He will bring into plain view his kingdom and his followers will worship him thinking he is their messiah! (Rev. 13:11-18)

His kingdom is being manifested over the whole earth in the “policies” he has given mankind in “his” wisdom, letting them “think” it’s all their ideas and policies. Most people never realize, comprehend or understand that they are being totally deceived! Their “god” has them blinded! (II Cor. 4:4, Eph. 4:18) The masses have turned from their Creator to man and his “promised” benefits! Faith in God for his provision is no longer needed. We have “welfare”! (Mt. 6:25-34, Phil. 4:19) We have provoked our Provider to jealousy! (Ex. 34:14)

His, (the anti Christ’s), kingdom is quickly coming to fruition at a speed that is increasing every day. George Bush Sr. called it the new world order. Klaus Schwab and others are calling it the great reset. Their stated time for this all to be brought forth is the year 2030! But, only Jehovah God knows the exact date! If nations would bring forth heartfelt repentance, there surely could be a reprieve! But sadly, even most “churches” have very little idea or much concern about their sins of commission and omission!

Folks, we must try not to deceive ourselves or be deceived by others! (I Tim. 4:1, II Tim. 4:13, II Pet. 2:1-3) The most heart- breaking truth is the fact that the real “Fix” is offered to all! No cost at all to those who “will” receive The “Cure” for the darkness, fear and torment that plague most of the minds and hearts of mankind. The man of sin, known as the beast, anti-Christ and other names, will have a temporary fix! He is bringing massive chaos to the people of the world, but then he will bring about his “order” and dispel chaos temporarily. Do not be deceived!

If only the pure light of Christ was being preached and lived by all those who call themselves His followers, perhaps we would see healing spread around the world. Unfortunately, Matthew 5:13 pretty much describes the “light” of the church today! Many, many “Christians” I speak to seem to be depressed, angry, frustrated, tormented and walking in fear themselves! Friends, this ought not be so! If you are living in darkness, torment and fear, you are not walking in Christ and His light! Here are a few promises from God’s Word to help you understand that victory of this world system is available to all who receive the truth through faith in His promises!

First, and most importantly, you must live by faith in Him and His promises! It is impossible to have victory in Christ otherwise! (Heb. 10:23, 11:6, Rom. 1:17, Heb. 10:38) When an individual sincerely repents and trusts Christ to become His Saviour and Lord, the darkness, torment and fear is dispelled from their hearts and minds. In Colossians 1:13 we are promised to be taken out of the power (authority) of darkness into the Kingdom of Christ. If we walk in Christ we are no longer in darkness. (John 8:12, Eph. 5:8, Rev. 21:24) As we are promised in Phil. 3:20, we become “citizens” of Heaven. The word ‘conversation’ in this verse is Strong’s no. 4175. It literally means “citizenship”. Wow! Victory in Jesus!

In closing this article, let me bring one more fact to your mind. And that fact is that no matter how close you walk with Christ, you are still in the world! You will have trouble and tribulations as all men do! But by remaining “faithful” to God and His Word, we can overcome this world’s heartaches and trials! (John 16:33, I John 4:3-4, 5:4, I Tim. 3:12-13)

There is absolutely no reason for anyone to walk in fear, anxiety, depression, turmoil or anger. Christ is ready, willing and able to deliver you from Satan’s kingdom of darkness and slavery! (John 14:27, 16:33)

If you have any questions about His promise of salvation and hope of eternal life, please feel free to contact me at 304-846-4448 or at pastorbutch@startmail.com.

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By Butch Paugh

There are countless lessons to be learned from God’s Holy Book, the authorized KJV Bible.  And it’s a sad and sorrowful fact that not many, even of those who call themselves born-again believers, learn, but very few of them in a lifetime.  Mostly because they are too lazy to do what His Word instructs them to do in II Tim 2:15 “study to show themselves “approved” unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.”  Therefore, almost all of those who called themselves the “called out ones”, the Church, have been extremely easy for the great deceiver and father of lies to deceive and destroy the authority, power, duty and witness of His people.  Hos 4:16 clearly states this fact and includes a curse on the children of the lazy and apathetic.  Stop and look around you.  Are the children following a Godly path?  How about your children and grandchildren?  Although we are promised in Prov. 22:6 that if we take the time to teach them God’s Word, statutes and laws that when they become adults, they will stay in them.  But of course, this means that the parents must know and obey them themselves!  Obviously, we didn’t and still have not!  Enough said on that point.  The next verse helps us understand how we let God’s law slip from us.  The more we have “increased”, prospered materially, the more we forget God and His Word!

Now, we are going to look at what has to be one of the most important lessons that we have forgotten and allowed to be stolen from us.  The wonderful birthright that has been given us through the saving grace of Jesus Christ our Savior!  You will notice that I didn’t say Savior and Lord simply because, for the far larger part of those who trust Him for salvation, He is not their Lord!  At least not in entirety!  We say He is, we give Him “lip” service, but our lives show differently!  I know that I have been guilty of this simple truth in the past and I’m certain that in some areas, through ignorance, still am.  We can claim His precious grace for our ignorance!  But know this!  Once we are enlightened with the truth and continue in “open, knowing” sin, grace becomes of none affect without a heart-felt repentance and turning away from that sin! (James 4:17/ Heb. 10:26-31).  So, if you don’t want to be accountable for what you are about to learn, stop reading now.  Of course, then you will be guilty of being willfully ignorant.  (Rom. 1:18-22/ II Pet. 3:6)

Let’s begin to reclaim our stolen and forgotten birthright!  In Gen. 25 we are told that Esau “sold” his birthright for a piece of bread and a bowl of lentil soup!  The Scriptures tell us that he “despised” his birthright, which means that he disesteemed and scorned it!  In Gen. 27 and Heb. 12 we are further told that when he came before his father Isaac to receive his birthright, which was rightfully his for being the eldest son, he could not and did not receive it.  Although he repented and wept bitterly, it was too late for him!  He had made an

intentional agreement (contract or covenant) with Jacob that was lawfully binding, so there was no room for repentance!  What a loss for a “temporary” pleasure just to please his flesh!  (Heb. 11:25)

In John 10:10 we are told that the thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  The rest of the verse tells us that Christ came that we might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly!  Unfortunately, we have allowed (given authority) for the thief to steal the knowledge of our birthright purchased for us by Christ through our ignorance and apathy!

In John 1:12 we are given such a wonderful promise and gift by adoption into God’s family through Christ that we simply no longer understand and claim.  We are given “power” which means permission and authority to exercise for God’s glory.

Rom. 8:14-18 we are told that as many as are led by the spirit of, they are the sons of God.  We have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we can call Jehovah God our Father!  The Spirit bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, joint heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ!  If we are willing to suffer with Him!  A promise of birthright!

Oh, the precious promises and blessings that are ours through Christ.  If we only would understand and claim them!  In Col. 1:12-14, when we come to the saving knowledge of redemption in Christ, we are then delivered from the power of darkness, and translated (moved into) the Kingdom of His dear Son!  We are now under the authority of our new King!  His Kingdom law system must hold our total allegiance if we expect His blessings!

We must understand and accept the fact that when you change kingdoms and law systems, you automatically become the enemy of the kingdom you left!  (John 15:18-19)  We are warned that when you are redeemed and placed into Christ’s Kingdom, that obeying him will lead to persecution!  (II Tim 3:12)  We are given another precious promise in Rom. 8:18 that whatever we may suffer for the glory of God, that those sufferings are not worth counting in being compared with the glory that will be revealed to us!  Praise God!  Let’s remember that Peter said in Acts 5;29 that we ought to obey God rather than men and that we should rejoice that we are counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ’s name (Acts 5:41).  As a matter of fact, another blessing is that our persecutions and tribulations that we may endure is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God that we may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which we may suffer.

Let’s look at one more very important verse and precious promise given to His redeemed!  This promise definitely nails the fact down that we are not subject to any man, kingdom or government that will require us to disobey a godless mandate or law!  As we have already stated, when you are “born again” by grace through faith in Christ you become a Child of God!  A joint heir with Christ!  Translated from the kingdom of darkness into Christ and His Kingdom of Light!  And now for the most powerful proof of all!  And don’t forget, that with these blessings comes great duties and responsibilities!  In Phil. 3:20 it says, “For our “conversation” is in Heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”  I feel most certain that 95% of readers of this verse has no real idea of what the word conversation actually means.  Folks, in the Strong’s Concordance Webster 4175, it says we are citizens of Heaven!  Citizens with all the birthrights, blessings, promises, protections and duties of citizenship!  Now “ain’t” that beautiful and powerful?!  Let’s live like who we are supposed to be!

One final very important point to make in closing, is found in the last chapter of Ecclesiastes, the last two verses of the chapter.  After a man of great wisdom discussed just about all matters and areas of life, he came to his final answer for all issues of life.  Here it is, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:  Fear God, and keep His commandments:  for this is the whole duty of man.  For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

Reclaim your birthright in and through Christ and oppose Satan’s kingdom, governments and minions!  Speak up, stand up and confront and rebuke evil!  Ephesians 5:11

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By Butch Paugh

Let’s go ahead and get one harsh, but brutally true statement before us and get it out of the way.  At least ninety five percent of the people who claim Christianity today have no clue of what a “Christian” worldview is, or should be!  Including myself for many years!  Let’s take a look at a few scriptures and five major worldviews.  You may be surprised how far you are from the Biblical worldview.  Worldview, meaning how we view the world and how all facets of our lives should be totally surrendered to God’s directions for control and the governing in all spheres of creation.

In Matt. 22:37-40, we are clearly instructed that we must love the Lord our God with every fiber of our being!  Nothing reserved!  Christ also told us in John 14:15, “If we love Him we will keep His commandments!  We are to study His Word in order to “renew” our carnal minds that have been polluted by Satanic teachings that many falsely believe are Christian views.  II Tim. 2:15/Rom12:1-2

The Word of God is to be our guide and instruction book on how to “govern” our lives and our society in all aspects!  Nothing is left to our will or desires!  We should not trust our “understanding” of life’s issues!  (Prov. 3:5-7)

Let’s examine five different areas of our lives that all people deal with daily: politics, economics, education, religion and social issues.  I think that everyone who reads the different world views listed will be a little shocked as to how far the “church” has strayed from God’s guidelines.

Politics:

Biblical Theism (God is God

♦ Law originates with God. In all spheres of government (family, church, and civil), man’s law must align with divine law in order to be valid.  God’s Law is His word, as written in the Holy Scriptures.

Moderate Christian (God/Man is God)

♦ New Testament Grace supersedes Old Testament Law, and has little to contribute to modern political discussion, other than to encourage fairness and integrity. Public policy should be conducted according to natural law.

Secular Humanism (man is God)

♦ A secular state is necessary to a free society.  Law is interpreted through judicial precedent and social mores, not a fixed, historical standard.  There is no single basis of law for every culture.

Socialism (State is God)

♦ The State represents the people, provides for them, and oversees all areas of life. The State owns all property in behalf of the people, and distributes wealth and provision equally to all people.

Economics:

Biblical Theism (God is God)

♦ God has ordained productive labor and private property ownership. The first rule of economics is “You shall not steal.”  The second is to maintain honest weights and measures.  The third is: If you don’t work, you don’t eat, with certain exceptions for the truly disabled.

Moderate Christian (God/man is God)

♦ Individual responsibility is good, but Christian love requires us to help others unconditionally. Both private and charity and government aid are good.

Secular Humanism (Man is God)

♦ The state exists to help individuals and businesses who cannot help themselves, through direct regulation and management of the economy. When everyone contributes their “fair share” through progressive taxation, society benefits.

Socialism (State is God)

♦ Private-property rights encourage greed and inequity. Economic decisions should be centralized in the State in order to guarantee social justice and livable conditions for everyone.

Education:

Biblical Theism (God is God)

♦ The purpose of education is that we might know God and obey His commands. Parents are primarily responsible for the education of their children, through both direct instruction and the original procurement of instruction by others of their choosing.

Moderate Christian (God/man is God)

♦ Spiritual and secular education are distinct. Children receive academic training at school, whereas spiritual instruction is the responsibility of the family and the Church

Secular Humanism (Man is God)

♦ Education is a universal right, and is key to reducing crime and poverty. Everyone has unlimited potential for personal development.  The government must ensure that all children are provided equal educational opportunity.

Socialism (State is God)

♦ Children are a national resource, and education is the government’s responsibility. Only State schools can ensure common core standards, via common curriculum, and provide an education that aligns with society’s goals.

Religion:

Biblical Theism (God is God)

♦ Everyone is born in sin and needs a Saviour. Salvation comes through confession of faith in the atoning work of Jesus Christ, as evidenced by genuine repentance. God is knowable only through Christ, and His Holy Scriptures are authoritative for all of life.  All who die without Christ will spend eternity in the fires of Hell.

Moderate Christian (God/man is God)

♦ Christianity is a relationship with Jesus Christ, not a religion with set requirements. Repentance – if it is necessary – is secondary to grace.

Secular Humanism (Man is God)

♦ “Religion” is a personal matter. Organized religion is unimportant, and often dangerous.  Absolute truth does not exist.  Mankind is accountable only to itself.  Personal fulfillment can be found primarily through self-actualization.

Socialism (State is God)

♦ Personal religious beliefs are antagonistic to the common good, which can only be ensured by a secular State. The freedom to believe or not believe can only be protected and enforced by a non-biased, secular State.

Social Issues:

Biblical Theism (God is God)

♦ The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are the ethical basis for personal conduct, interpersonal relations, social order, and public policy. They are God’s standard for all people, in all cultures, in all generations.

Moderate Christian (God/man is God)

♦ Love emphasizes tolerance. Calling the private or public actions of others sinful is judgmental, since only God knows men’s hearts.

Secular Humanism (Man is God)

♦ Moral standards evolve over time in response to social progress. Majority standards should prevail.  Any personal morality is permissible as long as it does not hurt someone else.

Socialism (Man is God)

♦ The needs of the individual are less important than the collective needs of the people. Personal conduct must therefore serve the interests of the State.

Now that you have learned how far all, including the church, have strayed from God’s will in following His law, statutes and judgments. Let’s take a brief look on to how our society and even those who “think” they are following God’s Word in their lives have fallen for this damning massive deception.

The answer is actually very simple and easily understood for those who will recognize and accept the truth!  Here it is, most who say they love God do not obey His laws!  Most will respond with a loud protest denying this factual statement! My reply is, “If we truly were following His law system, why did we get so far away from the righteous Christian worldview?  Most people who think they are following God’s law fall into the “moderate” category on politics.  They have bought the damnable lie that since Christ came, the “law” has been done away with and grace has superseded God’s law.  So therefore, at best, we basically believe we can live in a culture of compromise with no righteous retribution for ignoring God’s laws and His righteous judgment!  We wink at sin (I John 3:4) in our personal lives and our family’s lives because we don’t want to hurt their feelings, or cause a confrontation!  We have denied Christ in our lives by tolerating our own law-breaking (disobedience to His laws (John 14:15) and that of our family.  In doing so, folks, we have denied Christ before men.  We were sternly warned about this in Matt. 10:32-39.  Christ Himself plainly told us that He came to divide families and not to bring a “false” peace, verses 34-35.  It seems that there is nothing a family member can do to compel a separation between each other.  You see, Christ said that we are to separate from them in order for them to see their need of repentance!  We are damning them into believing that they are “saved” and in good standing with God, no matter their works, (life choices).  As a simple matter of truth, if anyone professes Christianity and is living in direct violation of God’s moral laws, we are commanded to have no fellowship with them.  Not even to eat with them! (I Cor. 5:9-12).  We have miserably failed to obey God whom we say we love.  The antinomian (lawless) church is the destroyer of society!  Enough said!

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By Butch Paugh

In Deut. 30:15-20, God tells us as individuals as well as nations that He has said before us life and good, and death and evil.  He has given each of us a choice for ourselves to live or die and the duty to demand good (righteousness) and life for our society!  Societies (nations) are made up of individuals!  Such individuals are accountable on how they influence their society!  Truly righteous individuals cannot “peaceably” co-exist with evil!  If we are not in contention with evil and facing confrontation every day, then we are part of that evil!  To remain silent and try to remain neutral is a denial of the one you say you serve!  You are a hypocrite!  And we know that no hypocrite (unrighteous person) shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven!  ((I Cor. 6:9) My dear reader, let’s not deceive ourselves!  James 1:22 clearly tells us that to be a hearer and not a doer of the Word means we are deceiving ourselves into damnation!  Rom.2;13 makes it even clearer, just hearing the Word and not doing the Word makes us unjust (sinners) before God!

But we serve a genuinely loving, merciful, and forgiving God if we are willing to repent and turn from our wicked ways! ( II Chron. 7:14)   This applies to individuals and nations!  But repentance and turning away from evil is demanded!

He asks us in Ezekiel 18:30-32 and also in chapter 33:10-15 why will we choose evil and death over life and good?!  He is not willing that any should perish, and He takes no pleasure in the death of  the wicked!  (II Pet. 3:9)

America has become as Sodom and as Gomorrah because the mass of the people love it to be so! (Jer. 5:31)  Even most of the denominations, sects, or how the Bible calls denominations, “heresies” love to have it so.  They have become “proud” of the sin of sexual perversion (Is. 3:9, II Pet. 2:1) -look up “heresies” in your Strong’s Concordance)  We, as a nation, and even most individuals no longer even blush or become angry with the sin and desecration that has become the norm in America!  (Jer. 6:15, Ps. 7:11)

Now, I fully realize that what I am about to say will shock and anger many, but it has to be said because it is the truth!  For the people who attend the “tickle my ears fellowships” and the “name it and claim it” social clubs, this is going to shake your world so you might want to stop reading now!  America is not dying!  America is dead!  She doesn’t need a revival!  She needs to be resurrected!  The corpse is already rotten and a stench in the nostrils of God and of His true children and joint heirs with Christ!  No, not those professing salvation through, but those who possess salvation through Christ with the fruit (works) of  salvation proving to the world that they are the redeemed of God!   (Mt. 5:16-7:15-20, James 2:22-26)  As a matter of Biblical fact, if you are not greatly troubled by the wickedness in society today you are not living righteously in Christ!  (II Pet. 2:7-8)  A vexed, or troubled heart and soul is a “mark” of a true believer!  (Ezek. 9:4)  Very few church goers are being, or even trying to, exhibit the pure “light” of Christ and they certainly are not “salty” in Christ!  This is the reason the name of Christ is mocked in our nation and He has been “kicked” out of our institutions” He has departed from most of so-called churches and heresies voluntarily and written “Ichabod” on their doors!  (Matt. 5:13, I Sam. 4:21)

Speaking for and about myself, I have to admit that I feel ashamed that although I have endeavored to preach and teach God’s Word for over forty years, I did not have a much greater burden and zeal to expose and stand against the lawlessness (sin) that is all around me and, God forgive us, being tolerated by most “Christians” and openly embraced by many!

Ecclesiastes 8:11 states, “Because sentence against an evil work (crime) is not executed speedily, therefore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil (lawlessness)” We in America cannot blame our civil “leaders” because we were to be the “government” and demand righteous leadership!  And the church was to be the “influencer” of society to guide and lead the people into righteousness!  John Adams said, “the church is the moral compass of society”.  The great preacher Johnathan Edwards said, “The only way we can know whether we are sinners is by knowing His moral law.”  Louis Berkof stated, “The civil law is simply the application of the principles of moral law to the civic and social life of the people in all its ramifications”.

Charles G. Finney said:

“If immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree.  If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If the public press lacks moral discrimation, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If the world loses its interest in religion, the pulpit is responsible for it. If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it. Let us not ignore this fact, my dear brethren; but let us lay it to heart and be thoroughly awake to our responsibility in respect to the morals of this nation.”

You see, my friend, all “true” crime is a sin!  A crime against God and His moral law!  Many things have been made a crime by man’s standards but are not a crime (sin) by God’s standards. [Conspiracy” is one of the broad brushes governments paint with when there is no victim to an alleged crime”.  “Malum Inse” God’s law verses “Malum Prohibta” – man’s law!  Let’s look at some examples of the two.

(1)  Stealing — Against God’s law with strict consequences, but made legal by man’s law and it’s called massive taxation and millions “stealing” through fraud!  Lying to receive monies from the civil powers stolen from honest people!  All liars go to Hell!  (Rev. 21:8)

(2)  Murder — Against God’s law and requiring the death penalty, but legal under man’s law.  75,000,000 babies slaughtered in the name of Constitutional freedom.  Man’s law again has been made an idol to many.

(3)  Fornication — (shacking up) Adultery (sex outside of wedlock by married people) Both okayed by man’s law system, but both worthy of death under God’s laws!  We even give fornicators funds for living together and having bastard children!  By the way, in (I Cor. 6:9) fornicators are the first group listed that will not enter God’s Kingdom!

(4)  Sexual Perversions — Rape, worthy of death by God’s law, but normally lightly punished by man’s law.

(5)  Sodomy — Homosexuality – An abomination in God’s eyes, and worthy of death, but celebrated protected and glorified by man’s law.

(6)  Lesbianism — Same as above!

(7)  Bestiality – Again an abomination in God’s eyes, but never mentioned to speak of by man or his law system!  Although it is much more likely that an individual will be punished by man’s law for hurting or causing harm to an animal then for harming a human.  75,000,000 murdered babies can attest to that fact!  We could continue this comparison for more pages, but enough has been said to prove the point!

“So called” Christians that attend many denominations (heresies) today not only tolerate many of these crimes against God, but celebrate the “freedoms” to commit them!  The Episcopal, United Methodist and many Baptist denominations now ordain women in offices of leadership in their corporations they call churches, including that of being a pastor!  Clearly an unGodly act.  Search the scriptures for yourself on this one!

The Episcopal, Methodist, Church of Christ and Presbyterian Churches all uphold the murder of unborn babies.

It’s hard to believe and beyond disgusting to know that many Catholic sects along with many Baptist branches, the Church of Brethren and Mennonites, Presbyterian, Anglican, Quakers, Episcopal, Church of Christ, Methodist, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventists, Charismatic, Unitarian, all support sexual perverts, sodomites, lesbians trans and more.  Not all who perhaps attend a fellowship of these sects support this filthy act for sure, but I must say this!  If you claim to be a part and use the name of any of these sects, you are, to a great extent, giving them credibility!  Shame on you!

In closing let’s read a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil:  God will not hold us guiltless.

Not to speak is to speak.  Not to act is to act.

The truth of the matter is this.  America needs resurrected because the church died!  Let’s stand united as the remnant of Christ’s True Church in Christ and abide by His Word and Law system and get in the face of the evil (lawlessness) that’s all around us!  Put on the whole armor and fight for righteousness and lost souls!

(John 14:1, Neh. 13:17, Prov. 28:4, Jude 1:3)

In Christ’s Service,

© 2021 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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By Butch Paugh

“For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.”  Prov. 28:2  In other words, because of the people’s immorality the police force is increased!  The second part of the verse makes it clear that a people that fear God and keeps His Word will keep a nation peaceful and prosperous.  The “fear” (reverence) of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Prov. 1:7, Prov. 9:10).   The fact that a people that lack the knowledge of God’s Word will destroy their society by ignorance and disobedience is totally biblical as stated in Hos. 4:6-7.  In verse seven you will read that prosperity caused their fall.  It eventually caused the destruction of their children!  Verses four and five of Proverbs 28 says when God’s people forsake the law, they not only condone the wicked they praise them!  President Joe Biden is proof of this scripture!  Trump was not much better!  The righteous that keep the law contend (fight) the wicked!  Evil rulers do not understand “righteous” judgment, but followers of Christ do.

As a matter of fact, the men who have been in the White House for at “least” one hundred years have gradually and constantly “lead” our nation away from its moral foundation, God’s law system, into a moral abyss where God has mostly been forgotten and scorned.  We were warned in Ps. 106:41 that when we forget God, those that hate us will rule over us!  Heathen philosopher Freidrich Nietzche declared that “God is dead”.  Nietzche said that without God and His moral laws, civilization loses any real ground for objective morality and meaning in life.  The many values and morals that make a civilized life possible, such as honesty, mercy, compassion and selflessness no longer have any basis for being considered “values” or “morals” at all.  The result is nililism, the idea that all of existence is senseless, meaningless and useless.

Folks, when the end of a Godless society that society becomes as “brute” beasts II Pet. 2:12,  reduced to morality of “animals” with the only “rule” being the survival of the fittest.  Paul made this fact known in II Tim 3:1-5, Jude1:10.

In Psalms chapter two we are shown that heathens (evil men) rose, which means they are violent (BLM – Antifa) and have an uncontrollable anger!  They are vain in their thoughts and actions and cause unrest and destruction wherever they go.  The wicked leaders of a nation hate God’s Law system and His people who oppose them.  They believe themselves to be “liberators”, but all they accomplish is more confusion, derision and division.

Although John Adams, second president of the United States, stated “the “church” is the moral compass of society”,  God and His Word have been “outlawed” in our nation today.  The blessings on a nation, or the downfall of a nation lies squarely at the church’s doorstep!  Even more precisely at the foot of the pulpits!  When God’s people compromise a nation is doomed and damned!  And even greater judgment is due to the false churches! (Heb. 10:26, Matt. 23:14, Matt. 7:15-23)

Let’s look at a statement made by a real man of God who preached His Word in the early 1800s.

If morality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree.  If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If the public press lacks moral discrimination, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If the world loses its interest in religion, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it.  If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it.  Let us not ignore this fact, my dear brethren; but let us lay it to heart, and be thoroughly awake to our responsibility in respect to the morals of this nation.”  —Charles G. Finney

If you are content with the condition of our nation today, then I can say for certainty that you have not been truly born again, converted or made a new creation in Christ!  If you can keep silent in the face of evil you are a coward and damned to hell.  (Matt. 10:34-39, Rev. 21:8)  As a matter of Biblical fact, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for righteous individuals to maintain their silence when confronted by evil.  (Jer. 20:9, Dan. 3:16-18, Rom. 11:4, Acts 5:29, Rev. 20: 4)

Quite often as I speak to the listeners to our radio broadcast I am asked this question, “Pastor, aren’t you concerned or afraid of exposing evil and evil doers?”  To the glory of God I can answer with a resounding NO, I am not!  Prov. 28:1 says that the righteous are as bold as a lion!  Through faith in God’s Word we are made more than overcomers!  (Rom. 8:37, I John 5:4)  Let’s face the facts folks!  If we are so fearful for our temporal salvation that we will deny Christ by word or deed, or even by silence, then we will lose our most precious possession, our soul!  (Matt. 16:26, Mark 8:36).  In Heb. 2:15 we are told that Christ came to set us free from the fear of death!  My friends, I am by no means making light of the persecution that millions have suffered for the cause and glory of Christ!  But, by faith we can overcome the world as our Savior promised.  (John 16:33)  When we, through faith, overcome the fear of “losing our lives” and our bodies suffering for our testimonies for Christ, we can rejoice that we have been counted worthy to suffer for Christ!  (Acts 5:41, Rom. 8:18, II Thes. 1:5)

To keep this article as brief as possible, we have to get straight to the point.  The only way an individual or a nation can redeem and maintain their peace, prosperity and liberty is through repentance before God and obedience to His Word! (Prov. 14:34)  There is absolutely no other way for a people to create or maintain their liberty and freedom absent God’s moral laws being at the core of a society, obeyed and enforced by a righteous civil authority ruling, according to God’s Word!

In Christ’s Service,

© 2021 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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Pastor Butch Paugh

The scriptures are extremely clear on the issue of living holy before God!  In I Pet. 1:15-16 we are told to be holy, as He is holy.  In Heb. 12:14 we are told that unless we live with holiness we shall not see God.  The word holy and holiness appear in the Holy Bible, the 1611 KJV, over six hundred times.  They must be very important words that need to be considered.  Now, I would like to make this point abundantly clear!  We are not made holy by our works no matter how well intended!  We have been justified, cleansed of our sins and made holy by and through the grace, mercy and blood of Jesus Christ!  (Col 1:2, I Cor. 6:11, Eph 5:26)

One of the most common statements I have had said to me when I preach or teach on holiness and obedience is that we are saved by grace through faith and that our holiness and righteousness isn’t sufficient for salvation.  Usually, this comment comes from the once saved, always saved crowd.  Usually Baptists, who are “half” Calvinists.  They seem to want to believe that an individual has to make a “choice” to be saved, but after that can’t “choose” to turn away from God and go back into the world and lose their salvation, i.e., inheritance in Christ.  Of course, this damnable doctrine of devil’s flies in the face of the truth of the Word of God in many places!  Heb. 3:14, Heb. 10:26-27 and Rev. 22:19 to name a few.  To live holy before God and the unsaved simply means that we have a great desire to please Him in every way that we can through obedience to His Word.

Many will say, now preacher, you are putting us back under the law and you know that no man can keep the law for salvation!  You have become a “legalist”!  So says the unlearned who have been misled by false teachers and hypocrites!  Christ clearly said that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments!  John 14:15  As His body we are told to have good works before men.  Mt. 5:16  If we place our Faith in Him, the proof will be in our works!  James 2:14-26 makes this point very clearly!  To say that you are saved by grace and you do not have the “evidence” of works through obedience to His commandments, you are deceiving yourselves!  You obey the commandments of the one you love the most!  (Rom. 6:14-16, I John 2:5-6, John 14:23) Works, obedience to God’s laws is so important that He took the time to list both the works of the flesh and of the Spirit in Gal. 5:16-26.  We bare righteous fruit if we walk in His Spirit.  Our love for God causes us to bare good fruit not by the “burden” of keeping His law, but rather by delighting in His Word and His commandments!  (Ps. 1:2, Ps. 40:8, Ps. 119:70, Romans 7:22)  The ten commandments are not mere suggestions and optional for the church to keep!

Let’s us clarify another objection that comes up many times when holiness and obedience are preached.  Col 2:14 says that Christ blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, that was contrary to us and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross.  So, the unlearned or self-centered Christian will say, “See preacher, Christ nailed the law to the cross”!  No, Col 2:14 does not say that!  Read the next three verses and you plainly see these were “ordinances” and not laws that were being referred to!  The two great commandments that Christ gave us in Mt. 22:37-40 tell us how to fulfill the whole law!

The fact is, that ever since Eve’s being deceived by the serpent, (Satan) in the garden, mankind has had in their nature an innate spirit of rebellion and a desire to want to disobey authorities.  Let me make clear that I am referring to “righteous” authority.  From the authority of God, to God’s delegated authority to parents, law enforcement, church leadership and civil government. Again, I want to emphasize that I am referring to “righteous” authority.  Unrighteous authority has no authority!  Only force!  It is up to each individual to decide when obeying these tyrants is right or wrong.  You may need to read Acts chapter 5 for guidance on when we can and should comply in each circumstance.  But seeing as it has been in man’s fallen nature to not want to obey, many times even righteous authority, we need to discuss this issue briefly.

Being a pastor for over forty years I have had the honor to perform several marriages.  While I can say that as best as I can recall, I have only had one instance when the bride had a problem with the word “obey” being part of her vows before God and man.  But I can state empathically that the word “obey” is one of the most hated and ignored words spoken today!  Even in the church!  It seems it smacks of a “legalistic” point of view.  To make this final point as briefly as possible, we can simply state, “That to not obey is to dis-obey!  Most folks don’t realize that when we dis-obey, we are showing disrespect.  Dis or diss is an actual word meaning “to disrespect, insult, taunt, malign, slap, slander, humiliate.”  So every time we disobey God, parents or any other righteous authority, we are committing a horrible act to disgrace that authority!  Bear in mind that rebellion is witchcraft and disobedience brings the wrath of God! (I Sam 15:23, Col 3:6)

It’s truly easy to understand.  Holiness is not legalism!  It is what a people that sincerely love God and are betrothed to His Son Jesus Christ are! That is obedient to His Law and not rebellious to His Word!

In Christ’s Service,

© 2021 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

E-Mail Butch Paugh: ctdm@hotmail.com

By Butch Paugh

In Phil. 3:14 we read that Paul said, “I press toward the “mark” for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”.  Of course, Paul is teaching all followers of Christ to follow his example.  But, this is not the “mark” we are going to discuss in this article.

We are going to look at the one talked about in Rev. 13:16-18, known as the “mark” of the beast.  We are going to look into what this warning is all about, what the mark is and how the masses are deceived into “receiving” it.

Before we get into the methods that have been used over many decades to lure us into the beast system, we need first to know and understand that our Creator, Redeemer and God did solemnly warn us about the dangers in putting our trust and care in men or men’s governments.  We must first understand and acknowledge that we have voluntarily “given” ourselves over to the “Beast” system.  At least in the beginning of the process of deception, it took a voluntary acceptance on our part to enter the beast system.  Please read and study very carefully these few references!  We could list many more, but these alone are more than enough to prove God’s warning, that we willfully ignored.  (Through ignorance perhaps, but the results are the same.)  Damnation is the final end of our greed, apathy and ignorance.  (Neh. 9:36-38, Prov. 23:1-4, Jer.17:5, Mt. 6:24-25 and Phil. 4:19)  Obviously, this article is written mainly to the ones who say they follow Christ and the Word of God.  The 1611 KJV Bible!  We must accept and recognize the fact that we, the Church of Christ, have pretty much been almost completely caught up in this deception of the enemy.  We must determine to not proceed any further into this abyss.

Let’s take a brief look into how this massive deception has been used in the “benefits” each cunning snare has promised us if we will simply comply and obey!

(1)  The social security number.  This deception came about under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration.  Roosevelt was a great deceiver that was part of the “planned” so-called great depression.  Because the people became “afraid” for their future material necessities, they were more than ready to accept the “number” assigned to them for a lifetime to receive a retirement benefit, that was held out of their paycheck and put into the care of politicians to manage for them, (Jer. 17:5) because we were not disciplined enough to do it for ourselves!  On “my” card it says this number is not to be used for I.D. purposes.  We all know now that in most cases it is essential to have this identifying number in order to transact any business.  At first, you could opt in the “system” or not. Now, for all intents and purposes, it is not an option.  Roosevelt also started the W.P.A., Working People of America, to put people to work on infrastructure and other odd jobs at the expense of the taxpayer.  Yet another socialist program we the people volunteered to support. (Prov. 23:1-4)  Roosevelt “led” the people like frightened sheeple into the first huge move into Socialism and the “beast” system that would be used to bring us into the Antichrist’s government!

Now, let’s list a few more “benefits” that we have been given as privileges for our compliance and obedience.

(2)  A driver’s license needed to have the “right” to travel.  This license turned the right into a privilege.  FYI – License-Black’s Law Dictionary – “Permission to do some act which without such authorization would be illegal”.  Along with this “permission” to travel we now carry another form of ID that has assigned us another number, digital (numbered) picture of our face.  And, in some cases, digital (numbered) fingerprints and eye scans.  This identifying “mark” is also needed to transact a “business deal”!  This “con” almost everyone has accepted has placed the unique identifying number of your face, (a number of mankind) into a worldwide data base by which you can be traced and monitored!  Travelers should be “certified” that they are capable of using a mode of transportation, but no identifying license should be required.  Here are a few more licenses needed to do an act which would otherwise be illegal.

(3)  A marriage license.

(4)  A business license.

(5)  A hunting or fishing license.

All of which came with an identifying number attached.

If we follow the rules and have all the identifying “marks” and numbers needed, we may and will qualify for a numerous amount of other of man’s benefits and dainties.

(6)  Food stamps.

(7)  Disability Social Security (whether you have paid into it or not)

(8)  HUD

(9)  C.H.I.P.S

(10)  Clothing Vouchers.

(11)  Free medical care.

(12)  Medicaid.

(13)  Medicare and many more I’m sure that I haven’t listed here.

All are available for those with the right identifying “marks” and are obedient to the “system”.  I think by now anyone who desires to see the deception we have about all ignorantly and foolishly fallen into the deception and can be easily seen.  It has pretty much gotten the masses already in the beast system.  All that is needed now is the final “tweaking” of the system to take us into the antichrist’s final deception.  You can believe that this extremely hyped-up Covid scare is a huge push in that direction!  Fear being the great motivation once again!

We had just as well accept the fact that nearly all of mankind has already been deceived into the system of the beast as prophesied in Rev. 13:7.  In verse eight, we are told that the only ones who will not worship the beast are those who have their names written in the Lamb’s (Christ) Book of Life.  We must be very certain that we have been born again into the Family of God.  (I Pet. 1:10)  Please take the time to read II Thes. 2:10  Yet another warning!

We are about ready to take a look at what the mark is according to Scripture.  But, before we do, it is vitally important to understand that Satan is called the Great Deceiver and father of all liars for a reason! (Rev. 12:9, John 8:44)  Now let’s get to the definitions of the mark referred to eight times in the book of Revelation.

For as long as I can remember, it has been “assumed” that the “mark” of the beast was going to be a computer chip placed in the right hand or forehead. (Rev. 13:16)  While I am not at all convinced that this concept is totally correct, I must admit that with the state of ignorance of the Word of God and truth in general, I can certainly accept the fact that many of the fearful, ignorant and the “techies” will fall right in line to receive this “mark”.  But folks, it goes much deeper than this.  The word mark in all of its’ references in Rev. 13 is Strong’s number 5480 and it does not mean a device put “in” the body, but rather a scratch, an etching, a stamp or a badge of servitude.  It also can mean a sculptured figure (statue).  So, to be honest I still am not clear as to how this involves the right hand or forehead or what exactly this mark is.  Perhaps an “etching” of the pentagram or hexagram?

But, as you look further into teaching on the mark you will find that no man might buy or sell, unless he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name!

Dear reader, I must confess that I have not been given the knowledge of interpreting the entire meaning of such passages as we just looked at, but of this one thing I am sure!  For many generations and actually throughout most of man’s history, we have been deceived through our ignorance, laziness, fear and lack of faith in our Creator to follow man’s promises and bow to his supposed authority, so we could “live” at ease for another day!  It’s in our fallen nature to believe Satan’s lies to be more like “gods” ourselves!  (Gen. 3:1-5)

In closing, please accept this final admonishment in Christ’s name!  Question anything and everything that man’s government offers you!  At the risk of losing all, including their lives, countless numbers of Godly men and women have refused man’s deceitful benefits!  Many examples and warnings about this demonic deception are found in God’s Word to us.

Proverbs 3:5-7

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by Butch Paugh

It’s important to know the why and how of a matter in order to correct a mistake or right a wrong.

Dear Reader,

You are about to expose yourself to some very important knowledge.  Please know this; once you have been exposed to truth and knowledge, you can never go back to the bliss of ignorance.  As Thomas Paine said, “Ignorance is of a peculiar nature, once it is dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish.”  So before you continue, be aware of the consequences, but also you must realize that ignorance, willful or not will destroy you!  Hosea 4:6 As this verse clearly states our ignorance will destroy our children also!  As a matter of scriptural “fact”, when God’s people are ignorant of their “duties” to Christ all of the society and the nation are destroyed!  Let’s see why and look at one massively important responsibility and duty to which the “church” has become oblivious!  To make matters worse, there is no excuse as to how or why we have forsaken and neglected our duties.  We are clearly told in II Tim. 2:15 that we (all) believers are to study in order to rightly divide and understand and do God’s will as His people.

In John 1:1-9 we are told that our Saviour and Redeemer came into the world to be The Light to a lost and dying world.  And as a whole, The Light was ignored and rejected because mankind preferred the darkness.  But to all who would receive the Light He gave them the power to become the children of God, John 1:12 and joint heirs Romans 8:15-16 with Christ. (The Light).  When one accepts Christ to become one of God’s children, Christ then passes the blessing of being the light of the world on to the children.  Along with this amazing blessing, there is also a huge responsibility given to us!  Matt. 5:13-15

One more point before we look deeply into a very serious error of God’s people.  Gal. 6:7-9 clearly states we reap what we sow.  If we “ignorantly” sow corrupt seed, we will reap a corrupt crop!  Or, if we ignorantly don’t sow any seed, we will have no harvest at all!  It is therefore vital that we know God’s will for His people so that we fulfill His will here on earth.  The time we sojourn here in this world is a one-time chance to get it right!  This is not a practice run!  Beware that we don’t fulfill Rom. 11:21-22 any further!

Now to the “revelation” that the Holy Spirit showed me, which truly was not a revelation, but rather something that was common knowledge in the early church and up until the late 1770’s.  Remember, we, our children and all of society are destroyed when God’s people become ignorant of God’s Word!  The absolute filth, debauchery and abominations we have in America today is due to the ignorance and therefore the failure of God’s people!  No apologies given!

One of the most used, yet misunderstood words used by Christians today is the word “church”.  Most of the people have very little understanding of its meaning!

The word appears 117 times in the New Testament and the Strong’s Concordance Reference number is 1577 in all but one instance.  The one instance is found in Acts 19:37 and it is Strong’s number 2417 in which it refers to a gathering of “religious” people, not Christians.

Here is an important question and point:  why did Caesar fear and persecute the Christians and not the other myriad of “religions” in Rome?  Let’s find out now.

Here are two very important scriptures to know, understand and live by when you are truly “born” again and redeemed by and through the grace of Jesus Christ.  In Col. 1:13 we are told that when we accept Christ as our Lord and Saviour we are taken from Satan’s kingdom and placed into Christ’s Kingdom.  Our allegiance must therefore be changed also.  In Phil. 3:20 we find that we are made citizens of Heaven!  Our allegiance must then be to our new country!  FYI, the word “conversation” in Phil. 3:20 means citizenship!

Now let’s look at the meaning of the word “church”.  With the above two precious gifts given us, the meaning should be amazing to you.  And no church does not refer to a building!

Church – 1577 – A calling out!  A congregation or Christian “community” of members on earth or saints in heaven or both!

Wow!  What a powerful statement, blessing and responsibility!  Let’s continue!

This word stresses a group of people called out for a special purpose. (1a) It designated the new society of which Jesus was the founder, being as it was a society knit together by the closest spiritual bonds and altogether independent of space.  (1b) Ekklesia, from ek, “out of,” and klesis, “a calling” (kaleo, “to call”) was used among the Greeks of a body of citizens “gathered” to discuss the affairs of state.

We are a new “society” as Christ as our head!  We are an independent society outside of earthly powers or authorities!  A body of “church” citizens to come together to discuss the affairs of state!  If man’s laws become contrary to God’s law, our allegiance must be to our King and His law system!  We are not to have fellowship with evil no matter its source, but rather to rebuke them!

Are you beginning to understand why Caesar and King George feared the church?  All religions in Rome once a year burnt incense to Caesar to confess him as “god” in order to live in peace with the “government” and be able to practice their “religions”!  The body of Christ, the church would not commit idolatry and were greatly persecuted because of their loyalty and allegiance to Christ’s Kingdom here on earth, The Church!

About the last semblance of the church trying to fulfill her duty to her King, took place in 1954 when the church discussed the “political” affairs and opposed Lyndon B. Johnson in his bid for the US Senate.  The church’s exposing of Johnson’ evil almost cost him the election!  To get back at the church, Johnson came up with a crafty snare to silence the church in the future.  He offered the church a “dainty” (Prov. 23:3) called the tax exemption under the 501c3 IRS code!  The church had always been tax immune up until then.  The government did not dare to assume control of the church’s resources!  Unfortunately, the poor “ignorant” church in America thought LBJ was granting them a wonderful gift!  Now once a year the “churches” in America as a whole burn incense to Caesar with an annual “business” meeting with its trustees, treasurers and others to report the church’s assets to Caesar!  We have been deceived!  Hos.4:6 fulfilled.  Matt. 5:13 also fulfilled.  The church has lost her “saltiness” (preservative power) and therefore is good for nothing!  It is now trodden under the foot (authority) of man’s government!

One final point that we have so clearly not fulfilled.  In Matt. 28:18-20 we read what is known as the great commission of the church!  We are instructed to go into all nations to teach them

and baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost!  But we have miserably failed to be salt by teaching them as “nations” to keep God’s laws and commandments!

Let’s once again be salt and light as God’s chosen people!  Just as Pastor Jonas Clark and his congregation stood on the “church” lawn to oppose evil, let us at least stand and expose it!

Please review the chapter titled “With No Apologies” to better understand how an informed and well-studied body of believers should live!

In Christ’s Service,

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By Butch Paugh

We have all heard the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?”  Well, to be totally honest, I can’t answer why bad things happen to good people.  Just life in this world I guess.  After all, who hasn’t had what they considered a bad thing happen to them?  But I’m certain the statement that I am about to make will raise some eyebrows, and maybe a little anger.  Get ready, here it is!  For those who have been truly born again, converted and translated into the Kingdom of Christ, bad things never happen!  Told you!  After you get over the shock, please read on.  Let’s find the facts in the word of God.

We will start with one of my favorite verses in the Bible, Rom. 8:28; please read slowly and allow every word to register and bring complete meaning to you.  “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose.”  Simple huh?  But sometimes, as it certainly was for me, growing and maturing in the knowledge and grace in Christ was needed to comprehend this wonderful promise.  I feel I must warn you on one issue however.  As you grow and mature in Christ and are able to understand His word on a higher plain that others, you will be misunderstood, ridiculed and may be ostracized by some.  Many of them will be immature believers.   Mt. 10:34-39

To learn to trust people you have to get to know them and understand their character.  This is true with Christ our Lord also.  Let’s look at the meaning of the word “trust” as found on the Webster’s 1828 dictionary, the only one to use for any type of study:  “Trust – Prov. 29:25 – Confidence;  a reliance of resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.  To commit to the care of, in confidence.”  Trust your Maker with yourself and all your concerns!  I sincerely pray that you are already being blessed reading and understanding what has been written so far.

Let’s look now at the how we learn obedience to God’s Word in Christ.  We can and do learn obedience by the situations we face in our life; many that we may not understand the reason as to “why” they happened.  Certainly the diverse sufferings that sometimes come with these situations are not pleasant!  But we are instructed to glory in our trials and sufferings in this world for the glory of God! (Rom. 5:3-5)  Even our Saviour learned obedience through suffering.  (Heb. 5:8)  Should not we as the children of God learn by our Saviour’s example? (John 1:12)  We all from time to time face some very difficult trials in our lives.  (I Pet. 4:12)

As we have already understood the promise of Romans 8:28, let’s look a little deeper into God’s Word as to why we can trust and obey God’s Word through all life may bring to us.

First, we have been purchased at a very high price!  (Acts 20:28)  We are not our own.  We no longer own ourselves.  (I Cor. 6:19-20)  Shouldn’t the one that bought us by His own death be “allowed” to guide our lives and use our lives as He sees fit?  We are no longer to serve our own desires or other men’s unrighteous decrees.  (I Cor. 7:23)  If you believe the Word of God, the 1611 KJV Bible, and if you are truly a redeemed child of God, you will come to understand and know that God is the only “Sovereign”. (Rev. 19:6)  He rules in the affairs of men.  He even uses the evil of men for, and to His glory!

(Ps. 76:10)  By the right of creation of all things He alone is the only sovereign, potentate and King! (Col. 1:16-17, I Tim 6:16)  Surely, as our

Redeemer and our King, He has total authority in our lives to use us as He sees fit.  It is our duty to be a vessel of honor meet for the Master’s use.  (II Tim. 2:19-21)

Most people simply don’t understand that there are only two choices for each of us to decide between.  We will obey and serve one or the other.  Unfortunately, the vast majority of mankind, either are ignorant of this truth, or they prefer not to accept the truth.  But we will and do serve one or the other!  (Mt. 6:24, Mt. 7:13-14, Rom. 6:16, II Cor. 4:4)

To reveal this fact and bring it to the attention of many, people will open the teacher of this Truth for ridicule, resentment and even hatred from many.  As a reminder to those who are the called of God who have been exposed to the anger that comes with exposing evil that they crucified our Master for teaching truth.  (John 15:18) There are only two Kingdoms and two rulers of those Kingdoms.  For those who have followed after the god of this world and his kingdom, there is an escape from Satan’s bondage.  By the love and grace of Jesus Christ, you can be taken from the kingdom of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of Christ. (Col. 1:12-13)  Now doesn’t it make sense that while you were in Satan’s kingdom that you knowingly or unknowingly were his servant and that when you are brought into Christ’s Kingdom that you should serve Him?  He then becomes your King, you are His servant.  He redeemed you from Satan’s authority as we discussed earlier at a very high price that only He could pay.  Shouldn’t He then have the right and authority to allow you to go through trials and tribulations to be tried as by fire to mold His vessel for His glory and use?  And for our ultimate good?  (Rom. 8: 17-18 and verse 28)  In addition to being brought into His blessed Kingdom there is one more, huge added blessing and benefit that many do not know or understand.  In Phil. 3:20 we are told that our “conversation” is now in Heaven where our Saviour abides.  What many do not know is that the word “conversation” in this verse actually means citizenship!  Wow!  What wonderful knowledge!  We are now, as well as after our death here on earth a citizen of Heaven!  As the scriptures tell us, we are only sojourners in this world and ambassadors of Christ while we are here.  Hallelujah!

Now, with all these marvelous promises and blessings why do we still doubt that our Heavenly Father is not in complete and loving control of our lives no matter the circumstances we may be facing at any given time?  How comforting to know that He is in complete control and we are His children.

In closing, let me tell you that when you grow into the realization that when you “belong’ to God through Christ’s sacrifice that all things truly do work to our good that most people will not understand. Even many believers are not able to comprehend this beautiful blessing simply because they are unlearned, or are still carnally minded.  (I Cor. 3:1-2)

Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say REJOICE

In Christ’s Service,

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In Esther 4:14, we read the account of a conversation being relayed back and forth between Esther and her stepfather Mordecai.  Esther was confronted with having to make a “life-changing” decision.  She knew that one choice could very well cost her her life.  But she also knew that not making the right decision would not only eventually cost her her life, but also the lives of many thousands of her kinsmen. Although Esther knew that disobeying the “law” of the king could be a capital offense,  she decided to follow Mordecai’s advice anyway.  Mordecai simply reminded her that there is a sovereign God whose ultimate will shall be done when he stated to her, “and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Folks, there can be no doubt, if you believe God’s Word, that is written in the scriptures in Revelations, chapter 19, verse 6, that “Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.”  As Ben Franklin stated in his speech on the occasion of our nation’s founding, “I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.”

It seems that these two very important truths have all but been forgotten over the last century.  The so-called “new age” spiritualism started bringing forth it’s damnable doctrines in the nineteenth century and it didn’t take long until it wormed it’s way into the public school system and immediately started destroying our children’s minds and souls.  Probably, the most damning lie that came out of America’s turning her back on the true sovereign God that had brought forth what was to become the most free and most prosperous nation in all history, was the “theory of evolution”; and a theory is all it ever was!  Not one true fact or piece of evidence has ever been brought forth to substantiate this “religious “belief!  The simple discovery of DNA proves the fact of creation and a Divine Creator!  Through the public “fool” system we have brought forth a generation of illiterate and greatly confused and misguided children.  These children have now grown into adulthood and now pretty much run our society.  And without the solid foundation that this nation was built on, Christ and His Word, we now have a nation that is self-destructing.  We have a society that, as a whole, now believe in “chance” as the driving force that governs mankind.  By chance, mankind evolved from “something”.  No one seems to know for sure how life really started.  By chance, a male and a female evolved and had intercourse and you were born.  Yes, folks, it still does take a male and a female to reproduce!  By chance, you were born simply to just exist until they die, and that’s the end.  No one has any purpose to their lives, except the ones they have chosen!  Seeing as how there is no Creator, no Sovereign God that reigns in the affairs of men, there is no true end “goal”.  Just live until you die.  Who cares what you do with your life.  There are no moral absolutes, so do as you please.  As the satanic bible, written by Allister Crawly says, “Do what thou wilt “shall be the whole of the law”.

But for those of us who have not become fools in our own conceit, who know for a certainty that there is a Creator with a plan for us and indeed, for all mankind, we know we have a true purpose for our lives!

We know what the people are that refuse to acknowledge God, (Ps. 14:1) and that God will ultimately get praise from their foolishness!  Ps. 76:10

Now, let’s get back to the blessings to be brought out in this article.

What a blessing it is to know that all of us are important to the Sovereign plan of God.  Christ Himself reminded us in Mt. 10:29-39 that even a sparrow doesn’t fall to the ground without God knowing of it.  We can be assured that not one hair will fall from our head that our Father doesn’t know of.  You can know that you were not born into this time in history by “chance”.  You were preordained by a Sovereign Creator to be alive at this time with a “plan” for your life.  The question my friends , is will you be used as a vessel of honor, or dishonor.  II Tim. 2:20-21   Please choose wisely my friends!  It is your choice!  Do not be afraid to do what is right according to God’s Word and will.

You were born for such a time as this!

In Christ’s Service,

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Yes! America was settled as a solidly “Christian” nation!  By Caucasian Europeans who built both their personal lives and civil government on the solid foundation and cornerstone of Jesus Christ!  The following proofs are quoted directly from the writings and official documents of the original Founders of America, the Pilgrims and Puritans!  As was once said, “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored”.  Just because you refuse to believe the truth does not change the truth.

Before the Puritans came ashore in Plymouth, MA, the first “governing” document was written on board the ship The Mayflower.  Thus the modern day title of the document, “The Mayflower Compact”. The original title was, “Agreement Between the settlers of New Plymouth”.  It was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony.

Mayflower Compact: 1620

Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience. IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.

For anyone who is willing to accept the facts and truth that what was to become America, this document alone would be sufficient.  But here are a couple more that will convince anyone who is “mature” enough to accept the indisputable facts presented.

The Portsmouth, Rhode Island Compact, 1638

We whose names are underwritten do hereby solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick and as He shall help, will submit our person, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of His given in His Holy Word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby…..

Fundamental Agreement of the Colony of New Haven, Connecticut, 1639

Agreement; We all agree that the Scriptures hold forth a perfect rule for the direction and government of all men in duties which they are to perform to God and to man, as well in families and commonwealth as in matters of the church; so likewise in all public officers which concern civil order, as choice of magistrates and officers, making and repealing laws, dividing allotments of inheritance, and all things of like nature, we will, all of us, be ordered by the rules which the scripture holds forth; and we agree that such persons may be entrusted with such matters of government as are described in Exodus 18:21 and Deuteronomy 1:13 with Deuteronomy 17:15 and I Corinthians 6:1, and 6 & 7….

Take note that the scriptures on how to choose Godly leaders are listed in document two.

In one of America’s first reading primers, the “McGuffey’s Eclectic Reader”, the most popular school book in the 1800’s also testified to America’s early form of “ecclesiastical” government:

(The Puritan’s) form of government was as strictly theocratical insomuch that it would be difficult to say where there was any civil authority among them distinct from ecclesiastical jurisdiction.  Wherever a few of them settled a town, they immediately gathered themselves into a church (building); and their elders were magistrates, and their code of laws was the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible)…God was their King; and they regarded him as truly and literally so….”

The first settlers, the real founders of what was to become America, were governed as a theocracy!  The Godly men chose as leaders were to obey and uphold God’s moral laws in all their own lives and in all of society!  Whether you believed in God or not, you were going to be governed by the laws of the land based on the laws of God.

Unfortunately, as is always the case, as time goes by, nations that once were delighted in following God and obeying His laws turn away from God to follow their own religions!

Now we will move forward in the history of America to the 1770s.  Although America was still overall a Godly nation, much of the standards that underpinned society were starting to be allowed to erode.  But there was still a fairly strong Christian value standard in America.  Enough so that the first battle for the revolution was fought on a church lawn and led by Pastor Jonas Clark.

Here are the requirements for holding public office in the thirteen colonies in the 1770s.  All of them had a Christian religious test that had to be met before public office could be attained.  Although greatly watered down from in comparison to those of the compacts of the 1600s.

Here are a few of the thirteen:

Delaware, 1776

Every person who shall be chosen a member of either house, or appointed to any office or place of trust, before taking his seat, or entering upon the execution of his office, shall take the following oath, or affirmation, if conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath , to wit:  “I, do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.”

North Carolina, 1776

That no person, who shall deny the being of God or the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority either of the Old or New Testaments, or who shall hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the State, shall be capable of holding any office or place of trust or profit in the civil department within this State.

Vermont, 1777

And each member, before he takes his seat, shall make and subscribe the following declaration,” I ______

do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Diverse, the rewarder of the good and punisher of the wicked.  And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration, and own and profess the protestant religion.”

Massachusetts. 1780

Any person chosen governor, lieutenant-governor, councilor, senator, or representative, and accepting the trust, shall, before he proceed to execute the duties of his place or office, make and subscribe the following declaration:  “I . . . do declare that I believe the Christian religion, and have a firm persuasion of its truth; and that I am seized and possessed, in my own right, of the property required by the constitution, as one qualification for the office or place to which I am elected.”

By the time of the writing and ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, America was being influenced by ungodly men in leadership roles.  Although the U.S. Constitution had many strong points and set forth several solid guidelines on how the Federal government should be “controlled”, it had flaws.  The one that began gradually undermining America’s Godly Foundation is found in Article 6 in paragraph 3 where it says, “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislators, and all Executive and Judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath of Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

So you may ask, “Where’s the problem?”  There are two glaring and bold attacks on the very Foundation of America!  The most dangerous undermining of our once-Biblical Foundation is that the main pillar that preserved the nation was “outlawed”!  The religious (Christian) tests that were given to endeavor to maintain a Godly, moral, peaceful and prosperous society!

The second one was an “in your face” violation of the Bill of Rights that were demanded before ratification of the Constitution.  Article 10 of the Bill of Rights is call the “States Rights” Article.  All of the thirteen states had a “Christian” religious test.  The “weakest” ones of the less stringent colonies stated that the candidates had to agree that God’s Word is the rule of law in society.  They had to be of protestant faith and believe in the Christian Faith.

The “time bomb” for the destruction of America had been set!  It had not been disarmed!  Nor will it be, at this late stage of history!  Most people in America have been brainwashed into making idols out of the men we call our Founders and have chosen to overlook the cunning undermining laid forth in the Constitution.

Now, many did contest the wording of Article 6, but obviously failed to prevail in the end.  Many of the leaders of early America from the 1600s right on up until the acceptance of the states of the Constitution were staunch Christians and said so.  But, regrettably, their voices have faded from our memories.  Now we are led by demonic, God-hating, sick, perverted, twisted men and women that hate God and His people just like it was prophesied in Ps. 106.  Especially in verses 34-41.  If there is a solution and healing for America it will only come through a heartfelt national repentance that must start with God’s redeemed!

Enough said!  You either choose the truth or continue to believe the lies you have been taught!

In Christ’s Service,

© 2021 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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By Butch Paugh

Psalms 127:1—Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that built it: except the LORD keep the city, (nation) the watchman waketh but in vain.

Let us no longer be deceived by others, or by ourselves!  The Lord is not in America’s house any longer.  Therefore, without national repentance, America will never be restored to her former glory!  America was once great only because she was once upon a time built on the Rock of Jesus Christ!  Now we have trusted in our own devices, our own “morality” and our own wisdom.  In other words, America’s once solid foundation has been destroyed, and replaced with the shifting and completely unstable “sand” of humanism.  Ps. 11:3, Mt. 7:26-27  Andrew Jackson once said, “The Bible is the Rock on which this Republic rests.”  America now fulfills Psalms 11:3 and 9:17

For much longer than I have been alive, over seven decades, the enemy of all creation has slowly eroded away the Godly, morality that once made us a prosperous and peaceful society.  And what’s even more destructive, he has deceived the vast majority of Americans into believing that man’s ideals, politics or political parties could preserve our nation and maintain a society where as a whole, we could safely dwell in our homes with our families.  The predominant choices we have had as long as I have been in this world were the Republican or Democratic parties.  I was reared in an area where the people voted Democrat because they were for the “working class” while the Republicans were for the rich “upper class”.  Then, I figured out that the Democrats were undermining the morals of our nation and slowly eroding away our “rights” as Americans!  And finally! I saw through the veil of lies and come to the “harsh” realization that both parties were the same!  We just “thought” they were different!  Because they said they were!  If anyone who is reading this article is willing and capable of admitting to the truth of this fact, you are far ahead of the masses in our nation.  If you are forty years old and upward, all you have to do is look back over each administration who has held office in your lifetime and try to tell me honestly which one actually reversed the destruction that has taken our country apart?

Whether we have a “conservative” or “liberal” administration in the White House, whether or not one controls all three houses of government or it’s divided, nothing ever truly changes for the better!  We simply are led further and further into debt, a police state, more ungodly and unconstitutional wars, greater taxation, more control over our lives in all areas and the masses of once fiercely independent and proud people have silently and timidly submitted ourselves to our “elected” tyrants!  As a gentleman named Herbert Marcuse once said, “Free election of masters, does not abolish the masters or the slaves.”

George Orwell in his book “Animal Farm” made this analogy that certainly fits our nation today and honestly has for well over a hundred years.  “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike.  No question, now, what happened to the faces of the pigs.  The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig and from to pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

Will Americans ever learn from all the generations our nation has been slowly destroyed?  (Hosea 4:6) Without one thread of doubt or hesitation, the answer is an unequivocal NO!  As long as we fight over policies and political ideas we will never recover!  Election fraud, for example is an immoral and unconstitutional” act!  But it pales in comparison to 100,000,000 slaughtered unborn children!  It pales in comparison to a society tolerating sodomy, lesbianism and pedophilia!  We are straining at gnats and swallowing camels!  (Mt. 23:24)  Except we repent we shall perish!  (Luke 13:2-3)

No matter how you try to dress up a pig, folks, even putting a lipstick on him, it’s still a pig!

In Christ’s Service,

© 2021 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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I Corinthians 16:13 – Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Quit – Strong’s Concordance 407 – Act manly, — This word means to quit something that will free you to be the man God calls you to be, “to make a man of or to make brave; to show one’s self a man.”

In the above definition of the word “quit” you read that it means to quit something that will free you to be the man God calls you to be.  Let’s examine some of the things the Word of God says we should “quit”, and what we should start to do and be sure we are doing.

• Grow up. I Cor. 13:11 – When I was a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
• Create own home – 2:24, Matt. 19:5, Mark 10:7 – Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
• Provide and protect family – I Tim. 5:8 – But if any provide not for “his” (man’s) own, and specially for those of “his” own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel! These “tinsel and veneer” fakes are not in God’s Kingdom!

Now let’s take a closer and deeper look at some of the words contained in this very powerful and important verse that is written solely to men!

Provide – Strong’s Concordance 4306 – to consider in advance, i.e., look out for beforehand (act by way of maintenance for others.)

Provide – 1828 Noah Websters Dictionary – To procure beforehand; to get, collect or make ready for future use; to prepare.  The next part of the meaning found in the 1828 Dictionary makes a lot of “males” that tend to the effeminate side, a little uneasy.  “To procure supplies or means of defense; or to take measures for counteracting or escaping an evil.”  (Please note that I Cor. 6:9 clearly states that effeminate men will not inherit the Kingdom of God.)  The word effeminate meaning in the Strong’s is number 3120 – soft – Webster’s 1828 – soft womanish, having qualities of the female sex.  To state the truth clearly and bluntly – men should not have a feminine side!

• To lead, teach, take authority of (In Christ) his wife and children.  To be the “head” of the woman and family.  I Cor. 11:3 – “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man and the head of Christ is God.”

Head – Strong’s Conc. 2776 partial – metaphorically, of the authority or demeanor of God in the relation to Christ; of Christ in relation to believing men, i.e., the husband in relation to the wife.

As, bishops, (pastors) and deacons are as a qualification to hold a leadership role in the church keep their children in submission with all gravity, so should all men who profess Christ as their head.  I Tim. 3:4 and 12 – Sincere Christian men take the rearing of children very seriously! (Prov. 22:6)  He leads with a firm, but loving and gentle hand. (Col. 3:21)

The remaining statement of what a “real” man is and does are all backed by God’s Word.  Search out the scriptures for yourself.  That’s another aspect of a real man of God! They search God’s Word for truth.  (II Tim 2:15, Acts 17:11, I John 4:1)

Real men weigh obedience to man and man’s government with the teachings and instructions of God’s Word.

Real men count themselves as servants and protectors of their families and freedoms.  They are ready and willing to lay down their lives in this cause.

Real men lead by example, not out of fear and force.

Real men have a God-given instinct and compulsion to protect the weak and helpless.

Real men have a Godly conviction to provide for himself, family, and others.  He knows it’s more blessed to give than receive.  He treasures his independence from outside control through handouts.

Real men will speak truth in love when possible, but always, no matter other’s opinions of him, or the cost.

Real men desire to live in peace with all men if possible, but are ready to defend themselves and others if necessary.

Real men are not ashamed to show Godly love to all, but will not back down when confronted with evil.

There are so many more qualities that could be noted that pertain to real men!  Real men are truly born again and converted children of God!  There are many “good” men in the world, but without God and His Word to guide them, at best they fall far short of being the man they need to be.  Unless a man instructs, teaches and leads by example from God’s Word, their family has little chance of fulfilling their God-given potential.

In closing, I will say this; I personally feel utterly ashamed that I have failed in so many of the few qualifications that have been listed in this article of what a real man should be.  My sincere prayer is that by God’s marvelous grace and mercy that I can come closer to meeting His standards of what a real man should be!

In Christ’s Service,

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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This sounds like such a simple and easy statement, doesn’t it?  I feel most certain that most people who profess faith in Christ will quickly speak up and say that our God is our ultimate authority! However, the brutal truth is that our actions speak far louder and clearer than our words!

Let’s take a little time and search the scriptures for the “correct” answer.  Many people are going to be surprised by the first facts presented in God’s infallible word, the 1611 KJV bible!

We will start with one that I have quoted many times myself.  This one verse seems to answer the question of obedience once and for all in every aspect of the question, “who do we obey?”  Acts 5:29 states, “then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, we ought to obey God rather than men”.  That settle it, right?  Yes, in one area, but further study is needed in other areas.  For example, Romans chapter 13 and I Peter chapter 2.  Let’s take a deeper look into His word!

In the case of Acts 5:29 you will find that the opposition to what Peter and the others were teaching was not the civil powers, but rather the “ecclesiastical” or church authorities.  You may be thinking, well why would the “church” powers be upset with the preaching of the “gospel”.  (Acts 5:17-42) I would have to say, for the same reason many “churches” are upset with the sound doctrine of God’s Word today!  It upsets their belief structures and threatens their “hold” on the people that are following their “pernicious” ways and damnable “heresies”.  Pernicious — Strong’s Greek No. 684, “Ruinous, destructive and damnable”!  Heresies – Strong’s No. 139, “disunion, sect, self-willed opinions!”  It also cut into their “profits”!  Vs. 3.  So, in the first area of the question, we are looking into church leaders, conferences or detrimental teaching that are not to be obeyed if contrary to God’s word!  Of course the apostles were taken out and beaten for their defiance and disobedience.  They went away rejoicing because they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name!  To obey men in this case damns the people to destruction!  Heb. 13:17 instructs us to obey righteous ecclesiastical authority because the righteous spiritual leaders know they must give an account for the souls they are responsible for.  My friends,that is a HUGE responsibility!

Now, let’s examine a few scriptures that are used often by people who haven’t studied God’s Word throughly enough to discern His will.  (II Tim 2:15)  We will start with Rom. 13:1-7 Most that read verses one and two will say, “See. There you are!  We have to obey Caesar, i.e. government!”  Almost none will read any further to see what Paul was explaining to those who take the time to study the passage.  Let’s take a look.  This explanation will be brief.

It is obvious that Paul, who was writing the epistle to the church in Rome from prison, was not telling us to obey unrighteous laws and edicts of man’s government!  He wrote this in prison because he would not obey godless government’s laws and disobey God!  He goes on to explain what government should be!  Please note in verse 3 that government should not be a terror to people who do good works, but rather a deterrent to the evil done by evil men!  He went onto say that if you are a righteous individual doing good works, you should have no need to fear “Godly” governments!  Righteous government has the “power” i.e. authority from God to enforce His moral laws!

Verse four tells us that Godly magistrates is a minister (deacon) of God to punish evil doers.  Up to, and including the death penalty.

Verse five through eight instructs us to be subject to these “just” authorities, not out of fear, but rather for conscience sake.  Verse 6 says to pay lawful taxes to support God’s ministers who attend continually on supporting a moral society.  Verse seven to render to all their dues which simply means duty or debt.  Custom means an import or levy.  Fear meant to respect “righteous” authority and to “fear” punishment” for evil doers.  Honor means esteem and respect.

Now you have been able to read the true meaning of Romans chapter thirteen.  Really simple to understand with a little study, isn’t it?

Another scripture used to justify being passive and compliant to evil authorities is I Peter 2:13-16.  Please take the time to carefully read these verses.  Peter, who was crucified upside down for breaking an evil civil authority’s corrupt laws, is saying exactly the same thing as Paul did in Romans thirteen. We are to obey because the kings and governors were sent by God to punish evildoers and to praise them that do good, verse 14!  Are you beginning to see the full picture now?  It truly is very clear, isn’t it?

Here is a list of righteous men and women who challenged unjust and unrighteous laws and rulers!  Also listed are the scriptures where you can read for yourself that man’s law systems (government) are not to be obeyed above God’s Word, i.e. law system!  Even to the point of deception to protect innocent life!

Ex. 1:15-20, Jos. 2:1-2-7, Dan. 3:4_18, Dan. 6:10-13, Acts 5:17-42.

Brothers, sisters, friends and all others, whether you “want” to believe God’s Word or not doesn’t change the truth!  Literally millions have been imprisoned, persecuted, prosecuted, whipped, beaten and even murdered, (martyred) for the cause of righteousness in obeying God over men!

You have to decide for yourself who you will obey!  The sooner you make the decision, that no matter what the cost, you are going to obey God, the easier it will be!  Remember Romans 6:16.  Your soul depends on it!

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Dear Robert,

Thank you for the manner in which you expressed your opinions in your response to my article “The Three “C”s of Tyranny and Damnation”.  Believe it or not, I do respect your opinions because I understand that you have sincere concerns you would like addressed.  Thank you for the respect you showed me in the wording of your letter. I will endeavor to answer some of the questions and concerns you expressed.  I hope you don’t mind, but I am going to publish your letter along with my response.  Of course, your name and e-mail will not be published.

Robert, I am quite certain that you have never actually read the Word of God to any real extent to seek the wisdom and knowledge it contains.  However, I would like to quote one verse here before I go any further into my response to you: II Cor. 3:17, “Now the Lord (Jesus Christ) is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”  I think you will understand this scripture much better by the end of this letter.

To begin with Robert, you have a vast misunderstanding of what “true” Christianity is, and it’s little wonder with what passes today as Christianity.  Truly “born again” and totally “converted” individuals that have given and surrendered their lives to Christ and have purposed in their hearts to follow His Word and to keep His commandments as John 14:15 states, will, by their moral conduct, be the best provider and protector of “true” liberty.  I think it important here, Robert, to look at the meaning of “liberty” as found in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary.  Most seem to think that to be at liberty means we are free to do as we please at all times.  This is a huge misunderstanding and will always lead to chaos and eventually back to tyranny.  Liberty is the freedom to live, prosper and pursue happiness so long as we do no harm or violence to others and do not infringe on their rights and “liberties”.  Along with the blessings of liberty comes the responsibility of protecting the liberty of others and the duty to live morally and righteously as God’s Word teaches.  Now, let’s move on.

As you may know, or perhaps not, if you were educated in the public “fool” system as I was, that the foundations laid for America by the pilgrims and puritans were solidly Christian.   As is proven by the first compact, covenant or charter on how those on board the Mayflower were expected to conduct themselves as a “civil body”.  The Mayflower Compact as it was called, also stated the goal that they were to accomplish upon landing in the new world.  Simply stated, it was to preach, teach and propagate the gospel of Christ and His Kingdom in their new land.  These people had just fled “religious” tyranny in England.  They had no desire to start a new one in their new home.  They had come to what was referred to as by many as the new “promised land”.  They had come to establish a society where people could worship, or not as they felt inclined.  It is interesting also Robert, to know that not all of the people on board the Mayflower were Christians.  They did not have to profess Christ to live in the new community.  They were simply expected to live by the “moral” laws set forth in God’s Word.  Even the non-believers understood that no society can long exist as a free people without solid and unchangeable moral foundation.  Morality is the “glue” that keeps a society, free, prosperous, content and peaceful.  Even a single-family unit cannot function without a solid moral foundation.  I ask you to just take a look at our decaying nation as absolute proof of that.

Robert, I don’t know your age, but I’m going to guess that you are a bit younger than me.  I will be seventy-two in September.  Please allow me to share with you a little about our country when I was a “young’un”.  It may come across as a little “hokey” or “corny” to you.  And you may think it a little prejudice or tyrannical by today’s misled ideals.

First, I would like to point out that at that time my Dad and Mom were not Christians.  They both were born again in Christ several years later.  My Dad even preached a little and loved witnessing to all he could about Christ’s saving grace.  Although our home was not a Christian home, we lived by set moral standards that were still prevalent, accepted and expected then.  As a matter of fact, most of our community were not Christians, but the church at that time set a moral standard that most people could see and respect.  And most generally lived their lives by that moral standard.  Even by the unbelieving in the community, immorality would not be tolerated.  In those days, the preachers and pastors taught the whole council of God’s Word.  They exposed the evil in society and offered the people a “better” way in Christ.  Divorce was very rare.  Child abuse was almost unheard of.   There were no school shootings, even though we could take a gun to school so we could hunt on our way home.  Pregnancies outside of marriage were extremely rare.  Boys dressed and acted like boys.  Girls dressed and acted like young ladies.  As a young child, I was taught respect for ladies and my elders.  There was no problem of knowing which bathroom to use either.  Murders were also very rare.  Home burglaries in our area were non-existent.  Stealing of any kind was virtually unheard of.   No, Robert, most folks were not Christian, but because Christian values were taught, upheld and “enforced”, we had a very peaceful and content life in general.  We were not “church goers” as a family.  No one looked down on us or shamed us.  Even though we were not Christians we lived by Godly morals as was expected and were treated kindly by all.  We were poor, I guess, but my brother and I never knew it. Dad and Mom loved us, fed us, clothed and gave us shelter.  And they instilled in us a strong moral value system!  No, my parents were not Christians at the time, but Christian morality was still pretty much the standard the whole community lived by.  We were walking in the “Freedoms” offered to all by what was at the time still somewhat Christian (Godly) society guided by God’s moral standard.

Yes, Robert, in one sense you are right.  A society totally influenced by Christian values would expect people to live by a solid moral value system!  Murder, rape, stealing and unprovoked violence would not be tolerated.  That is why, as a young boy growing up in Monterville, WV, we never bothered to lock our doors!  We felt safe all the time everywhere we went.

You were right in one other aspect also, Robert.  A Christian influenced society would not tolerate sexual perversion because of what it does to the youth and is destroying the very foundations of a nation.  Surely you can understand that, Robert.  Even creation itself proves that this is a violation of “natural” laws!  In a Godly society such abominations as pedophilia, incest, rape, bestiality and more would come under very severe judgment.  As it should be!

You may want to think about this also, Robert, there is no such thing as a non-religious individual, society or government!  All people, societies or governments live by their own “philosophy” on life.  That is their religion!  Humanism, belief that you are God and doing what is right in your own eyes, regardless of how it affects others is a religion!  Or as you mentioned in your letter, there is the Islam religion. You either convert to their religion or die!  Women are treated as property.  Whereas in a “truly” Christian home, women are highly favored and respected.  Or perhaps you would prefer Buddhism or Hinduism where all life is considered sacred.  No one dares kill a cockroach, rat or any other creature.  It could be their “reincarnated” family member!  Also you would be taught that whether you are reincarnated as a cockroach, monkey, dog or poor beggar, if you are the best “creature” you can be you may come back as a “holy cow”!  Research other “religions” Robert, like Shinto, Taoism, Jainism, Sikhism and Confucianism and compare them to the true religion, faith in Jesus Christ and you will plainly see why other nations and societies never had what America once had.

All governments, which all tend to tyranny if not restrained, base their law systems on someone’s “religious” moral code!   Robert, you are far too intelligent not to understand what I have said is the truth! A society based and governed on Christian moral values and precepts in a free society dwelling in the “liberty” that the moral laws of Christ offers to all who reside there.  “That” society will be a prosperous, contented and peaceful society.

Otherwise, you have America today!

In Christ’s Service,

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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Cowardliness, Complacency and Compliance

Let’s get the first “C” covered and exposed quickly.  As we will endeavor to do for the other two “C”s .

(Partial definition) (1) Cowardliness – coward – 1828 Webster’s Dictionary – A person who wants for courage to meet danger.  Destitute of courage. Timid; base; as a “coward” wretch.  Fearful.

The fearful (cowardly) are the first to be cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8)  Their fear of standing for righteousness because of fear of persecution or perhaps compromising truth and righteousness for fear (cowardliness) of losing material gain, or even death are proof that they have fallen short on total and sincere faith in God!  I do not know one individual who doesn’t feel fear from time to time!  No one enjoys being ridiculed, mocked, or persecuted.  Christ himself didn’t enjoy it!  He even asked His Father if there was any other way but being nailed to a cross that He could do to fulfill His work on earth.  But He overcame that fear by knowing His Father’s promise to Him.  Courage is not the absence of fear, but the overcoming of fear through faith!  Remember, to please God we must have the faith not to be a coward!  To face our fears through faith in Him and His promises to us.  In order to “please” Him we have to have faith in Him!  (Heb. 11:6, James 2:17,18)  The following scriptures may be of a help to all of us.  (Deut. 3:16, Prov. 29:25, Matt. 6:24-34, Matt. 20:28, Heb. 2:5, Heb. 3:17-19)  Now the first “C” has been explained.  The rest is up to you!  Your soul depends on your response!

(2) Complacency– 1828 Webster’s Dictionary (partial definition) “pleasure, satisfaction, gratification, softness of manner, “approbation” or the act of approving, liking, assenting to the propriety of a thing.”  If an act or issue is morally correct, we are complacent with it as righteous men.  But when an act or issue is immoral, to be complacent is a sin that leads to damnation!  Indeed, is an act of cowardliness!  We become “complacent”, apathetic, and indeed “pathetic” in the eyes of God.  Complacency with evil leads to the same destination as cowardliness!  We have all been massively guilty of this one!  That is why America is decaying before our very eyes!  (Ps. 97:19, Prov. 24:11-12, Prov. 25:26, Romans 12:9, Eph. 6:10-12, James 4:17, I John 4:20, Rev. 3:16.)

(3)  Compliance – 1828 Webster’s Dictionary (partial definition) “The act of complying; a yielding to a demand or proposal, (submission), obedience, compliance to a command or precept.  Yielding, bending to be compliant to an act or issue show consent to that act or issue.”  An act or issue that is Godly and morally right, we are commanded to obey!  But an ungodly and immoral act or issue we are commanded not to obey!  God alone is sovereign!  His laws supersede all other laws made by all other powers or authorities!  Any law, dictate, order, request or command is null and void if not in line with His Word!  True followers of Yahweh, Jehovah God through His son Yashua, Jesus the Christ are duty bound to obey Him over any other power or authority!  (Acts 5:29)  To comply with an ungodly or unrighteous (unlawful) decrees made by any entity is sin, and shows cowardliness and complacency!

You will find in God’s Word and throughout history that the masses all over the world preferred to play the coward, be complacent and comply with immoral acts and decrees just to keep the “peace”.  They would rather suffer inhumane and tyrannical edicts than stand for truth and righteousness in society!  The masses have always suffered from the “Hezekiah Syndrome.”  Even after God healed Hezekiah and added fifteen years to his life he still committed a great sin by trusting in “ambassadors” from Babylon (worldly, evil powers).  Because of his sin, Isaiah told him that his kingdom would be lost to Babylon and his own sons would be castrated servants to theKing of Babylon. Hezekiah, showing the type of man he really was, cowardly, complacent and compliant made the following statement to Isaiah: II Kings 20:19, “Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of LORD (Yahweh) which thou hast spoken.  And he said, “Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?”  In other words, isn’t it a good thing that there will be peace and truth as long as I’m alive?  Let my children pay for my ignorance and apathy!  The same exact thing we here in America have been saying for at least150 years!  We had better give thanks and praise God that He is merciful and forgiving to those who will NOW repent and take a stand!!  [ 1 Tim. 21:1-4]  Read verses three and four VERY carefully!!

Some fruits of the three “C’s” are, tolerance of unjust wars, tolerance of a police state, the destruction of children’s minds and souls in the public “fool” system, the slaughter of nearly 100 million children in their mother’s wombs and allowing the supreme court to decree that sexual deviant and perverts have a Constitutional right to seduce, rape and pervert our children!!  REPENT OR PERISH!!  Payday IS coming for ALL of us!!

Stand and LIVE, or bow and BURN!!  [11 Kings 18:21, Jos. 24:15, 11 Sam. 10:12]

BE WITHOUT FEAR IN THE FACE OF YOUR ENEMIES

STAND BRAVE AND UPRIGHT, THAT THE LORD MAY LOVE THEE,

SPEAK THE TRUTH ALWAYS, EVEN IF IT MEANS YOUR DEATH,

PROTECT THE HELPLESS AND DO NO WRONG.

In Christ’s Service,

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

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The title of this article undoubtedly will surprise and shock many church goers who have been taught all their lives that Christians should never get angry! and stand up! for truth and righteousness. And all because most “church goers” have bought into this hellish lie and deception that Christians should always be soft, gentle and kind.  Yeah, just like Christ was soft, gentle and kind in John 2:14-17!  But especially those that hate God, His Word and laws will be shocked to see “Christians” get up on their “hind feet” and say ENOUGH!  If anger in itself were a sin, then God the Father and our Saviour, Jesus Christ, have damned themselves!  Not only is it NOT a sin to have “righteous” anger, it is an abomination against God Himself when His people do not!  To take a quote out of my third book, “A righteous man cannot peaceably co-exist with evil”. ( II Cor. 6:14-16, Mt. 10:34-39)  There is a time for all things.  Including taking a stand in righteous anger! Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

The key word in the title of this article is not “angry”, but rather “righteous“!  Any “mature” Christian will clearly see through the deception of the soft soap, cotton candy, all fluff and no substance doctrine that has permeated most “religious” organizations that call themselves churches today!  The challenge we must face and overcome is the self centered, prideful, hurt “feelings” type of anger that all of us give into far too many times!  Renewing our minds and keeping our tempers under control is a growing process that takes Godly discipline and spiritual maturity.  Man’s “natural” anger is controlled mostly by our sinful nature and in most cases does not work in the righteousness of God. (James 1:20)  When we finally “outgrow” our sinful tendencies to get angry over attacks on ourselves, but rather become righteously angry over the marring and disobedience to God’s Word then we can be angry and sin not! (Eph. 4:26)  In the same verse we are instructed not to let that anger turn to bitterness or we will let them cause us to give place to the devil. (Eph. 4:27)  Man’s anger, unconstrained by God’s Word, causes strife, wars, murders, divisions and much more because we lust after wealth, power, prideful and personal gain. (James 4:1-2)  Righteous anger too, can and will cause strife, divisions and even sometimes wars, but only for the glory of God to uphold His word and will! (Mt. 10:34-39)

Before we dare to become angry with evils in society and step out to correct or do away with them we have to perform a task that just about all of us find uncomfortable.  Many times we deny that we need to do it at all.  Before we become righteously angry with the evils around us, we must first confront and overcome the evils in our personal lives of the evils (sin) we see in the world then we become hypocrites if we judge others! (Mt. 7:1-5, Romans 2:1-3)

Right living (righteousness) judgement based on God’s unchanging laws on morality demands judgment and justice be done!  God Himself is and will always be the ultimate and final judge of all mankind, and indeed of the earth itself!  (Acts 17:32, II Tim. 4:1, Rev. 20:11, II Pet. 3:10-13) But we, the blood bought, redeemed, Spirit filled children of the living God are responsible to see that His righteous will is fulfilled here on earth with each passing generation!  He does and will continue to hold us accountable for not judging and condemning evil!  His word is full of His laws, statutes, judgments and teaching of justice that His people are to fulfill here on earth!  Unfortunately, from the time of His bringing His people out of bondage until today, His people seem to forget their duties and responsibilities and their nation and society soon die and decay into a putrid sewer as America has become today! (Lev. 18:4, 19:15, 20:22, 25:18, Ps. 106:3, Prov. 22:3, Is. 1:17, 56:1, Mt. 23:23).  The church was given The Great Commission to go out into all the nations and teach them God’s plan of salvation and then to disciple them on how to live holy themselves and to maintain righteous judgment and justice on evil doers!  (Mt. 28:18-20)  The “faithful” followers of Christ will one day judge angels and even take part in judging the earth! (I Cor. 6:2-3)

Because the church has not fulfilled its duties before God, all manner of evil is flourishing all over the world.  Especially here in this “once” blessed nation! Because we have allowed and become part of, through compromise, apathy and toleration a part of the evil we will give an account before Christ!  (II Cor. 5:20) And many will have the words spoken by Christ in Mt. 7:22-23.  We now call evil good and good evil!  (Is. 5:20)  Very few cry out and demand justice!  (Is. 59:4)  Judgment is turned away!  Justice is not brought forth and truth falls!  (Is. 59:14)  The result of the “churches” cowardice are, to name a few, economic chaos, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, sex trafficking, human slavery, (very much so in the U.S. now—I’ll explain in another article), adultery, idolatry, fornication, bastard children, (look up the meaning for yourself), child murder, unjust wars and much more.  Read Prov. 24:11-12) for the penalty of not defending the innocent!  Then read II Kings 24:4 to find that that sin is not pardoned

Now in closing, if I have offended you with the truth of God’s word, perhaps you should search the scriptures to see if I am telling you the truth as did the Bereans with Paul. (Acts 17:10-11) or you can do what most will do, ignore or become angry with the truth!  (Is. 30:10, II Tim 4:3-4)

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

E-Mail Butch Paugh: ctdm@hotmail.com

Butch Paugh

Folks, this is another article written on an open letter to Wanda K.  This will possibly be one of my longest articles because of the many comments and questions Ms. K. made to me in her letter.

Ms. K. was writing in reference to one of my latest articles titled “Homosexuality, Worse Than Murder.”  Her letter was very well-written by an obviously intelligent individual.  Which in itself is quite amazing in the fact that any intelligent person would have any doubt that not only is homosexuality a blatant perversion of nature and that all human life would end if Ms. K. beliefs were implemented.  From the material in her letter I would have to assume that she is a lesbian, and a proud one.  In this answer and response to Ms. K’s letter, I will of course, use the Word of God to help her understand the truth of this matter.  Although I am certain she will not recognize or in anyway accept the Word of God, I will continue and do my best to reach her with some simple and scientific facts in addition to the scriptures.

First Ms. K., let me ask you, have you ever considered that if your parents were of the same sex you would not be here?  THINK PEOPLE!!

Ms. K. is of the opinion that Christ never directly referred to homosexuality. I would have to assume that she has not studied the scriptures, and of course is ignorant of Biblical teachings.  You will have to accept this fact, Ms. K., Christ was and is the living “Word”!  He created  all things!  He is the law (commandments) and essence of the Word itself.  He is the one who wrote, fulfilled and brought the word into the world at His birth.  He not only dictated the entirety of scripture, He is the word!  (Scriptures!) John 1:1-2.  From Genesis to Revelations!  Including Lev. 20:13 and Romans 1:26-28.  Knowing these truths now, Ms. K.,  then you must realize that Christ cursed all evil sexual acts from the beginning.  Let’s move on.

You also mentioned that we are to be “God like” and love one another.  This statement sounds very pleasing to mankind’s emotions and thoughts!  Both of which are a deadly deception!  Jer. 17:9,  Is. 55:8-9.  You see Ms. K., Christ said in His word that God is love!  I John 4:7.  But understand Ms. K. that God’s holy and righteous love is not man made “natural” love.  God also hates with a vengeance!

Pro. 6:16-19, Ps. 106: 40, and Rev. 2:16 are just a few verses that are proof that the pure “righteous” love of God compels Him to hate and destroy evil.  “Agape” love, i.e. God’s pure, righteous love demands justice and judgment!  It is not the fuzzy, cozy, soft, perverted love that is “natural” to an unregenerated, unbelieving people!  If, Ms. K., an individual is truly born again, then he or she will be God-like as you say we should be in your letter, then that individual will have the same convictions about evil that his Heavenly Father has!  He or she will begin to hate evil just like their Father!  Ps. 97:10, Ps. 106:3, 119:104, 139:21-24, Rom. 12:9 reference to just a few verses to again prove that your thoughts and feelings are not scriptural!

Truthful

Also in your letter, Ms. K. you make a statement that is often misquoted and that people “think” is what Christ said.  Most never read the context in which the sentence was made in order to get the complete meaning of it.  Nor do they look at other scriptures from God’s Word, and some were spoken by Christ directly.  You mentioned that we should judge not.  Ms. K., all of us make judgments every day on many issues, but let’s get to what the Bible says to help folks like you to understand the actual word better.  In the scripture you are referring to in Mt. 7:1-2, Christ’s exact words were (1) “Judge not, that ye be not judged, (2) For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.”  So He did not say to not judge, but that we should be judged by the same standard and in verses 15-20 He instructs how to judge righteously.  In John 7:26 He again tells us to judge with righteous judgment!  How do we know what is righteous judgment is?  By His “law” book!  His word! As a matter of fact, Ms. K., the scripture tells us in Prov. 21:15 that it is a joy for the just to do judgment.  Shall we move on?

To keep this letter/article as brief as possible, I will comment on your other questions with to-the-point answers. I was born a heterosexual, as all are!  I didn’t have to “decide” to be a heterosexual!  Sexual deviants are the ones who “decide” to live in their perverted ways.  I have never wanted a “same sex” lover, so therefore I have never had an “unnatural” desire for that perverted act.  I have not had to discuss my being a heterosexual with anyone, because it’s a given that as a male, I naturally desire a female. Yes, it is true, many more heterosexuals do molest children. But that statement only stands because there is still a 99% heterosexual population! But of the 1% to 2% of homosexuals in existence, their percentages are much higher.  That is the way it must be, Ms. K.!  Because their homosexual mind and soul are sin sick, and most of their consciences are seared so they know no moral boundaries.  That is why one of your organizations exist, namely NAMBLA, the North American Man Boy Love Association.  Ouch!  That hurt, didn’t it?  Now, to keep this open letter/article as short as possible I will not answer the rest of your questions because they are so absolutely absurd that I simply will not waste my time answering them.

In closing, Ms. K, I will just say this.  I have God’s word and nature itself to back me and prove the  truths brought out in this letter/article.  You have humanistic, dangerous and perverted “feelings and thoughts” based on mankind’s evil nature.  In other words, you have nothing Ms. K.

For all those who are reading this that may be of the same mindset as Ms. Wanda K., I’m certain this article will come across as uncaring and hateful.  But, quite the contrary!  If I wasn’t concerned for you and your souls, I wouldn’t take the time and effort to write this, and then put up with the hate mail I will receive.  I sincerely love you in Christ.

In Christ’s Service,

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

E-Mail Butch Paugh: ctdm@hotmail.com

Butch Paugh

This article is a bit different from the ones I usually write, but I have to write it nonetheless, even though it’s outside of my “comfort zone”.  It is meant to both admonish and to encourage all those who read it.  And please know this, I too am just a regular “people” just like you, so it’s written for my benefit also.

Let’s examine a well-known fact and truth that has been used from the beginning of time by wicked men to ensnare and make “willing” slaves out of any people who lack a real faith is the only one that can protect and save us!  Namely the God of all creation!  The only truly divine and sovereign ruler of all!  The one whose ultimate will has, is and will be completely and totally fulfilled according to His word and will.  Jehovah God!  There is no higher authority, power or magistrate to whom we must all give account!  This powerful force used by wicked men doing the will of their god, namely Satan, is none other than FEAR!

Through the fear of losing a job, the fear of losing their material belongings, the fear of alienation of friends and family, and the fear of death to name a few.  This fact is easily seen all throughout history and is surely present with us today.  This factor can be understandable for those who have not had a personal life-changing experience of the “new birth” offered to all who will receive it through the grace and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  But for  those who confess Christ as their Saviour, Lord, provider and protector,  this evil “phantom” should hold very little sway in their lives. Of course, it’s a given that no one “wants” to lose their “stuff” or family or friends.  But the unfortunate truth is that at times standing on a conviction from the Word of God will “cost” you!  (Luke 14:28)  Please review the following scriptures to back up what I have stated thus far:  Proverbs 1:33, 3:25, 29:25, Matt. 8:26, II Tim. 1:7, Heb. 2:15, Matt. 10:34-39, Psalms 23:4, Rev. 2:18.

Now folks, we are not talking about the instinctive fears that we all have in us by our Creator for the preservation of life.  Like the fear of falling, dangerous or poisonous animals, etc.  But rather “man” instilled fears that are used to control and enslave. Even mentally and spiritually if we allow it!

The current “scare” that is being used to control the mass of people, not only in America but all over the world is of course the corona virus or covid-19.

Now please allow me to make myself clear on one point.  The corona virus/covid-19 is a for real type of “flu”.  And it can and has killed people!  But we as a world population have bought into a hyped-up lie!  American’s did not used to be ignorant enough to buy into this man made fiasco and outright push for tyranny!  We in America have become en masse a universally ignorant people concerning our founding, and more importantly, God’s Word!  We have become ensnared in a fraud that we will never get totally out of as a society.  Our economy is intentionally being destroyed along with what’s left of our freedoms!  The whole world has been taken in by this deception!  But we as Americans were given so much more in the way of a foundation that provided unheard of freedoms and prosperity.  Therefore America will be the harshest judged nation by  the Righteous God!  (Luke 12:48) and I will add this final comment about ignorance!  The blame for this nation’s ignorance and therefore destruction lies squarely with the pastors behind the pulpits of all these so-called churches!  Ninety five percent of them are, at best, mostly ignorant of the “whole” counsel of God’s Word that covers all issues of our lives here on earth!

(Hosea 4:6-7)

Now for the facts and figures to back what I have stated in this article.  Let’s list a few facts first.  Because of this “flu” called covid-19, many nations have been almost completely shut down.  Half of the world’s population is on a lockdown, 3.9 million people!  But I want to talk about our nation where we live.  Because of the fear that has been “instilled” into the people 95% of businesses has been shuttered!  Many, if not  most, of them will never fully recover!  And many will never reopen!  Unemployment is right now at least 40%.  During the “Great Depression” it was only 25%!  The markets have already dropped by 30%!  And this is just the beginning!  States and municipalities are going to go belly up with very little or no tax revenues coming in!  The housing market, auto industry, restaurant chains, airlines, trucking companies and the general job providing businesses are going to fail.  Or at least we will be crippled for years to come. Even churches are considered to be a “non-essential” entity!  Many are voluntarily agreeing to not fellowship in direct disobedience to God’s Word in Hebrews 10:25! In fact the government is in a direct violation of Article 1 of the Bill of Rights!  But very few know this fact and even fewer really gives a tinker’s dam?!

There has been at least one pastor arrested for following God’s command over man’s dictates in Tampa Florida!  God bless him!  What a sorry statement is being made by those who obey man over God who prove how unneeded an unimportant they are to God and their communities!  International travel has come to a virtual standstill!  State to state travel is being restricted!  There are too many more insane and unneeded controls and restrictions to list in this article!  Let’s move on to some figures.

We won’t even try to cover the figures used by so call “experts” have given about what’s going on with all this chaos that were proven to be outright lies and cover-ups.  Many of these people have been caught changing their statements on several occasions.  But here are some solid facts about past flu epidemics when the people in this country weren’t such spiritually ignorant cowards.  No lockdowns were ever proposed because the government still feared the people enough not to try such an unconstitutional and ungodly tactic.

Every year there is some kind of flu scare to promote and prosper big pharma.  Unfounded fear prospers many.  Below are listed a few years all the way back to 1918 with the population of the U.S. and the deaths by the then current “flu epidemic”.  Now please keep in mind that covid-19 is a flu strain!  We will start with 2020 and count down from there.

• 2020 – Pop. 327.2 million — “seasonal flu” through March 22,000 deaths. Corona virus deaths through March — 5,343
• 2000 – Pop. 282.2 million — 69,000 deaths
• 1990 – Pop. 250.1 million — 92,000 deaths
• 1980 – Pop. 226.5 million — 79,946 deaths
• 1960 – Pop. 180.7 million — 97,197 deaths
• 1957 – Pop. 171.98 million — 116,000 deaths
• From H2N2 – Hong Kong flu, 1918 — Now pay attention please!  Spanish swine flu – Pop. 103,268 million — deaths 675,000!

“Fearful”

The “projected” deaths of corona virus/covid-19 in the U.S. this year is 200,000, out of a population of over 327,000,000!  The death rate in 1918 was over THREE times that of corona virus in 2020 and they did not even attempt to shut down society and control the people.  Now I will tell you the reasons why they didn’t try to implement the police tactics as they are today.

1. – Most importantly, the church still preached somewhat of a non-compromising gospel.
2. – The moral standards and what would be accepted by society was on a much higher plane! Of course all the evils of society today were committed, but even then they would not be tolerated!
3. – The people had not become dependent on Caesar (government) t feed them, clothe them, house them and provide medical care for them! An independent people are difficult to enslave for any reason.

NO 4 – There was no Federal Reserve.  Constitutional and Biblical money was still in use.  Cash was still king.  Credit was almost unheard of.  There were no credit cards, direct deposit, debit cards or cell phone transactions.

The nation didn’t start falling into the snare and deception of  Jer. 17:5 or Prov. 1:8 until the “planned” collapse of the American economy known as the Great Depression!  Then the people gladly started begging and accepting Caesar’s handouts.  It has gradually and continually gotten worse and worse ever since then and the people love to have it so!  (Jer. 5:31)

The choice is now yours!  Will you continue to trust Satan’s plan all the way into the beast system right down to the final damning deception. Or will you trust in the only one that can preserve your soul into eternity?  (Proverbs 3:5-7)

In Christ’s Service

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

E-Mail Butch Paugh: ctdm@hotmail.com

Butch Paugh

This article is actually an open letter to Robert B.  But the information in it, and questions and issues are of “eternal soul” importance, so it needs to be published for all to read and heed.  I am certain that there are skeptics and unbelievers who will read this, who have the same questions Robert asked me.  Mr. B asked, “How do you know and is there any proof that Jesus Christ actually existed?”  Of course quoting scripture to a skeptic will be of no use.  So after this one scriptural reference, we will only use historical writings concerning Christ.  Psalms 14:1 says “The fool hath said in his heart there is no God”.

There is no possible way that I can reference the many historical writers that wrote about the existence of a man named Jesus or Yahshua the Christ.  So I will just refer to and quote three very well known historians that are recognized and lauded as extremely reliable sources.  Please keep in mind that all sources quoted were not followers of Christ.  As a matter of fact, at best they thought he was a fraud, and at least one “hated” him and his followers.  We will briefly reference a few other writers also, just to provide further evidence of existence of Jesus Christ.

The three historians we are going to mostly concentrate on are Josephus, Tacitus and Lucian.

We will start with the well-known Josephus, a Jewish priest who grew up as an Aristocrat in first century Palestine and ended up living in Rome.  He was a commander in Galilee as part of the first Jewish revolt against Rome.  In order to understand more about Josephus, after the revolt was put down, Josephus desired to remain true to his Jewish beliefs and at the same time align himself with the Roman Emperor.  In other words, he tried to play both sides.

In one of his writings, “The Jewish War”, he mentioned Jesus as the brother of James. (Mt. 13:55)

The following is a quote from this “historian’s” writing of “history”.  Being therefore this kind of person (i.e. a heartless Sadducee), Ananus, thinking that he had a favorable opportunity because Festus had died and Albinus was still on his way, called a meeting (literally “Sanhedrin”) of judges and brought into it the brother of JESUS-WHO-IS-CALLED-MESSIAH.  You can find the rest of this statement if you have the desire and willingness.

In another statement in Josephus’s writings he wrote while in Rome in the year 93 A.D. in his history of the Jews:  “about this time there lived JESUS, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man, for he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly.  He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks.  He was the messiah.  And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross.  Those who had first come to love him did not cease.  He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels by him.  And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared.”   Now bear in mind, Josephus was not a fan or follower of Jesus.

Now we will take a look at another well-recognized and accepted historian named Tacitus, or more formally Gaius Cornelius Tacitus or Publius.  Tacitus was a Roman senator, orator and stenographer, and arguably the best of Roman historians.  In his last major work titled “Annals” he mentions a “Christus” (i.e. Christ!) who was executed by Pontius Pilate from whom the Christians derived their name.

One more historian that has been proven more than reliable is Lucian of Samosata who was a Greek satirist who wrote “The Passions of Peregrims”.  In this writing Lucian scorned Christ and His followers.  He mocked their beliefs of eternal life and that they all “thought” themselves brothers and sisters.  He also called Christ the “crucified sophist”.   “Sophist” was a derisive term used for cheats or for teachers who only taught for money.  Lucian despised Christians and especially despised “the man who was crucified“.  It is amazing that he would hate a man who never existed!  And those who believed in Him?!  Amazing huh?

In closing, we will refer to a few more historians briefly.

• Celus, the Platonist Philosopher, considered Jesus to be a magician who made exorbitant claims.
• Plineg the Younger, a Roman governor and friend of Tacitus, wrote about early Christian worship of Christ “as to  god.“
• Suetonius, a Roman writer, lawyer and historian, wrote of riots in 49 c.e. among Jews in Rome which might have been about Christus/Christ.
• Lastly, Mara bar Serapion, a prisoner of war held by the Romans, wrote a letter to his son that described “the wise Jewish king” in a way that seems to indicate Jesus.

So ,Robert B., and all others who wanted, “secular” proof of Jesus Christ actually and literally lived and walked the earth, there is more than enough evidence presented in this article.  If you still are unwilling to accept the facts and truth about Jesus Christ , the son of, Almighty God and Saviour of all who believe on Him, then the following scriptures are for you.  (Ps. 14:1, John 3:17, 19)

Also this will be my last remark to Mr. Robert B., unless Mr. B. wants to reason online with Biblical and historical facts and truths.  For me to continue to cast the truth before foolish men is not only a waste of time on my part, but it can also prove me a fool.  (Mt. 7:6, Prov. 14:7, 17:10, 23:19, 24:7, 29:9)  In this open letter or article, I have fulfilled my duty to my Heavenly Father in warning foolish men and offering them salvation through Jesus Christ our Savior.

In Christ’s Service,

© 2020 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

E-Mail Butch Paugh: ctdm@hotmail.com

Butch Paugh

This article is actually an open letter to Robert B.  But the information in it, and questions and issues are of “eternal soul” importance, so it needs to be published for all to read and heed.  I am certain that there are skeptics and unbelievers who will read this, who have the same questions Robert asked me.  Mr. B asked, “How do you know and is there any proof that Jesus Christ actually existed?” Of course quoting scripture to a skeptic will be of no use.  So after this one scriptural reference, we will only use historical writings concerning Christ.  Psalms 14:1 says “The fool hath said in his heart there is no God”.

There is no possible way that I can reference the many historical writers that wrote about the existence of a man named Jesus or Yahshua the Christ.  So I will just refer to and quote three very well known historians that are recognized and lauded as extremely reliable sources.  Please keep in mind that all sources quoted were not followers of Christ.  As a matter of fact, at best they thought he was a fraud, and at least one “hated” him and his followers.  We will briefly reference a few other writers also, just to provide further evidence of existence of Jesus Christ.

The three historians we are going to mostly concentrate on are Josephus, Tacitus and Lucian.

We will start with the well-known Josephus, a Jewish priest who grew up as an Aristocrat in first century Palestine and ended up living in Rome.  He was a commander in Galilee as part of the first Jewish revolt against Rome.  In order to understand more about Josephus, after the revolt was put down, Josephus desired to remain true to his Jewish beliefs and at the same time align himself with the Roman Emperor.  In other words, he tried to play both sides.

In one of his writings, “The Jewish War”, he mentioned Jesus as the brother of James. (Mt. 13:55)

The following is a quote from this “historian’s” writing of “history”.  Being therefore this kind of person (i.e. a heartless Sadducee), Ananus, thinking that he had a favorable opportunity because Festus had died and Albinus was still on his way, called a meeting (literally “Sanhedrin”) of judges and brought into it the brother of JESUS-WHO-IS-CALLED-MESSIAH.  You can find the rest of this statement if you have the desire and willingness.

In another statement in Josephus’s writings he wrote while in Rome in the year 93 A.D. in his history of the Jews:  “about this time there lived JESUS, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man, for he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly.  He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks.  He was the messiah.  And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross.  Those who had first come to love him did not cease.  He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels by him.  And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared.”   Now bear in mind, Josephus was not a fan or follower of Jesus.

Now we will take a look at another well-recognized and accepted historian named Tacitus, or more formally Gaius Cornelius Tacitus or Publius.  Tacitus was a Roman senator, orator and stenographer, and arguably the best of Roman historians.  In his last major work titled “Annals” he mentions a “Christus” (i.e. Christ!) who was executed by Pontius Pilate from whom the Christians derived their name.

One more historian that has been proven more than reliable is Lucian of Samosata who was a Greek satirist who wrote “The Passions of Peregrims.”  In this writing Lucian scorned Christ and His followers.  He mocked their beliefs of eternal life and that they all “thought” themselves brothers and sisters. He also called Christ the “crucified sophist.”  “Sophist” was a derisive term used for cheats or for teachers who only taught for money.  Lucian despised Christians and especially despised “the man who was crucified“.  It is amazing that he would hate a man who never existed!  And those who believed in Him?!  Amazing huh?

In closing, we will refer to a few more historians briefly.

• Celus, the Platonist Philosopher, considered Jesus to be a magician who made exorbitant claims.
• Plineg the Younger, a Roman governor and friend of Tacitus, wrote about early Christian worship of Christ “as to  god.“
• Suetonius, a Roman writer, lawyer and historian, wrote of riots in 49 c.e. among Jews in Rome which might have been about Christus/Christ.
• Lastly, Mara bar Serapion, a prisoner of war held by the Romans, wrote a letter to his son that described “the wise Jewish king” in a way that seems to indicate Jesus.

So ,Robert B., and all others who wanted, “secular” proof of Jesus Christ actually and literally lived and walked the earth, there is more than enough evidence presented in this article. If you still are unwilling to accept the facts and truth about Jesus Christ , the son of, Almighty God and Saviour of all who believe on Him, then the following scriptures are for you.  (Ps. 14:1, John 3:17, 19)

Also this will be my last remark to Mr. Robert B., unless Mr. B. wants to reason online with Biblical and historical facts and truths.  For me to continue to cast the truth before foolish men is not only a waste of time on my part, but it can also prove me a fool.  (Mt. 7:6, Prov. 14:7, 17:10, 23:19, 24:7, 29:9)  In this open letter or article, I have fulfilled my duty to my Heavenly Father in warning foolish men and offering them salvation through Jesus Christ our Savior.

In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Butch Paugh

© 2020 NWV – All Rights Reserved

E-Mail Butch Paugh: ctdm@hotmail.com

Butch Paugh

The title may strike some people as being too hard, harsh, unfair and false.  But if you continue reading this brief, to the point and scripturally sound article, you will learn the truth contained in this title.

Before the facts are laid out before you, it must be said that the author knows and  understands that the people in this nation, especially the so-called “church” has in an act of blatant apathy and cowardliness allowed through “tolerance”, the total desecration of the moral foundation in America!  The unrepentant, unredeemed and ignorant masses are truly not to blame for the utter moral decay and decadence of society!  The blame lies squarely and completely at the doorsteps of the complacent, lukewarm and compromising whore houses that call themselves churches today!  To be even more specific in revealing where the blame lies is to state the fact that the panty-waisted, effeminate wimps behind the pulpits have destroyed our nation! Clear enough?  Let’s move on.

There are at least one hundred scriptures listing and condemning all types of immoral sexual acts.  All types of sexual sin cause severe ramifications way beyond those perpetrating the act itself.  But we are going to concentrate on one in particular.  The one that a “natural” society, Christian or not, would condemn and not tolerate!   The one that a corrupted society now has tolerated to its own destruction, a filthy abomination that is now called “gay”!  The scientific term is homosexuality.  The Biblical term is sodomy and “vileness”.  Yes, vileness is a valid word.  It means loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess and wickedness.  Perverted sexual behavior between same sex couples!

Have you ever wondered why certain sins were counted worthy of the death penalty in the scriptures?  And, by the way, Christ did not do away with the penalty to be paid here on earth for sin!  He paid for our redemption for eternity if we repent and follow Him!  But He did not come to change His Father’s laws for paying the penalty for theft, bearing false witness, rape, murder, homosexuality or any other “crime” against God and society! (MT. 5:17,18)  This includes the death penalty for a specific crime!  If Christ was opposed to the death penalty,  then why did He not condemn the crucifixion of the two thieves?!

The sin, crime against nature and society and abomination before God of same sex copulation is worse in its results on a nation than murder!  Now while you recover from the shock of that statement and we will prove the reason for this statement.

A murderer may take the physical life of the victim, and certainly hurt the family and friends of the victim deeply, but there is one factor that he doesn’t pass on to the victims of his crime.  The desire to partake of murder themselves, enjoy it and recruit other murderers!  And he doesn’t directly destroy their eternity!  Their souls!

The same cannot be said of the same sex sexual deviants!  In order to exist, they have to recruit “converts” to their Satanic “religion” of sexual perversion!  A murderer may take the life or lives of his victims, (born or unborn), but he does not influence their eternal destination.  The same cannot be said about homosexuals!

The final and most important point of this article is that same sex deviants not only harm, and often kill, many of the victims they lure into their damnable perversion, they pretty much ensure their victims will spend eternity in a burning hell!  Romans 1:26-28 very clearly states the fact that when people become this warped in their minds, hearts and spirits that they are soon given over to a “reprobate” mind.  When this happens my friends, damnation is certain!  There can be no repentance!  Reprobate;  Strong’s Concordance no. 96, unapproved, rejected, worthless and castaway!  In Matt. 10:26, Christ asks a very important question.  Read it for yourself.

• Another huge reason this crime against nature and God is so dire, wicked and damning is this: a murderer may have many victims, but this will end at the murderer’s death.  And those that are murdered will not do as the murderer did and murder others.  But the victims of these sick, diseased, corrupt and perverted sexual predators will often fall into the “snare” of Satan and become corrupted enough to actually enjoy for a season this abomination!  ( 11:25) and they in turn will recruit more victims, who in turn will recruit more and who will recruit more……!  Destroying lives, families and damning countless souls to Hell!

Wake up church! Wake up pastors! If you truly are a part of the Christ’s called-out ones or one truly called by God to be a pastor, you must speak out, stand up and oppose this damnable evil!  Unfortunately we see many “pastors” who are neutered in God’s Word, who are serving their god, Satan!  (Jer. 2:8, 10:11, 12:10, 22:22, 23:1. , II Cor. 11:13-15)

In Christ’s Service

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The Word of God says that all mankind have sinned and fell short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23).  As a matter of absolute truth, because of one man’s (Adam’s) sin, sin entered into the world and brought death with it.  So death passed upon all mankind because all have sinned (Rom. 5:12).  If this was all God gave us in His Word, then we would all surely be damned!  But glory be to our sovereign God and Creator, there is more!  The plan to “redeem”, pay the ransom for and deliver us from the bondage of and from sin and death, is in His Word also!

Before we continue, I want to make one very important point perfectly clear!  Yes, because Adam made the “choice” to sin (break God’s law), he condemned all mankind to death.  But Jesus Christ, the only sinless man, God incarnate, fully paid our death penalty for us!  If you refuse to accept His “redemption” offered freely to all, then you have made the choice to damn yourself!  ( John 3:16)  There is no excuse we can offer as to why we neglect so great a salvation and blessing! (Heb. 2:3)

Now to move on to clarify some misunderstandings and outright lies that many “Christians” have bought into.  First, I am going to make a rather bold statement that many will call “mean” and “judgmental”!  It is not meant to be mean, but it is judgmental!  I have no problem with that accusation at all!  Those who quote Matthew 7:1 but read no further are either using the Word deceitfully, or are unlearned in His Word.  In verse 20 of the same chapter, we are told we’ll know (judge) them by their fruits!  As a matter of scriptural fact, Jesus Christ Himself in John 7:24, told us to judge with righteous judgment!  All of us make judgments every day, on and about many issues!  If an individual lies, he is a liar!  If he steals, he is a thief!  If he takes an innocent life, he is a murderer!  Simple, ain’t it!?  Individuals judge, courts judge and the “church” must also judge!

One final point here please.  Christ told us to examine peoples fruit.  If you deny this, you are denying His Word!  To make this very important point even clearer, let’s look at what Christ Himself expressed to us in His Word!  In Luke 13:6-9 He instructs His servants to tend to His vineyard.  If there is a vine not producing fruit and you have to make a judgment to know that, after you have dug around it and fertilized it and it still doesn’t produce fruit, you are to cut it down!  He goes further on this “commandment” in Mt. 3:10, that if the tree does not bear good fruit, it is to be cut down and cast into the fire.

Now we will move on!

Another huge lie that the heathen and false church has spread like a cancer across our land is that you can be a Christian and continue to break God’s laws or, in another word, sin (John 3:4).  This lie from the pits of hell has already lead millions to their destruction!

We are going to expose one more vicious, damnable, putrid deception being taught to the people who are ignorant of God’s Word and to those who “call” themselves Christians, but who are truly reprobates in the faith! (Rom. 1:28)  This particular filthy, false teaching that is spreading throughout our once blessed nation is that sexual deviants, perverts and predators were created to be that way by God Himself, so therefore they “can’t” change!  How absolutely blasphemous and seditiously evil!  This falsehood alone proves that those who truly believe it are totally reprobate and completely unredeemable!

If this heresy were true, then all sins, and those that commit them, are innocent of any wrong doing because God Himself created them to be liars, thieves, murderers, adulterers, rapists and perpetrators of any and all other transgressions of God’s law.  Sin!

No, my friend, while it is absolutely true that we have all sinned and came short of the glory, righteousness and holiness of God, there is no way we can continue to live in intentional sin and be part of “the called out ones”, His redeemed body!  Look at these few passages from His Word “honestly” and you will realize that I am telling you the truth.  Your soul may depend on your honesty!  I John 2:29, 3:7-8, Heb. 12:14, Rom. 12:1, I Cor. 3:17, Eph. 5:27, I Pet. 1:15-16

There certainly can be no “honest” disagreement on the clarity of God’s Word on perverted sexual activity of any kind.  Homosexuals (sodomites), lesbians (perverted women), incest (sex between parents and children or near kin) beastiality, rape, fornication, adultery and any other “unnatural” sexual relationship.  The only righteous, pure and God ordained sexual relations are to be between a husband and his wife!

Here is a list of a few clearly written words of the only true and solid foundation of truth, The Holy Bible!  The 1611 King James Version!  I can prove what I say or I wouldn’t say it.  Lev. 18:22, 20:13, I Cor. 6:9-10, Rom. 1:26-28

You have now read the untarnished truth!  It’s now your choice of life or death!

In Christ’s service,

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As I start this article, I am ashamed and very repentant of the fact that I believed, taught and accepted the damnable heresy of “easy believeism” or what I also call “greasy grace” salvation!  Oh how deceived I was.  I shudder to think of the “many” people I may have unknowingly caused to falsely believe they were saved and born again! Many (millions) have been deceived into “thinking” they have been saved or born again.  Mt. 7:21-23.

Now that I have your attention and probably have you already confused and quite likely have upset many of you, let me explain why I made such a bold, “hard” and straightforward statement.  In II Pet. 1:10  we are instructed to give diligence to make our calling and election sure!  Now let’s look at the meaning of a few words from this verse:

• Diligence  – Strong’s Concordance 1589 – dispatch, eagerness, zeal, carefulness.
• Calling – 2821 – His (God’s) calling, high calling, your calling, Heavenly calling.
• Election – 1589 -divine selection, a picking out, choosing, a vessel.

In Mt. 7:22-23, Christ himself points out a very important point!  That there will be a huge mass of  people who “think” they are saved, redeemed or born again.  Please understand!  These people are not “fakers”!  They sincerely believed they were the “elect” and “saved” of God through His Son!  They put their lives into doing what they were certain was God’s will for their lives!  They prophesied, cast out devils and did many good works in His name!  But they were actually working lawlessness!  Iniquity is lawlessness!  Oh what a scary and sobering thought!

Can’t you hear them saying, “but Lord, I believed in You and Your name!  We did what our church required to be saved!”  But folks, Satan and his minions also believe! James 2:19.  Simply “believing” is not enough.  You must be born again!  John 3:3.  You must become a new creation in Christ!  Literally a newborn babe, (spiritual creature)! II Cor. 5:17.  You will have a radical change in your life!  In your desires, your plans and in your conduct!  Your goals will change!  At least as to what your priorities are!  All things will become new.  You will no longer feel comfortable with your life!  Your known, and even your unknown, wrong and/or evil desires and actions will condemn you!  You will have a strong desire to please your Saviour!  You develop an insatiable desire to know Christ and hunger for His Word! I Pet. 2:2-3  Please notice that, in verse three, the Word says that you will have this desire if you have experienced saving grace!

Some readers are probably thinking, “but, preacher, Romans 10:9-10 is the Romans Road to salvation!  I believed, and I confessed!  That is all that is required of me!”  Dear Reader, please remember that Satan, himself, believes and, I’m certain, knows who Christ is, but he most definitely is not a “born again” believer.  Let’s look at these two verses and what some words mean that are written!

Believe – 4100 – Not just to “believe”, but also to be persuaded of, place confidence in, to trust, reliance upon, commit to!

Confess – 3670 –to confess, admit guilt, His worshipper and servant, His loyal follower!

We must believe unto righteousness!  Confess unto salvation!  Verse 11 says that whosoever believes in Him will not be ashamed!  NOT ashamed of Christ!  And not ashamed to deny himself and live for Christ.  No matter the cost!

If you are not obeying His commandments, doing His Father’s will, you are none of His. Mt. 7:21, John 14:15!

If you do not desire to study His Word and to “feed” on His Word, you are showing a very strong indication of a “false” confession!  If we say we are saved, then our lives, words, actions and works will bear witness to this!  Rom. 8:1-17, 12: 1-2, II Tim. 2:15, Ps. 119:11, James 2:14-18

Remember the Pharisees, of which Paul was one, thought they were God’s people!  They had a strong zeal for God!  Paul, himself, persecuted Christ’s true followers and even had some killed!  And he was convinced that he was doing God’s will!  Wow!  What marvelous grace saved him!  As a matter of fact, the word “Pharisee” means, from the concordance, number 5330, pious ones, zealous for “religion”!  But their true god and father was the devil! John 8:44

Pay serious heed, my friends, that you are truly and surely a born again child of God! II Cor. 13:5.  Remember that you truly are “saved” by grace, through faith!  But you are a new creation born again into a new creature unto doing His will. Eph. 2:8-10

In Christ’s service,

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Butch Paugh

December 12, 2019

Chick-fil-a
Dan Cathy, CEO
5200 Buffington Rd.
Atlanta, GA  30349

Mr. Cathy,

Several months ago, I wrote you a letter sincerely thanking you for standing with the truth and moral code written in God’s Word!  You and your company gave a lot of folks who at times grew weary and saddened at watching our once-great and blessed nation dying before their eyes.  Folks who, at times, felt despair and who felt helpless at trying to oppose the darkness that is engulfing our country, and the future of our posterity.  We were very grateful and encouraged that a “business” owner and his organization was willing to oppose wickedness at the risk of being “black listed” by Satan’s minions!  And our gratitude was shown greatly by us by supporting and patronizing your restaurant.  You and your company prospered hugely, as we hoped you would, by our support for your righteous stand!

Now, because of your caving into the sexual deviants you cannot know the harm that you have done to the people who trusted in you and were greatly encouraged and energized by your stand.  Of course, Mr. Cathy, I fully realize that you simply do not care how your hypocrisy has hurt so many.  Me included!

I suppose there is at least one small benefit for folks like me.  We won’t have to drive out of our way to patronize your restaurant.  At least, that will save us some time and gas costs.

In closing, Mr. Cathy, let me remind you and warn you with a bit of God’s Word about your eternal future!  Read Rev. 21:8, Prov. 17:15 and I Cor. 6:9.  You will find a warning and your destiny written there.

You have been warned by His Word, Mr. Cathy.

In Christ’s Service,

Pastor Butch Paugh

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The following is a letter written to a small town newspaper.  The name of the writer and the location has purposely been left out.  We will call him Mr. V.V.

By Mr. V.V.

I challenge any theologian, philosopher or quantum scientist to explain why an almighty, all-knowing, all-loving Creator of the universe would put innumerable creatures (from whales to microbes) of the Pacific ocean through a long, terminal sickness from a nuclear power plant in Japan — Fukushima.  And don’t tell me it’s because God gave man freedom of choice, because He/She/It knew the nature of man before we became materialized in space-time- where there is indeed free choice of an illusory type — until we’re ready to let our Superconscious decide, guide and provide all.

I understand why He/She/It puts mankind through all kinds of sick and violent terminations to provoke thought about the nature of Reality through the process of recycling soul energy (reincarnation) for self-analysis, self-correction and Self-awakening, but what contemplative value can the so-called lower life forms get from man’s contamination and destruction of Nature’s environment?  But why doesn’t God limit Her punishment to mankind through diseases only, so as to spare innocent Nature?  Our rape and murder of Mother Earth will teach us through all kinds of suffering not to do so on our next pristine planet via astral travel.

In Response to Mr. V.V.’s Question:

As requested by Mr. V.V. in the May 8, 2019 issue of a local newspaper in Maine.

Please notice in the title of this article (letter), I never said in “answer” to Mr. V.V.  because I truly don’t believe, no matter how factual or sensible what I say is, he’s not going to understand.

Now please know that the above statement is, by no means, meant to be demeaning or condescending toward Mr. V.V. .  I shall endeavor to explain why.

After you have read Mr. V.V.’s letter, it is quite evident that he does not believe in the only true God of the scriptures, or that HE created all things, including evil! Is. 45:7 And that it is obvious that HE did so for a divine purpose that man cannot understand unless, and until, his mind has been renewed through the new birth and he has become a new creation in Christ (John 3:3, Rom. 12:1, Rom. 8:6-9).

Please know that I didn’t list the scriptures for Mr. V.V.’s sake because he clearly does not believe the scriptures that can easily give him the answer to all of life’s questions if he (we) will just ask and seek God’s answers in HIS (not she/it), Instruction Book.  If he believed the scriptures, he would/could easily find that God gave man dominion over every living creature on earth.  If we would simply have the good sense to study history (HIS-story) and understand how The Hand of God has blessed those that obey HIS laws and cursed those who didn’t, then anyone would very clearly comprehend why what is taking place on earth is happening.  With the “gift” and commandment for man to “subdue” creation, there is the ability given to mankind to preserve or destroy.  The choice is ours!

So here, Mr. V.V., I will address  you directly.  Perhaps this will make sense to you.  I feel certain that you agree that all of nature (creation) is interwoven and connected in some manner.  Man has the ability to use his surroundings for his own good.  All wealth comes from the earth!  Man can use nature (creation) for his benefit in so many, different ways, and has.  Many have done so without too much harm to nature (creation) because of his respect for nature (creation).  Unfortunately, many have used his surroundings to prosper and get wealth with little or no regard to how he affects nature (creation). These people are greedy, selfish, self centered individuals.  They don’t even have a desire, or love enough for future generations, to tend, nurture and protect their environment for posterity.

So obviously, nature (creation) suffers greatly for their greed and apathy.  Mr. V.V., you may not believe this in Biblical terms, but there is a huge cancer in mans’ souls, spirits and minds!  It is called sin!  Which simply is the disobedience to God’s laws.  Mankind was to “keep” nature (creation) and protect it as best as he could.  We obviously have not done too well with that “rule” have we?

Mr. V.V., Sir, it is an undisputable fact that innocents have suffered because of man’s greed, lust and narcissism.  Innocent animals and innocent people!  Well over 60,000,000 unborn, pure, innocent lives have been destroyed because of mankind’s greed, ignorance and apathy!  The word ‘sin’ “spells” it out for us.  Self Indulgent Narcissist!  That’s mankind’s nature simply explained.

In closing, Mr. V.V., if you would take the time and consider a few scriptures to, perhaps make my point a little clearer, please read these few verses.  James 4:1-3  Also Sir, please consider Psalm 102:26, Isaiah 51:6 and Hebrews 1:10-11.  These few verses, and others, clearly state that, although there is no excuse for it, man will use and abuse nature (creation) until God Himself steps in and puts a stop to it.  For those who believe in HIM, repent for breaking HIS laws and commandments, and are born again, and are made a new creation (I Cor. 5:17), we will dwell in due time on HIS new earth!  There will be no more S.I.N. allowed!  Then, Mr. V.V., no one will ever suffer again!

I sincerely pray that this feeble attempt to perhaps not answer your question directly Sir, will at least help you understand the situation a little better.

In Christ’s service.

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Oh, I can hear once-in-“gracers” screaming at this title!  But before you blow a gasket, you might want to read a little further to see what the title actually means.  You may not like the article any better, but you will know what I am saying is solidly scriptural.  So here we go!

No one has ever come to know Christ as his or her Redeemer and Saviour without first hearing and understanding His absolute, uncompromising, immutable, unchanging laws!  If the law of God is not taught, and people are not solemnly warned that God’s laws must not be broken, then grace unto salvation is an unneeded and mute topic.  Without the law, we don’t need grace.  Without hearing and understanding God’s moral laws, mankind has no “School Master” to explain to them why they need grace and the necessity of Christ’s death and resurrection (Gal. 3:24).

We have had so much “greasy” grace preached in America today, that there is very little knowledge and understanding of sin!  So much “false” love has been taught, that we have made the need of “true” grace an unknown necessity for salvation!  In order not to offend people for any reason, we have tolerated their sin and are condoning them and ourselves, right into damnation (Eze. 3:18-19 & 33: 8-9).

You may say, “Alright preacher, what is sin/wickedness?  Who are you to say so?  And who are you to “judge” and make this decision?”  Please understand, dear reader, it doesn’t amount to a pile of cow dung what I believe, or what you believe.  As a disciple of, and joint heir with, Jesus Christ, I have been commanded (as all other true, born again, obedient followers of God and His laws as manifested in His Word) to expose, condemn and to have no fellowship with evil ( Eph. 5:11).  And if anyone confesses to be a follower of Christ and is living in known sin, I am to not even eat with them!  (I Cor. 5: 1-13 – especially study verses 9-12!)  It doesn’t matter who these people might be.  Whether they are just church acquaintances, friends, or close family members.  To fellowship with them makes you a partaker of their sin by silent condolence and tolerance.  The “whole” body of believers is then full of leaven (sin).  Your silence and tolerance of their sin and your condoning of their breaking of God’s laws, may very well damn them to Hell (I John 3:4 – I Cor. 61: 9-10).

Folks, to say you are a Christian and yet continue to sin (break His laws), makes you a hypocrite!  Hypocrites have no place in the Kingdom of God!  The truth be told, in most cases, those that call themselves believers but continue to live in sin, were probably never born again and made into a new creation with a renewed mind (II Cor. 5:17, Gal. 6:15).  If you have been truly redeemed, renewed and sanctified, you will endeavor to keep Christ’s commandments! (John 14:15) Of course you will never be perfected in the flesh!  But if you say you are in grace and continue to partake of worldly lusts and desires, you are abusing grace and damning yourself! (Rom. 6:1-2, Heb. 10:28-31)  You can fall from grace! (Gal. 5:4)  And these people fell from grace trying to keep the laws of God!  They once believed in grace and obeyed the law, but they lost their faith in grace and changed holy living in Christ to a “salvation” of works!

It is commanded that we obey God’s moral commandments BECAUSE we are saved by grace, not to try to earn salvation!  It’s quite clear that living in Christ and endeavoring to be “Christ-like” is our reasonable service! (Rom. 12:1-2) Trusting, loving and obeying God through the grace of Christ is proof of salvation (Heb. 12:14, Gal. 5: 22-26).  If you are going to “church”, singing, testifying, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, teaching or preaching, but you have not been born again, renewed and regenerated, you are as damned to Hell as a murderer, homosexual or an idolater.  Test yourself to be sure you are in The Spirit of God (II Pet. 1:8-10, Mt. 7:22-23).  Be a fruit inspector on yourself!  If you are producing the fruits listed in Gal. 5:19-21, you are in grave danger!

Galatians 5:16-18 clearly states that if we are in Christ, we are not under the law’s curse, BUT if we walk in the Spirit we will not continually give into the lust of the flesh, which are contrary to God’s law.  We fulfill the law in Christ by His grace.

One more important point in closing.  It is impossible to come to Christ for salvation by and through His amazing grace, unless, and until, an individual brings forth fruits (sorrow, attrition, mourning, and a contrite and broken heart for their sin, i.e. breaking of God’s law) meet for repentance! (Mt. 2:8, Luke 13:3, Rev. 21:5) And unless the laws of God are preached with conviction to a lost individual, there is no need of repentance, so no salvation!  And Christ did not come to do away with God’s absolute moral guidelines.  Actually He “enhanced” them! (Mt. 5:17-22)  He internalized them!

Law + Grace = Salvation!

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John Wesley once said, “that which we tolerate today, we will embrace tomorrow”.  I will add this comment to perhaps enhance the meaning and extend this statement’s importance and warning, beyond what we tolerate today and eventually embrace tomorrow, by saying this: man’s evil knows no bounds or limitations, left unchecked by righteous judgment and justice.  So, by tolerating an evil, we are promoting more evil. (Gen. 6:5, Ecc. 8:11, Rom. 13:1-4)  In Genesis 6, we see a perverted and rebellious people who sinned continually in breaking God’s laws.  We see in Ecclesiastes 8 that when evil is not punished swiftly and justly, evil spreads quickly.  And in Romans 13, we see that God created civil government to be His minister (deacon) to punish evil doers and to praise the good.

As we mentioned in the opening statement by John Wesley and read in Ecc. 8:11, evil, (sin), left unchecked and unpunished, only leads to more evil which becomes tolerated, then embraced, which leads to even worse evil.  And the cycle is repeated over and over until either the righteous rise up to destroy the evil, or evil finally destroys society!  And then we all face God’s final judgment on a wicked and lukewarm people! (Ps. 9:17)

Mankind’s arch enemy, Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, or the serpent, as he is often referred to, is not a stupid being.  He knows that he can’t get mankind to commit unspeakable evils, abominations and atrocities immediately!  He understands that big sins start out as “little” sins.  He knows that if he can get enough people in a society to “tolerate” the little sins, he can eventually get them to embrace all manner of evil!  (I Cor. 5:6, Gal. 5:9)

You don’t have to look back very far in time to see very clearly how creeping incrementalism has slowly eroded away just about all “solid” moral values in America.  Let’s name a few, briefly, and then take a little deeper look into a vast evil and abomination now solidly implanted in American culture.

1. The incremental stages of the manner in which we clothe ourselves.  Deuteronomy 22:5 has certainly been forgotten.  Now both sexes have become perverted as to dress like the other.  And as scripture teaches, modesty and covering the body is Godly, while public nudity is a sign of insanity. (Mark 5:15)
2. Also compromising on God’s Word who is to pastor, preach or lead the body of Christ, the church.  Church leaders and deacons must be men only!  (I Tim. 3:1-13)
3. We even have a problem with something as simple as grooming ourselves.  (I Cor. 11:13-15)  Howbeit, Paul said don’t fight over it in verse 16, but shouldn’t we, as examples to a lost world, willingly follow such a simple admonition?

Now, I would like to expose how easily deceived we can be, and have been, manipulated by Satan, with our permission!  After all, it is our own desires and lusts that allow the sin to take seed in ourselves and/or our society! (Rom. 7:5, James 1:15-16)

We have all heard about an ungodly phenomena that started manifesting itself mightily in the 1960’s.  It was called the sexual revolution.  A revolution can be a righteous act if its purpose is to “revolve” back to Godly principles!  But when it is used to “devolve” society into a moral abyss, it can, and will, be a huge cause of spiritual rottenness and societal destruction.

We “older” folks can remember when the so-called “British Invasion” started in rock music in the 60’s.  Most will remember the very satanically controlled group called The Beatles.  In all fairness, they may not have started out to be new age spiritualists, but they soon were “transformed” into a very influential cause for undermining the morals of young people.  It can be honestly said that this group started the effeminate trait of males with long hair, to be acceptable.

Soon thereafter, another new “fashionable” trend got a hold of the youth of the 60’s.  It was called “unisex” clothing.  In other words, making one out of both sexes.  Very few folks could see this move of Satan to pervert the nations morals.

Of course in the same decade, the hippie and drug culture blossomed.  “Free love”, with as many partners as you could find, was totally acceptable.  Most remember the infamous concert in Bethel, NY, called Woodstock.  Nothing but a lawless, sexual orgy, full of drugs and the humanistic type of “love” that Satan uses to deceive.  It just “feels” so good and “seems” so right!

Surely it doesn’t take a highly intelligent individual to trace the incremental, well placed snares to normalize, not only fornication (sex before marriage), which is the only Biblical reason for divorce (Mt. 5:32), adultery and a slow erosion of what was once expected moral standards.

Of course, through the next several decades, since the “righteous” said or did very little to zealously oppose this assault on the morals of our society, especially on the youth, we now have all manner of sexual perversions and decadence that are openly embraced, or quietly tolerated by, the “moral majority”, that have lost their fiery righteous indignation against evil.  Just like a cancer, creeping incrementalism, kills slowly at first.  And it is a painful agonizing death (II Tim. 2:17).

There is no way this nation, with the mindset that now almost totally permeates the people, will ever turn loose of their “freedoms” to sin!  Habakkuk 1:1-4 describes our nation to a tee.   But for the ones who truly love Christ and His Word, we will continue to stand with our God and do battle against evil! (Ps. 94:16)

In closing, let me state this final fact.  Our nation’s conscience has become seared with evil (I Tim. 4:2).  Most no longer even blush when confronted with the blatant sins all around us. (Jer. 6:15).

When you feel tired, weary, or discouraged in the battle, read Psalm 11. We who live in Christ will win!

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There can be no doubt about it!  America is a nation that is full of witches and idolaters! From the church houses, to the courthouses, to the state houses and also very much in the white house. Witchcraft and idolatry reign supreme in the hearts and minds of most of the inhabitants of America!

You are probably thinking that this is a hard and harsh statement! Yep, it sure is! But that certainly doesn’t make it not a completely truthful statement and fact!

Let’s establish first, what witchcraft is by Biblical standards and Noah Webster’s 1828 dictionary definitions.  First Samuel 15:23 says, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.”  The 1828 Noah Webster’s dictionary, by the way, the only one to use to study God’s infallible Word, states witchcraft is “the practices of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with the devil.”  The last statement is not implying sexual intercourse, but rather agreement with, or obedience to, Satan.  To not obey God’s commandments is satanic worship!  If we love Christ our Saviour, we will endeavor to obey Him and keep His laws and commandments! (John 14:15)

As we have just established, rebellion is of the same spirit as witchcraft.  The scriptures refer to the rebellious spirit over one hundred times.  The vast majority of times it is used in the context of mankind rebelling against God’s Word, or other “righteous” authority.  So to make it clear and simple, “rebellion is witchcraft when we rebel against a “righteous” authority!

Any man, as head of the house, or leader in the church, or government, that rebels against God’s righteous laws on how to “govern” and lead a family, church or society is practicing witchcraft!  Take a look around you folks.  Do you see “witches” practicing witchcraft anywhere?  Wives disobeying their husbands who are sincerely striving to serve Christ, or children rebelling against Godly parents? Or criminals rebelling against a righteous leader that governs according to God’s Word! (II Sam. 23:1-3, Rom. 13:1-4)  Unfortunately, neither of the scripture references apply to any political governing body and very few homes or churches in America today!  We, as “righteous” men and women, must obey God and be very weary of man’s dictates and rules! (Acts 5:29)

To close this portion of the article, let me state unequivocally, that I know of very few men or organizations that do not commit witchcraft to one degree or another.  Praise our precious Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus The Christ, that His grace is sufficient in our short comings!  But I speak a warning here to all mankind!  Do not intentionally, continually and knowingly disobey His laws, or payday will be hell! (Heb. 2:1-31, Heb.10:28-29, Mt. 8:12, Mark 3:29, Rev. 14:10-11)  Enough said about rebellion and witchcraft.  It is your call now!  Let’s move on to idolatry.

As with rebellion, you will also read in I Sam. 15:23 that “stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry”.  We have three words that we need to look at to help us better understand this statement.  Let’s start with stubbornness from the Strong’s Concordance.  6484 – to stun or dull: urge, press, stubbornness.  Now the Webster’s 1828 dictionary, which in this case, I believe, makes the definition much clearer.  “Perverse and unreasonable obstinacy”.   The word “stubborn” in the scriptures, is associated with disobedience to righteous authority.  Akin to rebellion.

Let’s look now at iniquity and see how it ties into idolatry.  Concordance number 205.  A very lengthy definition, but mainly it means to be workers of evil, by scheming, lying and acting deceptively.  It also means vanity, wickedness, an “idol”.  In the 1828 Webster’s, it says, “injustice, unrighteousness, a sin or crime, want of holiness or depravity”.  Again implying “rebellion” against righteous authority.

And now let’s look at the final word in this statement to establish the final fact and proof needed to confirm America is a land full of witches and idolaters!  Idolatry, Strong’s number 8655 – “family idol, or idols, spirit or demon, graven image.”  It certainly lines up as disobedience to righteous authority as stated in the first commandment. (Ex. 20:3-5)   The Webster’s 1828 states, “the worship of idols, or anything made by hands, or which is not God”.  Again, disobedience to righteous authority.

Americans “rebel” against God’s authority in so many ways that listing just the ones I could think of would fill several pages.  We can narrow it down to two types of sin that will cover most, if not all, acts of rebellion (sin)!  The sins of commission and the sin of omission.  Simply stated, those that commit the rebellious (sinful) acts, and those that tolerate them.  That pretty much applies to all of us in one way or the other!

America is full of witchcraft and idolatry.  We are all guilty!  Howbeit, mostly through ignorance.  But ignorance will destroy our walk with God and condemn our children to much sorrow and perhaps Hell. (Hos. 4:6)  America, as a nation, has sinned beyond redemption!  But if you are reading this and understand what I am saying, and are sorry, as we all should be, for “tolerating” evil, forgiveness and salvation are wonderfully available to all who will repent and ask in Jesus name. (John 3:16-17)

As John Wesley once said, “that which we tolerate today, we will embrace tomorrow.”  That factual statement applies to individuals and nations.

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In our “modern liberated” society, we have become more and more enslaved, and afraid to stand for what we know is right according to the ultimate law and authority, The Inspired Word of Jehovah God!  In advance, I want to let you know that I am not writing this much-needed expression of truth to offend anyone, but if you are offended, so be it!  I, for one, am offended on a daily basis with what I see in American society.  Christ Himself told His disciples, of which by His grace I am one of, that most would be offended at His word. (Matt. 24:10) And those who are offended by Christ’s faithful servants will desire to kill them (Matt. 24:9).  Again, so be it!  We are warned in His word that if we don’t boldly stand and proclaim the truth of His word that He will deny us in the day of judgment!  (Matt. 10:32-39)  Pay heed “professing” believers!  Your opinion, ideas, thoughts and feelings simply do not matter in the least!  It’s God’s way or no way!  It is your decision.

So here we go with plainly and easily understood truths!  The only reason many won’t accept them is because they deny God’s authority, and hate Him for His laws that are given to bless us, and to keep us from destroying ourselves!  Damned fools! (Ps. 14:1)   Evils that are so obviously wrong that creation itself declares them so. (Rom. 1:20, 28, and 30)

Herein is a list of obvious truths and descriptions of evil deeds that have been committed since the beginning, but were not accepted by a moral society, but rather were severely punished.  Some even with the death penalty!  You search out the scriptures that back each one, if you care enough for the truth to take the time!  These are listed in no particular order.  Remember, many who commit these acts, sit in church every time the doors are open.  And many, many more condone them by their silence so as not to offend!

1. Stealing is still sin, whether you do it with a gun, or by false statement to receive “benefits”.
2. A one-night “fling” or “extra marital affair” is still adultery!
3. Abortion is murder!
4. Sex before marriage is still sin, and you cannot live in this abomination and walk with Christ! Co-habitation, “living” together and premarital sex are still fornication!
5. Immodest apparel and public nudity are still a shame to those who do it, but their ability to blush and care is overridden by a seared conscience.
6. Lewd and vulgar behavior is the sin of a sick and sinful people.
7. Homosexuality and those who practice it are sick, perverted and worthy of death!
8. God created all races (Caucasian (White), Mongolian (Asian), Negroid ( Black), Australoid (Aborigine) to be a glory to Him, and they are beautiful in His sight. Miscegenation destroys the God-given uniqueness to each race.
9. “Government” benefits or so-called entitlements are idolatry! Almost everyone has fallen into this snare.  We have provoked Jehovah God to jealousy!!

These are but a few easily knowable and understood evils, but unfortunately mankind is extremely vulnerable and easily deceived when enticed by his own lusts! (James 1:14)  Just because as a society we have grown callous to truth, and “careless” with and accepting of evil, it still does not change the truth, even a little bit.

We are sternly and lovingly warned not to depart from God’s laws, judgments and justice, but it is obvious that we (including the church) have done so!  God has not changed His laws to fit our desires, nor His standards of righteousness!  We have been instructed to seek the old paths and walk therein to find peace for our souls, and thus in society!  But we would not!  Therefore, we are, and will, bring very severe judgment on ourselves and our children!  (Jer. 6:15-19, Hosea 4:16)

Many do not want to hear this final statement, but I am convinced that God’s Word backs it completely.  America has sinned far beyond any chance of redemption.  Her many sins have separated her from God’s salvation! (Is. 59:1-16)  Praise God, by His merciful grace, we as individuals may still come to Him through sincere and heartfelt repentance! To turn from our sins will mean eternal life with our Father and Savior!

My friend, which path will you choose?

In Christ’s Service

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The title of this article is most remembered from a speech given by Patrick Henry in Richmond, Virginia on March 20, 1775 at St. John’s church where they were holding the second Virginia Convention.  Although many may still remember this famous quote from a staunch Christian who, by the way, would not endorse the Constitution, nor attend the Constitutional Convention, because he knew that the document would eventually be the downfall of America and obviously, he has been proven right.  Very few, if any, truly understand the depth and meaning of these famous words.  That, too, is very obvious!  If Americans could comprehend Henry’s heartfelt commitment, our nation would not be the God hating, reprobate nation it is today!

Please bear with me as I lay the foundation for the point I would like to make in this article.  Most won’t understand what is written, simply because they either are not born again Christians, or are still too immature in Christ and His Word to comprehend The Message.  While I am certain that many will probably be offended at the statement just made, it is only further proof of their immaturity.  Move on with me now, if you want.

The generation of Patrick Henry’s time overall, whether Christian or not, still had instilled in their minds that basic moral laws must be maintained and upheld!  If anyone dared defile and break the basic moral code that was expected and demanded to be lived by, and that governed society, their punishment was swift and severe.  This fact is the reason that God Almighty allowed this generation to throw off the chains of tyranny!  And the lack of this biblical moral foundation in America today is the reason why He will not allow the same in this generation!

Although we hear all around us the cry for liberty and freedom, it has become nothing but “damned” foolishness! (Ps. 14:1)  Americans have become so brutish, (stupid), and arrogant, that they have “deliberately” forgotten that a people who will not govern themselves by the basic moral concepts taught in God’s Word, and that unbridled, immoral “freedom” can only cause a complete deterioration of their society!  And inevitably they find themselves in complete and total slavery, spiritually, mentally and physically!

For many years I have heard hoards of well intentioned people who call themselves patriots, calling for a return and adherence to the documents written by some of our Founders.  Namely, the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and the original U.S. Constitution.  Folks, no matter how well written, factual and accurate all of these writings and documents were, they are completely and surely inadequate and non-applicable for America today!  They simply are not adequate in and of themselves to produce or maintain a free society.  The desire and demand to return to, trust in, and memorize these writing can, and now have even become an idolatrous concept and endeavor.  Quite frankly folks, to even suggest, encourage and promote the idea that any manmade ideals, documents, or systems of any type, without acknowledging the necessity of the moral standards of God’s Word as the foundation to build on, is remarkably arrogant, stupid and  simply insane!

When men of great Godly, moral character such as Patrick Henry, made a plea for freedom and liberty, they understood that true liberty and freedom could only be maintained by a people willing to “govern” themselves with God’s righteous laws written in their hearts.  For people of such moral character needed no manmade law system to govern them.  They were “self” governing.  External laws are just needed for wicked men. (I Tim. 1:9)  In addition, to be worthy of true liberty through God’s teachings, they simply would not tolerate an “unrighteous” government!  As Samuel Adams said, “While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.”  Mr. Adams summed up, in one sentence, the reason why Americans are now enslaved and loving more freedoms every day.  What’s even worse is the fact that most Americans still believe they are a free people!  As Goethe said, “none are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free”!

American cannot, and will not be healed and blessed with her former greatness without the “goodness” that once was the common thread of righteous morality, judgment and justice that held man’s sinful nature in check.

You see folks, as Alexis Detocqueville said, concerning this in his “fact finding” trip to America,

“I sought for the key to the greatness and genius of America in her harbors…; in her fertile fields and boundless forests; in her rich mines and vast world commerce; in her public school system and institutions of learning.  I sought for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits FLAME with RIGHTEOUSNESS did I understand the secret of her genius and power.

America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, American will cease to be great.”

As I said in the beginning of this article concerning Patrick Henry’s quote, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?”, the answer to the above quote for most Americans is “yes”!  Life is far too dear to give up today!  An immoral people becomes self centered, selfish, soft, lazy and unconcerned for what happens to others, such as 140,000,000 murdered children, that preserving their temporary welfare in this world is far more important than sacrificing themselves for anyone else, including The God Who created them!  S.I.N.=Self Indulgent Narcissist!

As Alexander Solzhenitsyn stated, “Survival is not the be-all and end-all of a life worthy of man.  Sometimes, the worst thing that we can know about a man is that he survived.  Those who say that life is worth living at any cost, have already written for themselves an epitaph of infancy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.”

In closing, I will make one final statement to upset more folks.  Patriotism, voting, rioting, rallying, meetings and “church revivals” without true, genuine, heart rendering repentance, there simply is no hope or help for America!  We need to quit kidding ourselves!

In Christ’s service,

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A statement that I believe could be safely made, is the fact that about everyone enjoys a “good” hamburger.  Fast food chains, diners, mom and pop cafes and restaurants have made “billions” of burgers and made a combination of billions of dollars by making this famous treat.  Of course, we could name the “burger joints” that are the most famous, but we will refrain from that at this time.

But, I would like to make some comments in this article that I believe will make a good point in a bit.  Most of us can remember a commercial that was a real hit in the 80’s.  It showed a few little “ole” ladies standing in line for a burger.  When they brought out the sandwich, they placed a beautiful, fluffy, golden and light bun in front of them.  It was impressive to say the least.  One of the little ladies that they gave it to took a look at the bun, then did something a lot of people never do.  She looked inside it and found something very important missing.  She looked up and asked a most famous question.  “Where’s the beef?”  She went right to the heart of the matter.  She asked where the “only” item was that makes a burger a burger.  The very essence of a burger.  The beef!  The company that produced this, once famous ad, has made a fortune on the emphasizing of the missing essence of the sandwich.  The beef.  And in turn,  made their burger the “meatiest” one on the market.

You see, no matter how sweet the onion, or how crisp the lettuce, or mellow the warm melted cheese, or the snap of the pickles, even the right amount of condiments, without the juicy, well seasoned, thick, meaty essence of the sandwich, the beef, you do not have a “real” hamburger.  So be careful to not be fooled by all the fancy trimmings. There is no real hamburger without the beef!  No matter how attractive the package may be.

Now, for a bit, let’s take a look at another sometimes, very deceiving item.  A “Christian”.   Or, at least, those who call themselves Christians.  How can you tell for sure they are what they represent themselves to be?  Let’s take a look.

There have always been unscrupulous individuals who are willing to profit by creating a fake or “knock off” product that may “look” exactly like the original and real item, but there is always something missing that usually comes to light only after someone has been deceived into buying the item.  You can believe me when I tell you, that there are MANY  fake “copies” of truly born again believers in our midst that have, and still are deceiving many.  II Cor. 11:13-16. II Tim. 3:13

These “knock offs” sure look the part!  Wow!  They can appear to be so sincere!  Preach and teach beautifully!  Their messages can sound so appealing and even partially biblical!  They dress immaculately!  Have a very magnetic personality!  Their speech is smoother than butter on a hot piece of toast!  They can and do deceive millions into their false doctrines, and just as the burger joints with their burger “copies”, have made billions with their deception, so too these charlatans! They literally make “merchandise” of their beguiled disciples!  II Pet. 2:3, Col. 2:4, Eph. 5:6, II Pet 2:18

It is always important when listening to anyone who claims to be a teacher or preacher, to know that they are the real deal!  Not a well constructed fake.  All of the fine garnishments they exhibit are just a “covering” to help persuade you that they are the genuine product, not an empty fake.  We all must look for the “beef” that will prove they are the real item.  NO “beef”, no substance.  No true essence of a true Christian.  So you ask, “Where’s the beef”?  How can I know if it’s the genuine item?  Simple.  Look at the definition of what the essence of a Christian is.  Just remember Mt. 7:15-20.  Then read Gal. 5:19-25 to know fake from real.  See also Phil. 2:3-7.

The essence of a genuine child of God is the Holy Spirit of God that dwells in them to bring forth the works our Father desires.   Man can exhibit many spirits, but there is only One Holy Spirit!  I John 4:1  It is our duty to not be mislead!  Rom. 8:14

Simple folks.  Take off the “bun”, push aside the “trimmings” and look for the beef!  PLEASE remember!!  If you are fooled by a fake burger you just have been sold a bad sandwich, BUT if you are fooled by a fake Christian you could lose your soul!!

By the way, the reason I titled the article “The essence of a good burger” is I hoped you would want to see where I was going with it.  Hope it worked.

Keep and CONTEND for the faith. Jude 3

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The question is, “Is it ever right for a Christian to fight?  To resist by force?  To take up arms?  To kill?”  These are certainly questions for every sincere followers of Jesus Christ to consider.  Obviously, the answer lies in The Word of God and from history, and has been taught by men of solid Christian character for centuries.  Let’s take a look at both God’s Word and history!

Most modern day “churchianity” believes a heresy that has been promulgated by the lukewarm pulpits that dominate the church today.  It’s hard for most, especially “under fed” Christians, to realize that they are not hearing and being taught the whole counsel of God’s Word.  Just about all denominations, ( (heresies-II Pet. 2:1), Strong’s Concordance NO. 139- disunion, or “sect”, Webster’s 1828 Dictionary- to separate a body or number of persons united in tenets, chiefly on philosophy or religion.) , have a “partial” of truth, but never seem to desire to get beyond their “denominational” doctrines.  Let’s face the facts people.  Satan has greatly weakened the once unified body of Christ, divided and all but destroyed its effectiveness. (Mt. 12:25, Luke 11:17)  It’s even a solid biblical teaching that Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  And he has ministers that are transformed as the ministers of righteousness, to deceive the people.  All this was said to make the point that we are individually instructed to know The Word of God and not to trust man with our Christian walk.  (II Tim. 2:15)  Even Paul warned us not to blindly follow him.  He instructed us to be sure we are in Christ (II Cor. 11:14-15, II Cor. 13:5),  and only follow him as he followed Christ. (I Cor. 11:1)

Now, let’s get back to the teaching.  In Numbers chapter one, we find the instructions in God’s Word on how to construct the “civilian militia”.  This is the scriptural teaching and instructions our nation’s founders understood and used to establish the militia in America, as outlined in Article II of the Bill of Rights.  To make a very important point here, let me say this is much more than a right for all the people to keep and bear arms, it is a solemnly commanded duty as per God’s instructions in Numbers Chapter 1, and Christ in Luke 22:36.  Unfortunately, most Americans, and perhaps especially Christians, either don’t believe God’s Word in both the Old and New Testaments, OR they just simply choose to ignore, or disobey, it.  Since we have neglected our duty to God, we are losing the “blessing” of keeping and bearing arms.  Disobedience on any level, always leads to a loss of blessings. (Deut. 28:1-2 &15)

At this point I will answer a comment and question I have gotten several times in the past about the issue of the Christian and self defense and the defense of others.  Many have said, and unfortunately believe, that God will take care of us all the time, in all situations.  Of course He can, and has countless times in circumstances where His people are defenseless through no fault of their own, but that is not what He has instructed His people in most cases where violence was unavoidable.  One good example is found in Ex.22:2 where the homeowner is prepared and ready to use deadly force to defend his home and family.  Read it!  The same God who gave these instructions, is the same God with the same commands today. ( Mal. 3:6, Heb. 13:8)

One more quick comment on this tired and wimpy argument.  People say, but it’s God The Father speaking in the Old Testament, but Jesus in the New Testament.  Sorry, that argument won’t hold up either.  Christ Himself plainly told us that He and The Father are One and He came to teach His Father’s Words!  John 14:7-12  Just as it was given to each male in Numbers chapter one, in Gen. 14, Abraham took his servants to war to save Lot, his family and their possessions.  In Neh. 4, God instructed Nehemiah to arm the workmen who were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.  Could the Almighty God of all creation not have protected and delivered in all of these examples?  Of course He could have, but He gave mankind the duty, (not right), to arm themselves for their own protection and for protection of family, and for fulfilling His will here on earth!

For anyone who desires to know the truth, there has been enough scripture in these few passages to teach and convince them of this very important teaching!  We are commanded not to kill, (shed innocent blood, i.e. commit murder), but we are commanded to arm ourselves to defend life!  Our very souls rest on this teaching! (Pro. 24:11-12) It is not a right to possess weapons, it is the duty of a righteous people! (I Tim. 5:8)

Now that we have finally established the teaching and command of keeping, bearing and use of arms for personal, family and the defense of the innocent, let’s move on to the instructions of defending a nation.  By the way, because we, especially the “church”, did not use this duty to protect the most innocent of all in January 1973, (Pro. 24:11-12), God has withdrew His blessings and protections on our once great nation.  Individuals answer to God on a personal basis, but a nation as a whole in the present time.  In II Kings 24:4 you will find, very simply stated, that God will not forgive a nation when the people allow the shedding of innocent blood!  SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION (700,000,000) innocent children have been slaughtered on our watch!  Did you wonder why the blessing of keeping and bearing arms is under attack?!

Let’s begin this last segment on the “duty” of a Christian to protect and defend his country by saying this.  Very few wars or conflicts fought throughout mankind’s history were fought with “pure” intentions and motives from either side!  Almost all of them have been fought for the benefit of the few “elite” who desire wealth, power and control of mankind.  These “elite” are very good at deceiving the masses into following their “just” cause.  These “children of Satan” will use any and all means possible to further their agenda to “rule” the world.

We will not take the time to, once again, expose the deceptions by which nations have been lured and drawn into wars that, not only have devastated nations, but led to the death of untold millions in the process.  These have been well examined in a previous article entitled, America, A Victim of War.

Question.  Should a born again, blood bought, child of God take up arms to defend America today?  To answer this question I will ask a few more questions.  Defend America from and for what?  From an “unjust” government that defrauds its citizens in every imaginable way?  From “so called” elected and appointed “officials” that condone and protect the murdering of unborn children?  From a so called “supreme” court that unjustly and unlawfully made unnatural and perverted sex between same sex “partners” legal by using the document that is falsely called the supreme law of the land as their foundation to justify this grossly immoral and unnatural demonic behavior?  The final question is this, “Can an individual that proclaims to be “Christ like” in any way, defend and protect any nation that defies God’s laws as we have tolerated and allowed in America?  The answer must be emphatically NO!  We cannot and will not support or defend such a nation as America has become!

We must, by the command of God’s Word, oppose all wickedness, whether personal, societal, or national!  There is no excuse to do otherwise! (Eph. 5:11)

Our first and only true allegiance must be to God our Father and to His Kingdom alone.  We simply cannot serve two masters! (Mt. 6:24) Although, just about every one of us have done so ignorantly in the past.  Now that you have read and know the truth, you can no longer plead ignorance.

In closing, I will make this final comment and biblical observation.  We are losing the “blessing” of keeping and bearing of arms everyday simply because we have not fulfilled our duty to God and His Word, to protect and preserve the life of millions of innocent people.  But, we must not allow or tolerate the disarming of ourselves!  To do so, would be the final act of disobedience in not fulfilling God’s commandment to His people as stated in I Tim 5:8!  “Providing” for our own household means much more than providing food and shelter.  It also means to spiritually train, teach and prepare ourselves and families for battle in this present time.  Provide also means to “provide” a means of physical protection from an enemy.  Being armed to do so is a direct command from God Himself.

Nations and societies decay, crumble and are destroyed, not by corrupt governments, but because of a corrupt people!

Now you know the truth!  What will you do?

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Ps. 33:12 – Prov. 14:34

History has taught us that living a righteous life with a sincere desire and determination to serve Christ and keep His commandments can be much easier with far fewer obstacles and stress, depending on the generation you are born into.  Of course, I’m referring to nations and societies that understood and recognized the truth that there is an omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient Creator that has established and set forth a law system that every little nuance of His creation must follow if they desire to exist and flourish!  This fact certainly holds true for mankind and their societies!  To deny this truth has, and will always ultimately and inevitably lead to chaos and destruction.

On the contrary though, history has also shown that nations and societies that build their foundations on the eternal, indestructible cornerstone of Jesus Christ and His teaching will flourish, prosper and grow, until they decide to move off the foundation of God’s Word.

For a brief period in the history of a people who determine that they are going to follow after righteousness in all areas of their existence, living a Godly life and demanding that all others in their society live “peaceably” and follow the moral concepts set under God’s laws, and demand justice and righteous punishment for those who violate these eternal laws will prosper!  The evil doer (criminal and “sinner”) were the ones that society ostracized, shunned and punished.  When a society begins to turn from God’s moral principles, it is up to His people to cry aloud and demand a return and compliance to His immutable  moral precepts and laws.  If  His people, (church) also give in to the temptation and desire for “fitting in” in order to get along, then a nation is doomed!  Cancer has set in, and their dying will be a long and agonizing death.  In a society that chooses this path, eventually those who refuse to compromise will become the “enemy” of a corrupt society!  They will become the “prey” of the wicked!  (Is. 59:15)  But praise God, this is when the true people of God will stand forth as lights in a darkened world!  (Phil. 2:15 – Prov. 13:9)

There is one recurring fact and truth that history has recorded without fail in all nations that for a brief period in their existence endeavored to follow and govern themselves by God’s righteous laws, judgments and statutes: and that is simply that all of them soon turned back to serve other gods!  (Jer. 2:11)  And also, that the remnant that wouldn’t follow after the pernicious way of the masses, soon found themselves on the “outside” of mainline society.  They soon were evil spoken of, mocked, ridiculed and even persecuted for their unwillingness to compromise!  (II Tim 3:12 – II Peter 2:2)  Such is the type of nation America/Babylon has now become.  The “few” that refuse to bow to the nation’s many idols are now beginning to see the persecution of the righteous begin.

Temporary Trails

Over the last several years some people have misunderstood, and misinterpreted my writings and teachings.  Some feel that I don’t offer enough praise to our Savior, and not enough encouragement and hope to those who read the articles and hear the teachings.  Recently I have been told that I have not conveyed a message of hope.  Obviously, it bothers me that my teachings are received that way, when it is my sincerest desire to uplift and encourage all who read or listen to them.  Some feel that perhaps there isn’t enough “praise” in the teachings.  That perhaps we need to sing and shout and have a revival.  Dear reader, singing and praise is wonderful!  It is a practice we all need to pursue.  The sacrifice of praise is a beautiful attribute, but it can be,  and in many cases can become a shallow and empty endeavor!

All the praise and sacrifice mankind can give without active obedience, and action in the war against evil is totally empty, and not desired by a Holy God! (I Sam 15:22)  All through the scriptures we are instructed to “serve” God, and obey Him, to do His commandments and demand Godly judgment on evildoers.  The apostle Paul continually praised his Savior not by having “sings” and feel-good revivals, but by obeying his Creator even unto death!  He reproved, rebuked and exhorted with much patience, all those who would hear and pay heed!  Our “sacrifices” of tithes, offerings, praise and singing are totally empty without a full and complete commitment to obeying our God in the fullness of His instructions to His people .  Isaiah 1:11-20 clearly explains how much He detests our empty offerings and praise!

In this writing, as usual, I am endeavoring to prepare the few righteous that are striving against the vast number of evildoers in our society today!  To help you to understand that if you dare to live righteously and without compromise in an evil society, you will be persecuted!  But we must rise up and stand against evil doers!  (Ps. 94:16).  We are to endure the trials, persecutions and hardships as good soldiers!  To put on the whole armor of God to fight the good fight of faith without fear of the evil ones!  (II Tim. 2:3, Eph. 6:11, I Tim. 6:12, II Tim. 4:7, Ps. 23:4, IITim 1:7 and Heb. 13:6)

In the eyes of a “modern, enlightened” society, you will be called the evildoers!  (II Pet. 2:12)  Do not be discouraged, dismayed, or overwhelmed!  We will overcome in Christ our Lord!  His power and glory in those who obey Him, will overcome the evil one!  (Rom. 12:21 – I John 2:13 – Rev. 12:11 – I John 4:4)

He that overcometh shall inherit all things!  (Rev. 2:7 , 2:26, 3:5 & 21, 21:7)

I have written this to exhort and encourage you to stand and fight for His Glory!

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Folks, let’s not deceive ourselves!  Our Savior Himself said that we cannot serve two masters!  (Matt. 6:24)  In His word we are commanded to choose “today” who we will serve!  (Joshua 24:15). There is no middle ground.  You must, and you will choose!  Even if you say you won’t or haven’t, you already have!  We all choose every day, many times a day, who we will serve and who we will deny at that moment, on each occasion and on each issue.  Should we be so unstable in our faith in Christ and His word to flip flop on each issue and every circumstance, depending on the “peer” pressure at the time?  Sad, huh?  And we wonder why evil is so prevalent in our nation today.

In Matthew, Mark and Luke we find the account of  Peter denying Christ on three different occasions.  Although Peter was told by Christ in advance he would deny Him, and Peter vehemently denied that he would, he did anyway!  But wait, let’s not be too hard on Peter.  All the others denied Christ also.  Even though they made the same vow as Peter.  (Matt. 26:35 & vs. 56)

My question to each of us today is, why do we deny Him nearly every day depending on the occasions and circumstances?  All the disciples were in fear for their lives!  What are we afraid of?  Being humiliated, offending people, making our friends and family angry with us, causing dissension and divisions, or perhaps losing our jobs, or perhaps even going to jail.  Which one of these is important enough to deny our precious Savior, lose our fellowship with Him, or even damming ourselves to Hell?  In Matt. 10:28-39 we are clearly “warned” that to deny Christ before men will cause Him to deny us before His Father.  If Christ is not our advocate on the day of judgment there is no hope!  (I John 2:1)

In our soft, lazy, apathetic and compromising society today, being accepted, popular and well-liked is more important than living by Christ’s Kingdom’s laws!  We have traded Christian “convictions” for “Christian preferences”!  In order to keep the “peace”, we have sold Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for us, and the birthright He bought for us for a bowl of pottage.  (Gen. 25:29-34)  Anything, or anyone we place before Christ, and His Word is “our” bowl of pottage!  If your ultimate desire is to be accepted and approved by men, you have denied Christ and damned your souls!  (Luke 6:26)  If you live for people’s acceptance, you will die for their rejection.

Perhaps we all need to read the following scriptures again, a little closer, and search out their complete meaning. (John 15:18-19, I John 2:15-17, James 4:4)  It may prove very beneficial to look up the meaning of the word “world” in the Strong’s Concordance under numbers 2889 and 2865.

If  you are truly a blood-bought, born again, Spirit-filled follower of Christ, you will cause a division in your life with friends and family!  You have no choice!  You will either stand for Christ and His Word, or you will accept the “world”, it’s laws and will!  The choice is yours!  Choose wisely! Or you could end up like Demas.  (II Tim 4:10)

In Christ’s Service

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Kind of figured that the title would get your attention!  I’m certain you are curious, and probably thinking I’m insane.  Please allow me to satisfy your curiosity and try to prove my sanity.  You may find that I’m really not as far off base as you may think.  I will endeavor to explain the biblical truth on this topic, and establish the fact that men do not have rights in any form; civil, human, constitutional or God given.  You cannot lose something you never had.  The blessings of liberty come only by obedience to God’s laws, and fulfilling the duties they require.  PS. 119:45 “And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.”  And only where Christ is the head of a nation is there liberty.  (II cor. 3:17) The blessings of liberty, peace, prosperity and security can be, and are only found in believing and by obeying God’s laws in all spheres of society.  (PS. 29:11, PS 132:15, PS 33:12-Prov. 10:22, Prov. 11:11 -Is. 44:3)  These are only a few references to prove that all blessings flow from God Almighty to an obedient people.  (Deut. 28:2)  Men are granted blessings for performing their God-ordained duties and responsibilities.

Ecc 12:13 ,” Let us hear the conclusion of the whole duty of matter:  Fear God, and keep His commandments!  For this is the whole duty of man.”  (Emphasis added)

Many will cry and protest this article and proclaim that men have certain God-given unalienable rights!  The Declaration of Independence says so!  You are absolutely right!  But you must read on my friends, to understand and fully realize that these men understood that these “rights” were truly blessings granted to us by God for doing our duty to Him!  You will read in the Declaration of Independence that it is the duty of the people to overthrow a government that interferes with the “blessings” of liberty!  But only a righteous and virtuous people will fulfill that duty. These men also said in many of their personal writings and comments, that only an obedient people to God’s Word deserve the blessings of liberty.

John Adams, the second president of the United States said, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

Samuel Adams said, “While the people are virtuous, they cannot be subdued; but when they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader”.  May I add, even if they are “fake”, threats and attacks as 9/11 and others have been, and even more are still being contrived and enacted and carried out or allowed by our own elected officials, and/or agents of George Soros and others, to scare a sinful, callous and cowardly people into submission.

People, why would a Sovereign, Holy and Creator bless us with the gifts of liberty when we have done nothing to fulfill the duties that are required to obtain and keep them?

The “patriots” that tout and proclaim The Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights as the foundation and protector of our “rights” either don’t want to understand, or can’t understand, the fact that the Giver and Protector of our blessings, or what we call rights, is Jesus Christ!  Alone!  Why would He bless us with the means to defend ourselves or properties when we didn’t exercise the duty as blessings expressed in the Second Amendment to protect the 60,000,000 totally innocent babies slaughtered in their mother’s womb?  (Prov. 24:11-12, Jer. 22:3).  The second amendment neither guarantees nor protects our “right” to keep and bear arms!  God gave us a duty to keep and bear arms to protect the innocent, and our blessings of liberty! (Luke 22:36, Num. 1:18-54)

Why should the same Creator “protect” our blessings of being allowed to proclaim the truth of His Word and to speak His Word to demand “righteous” judgment on evil, which is the breaking of His laws.  We, the ones who claim to be His people, the called out ones, the church, have not done our duty to cry aloud and show the people their transgressions against His Word, and we are now losing the blessings of the liberty to speak the Truth! (Is. 58:1, Is. 59:15, Gal. 4:16)

 Why should we be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, when an unborn child isn’t even safe and protected in its mother’s womb?!

There is no need to further demonstrate why the rest of our so called “Bill of Rights” are ignored by our courts and Legislators!  We have failed to do our duty to the glory of God, and use our liberties to glorify Him and protect and preserve our fellowman and their blessings.  We have become a selfish, self-centered and self-righteous people who “whine” about our troubles and trials, but have tolerated countless evils all around us.

To sing or pray for God to bless America is at best arrogant, ignorant, or even outright blasphemy!

There you have it.  Now what will we do with this very plain spoken truth?

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Exodus 20:15  Thou shalt not steal!

Except when it becomes legal, and justified by man’s law and/or government, and then of course it’s okay.  It becomes okay in just about anybody and everybody’s minds.  Even those who say they are followers of Christ and who say they follow His Kingdom’s law system.  Through ignorance, greed (covetousness), or apathy, we have a society and nation that now accepts stealing as an acceptable way of doing business, and a part of everyday lives.

The American people have become so brainwashed by the government state-controlled schools, and by a controlled all-inclusive news and entertainment media, that we have “learned” to, at first tolerate, then accept and now demand our god’s (state’s) legal “benefits” by thievery!  We no longer call it stealing!   We call it “paying our fair share”, spreading the wealth around, giving to the “needy”.  It makes no difference that the funds needed to fulfill the desires and “needs” of others was coveted (stolen) by force from someone who lawfully earned them.  It’s okay because our new “god”, our provider, our protector, our refuge and strength, the State, made the thievery legal!

After all, we “freely” elected people to office to “represent ” us and to look out for us.  I mean, that’s why we voted for them wasn’t it?  To become our “lord and overseer”?  The “state” has become our “god” who watches over us instead of God Himself.  (Ps. 46:1, Phil. 2:29, Mt. 6:33)  Even though it’s contrary to God’s Holy and righteous law: it’s okay, our new god, the state said so!

Theft is still theft whether it ‘s done with a gun or by a “law” of man!  There are no exceptions, and no excuses for stealing!  Although the Bible says it can be “understandable” in some cases, (Prov. 6:30-31) it is still sin!  Even when done “legally” and taken by force! (Ex. 20:17, I Tim. 6:10, Mark 10:19, John 15:10, Eph. 4:28, Col. 3:5) to covet, even legally, is idolatry!  Covetous: Strongs – N.T. 4123, 4124 – defrauding, greediness, desire more.

Now, for you who do not believe in the true God (Yahweh, Jehovah) or His word, given as our instruction book and law to follow,  I will address briefly the documents that millions reach out to for protection and guidance for our nation.  The one enshrined in The National Archives of our nation’s capitol, the one so many respect and revere, and to a “limited” degree, it’s worthy of it, the ones we know as the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Again, Hos. 4:6-7 is very applicable to America.  Just as with most Christians and the study of the Bible, very few have ever totally read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, much less studied them.  If they did, they would soon discover that nowhere in these so called “sacred” documents are there to be found any basis for America’s system of “legal” thievery!  Nowhere will you find man, or his government, given the authority to make a “law” that makes it okay to steal from anyone for any reason!  Quite the contrary!  Prove me wrong if you can.  Biblically or Constitutionally.

Let us face the real truth today folks!  Very few could long exist without the practice of legal thievery!  I am no exception. Because of the knowledge I have been blessed with, and willing to accept, I could do better, and survive longer than many, but it would be very difficult!  The majority of young people couldn’t come close to surviving on their own without resorting to thievery and violence!  Without our new “gods” provision, society would melt into a violent mass of chaos!

Americans have learned to accept and embrace social orders that people hated and sought to destroy in our nation’s early years.  Through the “dumbing down” of our society, we now readily accept and even demand socialism and total communism!  America has become unredeemable as far as moral or righteous liberty and freedom are concerned!  People don’t understand or even remotely comprehend what the concept of true liberty and freedom are!  Although we call out for it!  Even though we claim we have it, we haven’t  the faintest idea of what it truly is!  Real liberty and freedom requires and demands a level of responsibility that most are not prepared to accept!  It would scare them to death!

So, let’s accept the facts stated above for what they are, and continue to do what we can to protect the few “privileges” we have left that our god, the state, grants us and warn the people of God’s righteous judgment on individuals and nations!  Tell them about the saving grace of His son, Jesus Christ!  Fight the good fight of faith!  Continue on well doing!  Do not give up!  (Prov. 24:10, Gal. 6:9).  We may have been deceived into an earthly tyranny, but by His grace and mercy we can dwell as free people in His Kingdom now and for eternity!

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Most adults have heard the Biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah. How that a thrice Holy God destroyed every living thing in those extremely wicked cities. Just in case you may be thinking that this only affected a small geographical area, and a small number of people, may I correct you on that thought. There were five cities all together. Sodom, Admah, Gormorrah, Zebuiiri, and Zoar, with a population of approximately 260,000.

Most people usually don’t consider another very important and sad fact. That every living thing was destroyed inside these cities, including the children! The wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah was so vile that it was not only a sin (crime) against nature itself, but a tremendous abomination against God! The adults were so unspeakably perverted that their perversion had been planted in the minds and hearts of the children also! And yes, it was the sin of sexual perversion! Mostly homosexuality by both males and females, but it also included fornication, adultery, bestiality and more! The sick, perverted, wicked and vile influence of the “parents” on the children lead to their total destruction also. You want to know something even sadder? At one time these cities knew who God was and honored the King of Salem who was a high priest of God, and God’s servant Abram also.  (Gen. 14)

The evil influence perpetuated on children demands a far more serious judgment than most other sins.  Christ Himself gave warning to this fact in Mt. 18:6, Mk. 9:42 and Luke 17:2.  In this article I have written a few quotes that can be heard on a video of this sick individual speaking and singing to children about his demonic actions.  You can view the video by searching online and typing in your search engine, “Drag Queens Read at Library’s Story Hour in Brooklyn.”  After viewing the video or reading the article please ask yourself if the damnable locations that sponsored and allowed this filth to be presented to children, and the “parents” that condoned it, and even praised it, are not equally worthy of hell fire and damnation!  (Luke 17:29/II Peter 2:6)

In 2016, the libraries in Brooklyn, NY started presenting what they titled, “Drag Queen Hour” about once a month.  These “teaching” sessions, and that’s exactly what they are, are expressly used to target children in order to “train and educate” them to accept all manner of perverted and disgusting sexual acts, much the same as Sodom and Gomorrah!  America is destroying the heart and minds of the children so that when our final judgment has come to what was once a blessed nation, total destruction of all living is inevitable!  Read Rev. 18 for a full description of the desecration and destruction of end time Babylon, i.e, America.

Pg. 2  —  Vile Adults

Here are a few statements made by “Li’l Miss Hot Mess” who is arrayed in a silver sequin dress with rainbows, blue and silver glitter eye shadow and an enormous wig of curly blond hair:

“Who wants to be a drag queen when they grow up?”  At this point most of the “children” raised their hands.  Li’l Miss Hot Mess then stated, “We can both be grooms”.  Then this devil possessed individual continued to vomit up more filth by singing a song to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus Go round and round”.   “It’s” words were, “The hips of the drag queen go swish, swish, swish, (pause), swish, swish, swish.

Wouldn’t you think that any “normal” and halfway moral adult would be profoundly angry with such sewage being sprayed on their children?!  Sadly, this wasn’t the case.  In this session at the library there were two parents there who were pleased with the event.  Kesa Huey and Sarah Buratti Hosey said, “I think we’re just looking for exposure to positive role models in as many forms as possible.”  Christia Spears Brown, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Kentucky said, “Something like this program could be a really positive model for kids“.  She continues, “It ultimately provides children with a really flexible model of gender.”  (Emphasis added)

Frances Shaffer stated in a writing, back in the 1970’s, that “There are times in which anyone with a shred of moral principal should be profoundly angry.  We live in such times.”

Obviously the wicked, depraved and vile individuals that openly promote such evil are certainly deserving of damnation, and at one time in America, would have at least been put in prison, if not justly executed for destroying the moral foundation of our youth and nation.  Unfortunately, and just as damning is the fact that we as a society tolerate such decadence.  To be even more precise, the fault of the moral crisis lies not with the wicked, but with the slothful, cowardly and lukewarm church in America today!

In closing, here are two more quotes that will sum up why Sodom and Gomorrah, i.e., America today, is being destroyed.  You silent, cowardly “whispering Christians”, pay heed!

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality”.  Dante

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”  Albert Einstein

In Christ’s Service,

Pastor  Butch Paugh

© 2017 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

This question from God Almighty is expressly directed to the people who say they are “Christians”, and who deny Him by their sins of commission and omission.  Why oh why have you forsaken me?  You will say, “Wherewith have we forsaken you?”  You have forsaken me by compromising my Holy Word!  By denying me before men with your inactions, silence, cowardliness and downright disobedience to my Word.  In vain have you professed your love to me. Your action or inactions have proven you to be liars!  (John 14:15).  You now call good evil and evil good.  You say again , “When have we done that?”  With your cowardly silence, in not boldly and loudly speaking against evil!  By tolerating sin against my righteous laws in order to keep “peace” with your family and friends.  Not understanding, that by doing so you are sending them to Hell.  Truly Matt. 15:8 describes the vast majority of “God’s People” today.

God Himself asks the question far better than this writer can through His prophet in II Chr. 24:20 where He asks, “And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, “Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper?”  Because ye have forsaken the Lord, He hath also forsaken you.”  Why oh why can’t those that call themselves His people believe and live according to Matt. 6:33?

How many times have I heard it said, “Well, you know, preacher, the Bible said this would happen.  We can’t do anything to stop it.”  I suppose they want to deny God’s commands and warnings in Matt.10:33 and Eph. 5:11.  Most Christians have used this excuse of “it’s prophesied, we can’t fight it” or  “don’t worry, when things get really bad we will be raptured away”!  Let’s face the fact that no matter how we try to “excuse away” our responsibilities and duties to follow God’s word to demand righteousness in our own lives, the lives of our families, civil government and society, to judge righteously, to desire justice for all, to punish evil doers, and purge the evil from among us, we have sinned ourselves.  Why oh why have we forsaken Him?  Toleration of evil, no matter the excuse or reason we may give, is a gross sin in and of itself!  He is God, He is the Word.  His essence is His righteous law system!

(Is. 59:14-15/ Deut. 1:16/Prov. 31:9/Jer. 5:28/Ps.82:3/Prov. 21 3/Ecc. 5:8/ Lev. 20:14/Ps. 10:15, 45:7/ I Cor. 5:13.)

Why, oh why do we that call ourselves Christians continue to make fools of ourselves by mocking God and His Holy Word!  Generation after generation we continue to put our trust in man, his benefits and his Godless law system by voting for the “lesser” of evils to fix our societies, financial, physical and moral problems.  How have we as a nation, and much worse as the church, became so damnably ignorant, rebellious, arrogant and stiff-necked to not understand that there can be no healing of our land without true and total repentance!!  We seem to have forgotten the fact that God and His righteous laws are not mocked!  We will reap what we have sown! (Gal. 6:7)  Death to our nation for allowing the slaughter of  innocent bloodshed!  Evil, for tolerating evil!  Curses on our children and children’s children! (Hos. 4:6, Is. 13:16 & 18, Jer. 15:7, Rev. 2:23)

 Why, oh why have we tolerated the death of our unborn?  Why have we allowed ourselves to be deceived into unjust and immoral wars where our sons and daughters are sacrificed to the idol called patriotism?  Our children are paying for our ungodly ignorance by being forced into taking mind-numbing drugs because of a man saying they have what is called today A.D.D.  They are being taught, i.e. brainwashed, into believing that immoral sexual acts of all manner, are totally acceptable!  On our watch! Paid for with our dollars!  And with and by our silent consent!  And we wonder why we are seeing so much vile evil in America today!  God asks, “Why are my people destroyed for lack of knowledge?!”  Sin=evil, evil=ignorance and stupidity!  Why, oh why will not the people cry aloud with a contrite and broken heart?  Why, oh why is there no true repentance?!  (II Cor. 7:9-10)

As a mere mortal, but yet I pray at least somewhat of a vessel worthy to be used, to the glory of my Heavenly Father, I will ask in His name, “Why will we not repent and return to the supreme and righteous judge for the salvation of our nation?!”  Why, oh why do we continue to curse ourselves by putting our trust in any man or man’s government?!  (Jer. 17:5)  Our Creator’s hand is not too weak to save us!  His hearing is not too poor to hear us!  Our sins have separated us from Him!  (Is. 59:1-2)   Why, oh why have the preachers and pastors become dumb dogs that cannot warn the people?! (Is. 56:10)  Why, oh why is it that the vast majority of the pastors have become brutish, i.e. stupid, insensible and bestial, and no longer seek the Lord and preach His word?!  (Jer. 10:21)

Praise God, grace is still abundant for the forgiveness of sin, if there is a sincere repentance and turning from sin to Him and His commandments!  (Ezek. 14:6, Joel 2:13,Acts 26:2, Rev. 2:5)

As for me, I cannot and will not ask or sing for God to bless America!  I am and will continue to cry for America to repent before God. or you will be destroyed!  (Ps. 9:17, Jer. 1:10, Dan. 7:14, Rev. 11:18).

Enough said for now!

© 2017 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

The readers that have read the other articles I have written may find the fact that I do not reference any scriptures in this writing a little strange.  However, this “teaching” is absolutely solidly based on God’s Holy Word.  You can search out the scriptures that support this article on your own.  If you truly desire to prove me right or wrong.

In the beginning God formed and created the heaven and the earth.  He created day and night.  The oceans, rivers and dry ground.  Animal life of all kinds.  No “evolution” was used or needed.  All plant life was brought forth from the earth He created.  And then, finally, He created man in His image (resemblance). He created both male and female, and in so doing, completely established that a man and a woman only could be united in a Holy union to populate the earth.

The Holy sovereign God of all, by creating and ordaining the union of Holy matrimony, established the very foundation to build all societies and civilizations on.  He expressly specified that any other type of union and foundation was damned from the beginning.  Any variance from the ordained God established union of marriage would be the sure destruction of any society or civilization

The Almighty had established the beginning of a rare commodity for a lot of people, a God-centered home.  A place of a pure God type love.  A place of righteous instruction.  A place of security and safety for the whole family.  A place of Godly instruction and education.  Never and nowhere in the scriptures were His people to farm out their children to anyone but their immediate family to educate them.  Not a state run, antichrist, “hell” system, called public schools.  Parents alone, were to be responsible to educate their children!  Grandparents, sisters, brothers or other close family members were appointed as the educators.  The first commandment of education was to teach children the fear and reverence of their Holy God and Creator.  From sunrise to sunset. That was THE main duty of the parents!

This is why God set the “rules” of marriage and home life from the beginning and expounded on them all through His Holy Word.  This is precisely why the enemy of God’s people has attacked the home in every conceivable way.  Satan knows that if the foundation is undermined, all Creation will collapse and decay.  The truly sad and amazing part is that God’s people fell for Satan’s deception and, even now, love to have it so!  After all, it’s such a convenience to put them on the yellow bus to take them to the “secure compound” to be under police protection while they are taught that there is no God or Creator!  That we evolved from a single cell piece of slime eons ago.  Men have no eternal souls.  There are no set rules or standards to live by.  As man “evolves” he becomes his own god, and he can change the rules or laws to better suit mankind’s needs and preserve their mother earth!  Oh, how wonderfully foolish and full of witchcraft we all have become.

Men no longer obey the laws of God and have rebelled, i.e. committed witchcraft, against God.  Very few men follow Christ teachings of a Godly husband and dad.  Very few wives are willing to submit to any man, even their own husbands, as the lawful head of the wife.  God forbid you refer to them as “helpmeets”!  Or to suggest they are to be “keepers” of the home.  Children are being taught everyday by their “teachers” and other superiors, plus their peers, that they don’t need to obey their parents.  To be honest though, some parents aren’t fit to be called human, much less parents! But that can usually be a throwback to the way their parents “failed” to teach them God’s Word.

Sexual promiscuousness is rampant!  No guilt of males or females having sex with anyone at anytime they choose.  Even with the same sex!  And if a woman should have an “accident” and become pregnant, that’s no problem at all!  They can have it slaughtered for a few hundred dollars.

The God ordained union of marriage of one man to one woman for a lifetime has been compromised to the point that it’s almost an extinct idea!  Divorce and remarriage, which in almost every case is adultery, had became common place.  Through ignorance and compromise we have become a society seeped in adultery.  There is only one valid reason given for divorce in God’s Holy Word, and you find that the mother and father of the bride would have to show evidence of their daughters purity.  Christ Himself gave the commandment on divorce and remarriage.

Enough said!  America is damned with no hope of redemption because the people, as a whole, have become almost completely ignorant of God’s laws and for the most part we just don’t care!  This is called being reprobate!  From which there is no redemption.

© 2017 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

Got freedom?  Give me liberty or give me death!  Land of the free and the home of the brave!  Defenders of liberty!  Inalienable rights!  The state of  New Hampshire ‘s motto, ” Live Free or Die!”, WV mountaineers motto, “Mountaineers Are Always Free!”  What powerful quotes and beautiful sentiments!  Yet not one person in a thousand today truly understand what they mean, and fewer still would mean one word of them if  they understood the responsibility of actually living them!

All America needs, they say, is to go back to the Bill of Rights and The Constitution!  Not knowing or understanding that if we were to truly go back to the intent of the writers of the Constitution, all of the benefits or “entitlements” as we call them, would not exist!  Almost none understand and realize that they could not live long in true liberty and freedom!  And if they understood what freedom and liberty requires of them to be enjoyed and preserved, very few would truly desire what they now cry for!

As many societies of the past have been deceived into Satan’s servant’s (tyrants) snares, so goes the most free and open society in history. Gradually, through ignorance and the manipulation of cunning, crafty men, the once great experiment of liberty we call America has slipped into total despotism, and for the most part the people have blindly and gladly accepted the deception.

Our true founders known as The Pilgrims and Puritans understood and escaped the snares of Satan and his minions called kings and the cult leaders of a false religion!  These righteous individuals understood Prov. 23:1-8, and the warning given in Rev. 18:14.  These men and women had seen and lived with the trickery of wicked men and their beautiful words of deceit!  Their sirens call used to deceive the masses fell on the ears of learned and wise men who would not, and could not heed the lies of earthly ease for a temporary life of false peace and prosperity!  Dan. 8:25 — The word peace in this verse (Strong’s 7962) means false security or prosperity.  Unfortunately just as Israel, America fell because of selfish desires for wealth and ease!  Just as we are told in God’s pure, righteous word, the more they (we) prospered, the more they (we) forgot Him, His laws, and the more they (we) sinned against Him Hos. 4:7.  Even as in the time of Jeroboam, many that call themselves the ministers of God now depend on the “entitlements “of the “King” to prosper and exist.  They are called 501c3 corporations!  They masquerade as “The Church”!   I Kings 12:26-33  The King fed them and allowed them “benefits” as long as they preached his doctrine!  As the old saying goes, “you don’t bite the hand that feeds you”.  Whoever provides your needs and “benefits” becomes your “Lord”.  Your provider, protector and ruler!

As Israel went, so too America!  Out of bondage to perfect liberty.  Trusting their holy and righteous God to provide for them through faith in Him and utilizing His creation to “earn” a living by the sweat of their brows with dependence on no man or government.  But again, as Israel began murmuring and complaining, and desired to return back to bondage and tyranny of Egypt for the guaranteed “entitlements” they were given there, so too America.

You see, folks, you (we) cannot be a free people and “wards” of the state.  According to the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary, a ward is a child under the protection of a guardian.  As we have become!

A wise man by the name of Benjamin Franklin said, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.”

To be fair though we have made a much better “trade” than did the Israelites!  They wanted the onion, fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks and garlic they had in “captivity” in Egypt.  Num. 11:5.  We have done much, much better, haven’t we?  Wow!  We “swapped” our liberty in Christ as our provider for a much “cushier” lifestyle!

Let’s list some of our benefits ( dainties) we have gotten from the “King’s table”! Forget Psalms 118:3-9!  It’s surely not for U.S.!  After all, we are always free!  We’re the freest people on earth!  That my friends, is a lie straight out of hell!  We are actually 29th on the list of freest countries after countries like Hong Kong (the freest), Canada, England and many more!  Oh well, back to our entitlements!  Social Security, HUD, CHIP, food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, free public schools, clothing vouchers, totally free medical care, grants and government funded public transportation, to list a few.  Not to mention how we are “regulated” for our own good!  Mandatory vaccines, helmet laws, seat belt laws, zoning laws, gun control for our safety and “security” and safety checks at airports and public events.  Also road checks to protect us and keep us safe!  Wow!  We did really well!  We don’t need faith and liberty in God the Creation!  We have god the state to provide for us!

Folks, I will guarantee you that 98% of the people, if given a choice, would choose the latter!  All prisoners are cared for 24/7!

Now you know another reason why America will never be free again!  I’m guilty and so are you!

In Christ’s Service

© 2017 Butch Paugh – All Rights Reserved

1828 Webster’s Dictionary – Chattel – 1. Law.  a “movable” article of personal property.  2. Any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.

Important points found in I Samuel Chapter 8:

1. Verse 5 – Israel desired to forsake God as their sovereign King and asked for a king to judge them like the nations around them.
2. Verse 6 – Samuel was displeased, but God said they had already rejected Him and His Kingdom to serve other gods.
3. Verse 9 – God instructed Samuel to solemnly warn them of what would happen when they chose man’s law system to rule over them.
4. Verses 11-22 – Samuel told them what their new “god” would require of them for the “privilege of temporal man made security” they wanted, by following man’s civil authority over God’s righteous rule.
5. He will draft your sons and daughters for his military.
6. He will appoint underlings, (bureaucrats), to rule over society in large and small jurisdictions.
7. He would instruct the people to plow the king’s ground and reap his harvest!  He now assumed rule of all land.
8. The king would put them to “work”, (give them government jobs), manufacturing his weapons of war.
9. He would take the women and make them his palace staff.
10. He will take your best lands and give them to his lackeys and bureaucrats.
11. He would take a tenth of their goods and give them to his officers and servants.  In our “free” society today they take half or more!  We have become the land of the “fee” and the home of the “slave”!
12. He would draft your workers and best men, plus your livestock to do his work. (I) He will take a tenth of your livestock to give to his servants!

In verse 18 God told them that when all of this comes to pass that they would cry out to Him for mercy, but that He would not hear their pleas!

In verses 19-22 even after all the warnings and pleadings of God through Samuel, the people said, “Nay; but we will have a king over us; that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us (represent them), and fight our battles.”  Totally in contrast to God’s Word in Is. 33:22. Samuel said so be it!  Go on home and wait!

Foolish people that we are!  To turn from The Creator of all things for our blessings and provision!  We have sold ourselves and our posterity into slavery with our selfish desires. Ps. 118: 7-9

Although it may be very uncomfortable for us to admit that history clearly reveals the truth that there has never been a nation that remained faithful to God and His Kingdom for long.  Usually during or after the second generation, a nations prosperity turns the people from God’s blessings to man’s greed and promises of security!  We inevitably turn to and prefer man’s laws system, i.e. kingdom, to the sovereign Creator of all!  How quickly we have forgotten the promise given in Mt. 6:33.

The first commandment in Ex. 20:3 states, “thou shalt have no other ‘gods’ before me.”  Strong’s concordance No. 430 – gods, goddess, etc., but also judges or magistrates.  In other words, we are to have no other law systems or “authorities” above His Kingdom laws.  In Mt. 22:37 you will find what is known as the “great” commandment.  The first part expresses the same point as Ex. 20:3.  God must be obeyed, honored and glorified before all others and all other authorities.

Once the first commandment is ignored and disobeyed, the destruction of an individual life, or a nation, is unavoidable and inevitable!  God is the Rock and Foundation of all creation! Ex. 32:4, I Sam. 2:2, Ps. 18:2, Is. 17:10  Jesus Christ is the Cornerstone of the true church! II Pet. 2:6-7  Not Peter, as the Roman Catholic cult teaches.  The church is built on no man, no man-made doctrine, nor of works of any kind, but rather on the sovereignty and grace of Christ our Lord!  Amen!

All societies and nations that forget God are destroyed and turned into Hell. Ps. 9:17  Nations that put God’s Kingdom as the Head of their civil authorities are a blessed, prosperous and peaceful society! Pro. 29:2, Ps. 33:12, Mt. 6:33  An unrighteous and immoral people are doomed to despotism!  Eventually the whole world, except for those who are born again, will fall under the control of a world tyranny! Rev. 13:8  They will “literally” worship their “god” right into Hell!  After all, he has promised them so many benefits for following him, how could anyone but a “fool” trust in a God they can’t see?!

Quoting the preserved Word of God seems to hold very little meaning to most of society today, but all will see one day that His Word is valid!  They will be judged by it and found without the blood of Christ applied to cleanse their eternal souls, and will be damned for all eternity.  But be that as it may, I will show one more passage to those who will see what the final outcome for a nation that turns its back on God and His Kingdom must be!

In Pro. 28:2 we are told that the sins of the people are the reason why they came under tyrannical leaders!  As John Calvin said, “When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.”

We, as a society, and even those who may be sincere followers of Christ, have either ignorantly, or arrogantly, demanded our freedoms and liberty!  We want evil leaders that a sovereign God placed over us, to punish us, to cut our taxes, get rid of all the regulations and licenses (permits), that we need to work, travel and much more.  We want civil authority to go back into its rightful sphere of authority!  But folks, that won’t and indeed cannot happen.  An unrighteous, immoral, greedy, lazy and apathetic people that has not and will not demand righteous judgment and justice do not deserve what they cry out for! Is. 59:12-15

The blood of 60,000,000 innocent sacrifices we have allowed in our land, will not go unrecompensed!  America, i.e. Babylon, Sodom and Gomorrah, cannot be healed!  There is no true repentance or remorse for the transgressions we are all guilty of!  The people are too content to live in “Babylon” as a nation, and as a law system.  We have become fat and lazy!  Fearful of man but no real fear of God!  We “love” to have things the way they are, more than we hate  the evil and those that commit it!  We have become a “touchy feely” people!  We have very little Godly love in our hearts!  Godly love demands judgment and justice on evil doers! Jer. 5:28-32, Amos 5:15, Ps. 92:10, Ps. 139: 21-22, Rom. 12:9, I Pet. 3:11

One more passage from the complete, unchangeable, immutable and infallible Word of God found only in the 1611 KJV Bible in Neh. 9:32-38.  As a result of our transgressions of the unchanging law of God, whether intentional or unintentional, we are now “chattel”, property of evil rulers who have dominion over our property, our prosperity and our bodies.  And even now they have dominion over our minds, and make merchandise of us!  II Pet. 2:3

You!  You, must decide which law system and God you will serve into eternity!  We are all slaves to the Babylonian world system now!  Whether you admit it, or like it, or not!  It is the historic and Biblical truth!  No repentance, no freedom!

A moral and virtuous people have no need of maters, but an immoral people have need of an external force (masters) to control their lusts!

We must choose this day how far we will follow the anti Christ’s dictates!  Choose wisely!

In Christ’s service,

Pastor Butch Paugh

Sadly, the title of this article clearly states how most people prefer to live their lives. Ignorance, like sin, is bliss for a season. I guess there is some pleasure in living in this manner for a brief period (Heb. 11:25).

“There is a tranquility in ignorance, but servitude is its partner.”

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” -Goethe

“Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish. It is not originally a thing of itself, but the absence of knowledge; and though man be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.” -Thomas Paine

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” -Thomas Jefferson

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge (ignorance) because thou hast rejected knowledge (willful ignorance), I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” -Hosea 4:6

Just wanted to let you know that I’ve had all the “damned” lies I can handle without standing up, speaking out and exposing to all of us what fools we have become! (Ps. 14:1) A moral and virtuous people, filled with Godly wisdom, will not and cannot blindly pledge “allegiance” to any manmade government that denies the sovereign authority of the God of all creation. A nation ruled by corrupt men who ignore the eternal and immutable laws of Holy God, that demands obedience, or cause the people to err through immorality, depravity, decadence and debauchery cannot be obeyed by a righteous people! (Is. 9:16) Especially so for a nation that once knew the providence and protection of a righteous God. (Ps. 9:17) A nation that consisted mostly of a people who understood and realized that God alone must have preeminence in all things whatsoever in His creation. These people fled to an unsettled land to escape both a political and ecclesiastical tyranny under a corrupt king and a cult called Roman Catholicism. Both separately and together desired to rule the world!

These Godly people understood the authority given them by Christ Himself. (Mt. 28:18-20) They were determined to render to God alone their allegiance. They were determined to set up a “civil authority” that had but one purpose and that was to see that God’s laws alone were to be followed. Evil men were punished, the righteous were blessed with liberty (Rom. 13:1-6). They were willing to dedicate their lives to fulfill this “Holy” calling. These people who greatly desired to be righteous, established the first and truly “Christian” nation in history, that stood for approximately 200 years, from the early to late 1600’s to 1789. Yep, that’s right! 1789! Keep reading!

People who have a sincere desire for truth can find the truth, but they will not find it in the heathen, state run, “public fool” system we have all attended and still send our children to today! You will find very little of it in today’s 501c3 whorehouse we call the church! You can, if you are not too lazy to seek and find it in God’s preserved Word, the 1611 KJV Bible, using a Strong’s Concordance and a copy of the original 1828 Noah Webster’s dictionary. You can find actual copies of our nation’s first colonial covenants (constitutions) to read what our true founding fathers wrote about what our nation was formed for, but that is your call alone.

You may want to stop reading now! If you read any further, you will have your ignorance dispelled beyond repair. Again, the choice is yours. You could lose your ignorant bliss and blind patriotism!

If you will look at the original charters you will find that the colonists swore allegiance to Christ alone, for obedience and to further His Kingdom. To a king or civil authority, only a “limited” submission was given! To a self appointed “divine” leader who called himself Christ’s vicar on earth, no authority or submission was given. This man they knew is and was an antichrist. The colonists were so concerned about this issue, that many of their charters stated that only Protestant Christians could hold any office of authority.

Now, back on the original topic of Blissful Ignorance. How did such a once Godly, intelligent and industrious people become so “damned” ignorant to all things righteous and good? Without going into great detail, let me list just three points that should help us understand a major reason as to what happened.

Number one. Our true founders knew that in the original covenant God penned for men, the Holy Bible, that in the first four words He established His preeminence and sovereign authority over His creation was established and settled forever. The four words are, “In the beginning God..”

Number two. When the first founding fathers were about to come ashore and establish the first truly Christian colony, they realized that they needed a covenant written for all to sign and agree to, for righteous order of their new society. It was called the Mayflower Compact because it was written and signed while still onboard the Mayflower. It began simply with four words that set the standard for all of their society to agree to live by. “In the name of God.” In so stating, they recognized God’s sovereignty and rule of His law over all Creation.

Number three. The beginning of the end of God’s recognized sovereign authority over His creation. The first huge step to a dominant humanistic view in American society. As a matter of fact, this new covenant, compact, charter on constitutions was so inadequate that Patrick Henry would have nothing to do with it and Ben Franklin stated that it was “doomed to despotism”. Why? What could possibly be so out of place? We simply don’t have time to go into detail on these issues now, but here is the problem and destruction of America’s, once Godly, founding and fountain of blessings in three words! “We the people”! From the first, the founders recognized “beginning by, for and in God, in the name of God”, to “we the people” who became their own god. No longer would God’s laws alone be recognized! Now man, with and by his own understanding, could decide right and wrong. From Godliness to humanism in a manner of a few years. No, it didn’t dissolve overnight, but as the people became more and more ignorant of God’s sovereign right to govern in the affairs of men, they became their own gods, determined to govern themselves with their own ignorant devices. So here we are at 1789, 128 years later! Let’s examine the results of recognizing “mans rights”, (an oxymoron – more on that later ), without God’s righteous laws!

1. Countless ungodly wars of federal powers to conquer and control their own people. Huge wars to further the “empires” power and control all over the world that was allowed and tolerated by an ignorant people!

2. A forced state controlled educational system to destroy any recognition of God and His laws in society, to dumb down in order to further produce and control an ignorant people. 1963 was a very good year for this! And for the record, Thomas Jefferson did not produce a writing to keep God out of state affairs, but to keep the state out of church affairs! Separation of church and state is not in any of our nations documents, but it is in Russia’s!

3. 1954. Lyndon B. Johnson used his influence as a US senator to put the churches in America under control of the IRS. With the 501c3 clause giving the church the “privilege” of being tax exempt when they were already tax immune! An ignorant people claiming to understand God’s Word were thrilled to accept this. Ah! Wonderful ignorant blissfulness!

4. 1974. A woman’s “constitutional right” to murder her own child is given viability by a non authority, the US supreme court! This fruit of an ungodly nation has resulted in the torture and death of sixty million, 60,000,000, innocent children! There is no forgiveness for a nation that ignorance or cowardliness allows this atrocity! II Kings 24:4 This is one example of how we the people, as written in our 1789 document called the Constitution, have used mans so called rights to promote and protect evil.

5. 2015. Again, the same non authority stated that sexual predators, perverts and deviants not only have the “right” to exist in our society, but they have the “constitutional right” to marry! Again, an ignorant, cowardly and mostly indifferent society said or did very little.

These are a few of the bigger results and curses of an ignorant people. There are many, many more. They grow in severity as the people become more ignorant, cowardly and indifferent. Some of the lesser that an ignorant people ignored were income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, licenses, property seizures, child kidnapping by CPS tyrants and on and on we could go!

Most of the above have been established under supposed constitutional, civil or human rights! As I have said before, we have become a people that are straining at gnats and swallowing camels. Mt. 23:24 We protest taxation, gun control, government land grabs, police state tactics and the new world order, yet continue to allow the sacrifices of 4000 babies a day. We tolerate sexual deviants teaching our children in the public hell holes we call schools. God cannot and will not hear our prayers! II Chron. 7:14 does not fit us today!

Let me make one thing perfectly clear! Men do not have rights given to him by anyone, including a Sovereign God! Man was given commandments and duties by a Holy, righteous, totally and completely sovereign potentate King and Magistrate! Mans duties and allegiance is to God and Him alone! If we fulfill His duties, then He grants us blessings! NOT rights! For example, man has the blessing of keeping and bearing arms to fulfill God’s command and duty to protect himself, family and nation! Numbers chapter one, Neh. 4:14, Luke 22:36 and I Tim. 5:8 are a few scriptures to prove this point. Because, through ignorance of God’s Word, we have not fulfilled our duty to God to protect the innocent, we are facing the loss of the blessing, not right, to keep and bear arms. Folks, I could go further, but enough has been said on this issue.

We have, through ignorance and complacency become complicit in the sins of this once Godly nation. I, for one, will never pledge an allegiance to a symbol of a nation that has committed all of the abominations listed above! I am a veteran! I served before I knew the wickedness of this nation! Our young people haven’t died in a Godly war since the Revolution! All the rest were forced upon us from enemies, both foreign and domestic, who hunger for wealth, power and control. Our young people have been used as cannon fodder to further an American empire, not defending our freedoms!

How ignorant we are! Free to murder, pervert and destroy our children’s future! To allow our former pervert and chief in the white house, named Barry Soetoro, alias Barack Hussein Obama, to bestow America’s highest award on a sexual deviant lesbian named Ellen Degeneres!

No thanks! Not me! I am angry at what I see! I will no longer remain silent or soften my words to endeavor for unity! God’s Word is the only real truth on all manners! All of our so called founding documents are but dung without God’s authority recognized as the supreme and final word in all manners whatsoever!

We now have a new president, Donald J. Trump, who pledges to “make America great again.” Let us be hopeful and pray that this will happen, but while we tolerate the slaughter of 1,460,000 babies a year and the perversion of sodomy and lesbianism, God will not heal this land. Let’s be clear on this one indisputable fact!! No nation will be blessed or prosper without obedience to God’s moral laws!! (Ps. 33:12)

You must decide for yourselves who you will serve. You have been told the truth in this article! Joshua 24:15 is my decision. As our ministry name states, this is your “Call to Decision”. Let us no longer fulfill Christ’s warning in Matt. 15:14.

In Christ’s service

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Throughout all of man’s history, man has always found a god to worship. One god, or a conglomerate of many gods, mankind has always found someone or something on which to bestow their adoration or worship. Some of wood, some of stone, some heavenly, stars, planets, etc. Some fleshly – pharaohs, Caesars, kings, emperors, religious leaders, political leaders and others.

A few blessed nations were given the true origins of life, and taught about the only true God. The Creator of all things both known and unknown. It’s truly unfortunate, but nonetheless a truism that all nations and cultures, whether blessed with the knowledge of the One True God or not, have always turned away from the truth to idols and false gods, and in turn have damned themselves and their children. From being wise to being fools. (Romans 1:22) Although real history reveals the fact that the societies that taught the “right” worship of the one and only true God of creation prospered and flourished for at least a brief period. Right up until they forgot Who it was that prospered and blessed them. (Hos. 4:6) The one thing that came as a blessing that seems to be the single most destructive force that destroys a nation and societies is prosperity! (Hos. 4:7) All nations that prospered eventually became lazy, apathetic and indifferent to the power and authority that gave them the ability to prosper and live in peace. We were warned in Deut. 8:17-20 and Matt. 6:33.

Let’s look at a few names mankind has given their gods over generations from different nations and cultures. Please keep in mind that most nations and societies were never given the blessings of knowing the One True God and His laws and the blessings that follows obedience to these laws. Psalms 9:17 does not apply to them at the same level as it does nations like Israel, Europe and America. Most of those cultures and societies that never know the One True God and His laws became what we know today as “third world nations”. Poverty, diseases, immorality, slavery and tyranny are usually the best nations that never knew Yahweh God, can hope to attain for themselves. This list of nations and their gods is nowhere near a complete list:

Babylon

1. Anu: The god of the highest heaven.
2. Murduk: National god of Babylon.
3. Ishtar: Goddess of love and fertility. (Other names are Diana in N.T.) Queen of Heaven in Jer. 7:17-19, Easter in America)
4. Kishar: Father of earth.
5. Anshur: Father of heaven.

Egypt

1. Osiris: God of the dead.
2. Isis: protective goddess. Also wife of Osiris. Their offspring was Horus.

All pharaohs were considered a living Horus. (Civil authority became god.) Egypt had at least a dozen more gods that fulfilled different roles.

Greek

1. Aether: The god of the upper air and light.
2. Chaos: The nothingness from which everything else came.
3. Eros: The god of love and attraction. (Where the word “erotica” came from).
4. Gaia: Goddess of the earth. Mother earth. (Same as New Age earth worshippers in saving the earth by reducing population, etc.)
5. Phanes: The god of procreation.

Rome

1. Apollo: Son of Jupiter and Leto. God of music, The Archer, he taught men medicine, drove the chariot to take the sun across the sky.
2. Ceres: Corn goddess.
3. Diana: Fertility goddess, moon goddess, huntress goddess, lunar virgin, mother of creation. (Modern day Easter.)
4. Jupiter: Ruler of the gods.
5. Mars: God of war.
6. Mercury: God of trade – merchants.

Norse

The culture worshipped fifty or more gods or goddesses.

1. Thor: Son of Odin, god of thunder and battle.
2. Ve’: One of three gods of creation.
3. Eastre: Goddess of spring. (Again Easter).

Folks, volumes could be written just covering false idols, gods and goddesses and their “duties” and how they were worshipped. Let’s take a look at two more cultures. Both of which knew and followed the Only True God of all creation, but turned their backs on Him to follow false gods. In most cases when the false gods were initially introduced, many people refused to follow them, but over a few generations, the false practice of pagan worship became acceptable and the word of the True God was forgotten (Hos 4:6-7) With great blessings comes great duties and responsibilities. (Luke 12:48-49). Straight forward warnings and severe punishments are given to a people who once knew the True God but turned away from worshipping Him. (Ex. 20:1-6, Deut. 28, Ps. 106:34-43), just to name a few.

Some false gods and idols Israel turned to and the scriptures where they are mentioned:

1. I Samuel, Chapter 8: National god or idol – political “savior” and “provider”. (Same in America)
2. I Kings 11:5 and 33: Ashtoreth (Easter again),
3. II Kings 14:18-23, 25-28: Baal.
4. Acts 18: 24, 27-28, 34-35: Diana and Artemis.
5. Acts 14:12: Merdoch – Murduk.
6. Jeremiah 17:18, 44:17-19 &25: Queen of Heaven, known as Ishtar (Easter).
7. II Kings 17:21: Tummuz. There are at least a dozen more.

As in Israel, so too in America. Same gods and goddesses, just different names. It is truly sad and unfortunate, but true. All nations that once followed the True God of Creation, as America did for a brief time, and accepted His salvation through His only begotten son Yashua (Jesus Christ), and followed His laws that cover individual ecclesiastical and biblical laws have been abundantly blessed. Sadly America has turned away from Him to their own means. (Hos. 4:67) Evolution of nations from liberty back to tyranny by Alexander Tyler makes the point very clearly. (Jer. 5:30-31)

1. From bondage to spiritual faith.
2. From spiritual faith to great courage
3. From courage to liberty.
4. From liberty to abundance. (Jos. 4:7)
5. From abundance to selfishness.
6. From selfishness to complacency.
7. From complacency to apathy.
8. From apathy to dependency.
9. From dependency to bondage.

America, in just a brief period of time turned their backs on following God’s righteous laws, judgments, and justice and started worshipping a new god they named “We The People”. For a brief period of history, even under this new god, things went fairly well because most of society remained mostly moral. But that soon changed. Although we were a nation brought forth by God Almighty, and followed His righteous laws, our true founding fathers in the colonies refused to make any laws in “addition to” God’s law because they recognized the sovereignty of God in all spheres of life. Even the now “Christianized” thoroughly pagan holiday of Christmas and Easter were forbidden. Our original “Founding Fathers” knew this was an abomination to God Himself.

Just a few short years after “We The People” became our own gods, men’s main desire was for wealth and power. The men that the people “chose” to rule over them became corrupt and greedy. Men started turning to their elected “officials” to do what Israel wanted in I Samuel, chapter 8. In 1861, another war of independence was fought and lost. For whatever reason, God did not allow His people to divide again over taxation and control. (See, I Kings, Chapter 12).

America, for many reasons, soon became the most prosperous and powerful nation in all of history. For a long while after the new god of “we the people” was introduced, America still grew and was blessed because of the moral foundation that was laid by our once Christian founders, the colonists. De Tocqueville made this truth very clear in the following statement:

De Tocqueville, Alexis (1805-1859; French author, historian, philosopher and statesman):

“I sought for the key to the greatness and genius of America in her harbors…; in her fertile fields and boundless forests; in her rich mines and vast world commerce; in her public school system and institutions of learning. I sought for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits FLAME with RIGHTEOUSNESS did I understand the secret of her genius and power.
America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”

Soon though, the people heard the siren cry of man’s benefits to save them from poverty, sickness and too much “responsibility”. No need to plan for the future. Our newest and biggest idol ever, government, will provide! Need food, shelter, clothing, children’s education, health care and more? No problem! Just put your trust in your benevolent and all-wise “gods” and they will provide for you from the womb to the tomb! At least, if they want to. All you have to do in return is obey! After all, “obedience is worship” and “worship is obedience”. (Romans 6:13 & 16, Acts 5:29)

Now our idols, gods and goddesses can tell you that the God you once served no longer exists or is irrelevant. Very few resist! After all, if they do, they will lose their benefits and lazy way of existing! It seems that most of God’s people have forgotten Christ’s teaching in Mt. 6:24-34.

Never fret, America, the gods we call Republicans, or Democrats, or Greens, or Independents or others will save us! Just support who in your mind is the lesser of evils! Never mind God’s word on how to choose your leaders in Deut. 17:14-20. After all, things have changed. Our idols and gods have changed for sure! But folks, God’s Word will never change. He will never change His mind or will! Ps. 119:89, Mi. 3:6, James 1:17, Rev. 1:8)

America – End Time Babylon – has been weighed in the scales and has been found wanting! (Daniel, chapter 5)

You have been warned people! America is Damned! But it’s not too late for “we the people” to repent and follow Jehovah God as best as we know how, and be ready to give up all for His glory! Stand up! Speak up! Don’t be ashamed of the truth , or afraid of the enemy! (Josh. 24:15, Phil. 3:8, Mt. 10:34-42) .

In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Butch Paugh, P.P.P.

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Romans 1: 21-22: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful: but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

1. Vain — Strong’s Concordance, no. 3154 — to render foolish, wicked, idolatrous.
2. Imaginations — S.C. no. 1261 — reasoning, thoughts.
3. Foolish — S.C. no. 801 — unintelligent, wicked, without understanding.
4. Heart — S.C. no. 2588 — Thoughts, feelings or (mind).

Verse 22: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

1. Fools — S.C. no. 3474 — to become insipid; (insipid) — 1828 Webster’s Dictionary — tasteless, dull, heavy, want of wisdom, want of understanding.

Psalms 14:1: The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

1. Fool — S.C. no. 5036 — stupid, wicked, vile person.
2. Abominable — S.C. no. 8581 — to loathe, to abhor.

Now that I have laid the Biblical Foundation of this article, you can research the other scriptures for yourselves. If you do not consider the Bible as a valid source, then quit reading now. No one can help a fool that loves being one! Prov. 23:9 There is an excellent reason why a fool is compared to a hog (swine). Matt. 7:6

Now take a look at Psalms, chapter two. A heathen, fool, humanist, atheist, or agnostic are all in the same category. These “damned” souls despise righteous wisdom, correction, knowledge and instruction! When these ungodly, corrupt and reprobate children of Satan are allowed to influence society, then the remaining righteous will become a “prey” that needs to be destroyed, according to the fools in charge! Prov. 1:7, 1:22, 15:10, Psalms 50:17, Isaiah 59:15.

The genuine born again, blood bought, spirit-filled called out ones, the church, has been commanded to go into all nations to spread the gospel of Christ! The church was instructed to teach all nations to observe all the commandments Christ gave His church. He also said that all power was given to Him in heaven and in earth. The word power here is Strong’s Concordance no. 1849 and means in part, “ability, force, competency, mastery, freedom, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, authority and jurisdiction!”

2- Now, here is, or should be, some very exciting news! In Acts 1:7-8, the same power was and has been given to the blood-bought body of Christ, His church! Yet, with all that has been bestowed on His people to use, and they have miserably failed to fulfill the great commission given to us in Matt. 28!

For brief periods in man’s history, including here in America, the great commission was the main thrust of the early settlers, but that desire was soon lost in the carnal drive of mankind to prosper and increase earthly wealth. The once great Christian nation soon fell into wantonness, lust and greed, and as we are witnessing now, chaos, derision, confusion and insanity! Inevitably, total destruction will be our doom! Psalms 2:4, Deut. 28:28, Psalms 9:17

The source and blame for a destroyed society and nation lies squarely in and on the churches of that society and nation! Hos. 4:6-7, Ezek. 33:1-9, Rev. 3:16 When an individual or society denies Christ before man by tolerating or compromising with sin/evil, then that individual or society is denying Christ Himself and will be denied by Christ to His Father! Matt. 10:33 Today’s church has come to falsely believe that all we are required to do today is to preach “love” (a false love) and pursue peace with all men by tolerating and compromising with evil! They believe this in spite of Christ’s very clear teaching that He did not come to bring peace to earth, but warfare! Matt. 10:34-39 taken as uncompromising stand for righteousness will divide the good from the evil and the righteous from the unrighteous! You will make enemies! And when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn, and the righteous will be persecuted for their stand! Prov. 29:2

When the wicked are in authority, as they most certainly are now in the U.S., you will discover who the sincere and genuine “Christians” are. Lukewarm “church members” will go silent, and at best “whisper” their opposition to the evil powers! Fear will reign in the hearts of the unsaved and lukewarm Christians. The lukewarm church will deny Christ and damn themselves to Hell! Matt. 24:8-13, Rev. 3:16

Let me warn you, dear readers, that there is no doubt that the righteous will absolutely suffer persecution and even death at the hands of those that hate us! Because the called-out ones did not stay true to Christ’s great commission and His commandments, judgment will fall on the church first! I Peter 4:17 But take heart, true believers! We will not be deceived by Satan’s trickery if we stay close to our Savior and true to His word. Only evil men and seducers (imposters–false believers) will wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived! II Tim. 3:13 We must continue in the true faith of God’s word! vs. 14. Those that endure to the end shall be saved!

1. Endure — S.C. no. 5278 — remain, bear trials, have fortitude, persevere, take patiently, suffer.

Those who are truly born again and remain true to Christ and His commandments will overcome the world and Satan. I John 2:13-14 Fellow believers, stay faithful. Don’t give place to the devil or overcome with sin and unbelief. Eph. 4:27, Heb. 12:1-3 Many promises are given to those who overcome. Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26, 3:5,12,21 21:7

America is reprobate! There is no turning her back to her righteous beginnings. But let us seek our God’s face and will for us to lead the remaining remnant to Christ. America’s end is prophesied in many places in God’s word. The righteous will be delivered, but the land has sinned beyond repentance as Israel did in Ezek. 14:14.

Jesus is Lord!! He will reign with His church for all eternity!

In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Butch Paugh, P.P.P.

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I John 3:4: “Whoever committeth sin transgresseth (disobeys God’s laws) also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law.”

This article will most likely not impress or influence anyone who is not a “true” believer in the Sovereign Creator of all, who governs in the affairs of men, and who metes out righteous judgment according to man’s obedience or disobedience to HIS LAWS! His laws are immutable, unchangeable and eternal, and His judgment is just and certain! Now that you know where I am coming from, let’s continue!

Gal. 6:7 clearly states that God is not mocked! We will reap what we sow! Life or death! Deut. 30:19 It is our choice. “The soul that sinneth it shall die.” Eze. 18:4 and the nation that “tolerates” sin shall be destroyed! Ps. 9:17 And because of the ignorance, apathy, and cowardliness of the CHURCH, our nation is damned! THE CHURCH does not have the spiritual fortitude, because of the effeminate (womanish) men behind the pulpit who are damned to Hell –( ICor. 6:9) to stand and call evil what it is! SIN! Self-Indulgent Narcissism! Ignorant , apathetic, cowardly “Christians” who whisper about the evil all around us, do you not know that your indifference and fear is damning you to Hell, as well as the worker of lawlessness! (Eze. 33:4-5, Prov. 24:11-12) We have destroyed our children’s futures, and perhaps even sent their souls to Hell because we have forgotten, become ignorant of, the laws of God! (Hos. 4:6)

We have lost the power and authority of have Godly men in our midst that will not cower and squirm in the presence of evil no matter what the source. Godly men who will stand in the face of evil no matter the danger to themselves or others for the glory of God and call sin S I N! Men who will say “to Hell with the political correctness of our society and church! Men who will demand righteous judgment on evildoers, including the death penalty for capital crimes like murder, rape, kidnappers, adulterers, fornicators, sodomites and lesbians, and will not spare nor pity them because of their sins! (Deut. 7:16, 13:8, 19:13, 21, 25:12, Jer.13:14, Eze. 5:11, 7:4,9, 8:18, 9:5,10). God Himself damns unrepentant souls to an eternal damnation without pity!

The worldly effeminate men that fill the pulpits of America today do not have the Holy courage to condemn and pronounce judgment on unrighteousness! They desire the praise and accolades of men more than they desire the righteousness of God or His laws! Therefore they preach a gospel of complacency, compromise and cowardliness! They preach a perverted man-centered love! Not the righteous love that our God ordained that demands righteous justice and judgment on evildoers!

So there you have it! It’s not the real fault of a woman who murders her unborn child! She is worthy of death, but the church is afraid to demand righteous judgment, so 60,000,000 murdered babies blood is crying out to a Holy God for retribution against America, and more specifically the lukewarm church in America! Christ will spew (vomit) it out in judgment! Rev. 3:16 We could name many more instances of compromise and cowardliness from the pulpit today, but enough for this article.

In Christ’s Service,

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First, I want to say that the statement I am about to make will quite possibly really upset a bunch of folks, and probably cause even some who have supported me in the past to drop me like a hot rock. Unfortunately, telling the truth and exposing a falsehood that has been believed and “cherished” by people for generations can be very uncomfortable, and it can tend to cause an angry response. Although an angry initial response is to be expected, as it was from me, a sincerely honest individual will listen and search out the truth for themselves. As someone once said, “An honest person who discovers he is mistaken, either ceases being mistaken, or ceases being honest.” So here we go.

No man, group of men, society or nation have ever been given unalienable rights by their creator! (Jehovah-Yaweh God) Mankind received only “blessings” from obedience to God! How arrogant we have been as mere humans to proclaim and demand “our” rights while in rebellion against God’s laws! God alone, being the only potentate, ( i.e., sovereign) has the rights we proclaim we have as His “creation”! The creation is completely under the power and authority of the Creator to do with as He pleases! (Rom. 6:21-23, Is. 18:1-10, Rev. 4:11) The pure, righteous and forever settled and established Word of God very clearly tells us that He blesses those people who obey Him and curses those who don’t. (Deut. 28)

We have sadly mistaken our many blessings as rights and falsely assumed that we “deserve” the so called “rights we say are eternally and immutability ours! In Matt. 6:33 we are plainly instructed to put the Kingdom of God first and His righteousness; and all these things (blessings, not rights) shall be added unto you.

For men to proclaim that they have “unalienable” rights is to imply that they are “sovereign”! That is blasphemy! No man, king, kingdom or nation is “sovereign” or exempt from the laws of God! Nowhere in His Word does He declare men have rights.

Mankind all over the world, but none more so than here in America, cry “give me liberty or give me death”! The man who made this famous statement fully realized the only true source of liberty came from (II Cor. 3:17), not from the alleged “unalienable” rights declared in the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. That is exactly why he would not attend the Constitutional Convention or participate in or endorse the document that falsely claims that men are guaranteed unalienable rights. Liberty only comes by and through obedience to Christ! God alone, as the only potentate-sovereign, is the only Judge, Lawgiver, King and Savior! (Is 33:22). Outside of His will we have no reason to expect anything but what we are witnessing in America today! We cry out to our “government” that we demand our rights, our freedoms and our liberty! How positively ignorant, arrogant and idolatrous! How can we be so “damned” stupid as not to see that we live in the society and under the government we have because we have disobeyed God’s word?! No man, group of men, political party, church organization or earthly power can save us!

Page 2 — Dereliction of Duty

Without total repentance before God Almighty we will continue to be destroyed and perish off the face of the earth! (Luke 13:3, Rev. 2:5, Luke 5:15-18, Is. 60:12)

If you aren’t already offended and angry with me, hang in there — I’m not through yet. Certainly my intentions are not to upset you, but rather to cause you to think, reason and then to finally understand why America and “we the people” are being cast into confusion, chaos and tyranny.

We have mistaken rights that we proclaim are due us, whether civil, human or Constitutional as mandated to us from God! I understand completely! I’ve been there for years! I was ignorant of the truth and clear teachings of God through His Word! God does not grant or guarantee rights to men, He sends multitudes of blessings if we fulfill our duties to Him and our fellow man. Blessings, not rights! Such as liberty, prosperity, peace, security and rest to our souls! We have lost these “fundamental blessings” because we as a nation, and even the church have not fulfilled our duties before Him.

For example, let’s take a look at what is probably the most touted “unalienable” right we hear the most. The second amendment to the Constitution. It says, “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”. Let’s face it, this guaranteed, unalienable, not-to-be-infringed-upon right is the most abused and restricted “right” that we say we have! Obviously, writing it on a piece of paper as part of a contract between men and man’s sphere of authority has not done much to stop the “infringing”.

Now, let’s see what the Word of God says about keeping and bearing arms or weapons if you prefer. I’m not talking about hunting as the reason to bear arms. Let’s look at the duty we have to keep, bear and use weapons when necessary!

No one is more accountable to obeying God’s Word than those who profess to be His people. His blood bought, spirit filled redeemed church (Strong’s Concordance — 1577, Ekklesia — called-out ones). In today’s language, the church. He plainly and clearly instructed His disciples (followers) which we are if we keep His word. In Luke 22:36, “and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one”. (Sword in Strong’s Concordance — 3163 — a knife, i.e. a dirk, sword). (Dirk: Webster’s Dictionary 1828, a kind of dagger) The “sword” referred to in this passage is not the Bible, but a literal weapon of self-protection and protection of others. Now that that is settled, let’s move on.

In I Tim. 5:8 we can read another clearly defined duty, not right, commanded by God to His people. “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel!” Provide, Strong’s Concordance 4306 — consider in advance, look out for beforehand. 1828 Webster’s, “Provide” is to procure supplies or means of defense; to take measures for counteracting or escaping an evil. Clear so far? Let’s continue. “Denied” — Strong’s 720 — to contradict, i.e., disavow, reject, abnegate, deny, refuse. “Infidel” — Strong’s 571 — disbelieving, i.e., without Christian faith, a heathen, untrustworthy person, that believeth not, faithless. A verse very easy to understand if we desire to, but how many “believers” do you see fulfilling this “God ordained” duty, not right?! If we as Christians sincerely meant what we say, we believe in, namely the infallible Word of God, the so called right to keep and bear arms could never have been infringed upon! But because we have not fulfilled our duty to “provide” for our families and others, we are losing the blessing of the ability to protect ourselves. Simple, huh? How many Christians do you know keeping the command to carry a weapon? Also see Ex. 22:2 and Neh. 4.

Page 3 — Derelict in Duty

It would take volumes to expose and explain how we have lost our liberties and other blessings, but we will examine just one more. Ex. 20:13. Thou shalt not kill. (Kill — Strong’s 7523 — to murder) or has as Christ made a little clearer in Matt. 19:18 — “Thou shalt do no murder.”

Now I am certain that all people, especially those that call themselves Christians, will say something like “I would never harm anyone intentionally, much less commit murder”. Well, that in itself is very commendable, but it still has not fulfilled our God-given duty to protect and preserve our fellow man’s lives! “We the people” have tolerated, allowed, condoned, and in some cases, upheld the “right” of women to commit infanticide! I know we call it “abortion” because it “softens” the sound of the crime against children, but it’s still murder, i.e., infanticide! You see the duty not to commit to murder is also a direct command to save and preserve life! Especially of the innocent! Prov. 24:11-12. In essence, we have been a partaker in the death of 60,000,000 children! Our duty to keep and bear arms was given to provide for the protection of all innocent life! We have lost much of our blessings to keep and bear arms because we have not fulfilled our duty before God.

Many will say, preacher, are you advocating taking up arms to stop the murders of innocent children?! My answer is simply this, it is far too late now! January 1973 would have been the time for His people to rise up! We failed miserably! II Kings 24:4 plainly states that it is over for America! Because the church forgot her duty to God we have cursed our nation and our posterity! We are under a tyrannical man-made government because we did not obey His “The Righteous Duty” given to us. We have become soft and effeminate! To cry out against the loss of liberty and freedom and demand our rights is on the verge of blasphemy! Instead we should be on our knees before Him in repentance with a contrite and broken heart! And then get back into the battle! Stand, cry aloud, and proclaim righteous judgment o this damned nation!

As the disciples of Christ preached the gospel of Christ and the believers stood their ground in exposing the evil in their society of all kinds, they were willing to give their lives for the gospel. We, as the people of God, must do the same in our day. We will never regain what we have lost in what we call “our rights”. Let’s stop proclaiming our rights and instead fulfill our God-given duties! We have been guilty of what our Savior said in Matt. 23:24, “we have become blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.”

Yes, we have been brought into captivity and bondage for the same reasons Israel was. Dereliction of Duty! Ecc. 12:13-14, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter! Fear God, and keep His commandments; For this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

May the Holy God have mercy on our souls, and give us courage to do our duty while there is still some time left and a “little” light remains! (John 9:4) Read and consider Ps. 2:10-12, Ps. 9:17, Prov. 14:34, Ps. 33:12, Jer. 17:22-31, Ps. 96:4-5, Ezek. 21:1-5, Rev. 13:4-9

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Alright, let’s rid ourselves of this “God Thing”! We will accept the fact that there is no God. No Creator. No divine plan manifest in a divine creation. No real rhyme or reason for world events or our personal lives. Everything is “only” an accident or incident that just happens through men’s action or a evolutionary process that just happens to occur. There are no “absolute” laws that govern every aspect of all life. Just a kind of survival of the fittest that causes changes and evolution in all orders of life. Physical, mental and “spiritual” change caused by “accidental” decisions based on the necessity of the moment.

Let’s just forget the foolish idea that the Bible is the inspired, eternal, immutable word of an all powerful and all knowing God. We’ll ignore Prov. 3:5-7, Romans 1:28, Ps. 2:1-3, Prov. 14:12 and Ps. 14:1.

Good! That’s settled! Just one question please? How do we live then? Who gets to make the rules? Whose rules or laws are the final solution and answer to moral or ethical questions? Gosh, what is morality then anyway? You know the God thing rules like, it’s a sin to murder, steal, commit adultery or to fornicate, to bear false witness, or dishonor your parents. How did we live with such an old-fashioned idea as “sin”? Golly, we were so stupid! I mean, to believe and think that mankind should live by a set of rules or laws that would dare judge them for doing wrong!! How absolutely ignorant! Oops, I forgot, there is no absolutes! I mean how silly of us to judge others by standards that we believe in!

Gee, just think! Fifty years ago we actually thought that we could tell a woman that she couldn’t kill that “blob of tissue” in her womb! How arrogant and self-righteous! And who am I to expect my wife to not have an “extra marital affair”. After all, what set of rules say it’s wrong? Even if she or I want a same sex partner, whose business is that? It’s not a sin! There is no more sin! It’s what I desire! Who dares to judge either of us for fulfilling our “natural born” tendencies!?

Isn’t that a damned foolish way of thinking?!! Psalms 14:1! Romans 1:28! But as a society we have allowed by our silence, God’s word and laws to be ignored to our destruction! You can’t build an individual life or family without the absolute, immutable and “fundamental” laws set by a Holy God, much less a whole society! There is no foundation without an unchanging base to build it on!

Don’t blame Obama, your legislators, your courts or white house for America’s destruction. The blame lies exclusively in the church house! Even more precisely, the pulpits have damned the nation! The pastors have become stupid, insensible and cowardly! They have scattered the flock, caused mass confusion and compromise! They have become dumb dogs! Lazy and apathetic to evil. Jer. 10:21, Is. 56:10

Again, the question, “How shall we live then?” If you are truly a blood bought, spirit-filled child of the only living God of all creation, you will live by His laws and directions as much as you are capable of understanding, or you will be damned. For all eternity! John 14:15, Matt. 10:33. Thank God for His marvelous grace! But don’t misuse or abuse His grace! You will damn yourselves!

Hebrews 10:28-29

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• Whispering Christians, 4-5-15
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• For the Lack of a Few Righteous Men, 3-17-13
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