IS TRUE PATRIOTISM VIOLENT?
Are we Willing To Pledge Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor To Defend and Restore America?
I believe there have probably been enemies of liberty in the United States from its inception. It has been estimated by many students of history, that only a third of the citizens of the American colonies were separatists, and two thirds of them either opposed the revolution, or were uncommitted, so it stands to reason that a remnant of indifference, and opposition may have continued.
This makes it likely that there are forces present in the United States today that are vehemently opposed to the principals upon which our republic is based, and that they are supported by an uncommitted force that is subject to recruitment. When these uncommitted forces align with either the patriotic, or rebellious force, a majority, or at least a plurality is produced. Therefore, each of these committed entities, the American patriot, and the rebellious American marxist, gain their greater strength when they are able to recruit more of the uncommitted.
This is where WORDS come into play. Those that seek to deceive others often down-play the significance, or at least the power of words, while distorting, and rewriting their definitions in order to effectively deceive the uncommitted.
How important, how powerful are words? Did not God say in the first verse of the book of John, “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God.” How important, how powerful, how vital then might be the use of words? Did not God Almighty speak into being the world, the universe, with all of its galaxies, mankind, and every plant and animal?
In like manner, wasn’t it through the use of words that Lucifer rebelled against his maker, God? Was it not through the use, or misuse of words that the serpent deceived Eve, and through her influence, was able to convince Adam to rebel against his maker?
Likewise, while those who love God, truth, liberty, justice, grace, and mercy, use words, including the Bible, (THE WORD OF GOD,) to attract others to the saving grace of God, the devotees of Satan, the enemies of God, truth, liberty, justice, grace, and mercy, also use words to draw people away from the saving grace of God.
Many have succumbed to the lies of Satan, and have written extensively, seeking to deceive those that fail to resist. Some examples are, Karl Marx, Saul Alinsky, and Antonio Gramsci. Then others have similarly used their deceptive works as weapons against their fellow humans, such as Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, etc.
Today we are in a war of words. Ideas are the weapons of this war, and words are ammunition. Marxists have ceased control of many of our positions of influence, and the impressionable minds of our youth have, in many cases, been moulded to resist truth, in favor of marxist indoctrination.
Some are outraged, and enraged, compelled to physically fight in resistance to onslaught of marxist tyranny. There may come a time for violent resistance, but our founders, and the framers of the US Constitution sought to leave us with a more peaceful course of action. It is clearly marked out in our constitution, though how familiar are we American citizens with that constitution. When marxist politicians, academia, and our media accuse those attempting to strictly follow the spirit and letter of the constitution of undermining our traditions, and the Constitution, why are they not scorned and corrected? Is it because the majority of American citizen are ignorant of it? Why is there no public outrage when marxist politicians completely ignore the spirit, and letter of the Constitution, in order to further in-debt, and frustrate the legislative, and judicial prudence, frustrating the foundation of our governing system?
I suggest that we, the American people, educate ourselves on the rights, and responsibilities granted to us by our forefathers in their crowning achievement, the US Constitution. I further suggest that we then become activists, not rioters, but involved, active citizens, in the preservation and restoration of our great republic. That we align ourselves with others of similar persuasion, who have educated themselves on the basis upon which we might restore this nation, and engage in evangelism, both of the Gospel, and American constitutionalism.
Service as an American political figure was never intended to be lucrative. The word, “service,” has a definition;
ser·vice | \ ˈsər-vəs
Definition of service (Entry 1 of 5)
1
a: the occupation or function of serving
in active service
b: employment as a servant
“entered his service”
2a
: the work performed by one that serves
good service
b:
glad to be of service
c: contribution to the welfare of others
d: disposal for use
“I'm entirely at your service”
We presently use the word service applied to the occupation of politicians in the performance of their elected, or appointed positions, but why? Is it not because that this is what the founders, of this great nation intended, and began their roles as political office holders? Did not many of them give their lives in service, fighting to secure liberty from the tyranny of British colonialism? Didn’t the survivors then struggle to provide a governing document that would stand the test of time, and didn’t they acknowledge that it would only be through virtue that the fruit of this labor might fully ripen and persevere?
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other,” John Adams.
The ages and generations following, has produced Americans that shun this attitude, and have attracted a brood of vipers, intent on using the instrumentalities of government to secure fortunes for themselves, and their posterity. They not only reject and ignore the pleasant virtue espoused by Adams, they utterly reject the premise declared by John F Kennedy,
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
https://www.ushistory.org/documents/ask-not.htm
We have a choice concerning our citizenship in the United States of America, Weill we be takers, givers, or preservers. At this point, the act of preservation first requires restoration to the principals set forth, and required in the articles of the US Constitution.
Dan Bongino quotes an American patriot as saying, and I paraphrase, there are three types of men in the world. Sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs. These three exist in every station in life.
Sheep wander along, dependent upon the good graces, and provision of others, engrossed in their own, personal needs, and desires, neither vindictive, nor particularly passionate.
Wolves are motivated by an intense passion to gather accomplishments, position, and loot for themselves and their posterity. They are not concerned with the pain and loos of those in the wake of their pursuits. They are vicious in these pursuits.
Sheepdogs see the sheep for what they are, and are consumed with compassion. They also see the wolves for what they are, and are driven to protect the sheep from the wolves. Sheepdogs are all individuals, they have individual talents, perspectives, and passions, but they are united in their compassion and service to the less motivated, who blindly play into the devices, as prey to the wolves. They truly live out the words of JFK, as they, “ask not what their country can do for them, but ask what you they do for their country.”
The time of choosing is here. Will we plug along, hoping that it will all turn out well? Will we continue to believe, and trust in politicians who promise that the laws of economics don’t work the way they used to? Our present genius politicians, and, “experts,” (perhaps, like Bernie Madoff,) have found a hidden truth that makes the wisdom of the Bible, and passed generations obsolete? That the obvious lies that are vigorously promoted by our, “public servants,” academia, and media, are possible, as we bound along toward the cliff without concern?
There is an organization formed for this very purpose, it is called, ”Patriot Academy,” and they offer a class called, “Biblical Citizenship.” This class is a comprehensive study in the founding personalities, and founding era documents, in the very words of our founders. I am more than half way through the, “Biblical Citizenship,” class, and I have found it to be thorough, uplifting, and inspirational. It provides basis, and strategies for furthering the, “American,” way. I believe that God desires faithful disciples to faithfully execute Christian, American patriotism, and I believe that only a remnant is required to secure victory.
God bless you, Dave