Here we are facing another bogus election. That’s right, I said “BOGUS!” America is, once again, buying into the illusion that “we the people” actually decide the nominees for president. I’ve been following politics pretty closely since 1976 and I’ve never seen what I’ve seen this year. No! I’m not talking about all the lying and mudslinging; that always happens. I’m talking about something that clearly reveals what’s really happening behind the scenes in American politics.
Through no term limits, lobbyists, corrupt media and elitist financial support politics has become big business. Politicians who make only a modest salary going into public office become millionaires by the time they leave office through insider information and favors. This is big business that has nothing to do with upholding the Constitution or protecting our freedom. It’s about crooked politicians lining their greedy pockets while they destroy our health and income and take away our most basic freedoms.
This is the first year in my life, however, where both parties have revealed their “dirty secret.” Both parties have it rigged so the party, not the people, actually choose the nominee. But now there are even “higher-ups” that are literally saying our votes don’t matter, the party decides the nominee. And both parties have made it clear they don’t want an outsider who has not been bought and paid for by the elitists!
The grave danger facing America today is not determined by left or right, Republican or Democrat. The great danger to America and the world are the elitists! They are both Republicans and Democrats who believe in large government, vast regulations and total control of the people. They are the ones who believe the general population isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions and must be led (controlled) by government regulations.
Many of these people call themselves Christians and, in fact, many probably are; but I can tell you what they are not: they are not disciples. They are workers of iniquity who replace God’s commandments with politically-correct, social justice because they do not accept God’s Word as the final determination of truth and they do not accept Jesus as Lord and surrender to His interpretation of God’s Word. They belong to secret societies, fraternities and other organizations to which they have a higher allegiance than to the Word of God or the Lordship of Jesus! But more than anything else, they have an allegiance to themselves, their self-preservation and the preservation of their heirs.
According to many historians the Book of Wisdom was written by Solomon to the kings of the earth to teach them to rule in righteousness. In Chapter 2 you have this incredible insight into the mind of the elitist. Our life is short and tedious, and in death there is no remedy… our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance… come therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures… let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments:… let us crown ourselves with rosebuds… Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness… let us oppress the poor righteous man… let our strength be the law of justice. He then goes on to explain their contempt and abuse of the righteous to take all the resources of the earth for them and their heirs! These elitists do what they do for wealth and power. They believe themselves to be wiser than stupid, superstitious Christians. They believe God’s commands serve only to limit their freedom for a life of sensual fulfillment. They are hedonists who live only for themselves.
These wicked power-mongers work under the deceptive banner of justice, truth and fairness. Basically, they are Socialists, Progressives, Communists and Luciferians, yet they will rarely admit that. If they did the people would revolt. They offer social programs that promise what God’s Word does not promise. They offer fairness that does not align with God’s fairness. Every day in the courts of America they call good evil and evil good. Victims are made to suffer and never find justice while offenders are protected and given more rights than the innocent. The moment a politician or a citizen calls this justice they have put themselves in the place of iniquity. They may be “Christians” but they are not believers or disciples.
I am not against a biblically-based welfare system. I believe we should take care of those who cannot take care of themselves. But right now in America one in eight are receiving food stamp assistance and 1/3 of the population has government-assisted health insurance. Approximately 47% of Americans pay zero income tax. This doesn’t even begin to delve into government waste and fraud and the billions of dollars stolen by the leaders of bureaucratic programs that are supposed to help the needy.
So, here’s the big question that no one is answering: Where does all the money come from to freely give away all these benefits? Right now the elitists are trying to make you think that it’s the wealthy, greedy people who are taking the resources away from the poor. They would make you think that if we could force them to give more of their money to the government, the poor would somehow fair better. But listen to this: 55% of all income taxes are paid by individuals making over $200,000 per year. 78% of all income taxes are paid by individuals who earn over $100,000. This is the upper middle-class whom the elite intend to destroy by unrealistic taxes. When their income is decimated who will support the 47% who pay zero taxes? No One!
But here is a place we must challenge ourselves: Am I getting caught up in the propaganda? Am I falling for the socialistic, humanistic propaganda that the wealthy are all greedy racists who steal from the poor? So, what about those who don’t work that are not just envious (which is sin) but they are so greedy they want what they have not earned and they feel justified in taking by force that which is not theirs!
Every day we are brainwashed by television, radio, music, the news media and sadly, by well-meaning preachers who have abandoned God’s righteousness for humanistic social justice! The preachers of iniquity reject Jesus’ teaching, labelling Him a legalist, not realizing He is the only being on Planet Earth qualified to help us understand God’s meaning and intention behind His commandments. Jesus taught and modelled how the commandments would have been interpreted and implied if they had been accepted as God intended, the means of showing love and justice to all people. If, instead of using them to judge others we used them as the standard of God’s love and the model of how we should treat one another, they would never have become legalistic in nature. The would have been what the Hebrew word for commandment means: a Divine prescription.
The Book of Revelation says, Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus (Revelation 14:12). Few Christians have a clue how to combine our faith in Jesus and maintain a commitment to the commandments. We are not seeking to keep the law, we are seeking to walk in love. We are seeking to earn righteousness, but because we are righteous we want to walk in God’s definition of love. We are not under law (the legalistic application of truth by the strength of our flesh), we are under the influence of grace, the power of God that works by His Spirit in us.
Those who attempt to intellectually understand these paradoxical realities always end up in some type of doctrinal extreme. Only those who listen to God in their heart and are fully committed to following the Lord Jesus and living godly lives are able to grasp this with no internal contradiction.
Why did I tell you all of this? First and foremost, I want you to guard your faith, which only happens when you guard your heart. Those who exercise these two factors hold to the testimony of Jesus and embrace the commandments and are among those described as overcomers. Second, one of Jesus’ most consistent warnings is: do not be deceived. There is a flood of deception across the face of the entire earth. It is the mystery of iniquity! Those who hold the commands as God’s truth and the testimony of Jesus are the only ones who are not susceptible to the spirit of iniquity. I am equipping you for what is already upon us and that which is ahead. I am showing you how to always be an overcomer, one who overcomes the obstacles!
Daniel 11:32 tells us that in the midst of the greatest darkness the world has ever seen those who know their God shall do great exploits! If you desire to be one of those on whom the Lord can rely and launch out to serve others and DO GREAT EXPLOITS… I want to equip you.
First, don’t be overcome by all the rhetoric, promise, lies and threats of the government. If you get too caught up in the system you will be too overwhelmed and discouraged to recognize the voice and leadership of God. Second, don’t deceive yourself into thinking anyone who is running for office can or will know how to make a difference in what is happening.
Here’s what you do: rid yourself of anything that hinders your walk with God, your personal, spiritual life and your capacity to serve others. Keep yourself encouraged in the Lord. Surround yourself with godly people who are not stupid religious. Watch our weekly CyberChurch broadcasts. It only takes 30 minutes and every week you will get encouraged and strengthened and you will probably get new tools to help you on your journey.
Equipping the saints involves two things: making them whole and equipping them to serve. There is an aspect of wholeness that only comes through serving others in the gospel. This may be the time to consider starting an i-Group. Even if it’s only your family or a few friends, that is still ministry.
Secondly, please continue to give. There are few ministries taking this gospel to the ends of the earth. I feel the need to double-down on all of our outreach, but that takes finances. I refuse to be foolish and spend what we don’t have while calling it faith. I depend on the generosity of those who have been blessed by this message and this ministry. I would like to raise $1,000,000 in order to expand our capacity to take Operation One Billion to the entire world. Pray about your part in this! Help me take the gospel of the Kingdom to the ends of the earth and…
…together we will change the way the world sees God!
Abundant Blessings!
Jim Richards