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The Christian Constitutional Republic
One Nation Under God
Government of, by, and for the People
Liberty and Justice for All
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND
Map Of Our Country
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY!
And, because I make this statement
DOES NOT mean I'm against
immigration!!!
You are welcome to work, visit, and immigrate,
but only if you pass through our gates
legally:
Apply for citizenship through the legal channels
Wait in line and take your
turn, like those who entered legally
Don't expect government support just because you crossed the border
Get a job and pay your taxes
Learn to speak English
This is a Judeo-Christian nation
Assimilate and become an American
Support the Constitution and abide by our laws
When will Americans rise up and demand our legislators and agencies enforce our immigration laws and defend of our borders? There are many who want to immigrate, whether legally or illegally, and this is understandable, because America is a good place to live. But America is good only because we have agreed to live by Godly laws, and individually shape our characters around personal Godliness. If the nation is diluted with those who do not share our values, culture, beliefs and vision, it will cease to be the good and Godly place that is our goal and destiny.
Belief and pride in American exceptionalism is no longer Politically Correct. Still, the historical fact is that our nation was forged by men who sought to create a Christian nation. Our nation has prospered from the momentum and framing of our individual and national psyche. We have become exceptional because of our Trust in God, our system of Godly laws, and the character of people who have embedded the principles of Godliness in their hearts.
As a Christian nation, its people regulate themselves according to divine Law, and the natural result is bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth. If we capitulate to the Progressive ideology/philosophy, our laws will morph to reflect the morality of Godless humanism. If we follow the siren call of humanism, and reject Godliness as our legal/moral/social standard, we will eventually merge with the world culture as another indistinct drop in the pool of socialistic mediocrity.
The Progressives and Liberals have taken control of the media and convinced a sufficient segment of our morally confused populace to support their Globalist/socialist agenda. The professorial intelligentsia write books, and present arguments and data that indict America and convict her of crimes against humanity. They present plausible utopian visions of a world made good by equality, tolerance, non-discrimination, multiculturalism, and fairness. And while these virtues are good in context, if used as primary or supreme guiding principles to direct policy, they plant seeds in the national psyche that will result in a nationally enforced humanistic religion.
The humanistic philosophies of men have guided cabals of bankers, industrialists, political agendas, power brokers, king makers, puppet masters, and utopians for centuries. We could project purpose and organization upon the movement toward a one world government, but, proof of collusion and intent is not necessary. This Socialistic-Humanistic One World government is the de facto end trajectory being followed by media, political, economic, entertainment, literature, education, and cultural activity. Our current Administration has implemented policies (stopping the fence, opposing the Arizona Law SB 1070, pursuing amnesty, discouraging deportation and employer enforced citizenship requirements) that create an unspoken border policy which has moved the United States materially closer to homogenizing into the One World culture.
The goal of Globalism is expressed only as a silent theme, a background plot identified only by implication. The globalists use many covers such as implementing policies and justifying them with appeals to our sense of fairness and compassion. They imply, or even declare, that we have a moral obligation to allow them to enter our homeland. The arguments track in many directions from there, with justification such as: they have been here a long time; it would be hard on families to deport them; Americans won’t do the work they do; Corporations really want the low price labor; they have anchor babies so we must let them stay; we have more space and production than we need, so we should let them have some of our excess, etcetera.
But these premises and arguments do not address the fundamental reasons the globalists are advocating for illegal immigration. There are front arguments, plausible justifications meant to convince a moral people to accept the policy of turning a blind eye to illegal immigration. But the arguments justifying required equality, and the obligation of America to rescue the disadvantaged of the world is unBiblical. As a Christian people, we must provide for our family first, and give to the poor out of our generosity. We should not be forced to give to the poor by a authoritarian government. Charity should come from the heart, out of a free will spirit of giving.
Jesus said, the poor will always be with us, but this does not justify ignoring the needs of the less fortunate. He also said that true religion is feeding widows and orphans, and the good Samaritan was more of a neighbor to the man who had been beaten than people of his own country who passed by. Charity is divine, but it is not required at every moment and every situation.
Paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin on poverty: The kindest thing you can do for a poor man is to make him uncomfortable in his poverty.
“I am for doing good to the poor, but... I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed.that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.”
In our charity we must come to an appropriate balance between satisfying our own wants and needs, and giving of our wealth to help others. This is true of any budget or economy, the individual expenses cannot add up to more than the total income without ending up enslaved with debt. When we give wealth to another, we become poorer and they soon will return to their poverty after they finish its consumption.
A wise steward of wealth invests his wealth in assets that produce income – just so with the poor. Invest in a man’s soul, his training, his faith and his mind, and he will become a better man for it, and with a contract of repayment, both lender and debtor will become richer.
As a Christian nation, we are do not owe the rest of the world, a job, health care, education, or asylum. But, feeding the poor while teaching them a skill multiplies wealth, and alleviates the pain of poverty. Giving to meet needs, as well as raising another man to productive status is a good thing, but we should do it out of our desire to exercise individual charity rather than being forced to give by the authoritarian boot of government.
God created a world where men were NOT created equal. The most casual observer notes the gradient of talent, inheritance, and opportunity between men. God’s world has a full spectrum of men populating his world: ruler and ruled, greater and lesser, children and adults, male and female, ignorant and informed, idiot and genius, grounded and psychotic, etcetera. We each have different talents and deficiencies, and each is man has a different assignment to accomplish in bringing the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Some people serve as a great example, and others serve as a warning. The eye is not greater than the ear, they are different, and both are necessary.
The same is true of nations and governments, God has created and ordained the nations, and created their boundaries. Each people are distinct in their culture and purpose in playing out His drama, manifesting His nature, and acting out the polarities and forces of life. God wants us to each be individuals, just and he wants the nations to likewise express their individuality. The Godless, socialistic-humanistic, One World globalists desire to homogenize and make all men equal. The Marxist goal is stability, equilibrium, changeless control. The natural result of such a drive is the elimination of the extremes of difference, with a pressure toward ever greater conformity. God desires liberty, and that is what is promised in Christ.
The drive to raise the state of the poor can be noble in its Christian sense of bringing a man to express his full potential, or a disguised attempt to bring all of humanity into the same homogenization of mediocrity that the methods of the authoritarians use to solve such problems.
As Christians, we should not be insular, isolated, nor blind to the plight of the poor. Every right thinking man wants good things for all people. As Christians, our hearts hurt for those less fortunate than ourselves. But, wanting good things for other people does not obligate us to let them live as our neighbors, and support their survival and welfare to the point of bringing us down to their level.
If a man so chose, he could reduce his personal consumption, and redirect some of his productive efforts to helping raise the less fortunate to a higher level of comfort and certainty of survival and health. And, such charity is good, and a certain portion of our wealth should be devoted to helping raise the those in need, but realistically, we cannot deliver enough goods and services with our limited resources to bring the entire world up to an excellent standard of living by our efforts. Attempting to eliminate poverty by simply transferring wealth to poor people via government command will accomplish only feeding the poor for short period, while at the same time discouraging and disempowering the producing class.
Allowing a poor and dependent class to infiltrate our culture, and vote, gives those whose agenda is Global dominance, empowerment by the appearance of a democratic mandate for higher taxes and other equalizing legislation. Years ago, Bush 1, George H. W. Bush, lost an election because he promised “No new taxes”, and then violated his own promise. Obama won the 2008 election by promising to raise taxes on the wealthy, which he has defined as those making over $150K-250K/yr. He justifies this division of the economic classes as fair and right – that no one deserves to have that much, and thereby deprive others.
The more numerous lower class who benefit from government largess have been bought by the promise and receipt of benefits from their governmental benefactors. The morally confused masses have accepted the premise of moral superiority of policies that produce equality and fairness. The Administration/Globalist/Socialist cabal has purchased the Illegal Immigrant voting block for the purpose of appearing to have a legitimate mandate to exercise power via the democratic mandate. The wealthy working class that could oppose this slow motion coup is being systematically disempowered by restrictive legislation and impoverished by selective taxation. The goal is not fairness, but dominion.
To actually eliminate poverty and raise the world to greater prosperity, we must help the world from a position of strength. Obama’s solution was the opposite; he proposed that we should “Spread the wealth around”. While not specific, when he made this declaration to “Joe the Plumber”, he was supporting the philosophy of taking money, goods, and services from the person who produced them, and giving them to another who did not. The socialist philosophy holds that a better world will come by wealth transference, reparations, taxing the rich and giving support to the poor. But, the total output of the world’s wealth will not be higher as a result of these policies. Transference is a zero sum exchange, with no net increase in consumable wealth.
When government is the mediator of charity, the poor can easily adopt the psychology of entitlement; believing that the government owes them food stamps, Section 8 housing, health care, education, child care, etcetera. In a government administered charity, there is no soul to soul, man to man, accountability for the support given. As a result, the recipients of government assistance/charity/welfare often exert little personal initiative to overcome their obstacles of circumstance, mental/emotional limitations, and deficiencies of talent, opportunity, and industry. These deficiencies are in many cases the reason for needing assistance, and to cure the problem, the individual must make significant personal transformational changes. And while personal change is difficult to achieve, even when pursued diligently, it is almost impossible to attain in the milieu of a codependent environment where everyone is treated as a victim that must be given special care and support forever because of their hurt and misfortune. We grow past the philosophy of Dr. Spock (the guru of the 1950’s/60’s child rearing who advocated a childhood of nurture, with little punishment). Consequences are important and shielding individuals from the results of their thoughts, speech, and actions support their continued debility. Life is difficult, and we all must gather the moral courage and strength to overcome our deficiencies.
When assistance programs are administered through private channels, by mature benefactors who expect and support results, and who do not seek love or acceptance from their charity recipients, they can confront the excuses, denial, and obstacles, and give true help in shaping the individual into an effective and contributing member of society. The most important aspect of being an effective success coach is a life philosophy that expects achievement, puts the past behind, and guides the individual to actual accomplishment.
As a society, we have adopted a form of Christianity which has little power, and is easily seduced into codependence and enabling. We have fallen into the trap of believing we are good people if the government does good things on our behalf; that suppressing pain with drugs, money, assistance, food, and housing is beneficial; and that confronting a person’s sin is unkind, judgmental, and hurtful. Jesus went into the temple with force, and those who were the recipients of that force saw the face of an angry God and the consequence of sin. There are boundaries, and when crossed, punishment should result. Christianity has been denuded, made impotent, powerless, and ineffectual by a Gospel of grace without law.
To build up a people/nation toward prosperity, we must install infrastructure, and educate/train the people as effective operators of the tools of production, marketing and distribution. Supporting the establishment of these backbone elements of an economy should be our focus if we really care about bringing up the state of the world.
There are many methods and steps that could be taken to reach the final goal of raising a people to prosperity. But, wealth transference (giving poor people money, food, services, and goods for their disposal) will not produce the lasting prosperity for the world that we all desire.
W could be actually effective in raising the economic and spiritual state of a poor people. We could choose to devote more of our resources to producing the tools of production, more of our labor toward teaching. But such efforts must be compensated. The workers who make the tools of production, the teachers who go to foreign lands and instruct, the farmers and manufacturers who supply the needs of the front line must also be paid.
If we have the national will, and commitment to actually raise up the state of another nation, we can do it through the miracle of capitalism. The financial houses can issue bonds to support the workers and goods necessary to do the work of nation building. Stock can be issued to raise capital to finance the work needed to be done to raise up a new economy. Giving people an equity position in the future prosperity of a people/nation ties us all together. The stock and bond prices after issuance, trade with prices that reflect the potential for future growth and payoff associated with ownership. Thus, the rich have an incentive to invest into the economies of developing nations, and they are willing to invest their wealth in such efforts because of the hope of gain associated with a successful developmental enterprise.
To expect people to give to the government out of the goodness of their hearts or sense of civic duty, when there is no accountability to the taxpayer for their expenditures is taxation without representation. People innately sense that this violates the Godly relationship between giver and receiver. It was precisely this violation that people recognized as sufficiently grievous to Declare Independence, and dissolve the bonds that formerly bound two peoples in an empire.
The point of this examination is to show that we need not open our borders and let everyone in to be compassionate, multicultural, and fair. In fact, our freedom and prosperity are dependent upon maintaining and returning to a Godly culture. Americans as a people are at our core governed by our values/character/laws/moral guidance. This inner world of character manifests in industry and we will create an environment that reflects the individual/group spirit. The inner and outer reinforce each other. An orderly and clean spirit will produce a world that reflects that inner state. Likewise, an orderly environment reminds and reinforces our commitment to cleanliness.
More to the point, a social environment with laws that reflect Godliness will chasten us when our inner world does not conform with the Godly patterns of society. A societal momentum is established that perpetuates the inner and outer through a group-individual, inner-outer synergy. When a society breaks down the Godly heritage of its past, we feel a special sorrow, knowing that reestablishing that Godly societal momentum will require great effort and pain. In particular, we have lost our fear of God, honoring the Sabbath and keeping it holy (people think it was the unions that gave us the weekend), adultery, fornication, homosexuality, and illegitimacy have lost their stigma, lying about sex is understandable. Thankfully we still recognize the sin of murder and theft, but even these bastions of morality are coming under the assault of erosion by disproportionate taxation, euthanasia, and physician assisted suicide.
If we open our doors without limit to the flood of humanity that wants to immigrate, the critical mass of population needed to maintain our national character will be diluted, and eventually overtaken by foreign ideologies. When we lose our national character, our national Godliness, we will no longer be able to bring up the rest of the world. We will simply sink to the level of semi-poverty, or governed/Orwellian mediocrity, like the rest of the world. And while such a progression is obvious and abhorrent to the Christian patriot, it may in fact be the desired outcome for the Socialist-Globalist. America, her Constitution, and her faith in God and Liberty, is the largest obstacle in the path of achieving the internationalist’s dream of a One World Government – the Worker’s Paradise.
We are equally loved by God, but God has made us all different, put us in different circumstances, and given us unique challenges to overcome. America has a right to prosper more than other nations if she follows the way of the Lord. Note: Even if we follow God’s way, seek His favor, and listen to His spirit, bad things will occasionally happen. Trials come and go like the seasons – all men must pass through the gates of adversity and wrestle with the demons of that land. Such trials are needed to make life real, interesting, and a test of character. With perseverance, courage, and faith we will eventually emerge into the sunshine of a new land, victorious and stronger for the adversity. The journey to paradise is long, and the Pilgrim in Progress may encounter many difficulties before reaching the promised land.
God intends that men and nations dedicated to His way become stronger, wiser, and more pure by conquering adversity. The purpose of life is to develop the soul for eternity, and we are shaped and matured by the stresses we face. Thus, adversity is part of the normal human experience, and even the most righteous must suffer. It is each man’s choice whether he will meet the challenge and struggle to overcome, and eventually prevail and prosper.
Those who live in the squalor of 3rd world poverty were born into a chamber of great trial – they truly were each victims of their environment. This does not mean that we should just let them struggle and overcome by their own means and efforts. Nor does it mean that we should abandon our comfort completely and suffer and struggle at the same level of disability as those who are less fortunate.
The Progressive philosophy holds equality of men as a Superior or Primal virtue. And while all men being equally blessed with freedom and prosperity is a wonderful goal, reaching that destination is the promised land. We must overcome many trials before we arrive on those shores. Reality dictates that we cannot use equality as our sole or primary guidance for action. Neither equality, tolerance, nor choice are the highest of all virtues. Rather, they each have their appropriate place in the pantheon, all bowing to the highest of virtues – Godliness. There is a place, time, and way for all things to develop. And, we must follow the path as He would walk it. In cases of cultural and personal inertia, we often cannot simply declare the virtuous end from the beginning. Rather, we must go through the steps of transformation that result in personal and national betterment. We can and should help other peoples and nations rise to the highest levels of human potential and comfort, but it should be done from a position of strength, rather than descending to a place of mediocrity and equality of suffering.
The professional race victims (Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton...) accuse the white man of crimes against the slaves brought from Africa, and imply or declare our obligation to pay reparations for the crimes against a people abused by our great great great great grandfathers. But, such accusations have no validity in personal or race-based culpability. Of course, there were wrongs done in the past by ancestors. Every man is the victim of the sins of generations past. But each man enters life with his own abilities, disabilities, and environment, and that is the context of his personal trial to mature his soul. Ideally, we would all be born into families of wealth and respect, with good looks, intelligence, strength and coordination. But, reality dictates that we must each overcome the challenges of our birth. Some will fail miserably and fall prey to the temptations of the environment, and others will rise above the masses who grasp and pull down any who try to escape the group misery. As agents of charity, we should attempt to use the tools at our disposal to change the group heart and mind, as well as nourishing those striving to escape the mire of their birth, past, and environment.
Having prospered as a nation, we have a personal and corporate Christian obligation to help the less fortunate. To whom much is given, much is expected. America has been blessed, and many have prospered under our system of free enterprise, democracy, and individual liberty. But, it is not the Constitutional charter or mandate of the Federal government to be the agent of charity. Charity should come from the heart of the individual and the corporate will of the private sector. Business can invest in the economies of foreign countries, and private charities can provide the focus for raising up the general state of other peoples.
When government takes from us to give charity to others, we are used as cows milked to feed the governmental will. We are made slaves and vassals of our ruler lords, rather than being honored for the nobility of our sacrificial gifts. To exalt the individual, we must give freely our of choice and will, rather under threat of prison and impoverishment. Only when given freely from the heart and will does the gift bless the giver and receiver.
Money should not be earned only for personal satisfaction and survival. Part of the joy of prospering is using wealth to improve the lives of others. There are two types of helping, 1) Simply sustaining another’s life and pulling him out of misery, and 2) Bringing him out of this current state by giving him tools and knowledge of how to use them, and helping him overcome the walls that imprison him in poverty. God desires that all men prosper, but He has made a world that requires work, character, and faith to overcome the barriers between current reality and the goal of pleasure and safety. Essentially that is the play of life, overcoming the barriers of this world to achieve the desires of the heart. God could have created a world where all goals were already achieved, but it would present no interest, no meaning, no joy of overcoming, no interest in the journey. Without uncertainty we would need no faith to call on God as our miraculous traveling companion. God has created life to present us with the challenges we face. He desires that we overcome the obstacles of the rocky and barren earth, and the hardness of men’s hearts. This is God’s play, and all things are unfolding as they should. But that is a call to action, not complacency. Part of the proper unfolding of life includes the strong participation of God’s righteous warriors fighting evil with the weapons of the Word and spirit, and His dedicated workers building the structures of mind and matter that reflect the Kingdom of Heaven.
This is God’s world, and as children born with greater blessings, we have an obligation to attempt to help our less-blessed brothers. We cannot force a man to accept a good gift, but we can be a model and offer a helping hand. As parents, we can and should use all the tools of teaching and discipline to shape the heart and mind through instruction, example, execution, repetition, metaphor, right patterning, counter-example, and natural consequence for error. But, as brothers, our tools are more limited, and we must approach the less fortunate with respect, and gain trust by proving ourselves honorable, good, and Godly. The tools of parenting can, and should be used, but they can only be used when the relationship is strong enough, and the student has voluntarily agreed to enter into the contract of parent/child, and/or teacher/student.
We can make the world a better place by teaching, investing, and modeling a good and Godly culture. But, we should not empower governmental agencies to usurp our rightful place as the instrument of those charitable efforts. The efforts of charity should be executed by the individual and corporate bodies of private citizens.
The upward path will be difficult for the unfortunate ones born in poverty and false doctrine. And while the path is not straight, teaching a people Godliness is the foundation of law and prosperity. We cannot enter a nation and force everyone to be Bible believing Christians. But, we can feed their stomachs, and teach them the Gospel. The combination of teaching, working, and loving another people is good for the teacher and student. The bond of mutual hardship builds strong bonds of affinity and trust. Living the principles in speech, thought, and action is the foundation of teaching.
Prosperity and freedom follow naturally from a nation based on the gospel and Godliness. Our foreign policy and system of Godly Constitutional principles and law should embody Godliness throughout the gradient of general principle to specific application. Some of those foundational principles include private ownership, property rights, and personal boundaries. When the individual can prosper through the rewards of his labor, he will risk, work hard, save, invest, and invent.
The solution to all our problems as a nation will not come through protection of our borders, deportation, and immigration control, but a key aspect of nationhood is separateness, individuality, boundaries and gates. Without a proper sense of self and other, we cannot appropriately relate to, and care for, the needs of self and other. Immigration is a key principle involved in relationship between nations, just as a sense of appropriate personal space is a foundational aspect of interpersonal relationship. Until boundaries are properly established, the health of the person and nation are in jeopardy from invasion.
