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Greetings. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church

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with a moment of truth where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and

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faith. And today, I have a question for every patriot who fully understands that we are living

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under a tyranny in today's United States of America. And that question is, where are the states?

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Where are the states in this fight?

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I ask this because the answer to this question will help to answer another question I hear

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asked over and over again in America. That is, what are we going to do? How do we overcome tyranny

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and restore our constitutional republic? Is there a biblical constitutional way to fight the kind of

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tyranny we find suppressing us? And the short answer is yes. This broadcast is an expansion upon an

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earlier series on the doctrine of the lesser magistrate. And that broadcast, that series,

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three-part series, can be found on our podcast website, which is americastruths.org. That's all

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one word, americastruths.org. And I urge you to give that a listen. And there you will find the more

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complete picture of what we must do to defeat tyranny and reestablish our constitutional republic,

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the doctrine of the lesser magistrate. And this broadcast is an expansion upon one aspect of that.

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We saw that the doctrine of the lesser magistrate is the biblical constitutional answer to how we the

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people can resist tyranny, even to the point of using armed resistance against tyrannical force.

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And the basic principle of the doctrine of the lesser magistrate is that when a tyrannical supreme

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magistrate cannot or will not alter its ways, then it is the right and duty of lesser magistrates to

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resist him and overthrow him with arms if necessary. The tyrant, by definition, has broken the social

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contract established by the constitution. And that tyrant has forfeited his right to govern.

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And we saw then, as we reviewed the doctrine of the lesser magistrate, we saw that one of the timely

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strategic lesser magistrates who is well-positioned to conduct biblical constitutional resistance is the

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governor of an individual state. That governor has constitutional elective authority. That is,

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he's been elected by the people and wields true power and authority on behalf of the people.

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In cooperation with the state's legislature, he can enforce legislation to resist the power

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of federal tyrants. And if necessary, he can raise a state militia strictly under his command

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that cannot be federalized by the tyrannical beast in Washington, D.C.

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Well, what we want to do today is to expand on this idea and show why the United States Constitution

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is perfectly in line with the doctrine of the lesser magistrate, owing precisely to the state's

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determinative prominence at the creation of our country. Yeah, the states were prominent at the

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creation of our country. The states, considered individually, were the country. It was not the

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United States considered as a whole, but rather individual states considered as separate sovereign

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nations who chose to establish a limited federation to represent them in certain matters, like making

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treaties with foreign powers or coining money or regulating trade between the several states.

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And they had specific enumerated powers, this federation, and no others. How that vision

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has morphed over the decades, dear listener. Today, we think of a state as one of 50 sub-juristictions

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of one federal entity, don't we? Those of us who live in Idaho, for example, are but a subset

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of citizens who actually compose a part of the whole body of the country we call the United States

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of America as a whole. States may have different names, have different geography and climate,

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different foods and accents, but in relation to the District of Criminals, Washington, D.C.,

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they're all part of the same. Do what you're told because we are over you, says Washington, D.C.

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Today, it's the whole that matters. The United States collectively. For example, at our founding,

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Americans used to predicate about the Union, the United States are. That's the present plural,

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emphasizing the individual states as entities. Now we just say the United States is. That is present

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singular, which emphasizes the one federal government that originally served the interests of the several

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states. Oh, why is that? What distinguishes our attitude towards states that is so different,

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different from that of the people who established the country? Well, the answer to that question

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goes a long way towards showing us what needs to be done to break the global tyranny tightening around

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us. You want to defeat tyranny? Where are the states? Where are the states? Six points I'd like to make

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with you briefly here. Number one, the colonies understood themselves to be individual sovereign states

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or nations. The consciousness of the original 13 colonies was far different than ours today.

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Each of the states were founded as colonies created by charters from the English crown

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and parliament. They were Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York,

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New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Each one of

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these states had its own inspiration and motivation for being established. Massachusetts was founded by

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Puritans who wanted a thoroughly Christian Protestant nation that would usher in the Christian millennium.

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Maryland was founded by Cecil Calvert who sought to provide a safe haven, a nation in the new world

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for Roman Catholics who were being persecuted in Protestant lands in Europe, thus Maryland, right?

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Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a nation where his fellow Quakers could prosper and thrive

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uninhibited. Even Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams as a nation for free-thinking Christians

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who were not bound by the denominational conventions of other states. On and on we could go. Each state

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was fiercely independent and committed to its founding vision. Each colony began to see itself as an

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independent sovereign state or nation as the decades rolled by. They had their own colonial legislatures and

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that passed laws governing their daily lives. Their elected governors administered all aspects of life

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and the colonial courts adjudicated disputes that the far-off judges in England could never come close

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to judging. Even after independence, when the federal government was created, individuals still saw themselves as

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citizens of their respective states more than as citizens of a larger union. For example, at the juncture of

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the Civil War, Robert E. Lee, when he was offered the generalship, the command of northern forces, well, he

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said, and I quote, save in the defense of my native state, I never desire again to draw my sword. Robert E. Lee took up

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the command of the southern forces because he wanted to fight for his state, Virginia. He even said in a letter, I have not been

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able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. Unquote. That is

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Virginia. Wow. England was half a world away and it seemed not much to care either during the colonial

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period. The individual colonies came to view themselves as 13 independent sovereign nations who

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happened to share a continent and a measure of cooperation with one another on certain specified matters.

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But in the final analysis, they were independent entities who would end up challenging the most powerful empire in the

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world for their liberty. That was the British Empire. And in doing so, the 13 colonies would become the 13 original

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states of the union. And secondly, the second point I want to make with you is that these states or nations created a federal

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government to serve them, not vice versa. Change your thinking here, dear listener. Put on your thinking cap.

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The newly minted 13 states realized quickly that they needed a federal structure in which they could do

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things collectively that they could not do individually or else the United States would never have been formed

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in the first place. Well, that included the aforementioned negotiating treaties with foreign powers,

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coining money, and regulating trade between the states. But it also included making laws that would

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serve the individual states and, most importantly, protect the God-given rights they had so recently

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fought for at so great a cost, protecting the rights of the citizens. And their first attempt at forming

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such a structure was the Articles of Confederation. But it proved too weak to achieve the ends desired by

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the respective states. And that prompted the famous Constitutional Convention of 1787, where our

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founding fathers formed a more perfect union in giving us the United States Constitution. That celebrated

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document not only protected the rights of every American in the Bill of Rights, but granted to the

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federal system that they constructed only 20 enumerated powers for it to exercise on behalf of the

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states. 20 things the United States government could do and no more. James Madison put it this way. He said,

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the powers of the general government relate to external objects and are but few. But the powers in the

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states relate to those objects which immediately concern the prosperity of the people.

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Unquote. James Madison had it right. In fact, of so great importance was the principle of limited

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government that they ensconced in the Constitution the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. Right? The Ninth

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Amendment reads, the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or

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disparage others retained by the people. And then the Tenth Amendment goes this way. The powers not delegated

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to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states

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respectively or to the people. Unquote. The language of the Constitution, dear listener, is clear and

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understandable by any intelligent adult who's been taught the skills of rudimentary thinking. Why have

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so many of them ignored or equivocated or blatantly transgressed these amendments over the years?

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The intent of them is transparent. The Ninth Amendment assures all who would think otherwise that

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just because ten rights are protected, all others could be trashed. No, there are many other God-given

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rights not specified, which are the people's as well. And the Tenth Amendment is supposed to guarantee

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that the general powers of government fall to the purview of the states, except for those specifically

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enumerated by the federal or to the federal government to serve the people and the states

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and accepting certain powers prohibited to the states. Wow. What's happened to us? That brings me to

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point three. Those roles have been gradually reversed over the years. Oh, the rules of who's supreme, right?

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Those roles have been gradually reversed over the years. Part of the curse on Israel that God promised

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them if they became slack and lazy and disobedient is that their slaves would rise up and become masters

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over them. Oh, that's precisely what's happened to the United States. The intended servant, that is the federal

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government, has risen up and become master over the states who were the intended masters. Oh, the history

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of the Constitution has been a sad story of erosion as this process has gone wrong, right? We see the erosion.

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If you study history, you see the erosion of the separation of powers between branches of government

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and the balance of powers. We see the erosion of the liberties of the people specified in the Bill of

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Rights. We see the erosion, in particular, of the Tenth Amendment as if it were a mere speed bump on the

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road to tyranny. Oh, the federal behemoth now exercises more powers than 20, don't they? They ban,

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they punish, fund, advertise, legislate for and against, encourage, regulate, and tax every facet of

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our lives, from our food, transportation, incomes, careers, homes, to medicine and health care, and

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even the discrimination against our religious faith, even now to where they fully intend to sexualize

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your children and determine their gender and take them away from you if you disagree. Oh, what Thomas

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Jefferson warned us about has come true. And Jefferson, all those years back, was a prophet when

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he said, and I quote, when all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be

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drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one

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government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we

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separated, unquote. Oh, yes, as Jefferson predicted, your federal government has gone from a lean

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Spartan warrior to a demonic Jabba the Hutt of Star Wars. Oh, that Jabba the Hutt, you remember,

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it's demonic, and so is your federal government. It eats its subjects, and so does your federal

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government. Jabba the Hutt was bloated fat with the fruits of our labor. So is your government. It

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enjoys chaining and robbing and murdering its slaves. It has nothing but contempt and hatred for you. Do not

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be a naive, brainwashed Pollyanna any longer. Your federal government does not have your best interest at

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heart. It does not want to protect you, but predate upon you. That federal system will devour you and

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destroy you for its own aggrandizement. Where are the states? Who's in charge? Who the states have been

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charged with encouraging the common wealth of their citizens? They have become the states' mere

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administrative districts for the federal government. Edicts are handed down from on high in D.C.,

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and the states' obediently, unquestioningly carry them out, lest they lose federal funding for the

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myriad of programs to which they've become addicted over the decades. The states are weak, ineffective,

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and compliant to the dictates of Washington, D.C. If the federal government is Jabba the Hutt,

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then the states have become that little lizard creature who crawled all over him, who was his

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toady salacious B. Crumb. They laugh and screech, the states do. They laugh and screech like him,

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and they fawn over, they obey cravenly, but they no longer exercise any independent thinking or action.

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Then, where are the states? Where are the states? Point number four I'd like to make with you.

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Liberty will not be restored until the states reassert their sovereign status in relation to the

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federal government. Liberty will not be restored until the states reassert their sovereign status

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in relation to the federal government. This mushrooming tyranny will not stop until the people

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led by the lesser magistrate stops it and destroys it. The lesser magistrate may turn out to be perhaps

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a faction of white hats in the federal government, or maybe a federation of local jurisdictions

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led by sheriffs. Several possibilities and scenarios could play out, but the best and strongest option

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is the one provided by the Constitution, the reassertion of the power of the states.

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Take back the powers not delegated to the federal government, dear listener. Being only 20 in number,

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they are, really, for the federal government. Reassert and protect the rights of your citizens,

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O states. They are numberless, and God-given those rights. Make wholesome and salutary laws, O states,

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that further the well-being and property of your citizens. Do not let the tyranny of the district

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of criminals encroach upon those rights. Guard them jealously. And in order to do this rather time-consuming,

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distasteful job, three things are required. A, states need strong governors. States need strong

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governors. Your state's governor is the lesser magistrate to the bloated federal tick tyrant,

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now sucking our lifeblood. Governors will need courage and intelligence to lead the people of

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their state. They will need to defy and defeat the beast on one side and defend his or her people on the

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other. It will require sacrificial labor on the governor's part and may also require martial

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leadership if military resistance is required. And it may well be. Remember, no tyrant in history

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ever relinquished his power willingly or peacefully. Well, not only strong governors, but also states

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need strong legislatures. Governors need strong legislatures to back them up with the power of

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law. We are in a nation of laws guided by the rule of law. Legislatures and governors need to work in

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tandem to secure the rights of the people and stand in stark contrast to the tyrannical rule of men and

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women now characterizing the federal beast. Senators and congressmen must have the governor's back,

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too, and the interests of the people at heart. Well, states need, then, C. States need strong citizens.

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Point C. States need strong citizens. None of this will work without the enthusiastic, informed,

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intelligent support of the people of that state. And that means you don't go out and vote once every

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four years and think you've discharged your civic duty. No, dear listener. It means that you stay

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informed on the vital issues of the day and talk with others. It means you give to candidates and

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causes that matter. It means that perhaps you run for office locally where you live and work. It means

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you volunteer and advocate for worthy causes and groups that are making a difference in your world.

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Oh, this option of all the possible scenarios being bandied about out there, right? It's the best for

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taking back our country and restoring our Constitution. And the states have tools with

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which to work as well. That brings me to point five. Point number five. The states have a very full bag

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of constitutional tools with which to defeat the tyrannical federal government and reestablish

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liberty. Oh, the states have a lot of tools with this to fight and defeat tyranny. There are so many

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things that individual states can do to facilitate reconquering their territory, that territory both

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physical and spiritual. And here are just a few of those tools. First of all, communication and media.

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States already advertise the advantages of their states as good places to do business or relocate or

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vacation. States, Idaho, use media to free yourselves and make your case before the people. And then there's

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also executive action. Governors have a wide discretion to act on behalf of the people apart from executing

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the laws of the state, don't they? And then we also need legislation, legislative action. Lawmakers can create

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the environment for the impartial rule of law for their people, enabling strong governors and protecting the

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people. Oh, then there is also armed resistance. That's another tool in the bag of governors of the

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lesser magistrates. There is armed resistance. If it comes to this, and it may well, states can create

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their own militia, independent of the transgender troops the federal government will send. Oh, for the

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patriotic militia in almost every state. And there's a patriotic militia movement in almost every state of the

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union. This is the constitutional and biblical avenue for your military skills and your willingness to

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serve. Then there was also secession, separation from the federal government as it is now constituted.

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And that's an option that's once again being talked about and considered in some circles. And that way

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may well be an option, secession from the union. And then finally, there is just plain

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living well. It's often said that living well is the best revenge. And it is also the most effective

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tactic in the war on tyranny. Marry, raise a family, work hard at your job and your recreations. Be an

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honest citizen who does his or her part in the community and see to it and your neighbors that you and

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your neighbors have clean water, clean air and clean food, create small local economies that are hard to

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regulate and control. And a lot of this is just simple and easy logic to figure out. Well, then

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finally, sixthly, the sixth point that I want to make with you is that you should and we all must

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acknowledge that God is sovereign overall. Yes, he is superintending the outlaying of history. And we

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must all then acknowledge that he is sovereign overall, the God of the Bible. He is about building

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his kingdom and a free constitutional republic may well be in his plans for the United States of America.

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Even yet, this is my prayer. This is what I hope for. This is what I labor for. But it might be that he

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is done with us too. And we will be consigned to another dark age of slavery and evil. And that is

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the default setting of humanity for millennia. Just pick up your Bible and read, dear listener.

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Let's hope that it is the former and not the latter that issues in America's history in the near

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future. It is sure, however, that the states will not win back the republic without God. Begin,

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dear listener. You begin by giving your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ and find that true liberty

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begins in the realm of the spirit first and foremost. True liberty begins in the realm of the spirit first

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and foremost and foremost and then radiates outward from there to your immediate world and then to the

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world of others and then to the world of politics. Politics, excuse me. Politics and culture radiates

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outwards after that. In fact, knowing God is the most important part of living well, for that matter.

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Knowing God is the most important part of living well. And it goes on then that life into eternity,

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that's the plus. That's the big advantage of knowing the Lord Jesus Christ, being saved by him and

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knowing your God, the father. It goes on into eternity. So let me just finish by asking once again,

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where are the states? You must step up states. Oh, states 50 of you, you must step up. Pray that we hear

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from them and that we hear from them soon before it is too late. This has been Pastor David Bass at

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New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church. New Geneva meets for holy worship on Sunday at 10 a.m. at 101 4th

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Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard. And you can also catch our, our log, our assembly of past

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