{"id":151190,"date":"2023-08-29T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151190"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:52:53","slug":"we-the-people-need-to-band-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151190","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe the People\u201d Need to Band Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cWe the People\u201d Need to Band Together\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FkXIXAyZFA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\nforeign [Music] a lot from our government let me explain now again I don’t care what color or what side of the aisle you’re on but I want you to notice something you notice that there’s one part of our active government that no matter what they stick together right and then there’s another part I’m trying to be very ambiguous there’s another part that’s constantly fragmented no one can agree no one can come together the Bible says A House Divided cannot stand and that’s a paraphrase of something that Jesus said what I want to say to you is that we as Christians must it’s time for us to put aside I’m not talking about the radical difference perhaps in some that fit outside the pale of we’ll call it standardized Christianity but it’s time for Christians to band together and put aside some of the pettiness and what I call absolute Supreme stupidity that keeps us divided we need to be a United people because I’m telling you something the challenges we face as Christians are no joke and let me give you a clue on this I’m probably not going to tell this story very accurately but you can do the research yourself if you remember I told you about a church in San Jose that during covid did not shut down gee that sounds familiar but unlike other churches that decided to stay open this particular church was targeted and got many fines now there’s a lot of details I’m not going to get into a lot of the weeds here but they received a lot of fines and they were trying to fight the fines and now it’s come to light that the state of California was basically spying through the cell phones of people I don’t know if any of you know this raise your hand if you know a little bit of this story oh there’s enough of you that know it thank God that tells you and this is not conspiracy stuff this is not tin foil stuff this has happened in the state of California state that seemingly doesn’t sorry doesn’t give Adorn about people defecating in the street but God forbid you should want to stand your ground inside a house of worship so let me just say this to you expect more I don’t mean expect more from your government I mean expect more of that there’s now talk and I want you to hear it from me if you don’t watch the news there is talk that mask mandates will be back by mid to late September and there’s even talk of us having more lockdowns um you know this is going to drive a lot of people crazy but you know what I’m hoping it does I’m hoping that it brings enough people to say enough of I’m sorry we don’t we used to not tolerate our children being bullied well I don’t want to be bullied by the government if if you want to wear a mask over every orifice knock yourself out but here’s what’s disturbing and I’m saying listen you know how I am I say it like it is I don’t play at church I don’t play it caring about you and the things that matter to me but imagine how insane this is I want you to give thought to this although this has nothing to do with church service it will affect this service eventually six uh weeks or possibly more from this time that I’m talking to you if they start doing these mandates again now what’s disturbing is that there are official releases from the CDC and other Medical governance bodies that have said masks do not work and to give you a perfect case in point medical professionals who know what to do with a mask even they can mess up but you know what we do when we put on a mask first of all most of us don’t even wear it right yeah exactly we touch our face We Touch everything we touch ourselves after we’ve put the mask on to protect ourselves then we’re busy touching everything and our face it doesn’t work and you can listen you can wear a mask if it makes you feel better I’m not ridiculing you but I’m saying I want you as Christians but now as Americans to think about what’s going on because if an announcement is made from the CDC and from other people that math don’t work by the way even the grand Dr Fauci Grand wizard Fauci he said no we’re double in triple Mast and then was actually recorded it’s recorded of him saying it doesn’t work so why would you ask your citizens to mask up again now listen to me I understand people who have underlying health conditions I understand if you’ve got issues or you feel safer or better that’s like I said I’m not ridiculing you but scientifically speaking and I don’t know listen if you’re listening to the science the same science that says that Dylan Mulvaney is a woman that’s the same science that tells you that to wear a mask then wear a mask but it’s time for us to stop the nonsense Stop The Bullying I have rights as a citizen you have rights as citizens of this country we are not yet communist Marxists we may have been overtaken and infiltrated but we are as a populist I do not think we are there most of us relish our freedom including the right to not wear a mask including the right to not get a job including the right to stand your ground if it is religion whatever that religion is and I’m not just speaking for Christians I’m really getting annoyed at this we’ll call it it’s deliberate and calculated attacks mostly aimed at Christians I heard nothing through the whole pandemic about mosques or synagogues just Christian churches about masks you could say well maybe they closed down you think do your homework and you’ll find out they didn’t but the media never went there why because if you should talk about a mosque you will be Islamophobic and if you talk about a synagogue you will be antisemitic by their definition but we’re just fair game and punching bags that’s what I’m telling you it is really time I’m not asking you to do anything crazy but it’s time for us to put on our brains we are thinking people band together this is not a time to play I don’t know I’m not sure this is a time to say no and I have rights and until those rights are taken away that the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is parsed ripped up or burned I will not stop talking about this because there are too many people who are sheep who are just carrying in the corner for a government edict to come out is oh I’ll do it I’ll do it uh this is the problem by not teaching people history always repeats itself unless we are studying and reminding ourselves do you really think when you listen to if you are reading any of these things I’m talking about do you really think the design of a smart 15-minute city is to give you more freedom and to help the climate or is it to control the populace don’t answer it’s rhetorical because most of you know the answer so all I’m saying to you is you know there are other people who might be talking about all kinds of stuff I’m only interested in one thing right now and that is Christian Unity a house United can withstand any type of attack and trust me it is coming it’s coming for the church first and foremost and I have no idea of what will happen in six months but I can tell you this when you have the president just announced that there is a push they just asked to secure more funds for a new vaccine and out of the president’s mouth whether that’s him speaking or somebody else every American will get one period well brother come knocking on my door come knocking I wonder I wonder if we were back in the foundational years of this country I just wonder how many people would be hunkered down saying oh we just can’t offend the English no the Redcoats we just can’t do that there was enough people that had enough of Taxation and although there is a story within a story the bigger picture is the people now have to speak and please do not say we’re going to go vote because that may or may not actually be your vote being counted sorry to tell you that but what I can tell you is this body of people in the sound of my voice and anyone who identifies as a follower of Christ please put aside your differences and your pettiness I’m not talking about syncretism where we adopt somebody else’s ideologies or theologies but those who are focused on Christ that is the center and the circumference of why we’re here start thinking about this because it will matter in the future it will matter that we band together and I’m not just saying us here I’m talking to other pastors their congregations some of you pastors can’t do what I can do you’ve got a deacon board and you’ve got all kinds of people that are the master puppets telling puppeteers telling you what you can or cannot say I’m not telling you to go against your board or the governance of whatever institution you are involved in but I am saying if we cannot as a body take a page from history and all I have to do is think of a man named Dietrich Bonhoeffer pastor someone who believed that their work was the most important which he did and paid the ultimate price for it but wouldn’t be quiet and I I’m really taking my pages of action from certain things that he did and the reason being is this is not the time for cowardice this is not the time to run away this is not the time to hunker down and go along with the plan because going along with the plan will get us right back where we were basically at the beginning of covet 19’s surgeons I’m not going there I don’t know how many of you want to go back there and how many of you understand that listen to me I know that there are a lot of people out there shouldn’t do this but I’m going to I know that there are a lot of people out there and there’s a lot of people in this congregation that when it was said you must get vaccinated you know how do you want to kill your citizens pick away do you want them to die of stress because they’re going to lose their job if they don’t buckle into what should never be never be anything but a personal choice that you and I make as to our medication if the president said you must take statin drugs or you’re a traitor I’d say pick a finger great so why would you mandate something like in other words if this is a free country and maybe this is the last of our freedom it’s time for people to understand that when we band together as a group we’re powerful we’re strong and when we band together we can be what actually I believe Christ intended us to be which is a Christian Army not the type that goes out on the battlefield with machine guns or machetes depending on where you live but the Christian Army that lives by faith stands on the solid rock is not uh persuaded to buckle down and just go with the flow I’m sorry that is that we’ll never be Christianity and if you think that is you’re sorely mistaken so actually what I’m doing here is I’m asking you to think about this I’m not asking you to do anything else except think and pray that we can all come together and stand strong as a body because as these things begin to come our way listen I’m not afraid I’ve taken the mindset that you know the Bible says Don’t Fear what they can do to the body fear what they can do the soul I will not back down from this will not back away and I’ve seen too many of real pastors peppered across the around the world who are paying the ultimate price for not only giving instruction to their congregation but pushing back and saying no we won’t either and if that’s what it takes then that’s what it takes for at least on my part I live by this you can say this is not Christian talking you can have your opinion I will live free and I will die fighting for my freedom I will not have it taken from me for my last breath same things I’ve said to you my life is here open this book talking about the word of God until God takes my breath away but as for everything else in my life I have learned a lesson and that is if you decide to back away and run away there may not be another person to stand in your place there may not be another person to say no I won’t and why are we so afraid of this anyway why are we I’m asking you it’s really rhetorical why are we afraid until right now we are still a free country why are we afraid of a government that has become um basically Marx existent Communists why are we afraid of this when we still have rights and these rights are still protected we say well have you seen what’s going on yeah I have and I’ve seen it not just here but globally we have brothers and sisters in Canada that are their lives have become such a mess because of the government and by the way for those that send me your messages trust me I’m getting them and I’m praying for you and I’m praying for your country as well because whatever happens is just a stone’s throw across the border manages to trickle over here and the effects are felt trust me worldwide so for the pastors who listen to me now is the time to stand in faith now is the time to instruct people to be courageous that’s 90 of Faith courage and the rest of it God will take care of and let me just say this as a last and final word here you will never know what your faith in these matters will mean in eternity and you say but this is time versus eternity yes but whatever we do here as Christians matters so if you want to stand back in the distance and 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