The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 18
Rick Joyner
Jesus had
to be the most un-politically correct person to ever walk the earth, and the
more we become like Him, the more we will be too. He did not fear men. He was
not running for office or seeking to win a popularity contest. He came simply
to tell us the truth.
Politics
is built on human alliances and humanly devised methods and strategies. These
can be good and effective, but they can never measure up to obedience to God.
Politics now dominates the church in America, and true spiritual leadership
that is based on following The Lord is rare. The religious spirit has more
influence than The Holy Spirit in most of the church today. The counterfeit
authority of manipulation, control, and hype are substituted for the true
spiritual authority that comes from abiding in The King.
Paul
wrote in Galatians 1:10 that if he was still seeking to please men he would not
be a bondservant of Christ. There is
nothing more corrupting of true authority than the fear of man, being a
respecter of persons, or what we today call politics. This is a primary
reason why the church can now be the last place that we can find God, and why
the government can be the last place that we find wisdom.
What can
we expect from our leaders in the church when we have made hirelings out of
them—being more dependent on men than God? This modern model for ministry is a
perversion of what the ministry is called to be. Likewise, our Republic was not
designed to be run by professional politicians, but rather by servant leaders
who go to congress like one goes to jury duty. In the beginning, there were few
benefits to serving in government. One did it for their country at great
sacrifice.
Both professional politicians and
professional ministers are two species that need to be extinct. They will be
when real leaders and true ministers emerge. Obviously, this calls for radical
change in both the church and the government. Neither will survive much longer
without such radical change.
So how do we do this? The first
step is simple, although this does not mean it is easy. We must go back to our
founding documents—The Bible and the Constitution. Then we must resolve to
comply with and defend them against those who would bend or dilute them.
The
Supreme Court is not the supreme law of the land—the Constitution is. Many
Supreme Court decisions are contrary to the Constitution. Possibly no other
entity is more responsible than the Supreme Court for the severing of our
government’s ties to the Constitution.
A best case scenario would be if the
Supreme Court realized its departure from the Constitution, began to own the
discord this caused in the country, and then initiated the necessary
corrections. This would begin to quickly diffuse much of the discord in our
country, help restore the Constitution’s authority, and restore respect for
government. This action would have many consequences in our country, virtually
all of them good. It would likely raise the stature and make heroes out of the
Supreme Court, instead of the goat it will become if it does not do this.
This
could also go a long way to restoring justice in the country, which requires
the non-political nature of the judicial. It would likewise force the other
branches of government to examine their own deviation from the Constitution and
correct it. This would be a best case scenario—to have the branch of government
most responsible for the great threats to our continued existence as a republic
wake up and take action to reverse them. That is my prayer. If only one or two
justices awoke to this and stood up to defend the Constitution as they swore to
do, it could ignite a movement that gets this done.
The next best case scenario would be for
the legislative branch to awaken to its Constitutional authority and
responsibility and rein in the judicial and executive branches from their
overreach, as they were given the authority to do. They were the only
branch of government given the power of impeachment and the purse to do this.
Of course, the legislative branch has its own sins to repent of, but this would
certainly turn around their present single digit approval rating and help
restore faith in the government. This will take extraordinary leadership with
extraordinary courage, but extraordinary leadership is from God when it comes,
and nothing is impossible for Him. We must appeal to Him.
The next best case scenario would be for a
President to grasp the departure we have made from the Constitution, and for
him or her to use the exceptional power of that office’s “bully pulpit” to give
a clear trumpet call for the repentance and restoration needed.
The
illumination of how far our government has deviated from our Constitutional
moorings is coming, it is certain and the reform is coming. How hard and how
costly the struggle is to do this depends on us. In Psalm 115:16 we are told, “The heavens are the heavens of The Lord, but the
earth He has given to the sons of men.” This is why The Lord will not do things on the earth until we pray. He
delegated authority over the earth to men, and “the
gifts and callings of God are without repentance” (see
Romans 11:29)—He does not take them back. This
is why Jesus represented Himself as “the Son of man.”
Those who
illuminate it, initiate it, and follow through on getting it done for our
government will deserve to be esteemed as a new generation of Founders. That
will be a great honor. As we see in Isaiah 58, it will be one of the great
honors to be “a repairer of the breech, a
restorer of the streets in which to dwell” (see Isaiah 58:12). To be
this for our civil government will be an honor for the ages, but how much more
so will it be to have been a restorer of the house of The Lord?