The Thirst for Freedom

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I haven’t been a participant in the Tea Party Movement, although I’ve watched it from a distance with some curiosity. I figure anything that can stir up so much ire from the more liberal thinking crowd must be doing something right.

The one thing that bothered me in the video was when a man talked about it being worth it to neglect time with his children to promote this cause. He said “If I have to sacrifice the time with my children to do that, that’s what I will do.” That should have gotten left out of the video and someone should have pulled that guy aside and said “we can’t successfully preserve our values by neglecting them.”

Other than that, I’m curious. Maybe this will be 2010′s “Contract with America” movement.

Hat Tip to Michael Casey for posting the video at his blog called Pure Common Sense.

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The Following Was Originally Posted on 9/21/2009 (with the latest updates and a petition at the end):

I just read a distressing article at wnd.com about Swedish authorities storming an airplane commando style to take Dominic Johansson from his parents. The reason? Apparently because he was homeschooled!

Here is a quote from the article:

Annie and Dominic Johansson

“‘Any nation that severely restricts the ability of parents to choose alternative forms of education, including home education, in the name of creating national unity, cannot call itself a free nation. Freedom necessarily requires the individual to have the liberty to think differently and believe differently than programs instituted by the current rulers of any nation. Educational freedom is the cornerstone for all freedom of thought and conscience,’ he [Michael Farris] said.”  [Read More]

—End of Original Article—

Update 1/6/2010:

Would you believe that Swedish authorities are still holding this little boy captive and separated from his parents? Behold the horrendous results of worshiping the Messianic State!

Here is an excellent recap article with updates:

“What you have here is a socialist country trying to create a cookie cutter kid,” Kiska said. “This family is a little different from the average Swedish family. There are so few homeschoolers in the country that this, along with their issues, has caused the social services agency to take the child in order to coerce changes from the family. Unfortunately. in Europe this kind of thing happens too often where social workers take a child and then just keep him. The parents in these cases are really powerless since the system is so one-sided.”  [Read More]

Resources:

• Please read and sign this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/return-dominic-johansson-to-his-parents
• Here is a blog dedicated to Dominic’s cause: http://dominicjohansson.blogspot.com/

Originally Published on April 10, 2007:

One man ruling all others is an invention of men. It does not come from God.

In I Samuel 8:1ff the Israelites realize that Samuel is getting old. They tell Samuel that they want a king.

Examine God’s response to their request.

1. God equates their request for a human king as rejecting Him as their King! God says to Samuel “[the people] have not rejected you [Samuel], but they have rejected Me…” I Samuel 8:7b

Could it be that it is NOT God’s will for us as human beings to become slaves to another human being in order to be “protected?” Could it be that God’s plan is for each man to be a “king” treating his brothers as equals? Could it be that men are to “protect” one another as equals, not requiring a pledge of fealty?

2. God equates their request for a human king as idolatry! He directly equates it to the worship of other gods! I Samuel 8:8

I do not believe God wants His children to look to other men to be their salvation. The desire to be “ruled by one” when referring to a mere man is idolatry.

3. God warns them of the problems with “one-man-rule” “top-down” authority.
a. The “dictator” is going to want an army at his command and there will be a draft. I Samuel 8:11-12
b. The “dictator” will make slaves out everyone, men and women, requiring them to work for his agenda. I Samuel 8:12b-16
c. The “dictator” will implement taxes on goods and finances in such an oppressive way that all will be like slaves. I Samuel 8:14-17
d. The people will just come to God in the end crying out for deliverance from the very government that they themselves asked for! I Samuel 8:18

Oh My!

When I was a teenager I remember Ronald Reagan saying “the government is not the solution to the problem, the government is the problem!”

I don’t know if Reagan originated that quote, but I believe the Bible is filled with such ideas! I Samuel 8 is one of the best and most insightful warnings I have seen against the dangers of “all-mighty” government.

Why didn’t the government save us from September 11? Why didn’t they stop those Hurricanes in Louisiana? Why are there children starving?

I believe we as humans are responsible for one another. We are responsible for starving children. We are responsible to stop evil. We are responsible to aid our fellow man during a disaster.

BUT! But I must warn my fellow man. We need to be very careful looking for salvation from a human king. Even if we make the “government” king we are in danger of being reduced to slavery.

Government has its purposes, and is appointed by God Himself, but it is NOT the Savior of the World. That Honor and Duty remains with Jesus Christ. Thus the early Americans cried out that famous line: “No King but King Jesus!”

As long as we expect government to solve our problems, we will never be free.

And as you know, I am thirsty to be truly free!

ThirstyJon