As we approach Independence Day, our country faces a threat to all liberty.

Rasmussen Reports that a survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted June 21-24 indicated that 59% of all voters are concerned that those opposed to President Donald Trump’s policies will resort to violence, and 31% believe there will be a second Civil War within five years.

Couple this with a former president praising the “resistance” efforts of Organizing For America, Antifa and other organizations; and Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) calls for people to deny food services to those who agree with Trump. Democrats are embracing Democrat Socialist Congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s call for a “progressive” revolution.

What do these liberals and the vast majority of Democratic Party officeholders have in common? They fancy themselves as “progressives.” This is a polite, politically acceptable name for socialists or communists.

Progressiveness is a path to tyranny and spiritual darkness. No communist society is free. No true socialist society is free. Why do you think all these people want open borders? It is so they can promise everything to people with nothing and secure their votes. That’s exactly how Cortez got the nomination. Once those votes are secured, it won’t be long before the Constitutional Republic falls to socialism. I have heard a lot of Christians say that this doesn’t matter—that we are of another kingdom. This is wrong-minded thinking.

The American experiment guaranteed the right to free speech and religious freedom. The American dream, however imperfect in its practical implementation, resulted in much of the world being evangelized by Christians. The liberty to speak freely about Jesus Christ supported the Great Commission like no other country in the history of the world. Progressivism, socialism, communism would bring a sharp and violent end to this liberty because these forms of tyranny are based in the Communist Manifesto, which states:

“Communism abolishes eternal truths; it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis.”

These are antichrist political systems. Those who agree with them and claim to be followers of Christ should repent.

What of God do the leaders and followers of the progressive resistance have in common with Christianity? Oh, they ply people with emotions of compassion based on half-truths and twisted facts. But what of Godly principles? Most of them would even say that all religions serve one god, the same god. What does the Lord say?

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3).

Allowing a “progressive revolution” is consenting godlessness to advance.

As Galatians 5:1 says, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

We are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. It extends to the politics of tyranny and to those who would proclaim evil as good. It is bondage. We must overcome evil with good.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

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Some of the headlines these days can be quite discouraging. The media continues its fake news onslaught toward the White House; there is a fear that robots will take over and make slaves of us all; the Clinton crime ring is further exposed, but no justice as yet; and in case you haven’t heard, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that bans child sex dolls and robots. Who would have ever thought this would be necessary?  You can see this is no time for the weak-hearted.

It is no time for followers of Christ to disengage. It seems we have been doing that since the 1960s, and it hasn’t worked. Christ is the answer to this dark and dying world, and you are his vessel. Think about that.

You have a calling. And much bad doctrine has been taught about this. The Holy Scriptures say in Romans 8:28 that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

It’s not your purpose, but “HIS” purpose. Romans 11:29 says that “the gifts and calling of God are unchangeable.”

So when people are saying that you have to find your calling, it is really understanding that you are called “not according to our works, but according to his own purpose (2 Timothy 1:9).”

Christ is our example. He is the way, the truth, and the life. He showed us how to engage according to his purpose. It takes courage to conduct Christ’s purpose in this world, in this country today.

Psalm 31:24 says, “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.”

As Christians, our hope is in the Lord. We are to be ever watching for his return.

As Galatians 6:9 says, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

And Jesus promises in Matthew 10:22, “And you shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.”

We, as Christians, are not to stand by and allow evil to advance just because we have read the end of the book and we win. We are to not be overcome with evil, but to overcome evil with good. The Lord says to be of good courage and that his gifts will never change—you are equipped.

2 Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

We are reminded that it isn’t easy in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9: “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.”

Verse 6 tells us, “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

We should not fear man. Man cannot take our soul. So we need to take heart during these times. Have courage. Put on the full armor of God and speak boldly as we ought to speak. And having done all, stand.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson

NOTE: When writing about God and Jesus, The Daily Jot means YHVH as God and Yeshua Ha Mashiach as Jesus—the actual original names and the true nature and character of them.