Back to Our Roots

The Kingdom Light – Episode 1082

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In May of 2011, I began preparing to launch an online ministry called GCM, or Great Commission Ministries. By mid-June, it was ready to start with the video web-series titled “The GC.” The first episode was uploaded on June 16th of 2011. That was 13 years ago…

On today’s program, we’re getting back to our roots. By that, I’m both speaking of Great Commission Ministries AND alluding to our show topic. Stick around.

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Welcome to The Kingdom Light, where CHRIST is KING and TRUTH MATTERS! Our mission: To shine the Kingdom Light in an otherwise dark world!

Yeah, you heard right. New show title, a few tweaks here and there, but it’s all part of going back to our beginnings as a ministry. Hopefully, you’ve been enjoying the look back at our original web-series. We will continue to bring you all episodes of The GC Revisited on our Rumble channel, and in doing so, it has become clear that a few changes were necessary going forward.

Occasionally, we get to a point where we must re-examine where we’ve gotten to and make some course corrections in order to stay on track. I believe this is where we are now as a nation, as well. We’ve moved into a dark period in America, to a time when each next step must be measured carefully. God has been saying to me personally that the truth must be spoken into this generation, as the Kingdom Light is needed now more than ever before.

And so, today I want to speak that truth to where we are as a country. We have gotten so far off our original path, and too many of us may not have even realized it. Have we gotten away from God? I won’t deny that’s the larger issue at hand, but there are smaller details that have pushed us off the tracks of being a Godly nation as well. I’m talking about a fundamental cornerstone of our country’s beginning that’s been forgotten by many. I’m referring to the intended nature of our American Republic.

The Truth About Republic vs. Democracy

It is lost on members of both parties. Why are they even CALLED Republicans and Democrats? Just as corruption permeates both sides, this insipid ignorance is also prevalent in both parties. Words matter. Terminology IS important. Ask random people on the street what kind of government we have in the US, and likely everyone will say we live in a democracy. Republicans and Democrats alike will all say the same thing. But it’s just not true.

Our government was set up as a Constitutional Republic. The word democracy does not even appear in any of our founding documents. Some people don’t know this at all, and others will say, “Yeah, but we have a lot of democratic principles instilled within our system of government.” I would challenge that. Even if true, it’s still a republic. I heard one guy put it this way: I might employ a few pickles on my cheeseburger, but that doesn’t make it a pickle sandwich. But even more importantly, people need to understand the difference between the two and why it’s so important.

Here’s the skinny, okay? Democracy basically means mob rule. In a democracy, 51% (the majority) of the people can mandate what the other 49% must accept. 51% can dictate to the other 49%, this is how it’s gonna be – deal with it. Does that seem fair? Does that sound like freedom? No, not at all. But in a republic, even 99% can’t impose their way on the 1%. Why? Because liberty is paramount. What does that mean? I’m glad you asked…

In our case, we have a Constitutional Republic, or a representative republic. That means even the minority of people get representation within the government. And the government itself is limited in what it can do because the Constitution recognizes God-given rights of the individuals FIRST and foremost to ensure those rights aren’t infringed upon. In other words, the government isn’t supposed to be able to overstep its bounds, thereby becoming oppressive and tyrannical. Individual liberties come first. Period. Now, doesn’t that sound a lot better than mob rule?

For decades and longer, the word democracy has been pushed on the American people. You probably learned it that way in school. It’s echoed by our supposed representatives – both democrats and republicans. It’s parroted by the media. It has been drilled into our psyche so much that people have accepted it as fact when it’s not. You hear it every day. We have to protect our democracy. So-and-so is a threat to our democracy. On and on, it goes. It’s malarkey.

I gotta tell you, when I hear a conservative speaker who I admire calling America a democracy – it just drives me crazy. They should know better. But even knowledgeable people slip up and say it because it has been effectively burned into our vocabulary. But knowing what a true democracy is now, and what a republic is, think of just how insane it is for a republican to call our Republic a democracy. Come on, folks. The terms we use really do matter.

So why have the establishment crooks tricked us into thinking we live in a democracy rather than a republic? Simple. A democracy is much more easily transformed into totalitarianism. Remember, our Republic places Constitutional restrictions on government and protects individual liberties. A democracy has no such restrictions on the government. And being effectively mob rule, a large portion of the people quickly realize they’re not being treated fairly – at which point, corrupt government officials promise them all kinds of incentives to pacify them.

How many times have we heard promises of “free” stuff? So called stimulus checks, canceling student loans, or food stamps. Here, have some of this delicious government cheese! Little band-aids here and there to fool us into thinking they actually care about us. But it’s really just to make us reliant on their subsidies and handouts. Once you’re hooked on them, they own you. They will force you to give up all your independence – your freedom – just to get whatever carrot they see fit to dangle in front of you. And as you know, where there’s a carrot, there’s also a stick. The stick is, you get stuck under dictatorial rule.

Read the Constitution. Read the Declaration of Independence. No mention at all of democracy. Someone asked Benjamin Franklin what manner of government the Continental Congress had created. He answered, “A Republic, if you can keep it.” These guys knew of mankind’s proclivity of embracing evil. They knew their posterity would face challenges. That’s why they carefully worded those founding documents the way they did. That’s why they gave us a Republic, if we can keep it. But evil forces threaten to destroy it.

Why do you think they took the Pledge of Allegiance out of schools? Oh sure, it was part of the effort to remove God – one nation, under God. But it was also to get rid of that pesky reminder that the United States is indeed a Republic. And to the Republic, for which it (the flag) stands… Yep. They dumped all signs of our Republic and replaced it with a lie – that America is a democracy. And boy, did they ever drive that lie into our brains so it would be accepted as truth!

Now that you know the REAL truth, or now that you’ve been reminded of it, what should you do? Apply it. Use it. Proclaim it loudly! It’s the truth that sets us free, so spread the truth around at every opportunity. Share it with family and friends. Remind people that we live in what’s SUPPOSED TO BE a Constitutional Republic – not a democracy. Don’t be afraid to correct people who use the wrong word to describe our form of government. If we want to take our freedoms back – take our country back – then we must take seriously the language being used (or misused) when discussing it.

Let’s get back to our roots, folks. God bless and keep shining the Kingdom Light!