YOU ARE THE ANSWER 30 SEP 2013
YOU ARE THE ANSWER: participating in possibilities for positive change. The goal of this is give hope for those who feel all is going to hell, & the planet is dying.
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What is the nature of the Matrix landscape, where we fight to stop genocide, slavery & the decline of America? First, we must recognize the obvious; all our old institutions of authority are broken: the family, the church, the public schools, the govt., & the press. In general in America, these institutions are under the dominion of the World System, & yet people are still falsely expecting them to rescue us. People saw in the 20th century where the corporations & science have taken us.
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Many people unaware of the way things really work will excuse companies in the World’s matrix by saying, “They just do what makes money.” No. When Disney began selling punk rock & rap (with lyrics that were as violent, filthy & demonic as possible) they lost $100,000,000 in 5 years. (The New Rolling Stone Ency. described Disney’s Danzig as “satanic”. Their 1990 album was “Lucifuge” w/ songs like “Invocation” & “Long Way Back From Hell”. Disney said their suicide & satanic themes were “harmless & misunderstood”. Last time I checked suicide was the third leading cause of death of Amer. youth 15-24 yrs. old.) In spite, of losing money on filthy satanic songs & movies, Disney cont. Made possible in part because of their sale of Disney products made by Asian slave labor. The entertainment industry (incl. the mass media) waste plenty on the World’s satanic agenda…they do many things that are not profitable. When I tried to advertise books about the Jehovah’s Witnesses in our local paper they rejected the ads; they told me they would not allow something against the J.W.s in their paper. Later, we (Witness, Inc.) assembled about 35 people to protest the human rights violations of the Watchtower Society. The news media came w/ cameras & interviewed quite a few of us. Their 6 o’clock news showed a pretty female protester, & described us as disgruntled ex-J.W.s that were upset that we’d been kicked out, nothing was said about human rights. The media misrepresentations stem from 1. The WT Soc. is part of the World & has often been protected by the World System, 2. They report in line w/ an agenda, 3. They have no problem misrepresenting facts. In another case I know, there was an unannounced speaker at a church, & about ¾ of the seats were filled, but the news media headline was “Sermon to Empty Pews”. However, the majority of people still claim to be Christians in Amer., granted their comfort zones are far more important than Christ, & their faith superficial… so they tend to tolerate moral rot rather than challenge it.
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And that leads me to an important point. All these silent majority lukewarm Christians, as well as all the other groups of beliefs (Mormons, Moonies, Moslems, Jews, Atheists, etc….these others are actually each very small percentage-wise) actually all share many common values. It doesn’t take long w/ any of them to learn they appreciate honesty & truth, & dislike hypocrisy. They don’t like being lied to by the hypocritical mass media any more than the next guy. They see life as a gift or opportunity also. They believe that forgiving is a virtue. They believe in the attributes of wisdom also: patience, inner strength, reliability etc. In general, they also like both inner peace & peace w/ others. We all have some common denominators. I mention common denominators, because we are all in this together. We need each other. No one can singlehandedly change the world. Yahshua, our fearless leader, understood this so well when he said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” JN 14:12
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Wow! How encouraging to his disciples, because they had seen his works, & now they knew they themselves had great potential. Yahshua did not limit it to “great men of faith” but “he that believes on me”. You too, have this potential to win hearts & change minds. The greatest power, the greatest feature of Christ & his disciples was LOVE. Christ said the identifying feature of his disciples would be love, not their Bibles, or crusades, or clothes, or tracts, or missions, etc. but their love. Hope comes when unjust violence is challenged by love. People mistakenly assume Christ was only talking about a heavenly Kingdom…no way…His great prayer was, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” But this Kingdom was so more advanced, such a big improvement, that it needed a renewal of hearts, it could not be est. by the sword. So he challenged the false truthers of his day, those that pretended to be for truth but were part of the World system, like the Pharisees & Sadducees who paid tribute to the System by money & obeisance. He told them, (to paraphrase) “you are part of Caesar’s system, then pay its dues.” He worked w/ the outcasts of the World system because they would have no stakes in the existing order!! Not only did he target his time & talks to them, he joined them, making himself poor & outcast. He knew the rich & powerful would not bite the hand that feeds them.
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Likewise, if you feel outcast & poor, you are exactly the type of person God wants to fight the New World Order. Look in the mirror spiritual warrior, don’t cheat yourself, be who you can be. So Yahshua fought the lust for power & greed at its source, the human heart. Take your giftedness my friend & champion, & contribute. You are God’s answer. Give your blind neighbors a World view that is not spoon-fed garbage from Big Brother. What is a great work? In LK 10:19-20, Yahshua told his disciples it was a greater work for them to accept light into their hearts than their new power to overcome demons. Spiritual life is greater than power. When Peter helped lead 3,000 souls to Christ on Pentecost, he had certainly done something Christ did not do. Later, the entire Roman Empire was inspired to destroy their idols & temples of idolatry. Christ’s teachings of love are worldwide. You will do greater works than mine, Christ told his disciples! Our works will be great because they have love. The same Holy Spirit power that he had is there for us. What a compelling message of hope!
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