31 July 2022
Let's boil it down to the essence: Americans have made themselves my enemy.
If they crucified Jesus, how would they not come after me? A conservative America makes no more room for my faith than the globalist-progressive side does. The difference between the two is actually quite small. Both sides are demanding that I adhere to something that is contrary to my convictions. Both sides have the inclination and capacity to be ogres about it.
It's the same in both politics and religion. I've been kicked out of at least one solid conservative Baptist church. Nor do I really blame them, in the sense that, had they allowed me to stay, I would have been a disruptive influence. The path to genuine faith, a heart-borne life of conviction and a concerted effort to embrace the Hebrew mysticism of the Bible, was a threat to the Baptist way of religion. It's not that I was seeking to attack their faith, but the simple act of explaining my different faith drew off the Baptist path a handful of folks who were looking for a better way. The majority wanted no part of what I taught, and they were right to ask me to take it somewhere else, but I knew they were holding back a small handful who needed something closer to what I have. Still, I left gracefully because I have no intention of disrupting someone else's ministry.
And that was a rather tolerant Baptist church. The only reason I stuck around that long was because I had friends there. I've seen some churches far more activist. They began pressing me right away to confess and conform to their narrow path, without having a clue what was already in my heart. They didn't care. There was no way I could stick around in those places.
The latter activist churches are too close to the kind of folks who are trying to "save America" -- on both sides of the aisle. The contents of their agendas differ, but their methods and activist demands are the same. My faith keeps me from supporting either agenda. And they darn sure won't make room for mine. I'm not allowed to take the path to which God calls me.
Consider this: I'm not interested in pushing anyone else into my mold. My faith demands that everyone make their own choices. And if they need more room, they can go on down the road to find it. There's no constraints at all. I encourage it, because it would afflict their convictions to hold them back. I'm more concerned about following convictions than that anyone should be compelled to tolerate mine. All I really ask is the room to privately pursue the vision in my soul. Yes, I'll make some noise at times, but I'd never intrude on anyone else's domain. I'm asking for freedom to negotiate a path through whatever it is that occupies everyone else. Of course, that's not allowed.
Thus, they don't support me, so I won't support them. If "saving America" means strengthening either agenda, I'm willing to watch America perish. Either vision of America would be Hell for me. They claim to be open to some differences, but that "some" means almost none. No, we cannot agree to get along, because their whole process is to pressure me to be just like them. I am not like them, nor can I be.
So far, I've not seen anyone on the public stage suggesting a genuine open space for the Covenant life. The federal government is actually on record referring to my kind of faith as a cult. That was back when there were a mixture of conservative and liberal folks in the bureaucracy, so it's not just a liberal thing. The bureaucracy as a whole cannot put my religion in a box where it yields to their controls, so it must be "evil".
So, no -- I will not join any fight to "save America" from either side. I have nothing to gain and a lot to lose no matter which way it goes. I'll let God sort them out.
Note: This isn't the real reason I refuse to advocate for saving America, but it's one that folks who want to save America can understand. The real reason is that it simply won't matter to the Covenant either way. The US was born, has lived, and will die in Satan's hands. Nothing I could possibly do would make any difference.
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