By: Dale Weckbacher
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates
His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
NKJV
We often tend to complicate
simple things and in the process create stressful situations in our lives. For example, simple math tells us we cannot
survive financially if we continue to spend more than we earn. Unfortunately, many, including many in
government cannot or choose not to adopt simple math and continue to outspend
their earnings or the tax revenue they collect.
The message of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ is also very simple, we are all sinners, but instead of rejecting
man, God chose to love him and provided forgiveness for man by providing a
replacement to take the death penalty for man's sin, His Son Jesus Christ. This simplicity of the Gospel is what makes
it difficult for many to understand including some religions, even some
Christian Denominations. Instead of
declaring the simplicity of the message of grace contained in the gospel, they
add a system of rules and regulations.
It does not surprise me that non-Christians view Christianity as a ball
and chain around their ankle depriving them of the ability to enjoy life. God views all men and women as equal and
equally provided them a path to a restored relationship with Him.
In the Declaration of
Independence, the founders of the United States stated their core belief that
all men are created equal. (1) However, much as we like to revere the
founders of the United States, they too were flawed individuals who condoned
slavery in the interest of unity in their newly formed Republic. (2)
(3) Even though slavery became illegal after a
bloody Civil War, the problem of racism moved from slavery, to social racism, (4) and now we have the emergence of a race
industry that profits from the continued creation of an atmosphere that all white
people hate black people. (5) This atmosphere of perceived racism is what
is fueling the riots in Ferguson and other parts of the country.
Economically and politically we
are also beginning to observe division in our country and the creation of an
economic and political class system, something that goes against the premise of
the Declaration of Independence. In the
United States, we are beginning to observe the emergence of,
1)
A ruling class – The main reason the colonists
in the United States took up arms with the monarchy in England was that the
monarchy, or ruling class, of England had lost touch with the needs and desires
of the Colonists in the New World. (6) This is precisely why the authors of the
U.S. Constitution created a republic with three co-equal branches of
government. These three branches
included an executive branch but Congress and the Judiciary constitutionally
hold the President, the head of the executive branch, in check. (7)
(8) Unfortunately, through the history of the
United States the Congress and Judiciary have surrendered pieces of their power
to the executive branch and today, President Obama gleefully ignores court
orders (9)
and touts that if Congress fails to act, he will. (10) As Constitutional attorney, and renowned talk
show host Mark Levin has stated on numerous occasions, we now live in a post
constitutional republic. (11) A republic that now has a ruling class much
like the ruling class the colonists fought against for their independence.
2)
A donor class – The British monarchy was
supported by an aristocracy of wealthy lords.
These wealthy lords had intimate access to the monarchy and thus enjoyed
special privileges. Crony capitalists now
dominate the economy of the United States and donate massive amounts of money
to the campaigns of the ruling class.
These massive donations grant them special privileges through loopholes
written into legislation and regulations that allow them to profit. Meanwhile, those who do not donate to the
campaigns of the ruling class suffer through excessive corporate taxation and
stifling regulation. (12)
3)
The dependent class – The remaining citizens of
the British Monarchy were peasants who struggled for survival on the crumbs the
ruling class and aristocracy allowed them to have. Mitt Romney took much heat, and may have lost
the 2012 Presidential election due to his 47 percent comment. (13)
I believe that the reason the ruling class
and donor class took offence at this comment was that it exposed their strategy
of essentially buying the votes of people in the dependent class by keeping
them dependent on some form of government subsistence.
4)
The middle class – in essence there was no
middle class in England at the time of the American Revolution, but throughout
the history of the United States, there has been a thriving middle class. This class consists of small business
entrepreneurs and many of the people who work for them. These people are termed the middle class for
they make too much money to be part of the dependent class but make too little
to be part of the donor class or aristocracy of the United States. You will see these people on the roads each
workday during rush hour in any major city of the United States. The growing dependent class and the cronyism
of the donor class are putting the squeeze on the middle class. As the ruling class grants more privileges to
the donor class, the crony capitalists of the donor class are able to unfairly
compete against struggling middle class entrepreneurs. This results in many middle class
entrepreneurs losing their businesses and laying off their middle class
employees. Many of these middle class
individuals now find themselves in the dependent class. In essence, the middle class of the United
States should now be placed on the endangered species list. (14)
God viewed all men as equal,
sinners, but out of love, sent His Son to die for them, thus declaring He
believed in the equality of all men and provided a choice. However, this is not a choice dependent on
one’s economic, political, or ethnic status but a choice of will equally
provided to all men and women. Likewise,
the founders of the United States, even though they had their imperfections,
envisioned a nation where all men are viewed as equal.
Neither God, nor the founders of
the United States would have supported the class system now emerging in the
United. However, the founders of the
United States are no longer with us, leaving us with the task of destroying the
emerging class system now forming in the United States. Next Saturday, we will look at what we must
do to destroy this emerging class system before it completely destroys the
middle class.
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