TWELVE MINUTE TEACHINGS of TRUTH – The Christian and The Occult - Pt. 4

TODAY's Teaching #4 – Demonic Influences on Sinners and Saints - 10/14/2022

Five twelve-minute teachings (60 minutes total) on the dangers of the occult and related subjects:

Here are the Facebook videos:

Teaching #1 – The Dangers of the Occult - 10/11/2022

Teaching #2 – Christians Should Abstain fromHalloween - 10/12/2022

Teaching #3 – Divination, Witchcraft and NatureWorship - 10/13/2022

TODAY's Teaching #4 – Demonic Influences on Sinners and Saints - 10/14/2022

Teaching #5 – Spiritual Warfare in the 21st Century - 10/15/2022

TWELVE MINUTE TEACHINGS of TRUTH – The Christian and The Occult: Pt. 3

Teaching #3 – Divination, Witchcraft and Nature Worship - 10/13/2022

Five twelve-minute teachings (60 minutes total) on the dangers of the occult and related subjects:

Here are the Facebook videos:

Teaching #1 – The Dangers of the Occult - 10/11/2022

Teaching #2 – Christians Should Abstain fromHalloween - 10/12/2022

Teaching #3 – Divination, Witchcraft and NatureWorship - 10/13/2022

Teaching #4 – Demonic Influences on Sinners and Saints - 10/14/2022

Teaching #5 – Spiritual Warfare in the 21^st Century - 10/15/2022

Teaching #3 – Divination, Witchcraft and Nature Worship

What is divination, or the act of divining? It’s a practice of any varieties that attempt to prognosticate, that is, to either tell the future, or obtain information not otherwise available through one’s natural senses.

TWELVE MINUTE TEACHINGS of TRUTH – The Christian and The Occult: Pt. 2

Teaching #2 – Why Christians Should Abstain from Halloween.

Check out THROUGH The BLACK YouTube channel and their discussion of Halloween (Samhain) at the end of this article!

Five twelve-minute teachings (60 minutes total) on the dangers of the occult and related subjects:

Teaching #1 – The Dangers of the Occult - 10/11/2022

Teaching #2 – Christians Should Abstain from Halloween - 10/12/2022

Teaching #3 – Divination, Witchcraft and Nature Worship - 10/13/2022

Teaching #4 – Demonic Influences on Sinners and Saints - 10/14/2022

Teaching #5 – Spiritual Warfare in the 21st Century - 10/15/2022

Why is it that Christians should have nothing to do with Halloween? The short answer is that as children of GOD, we’re to have nothing to do with darkness. Halloween is the traditional Celtic Day of the Dead – it’s when the sunlight began to decrease (Fall Equinox) and the days grew shorter, the nights grew longer. Winter came quick and all nature seemed to go to sleep – or die, only to “spring” back to life after winter (every pun intended).

TWELVE MINUTE TEACHINGS of TRUTH – The Christian and The Occult: Pt. 1 - Five teachings on the dangers of the occult

TWELVE MINUTE TEACHINGS of TRUTH – The Christian and The Occult

Five twelve-minute teachings (60 minutes total) on the dangers of the occult and related subjects in these Facebook videos:

Teaching #1 – The Dangers of the Occult - 10/11/2022

Teaching #2 – Christians Should Abstain from Halloween - 10/12/2022

Teaching #3 – Divination, Witchcraft and Nature Worship - 10/13/2022

Teaching #4 – Demonic Influences on Sinners and Saints - 10/14/2022

Teaching #5 – Spiritual Warfare in the 21st Century - 10/15/2022


Teaching #1 – The Dangers of the Occult

The word “occult” means hidden, that is, a secret. This divides people into two groups: those who know the secret and those who don’t.

AN OCCULT MANIFESTO: Examining It's Practices, Dangers and Detriments

IT'S ONLY NATURAL – 

Atheists and materialists may deny the spirit/soul nature of humanity, insisting that we are merely 'biological machines' living in a material, non-ethereal world, and evolving into higher, superior and more sophisticated biological life forms, but the truth of the matter (pun intended) is that we are beings created by God with a tri-une reality to our existence: we are body and soul (psuchos) and spirit (pneuma) according to 1 THESS 5:23.

The spirit of man was created by God with the intention of being His central dwelling place (PROV 20:27; ROM 8:9,11; 1 COR 6:19-20; EPH 3:17; note: for all practical purposes “heart” referenced in Ephesians is approximately synonymous to “spirit” with only some technical differences).

Due to the fall of mankind into a sinful state, the Spirit of the LORD cannot indwell man, and so his spirit is dormant or even dead at physical birth and in order to have meaningful interactions with God, the spirit must be regenerated (TITUS 3:5; cf. EZEK 18:31), “born again” as in JOHN 3:3-5 and 1 PET 1:23-25. Only by believing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and receiving salvation by faith can the Spirit of God dwell within us, bringing eternal life and peace.

Without the Spirit of God, unregenerate man, while still having the inner propensity for spiritual reality cannot sense or perceive spiritual truth, much less the Spirit of God. In order to meet this mysterious   need that plagues us all, most people attempt to use carnal pleasures or even moral purpose to bring satisfaction when in reality this need is spiritual.

Ultimately however, such things will not and cannot satisfy; thus there are some who seek spiritual reality in religion, whether Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism or Christianity (in this case for what is called 'Christianity', the religious sense of the word).

Others seek out spiritual meaning in the nature religions of the world, such as shamanism or witchcraft and still others will delve into the various disciplines of the occult. All of these practices will incur interaction with spiritual reality, however, there is far more to this reality than God Himself alone.

ALIENS AMONG US?

Scripture reveals to us that we are not alone in the universe, a question that is asked today with near obsession and presented in countless films and TV shows, as well as books and magazines as they relate to the UFO phenomenon and it's associative idea of EBE's (Extra-terrestrial Biological Entities).

We have dealt with this subject matter in a comprehensive series of articles; you may review these beginning with the first article here.
Other related articles may be accessed by using the search engine on The RED PILL Consortium site and inputting “extra-terrestrials”.

However, the intelligent race of beings that I am referring to are not EBE's but non-corporeal intelligences which the Bible refers to as angels (forget the silly notions of winged man-like creatures complete with halos and harps!). These are powerful beings, most always invisible, yet can seemingly enter our reality and materialize at will. 

We do not want to spend time at length on this topic, but for those who would like to understand a bit more about what the Bible has to say concerning angels (and their various ranks and purposes) you may do so by visiting this site (note that this author does  not necessarily agree with everything found in this article).

A TALE OF TWO KINGDOMS – 

One thing that must be understood is that of all the angelic race, about a third of them followed Lucifer in a rebellion against their Maker (REV 12:4) and in so doing, established a Second Order in the world – the kingdom of darkness as opposed to the kingdom of Light. The purpose of these kingdoms is centered around planet Earth and the souls of mankind. The kingdom of Light seeks the salvation of souls through its King, the LORD Jesus Christ; whereas the kingdom of darkness seeks to retain lost souls in it's own domain and use deception and enslavement of these to it's own cause.

Certainly the belief in UFO's of the alien sort is a ploy used by Satan to deceive mankind (and in the series of articles referred to just previously, this is the central theme presented) furthering its agenda towards a global new world order (that is, the second order instituted by Lucifer at his rebellion against God's First Order as He created it).

Yet Satan has a varied ensemble of evil in his reprehensible repertoire of deception; he and the fallen angels loyal to his cause have introduced certain arcane and secret (“occult”) knowledge to man, promising him his own power of 'godhood' while in actuality bringing him into deeper and darker enslavement and bondage than is typical for the every day man who, though he may not engage in such activities – since he is not a member of the kingdom of Light – he is by default a member of the kingdom of darkness, and thus still enslaved to that darkness and to sin. 

The serpent (Satan) of GENESIS 3 promised knowledge to Eve - “to know good and evil” and her own godhood. Yet as we know, what transpired was not a transcendence into a higher reality, but a ruinous fall into sin and death.

Later, the fallen race of man, in rebellion to the command of the LORD to “go forth and multiply” rallied together in the central location known as the Tower of Babel (literally “gateway to God” or “gateway to the gods”). I believe it was here that this 'secret knowledge' was codified and endorsed as the religion of Babylon.

In the book of Revelation, we read about the nature of spiritual Babylon and observe her titles:

MOTHER DEAREST – 

REVELATION 17:3-5
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

Note vs. 5 and one of the titles of this 'woman' - “the Mother of Harlots”. In the Bible a harlot is often used to convey the idea of false religion and practices not intended by the LORD for mankind to engage in, much less the nation of Israel which nonetheless did so (JERE 3:1,6,8). Yet this Babylon system is referred to not merely as a harlot, but the Mother of harlots, or the origin of false religious disciplines; one could easily include esoteric and, or secret societies which have various spiritual beliefs incorporated into their systems. 

Also note the other title of “Mystery” - musterion in the Greek; meaning a secret or hidden knowledge revealed. Babylon was indeed the haven for hellish and dark secrets that they were willing to share with mankind in exchange for certain uses of their women.

At the Tower of Babel, God understood that if this heinous union were allowed to continue, mankind would acquire greater and deeper occult knowledge, and thus more irreparable entanglements with demonic entities, until they would be quite beyond turning back. 

Thus He decided to disperse humanity by confusing the language of the people – this resulted in precisely that: people grouped together according to their common language and settled in different parts of the world, and in so doing, the nations were born as recorded in GENESIS 10; 11, often referred to as The Table of Nations 

These various tribes of people brought with them their occult beliefs and practices where ever they settled. This is why we may observe, as we trace esoteric and occult beliefs across the globe, that the many similarities we see, overlap and parallel in their dogma. 

For an excellent series on the historical aspect of this occult progression across the globe, see this video entitled "Babylon" (Part 4) by The FUEL Project, entitled KNOW YOUR ENEMY and the subsequent videos (PART 5-10).

DABBLING IN THE DEMONIC – 

Let us be clear in this matter: whether one is dabbling in horoscopes or ouija boards, these practices of divination (gaining knowledge by arcane and, or mystical means), incantations, scrying, channeling (previously known as necromancy) or other such things, one is dealing with demonic entities, that while promising and to limited degree, providing power and knowledge, only bring the souls thus interacting with them into bondage or ruinous destruction, and finally to the perdition of hell.

It is with the utmost of serious admonition that this author warns the reader against involving themselves with the occult; should one do so, they may not encounter and suffer demonic influences, but the likelihood is, that they will.
Should such influences lead to oppression or even worse, possession, there is yet hope for deliverance from these baneful spirits, and we will address this before this series ends.

Here are five cases in which persons were reportedly possessed by demonic entities; I leave the reader to determine if these are real or not; in any event, the Bible testifies of the truth of their existence and the phenomena of demonic possession. This author believes that he has indeed encountered people under the influence of demonic spirits.

Two films produced, The Exorcist and The Exorcism of Emily Rose are based on actual documented cases of demonic possession. 

In the case of The Exorcist (the book written by William Blatty), the child (under the pseudonym of Roland Doe) was given a Ouija Board by an aunt whom was very dear to the boy; she was a Spiritualist that encouraged Roland to experiment with the board. She eventually died, and “ . . . it took a major toll on him. Distraught, he did what she would have done and tried to communicate with her using the Ouija board.

“Shortly after, the Doe family started experiencing odd things around their home. Pictures fell from the walls. Furniture moved around on its own. Doors closed. Doe also started violently acting out. The family brought in all of the doctors they could, but no one could find anything physically wrong with the boy. With no one else to call, they reached out to their pastor, Reverend Luther Miles Schulze, who brought Doe to his house to evaluate him, which ended with the boy’s room destroyed by unknown forces.”

Walter Martin, Christian apologist and authority on cults and occult, wrote in his book, The Kingdom of the Occult, about a case study in which he was an active participant. While speaking at a church, he was approached that evening by a man who sought his help with a young woman, a professing Christian, who seemed to display symptoms of demonic influence.

He agreed to accompany the man to a motel where they would meet with other Christians along with this young woman. As they pulled into the parking lot, Walter felt a definite sense of something evil; this sensation escalated as they pulled into a parking slot next to another car where the young woman was waiting.

Walter left the car and approached the identified woman and began talking with her; she told him that she was unable to get out of the car. He replied that if she did, they could help her rid herself of the demons. 
Eventually she worked up enough will power to get out of the car and into the motel room.

Within the span of a couple hours, the Christian men came to the conclusion that this poor woman was possessed by a host of demonic spirits. One of the people in the group, a psychologist who did not believe in demonic possession at the beginning of this experience, came to firmly believe. He helped three other grown men who could barely hold the woman down as she thrashed and growled, making threats. During the process the sense of horrible, near palpable evil filled the room.

At the name of Jesus the demonic spirits were commanded to leave, and every time Walter spoke out, the woman lunged partway off the bed, and another spirit was exorcised. One of the voices coming from the woman said with a bizarre, twisted smile on her face, “We can outlast you . . .”

Eventually the woman was cleansed of the demons, and she was restored to her life, became a blessing to her husband, and a nurturing mother. Later she explained that she had been praying to God for needs, that were never met; as a result, she turned to Satan for help, and that began her horrific journey into the demonic. (This excerpt is paraphrased and based on the case study as found in The Kingdom of the Occult, pages 33-36 in Chapter Two, The Occult Revolution.

MYSTERY RELIGIONS – RENAMED

The occult knowledge that sprang from the Tower of Babel and spread across the globe developed into esoteric societies, secret societies and what was known as the Mystery Religions. 

KNOW YOUR ENEMY – (Part 8: The MYSTERIES) 

From there, in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Theosophical Society with Madame Helena Blavatsky and Alice Bailey as its matriarchal leaders kept and promoted ancient esoteric knowledge. It was Alice Bailey that coined the term “New Age” and the New Age movement came into public domain in the 1970's and '80's. Today its referred to as The New Spirituality. What is so telling is that there are some Emergent Church leaders who call for none other than “a new spirituality” such as Brian McLaren .

Mysticism is part and parcel of the Emergent Church movement, mainly because they reject Christ of the Bible, the Bible itself as the literal Word of God, and thus bereft of the Holy Spirit. They must have some form of spirituality (“a form of godliness” 2 TIM 3:5) and therefore resort to the Spiritual Formation Movement and contemplative prayer.

Once again, it was the pronouncement of Alice Bailey that “the church” would have a part to play in welcoming 'The Christ' (read that, anti-Christ), having already been prepared by “change agents” who would do their part in transforming the church by steering it away from biblical truth and establishing it on esoterical and mystery knowledge and practices.

“If men look for the Christ Who left His disciples centuries ago, they will fail to recognize the Christ Who is in process of returning” (Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul, The Reappearance of the Christ, Chapter III – World Expectancy).

“Benjamen Creme who is the voice of proclamation for the new Christ says, The Master Jesus is going to reform the Christian churches” (Benjamen Creme, Reappearance of the Christ, p. 85).
“This reform means “change.” When you look at the mysticism now taking place inside the church along with practices of other religions being added, one cannot also think about this prophecy by Alice Bailey:

“This Church will be nurtured into activity by the Christ and His disciples when the outpouring of the Christ principle, the TRUE second Coming has been accomplished… the Christian church in its many branches can serve as a nucleus through which world illumination may be accomplished… the church as a teaching factor should take the great basic doctrines and (shattering the old forms in which they are expressed and held) show their true and inner spiritual significance. … Teachers must be trained; Bible knowledge must be spread; the sacraments must be mystically interpreted, and the power of the church to heal must be demonstrated” (Alice Bailey, The Externalization of the Hierarchy, 1957, Lucis Publishing*).”

*formerly known as the Lucifer Publishing Company.

It is worthy to note that The Externalization of the Hierarchy is one of about two dozen books that Alice Baily wrote as an amanuensis: she channeled them through her spirit guide 'Tibetan Master' Djwhal Khul and other spirits (read that, demons).

The above quote was taken from the article, The Ripening - Planet Earth Welcomes Maitreya? from LET US REASON ministries.

Dire warnings were issued to the church in the early 1980's by Dave Hunt and T.A. McMahon  (The Berean Call ministries) regarding the approaching infiltration of the New Age movement into the church. Due to his books and lectures, the biblical churches learned, and steered clear of this “Seduction of Christianity”  while the denominational churches (primarily, having no sure foundation in the Word of God) were easy prey to the “seducing spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 TIM 4:1).

Where the New Age failed to corral the biblical churches, some decades later, The Emergent Church Movement did, and continues to do so. It is this author's belief that the Emergent Church is 'New Age Light – fewer calories'! And that this movement was engineered and orchestrated by the Roman Catholic Church, specifically, the Jesuit Order.

For those who are watching, through the lens of prophetic Scripture, we can see that all the world is coalescing into a unified whole, 1) politically, 2) economically and 3) religiously. There is the one factor, this author believes, that will bring one-ness into this triad of human existence, and that is, mysticism and it's empowerment, the mystical practices of meditation that beckons demonic spirits to roost in human hearts.

Here we shall end part One of this series. In the next part, we shall start to examine various occult practices, underscoring their dangers, emphasizing their perilous potency and demonstrating their demonic sources. Until then, those of you who are children of God (JOHN 1:12-13), rejoice and give thanks that we have been delivered from such darkness and slavery! For those who are not God's children, I pray that you take these admonitions seriously and consider the Gospel of salvation.

A GENERATION THAT KNEW NOT WAR

It is with the greatest honor that I have been permitted by the author of this article to re-publish it here, unedited and unabridged.

There are enormous volumes of information we may and often do absorb each day and so when we read such admonitions as "a must read" we may overlook the material as so many make this claim.

I appeal to godly parents, pastors, school principles and teachers, law enforcement and all Christians to read this article - for the sake of our children, the next generation.

Once it was college students who left the faith that they were raised in; that was back in the 80's. In the 90's these were high school students. Now it's even the junior high level students who have forsaken the Bible in spirit, if not in letter. They may have a form of belief in the Bible, but it isn't biblical belief, and it's not centered around a living, breathing reality of Jesus Christ on a personal, daily level.

How could we have allowed our children to stray so far? Why aren't we engaged in spiritual battle for them and this entire generation of youth? 
Greg Reid provides a heart-felt and anguished plea for us to stand fast and engage the power of the enemy by the Spirit of the LORD. He talks about spiritual warfare and the need to train our children to fight against Satan and his kingdom of darkness with real spiritual weapons at our disposal by the grace of God. Read this article; share it; give heed to its admonitions and let us repent of the spiritual negligence of our own walks as well as our children's. May we, by the grace of God, reach out to the youth of this generation, and take back that which the enemy has stolen! AMEN! 

You may read more of Greg Reid's materials on his site, The COLOR of PAIN.
I conducted a small interview asking a few pertinent questions with Greg in a TTUF article, which you may read here, concerning the Ouija Board.

~~ James Fire <///><

GUN CONTROL or SOUL CONTROL- Part 1 & 2

PART ONE – GUN CONTROL

Tragedy has once again struck at the heart of America, this time at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. The following were the victims who were shot to death:

Lucero Alcaraz, 19, Quinn Glen Cooper, 18, Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59, Lucas Eibel,18, Jason Dale Johnson, 33, Lawrence Levine, 67, Sarena Dawn Moore, 44, Treven Taylor Anspach, 20, and Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18 (Source)

The shooter was Chris Harper-Mercer, by all accounts, a problem child and troubled teen, a loner who was discharged from the Army just five weeks into basic.
On the day of the shooting, it was reported that he inquired of his victims whether or not they were Christian; if so, they earned a bullet in the head rather than in the legs if they were not. A rather peculiar aspect of this case is the way that the media has massaged the facts to produce a more controversial issue based in part on ethnicity. We have been led to believe that Mr. Mercer is Caucasian, haven't we? Along with some other supposed facts, what is the real deal here? Check out this article.

The President addressed the nation  and said that the shooter was someone likely to suffer from some form of mental illness; that America is the only nation that hasn't enough gun safety laws in the face of mass killings. He urged the American people support stricter gun laws, to “politicize the issue”.

The issue of gun control is a hot bed of controversy: there are those who claim that if we had stricter gun control laws, we would be safer as a nation; that there are sufficient guns among the various law enforcement agencies, and ownership of firearms among the public is superfluous. 

Others say that if gun laws became more strict, that they would eventually fall under the control of the Federal government, that would issue special licensing for a relative minor percentage of the nation – or even outlaw guns altogether; that our people would be imperiled and at the mercy of criminals accustomed to breaking the law to obtain what they want. Criminals in the private sector or political, that is . . . 

One of the reasons why State militias were sanctioned by our founding fathers was that in the event the Federal government were ever to overstep its Constitutional boundaries and became belligerent, the States could force it to step back.

Universities and college campuses are commonly designated as 'gun-free zones' as are many major US cities like Chicago and Washington D.C. Statistics are in ample supply to show that such zones are provisional for shooters as 'easy prey'  are everywhere: because they know the chances of any one firing back any time soon is virtually nil. 

What would have happened if a gun owner happened to be in the same locality of Chris Mercer just as an off-duty sheriff's deputy was in the vicinity of Jesus Garcia, a gun wielding shooter who terrified restaurant workers who fled to the next door movie theater? He was stopped before he did too much damage.

There wasn't however, because that college campus was a gun-free zone, and Mercer knew that. He didn't decide to go out and try to victimize some people who were out on a shooting range with their rifles. He chose his location based, at the very least in part, on the fact that there would most likely be no other people with guns that could challenge him. 

The idea of screening potential gun owners for criminal records and or mental problems is not the controversy; even the most ardent 2nd Amendment Rights Activist should agree with such policy (just as those caught with too many DUI's should lose their driver's license). Guns should be forbidden to such people, and those with criminal intent towards such things as terrorism*. 

Gun owners that are responsible citizens, and use such weapons for good, should always have access to their weapons to safeguard themselves, their families and people who might find themselves imperiled by a maddened shooter.

Obviously we should be responsible as a nation regarding who should be able to purchase and own a gun and who should not; any one with a felony, any one who is not “sound of mind” and unable to demonstrate rational judgment, and certain other select situations and cases should warrant the restriction of such a right to bear arms. 

[* What about 'potential terrorists'? There are those who consider certain types of Christians as 'potential terrorists' – those that believe in the last days, according to biblical prophecy; who believe that one world government is evil as is the new world order; who ascribe the idea of conspiracy as a credible plausibility, that hold dear the Constitution and our Second Amendment Rights, among other such beliefs.
For more 'qualifiers' as to who a potential terrorist is, for those whom our government, at the behest of psychology authorities, are not - or will not be -considered "of sound mind" (because they are fundamentalist ['extremist'] Bible believers) go here. Thus would such Christians under enacted laws be denied their guns?]

Gun-free zones however would and do pose the problem – where guns are not allowed, those who find no problem with breaking the law would acquire any number of viable targets at their mercy. 

The controversy is, that if gun-wielding criminals are able to find such easy marks in gun-free zones in places like University campuses, military bases and certain US cities, how many more easy marks would they find if there were fewer guns among the populace! If the entire nation, or a larger preponderance of our lands were 'gun-free zones'?!

From The CONSERVATIVE REVIEW we have the following:

Strict gun laws did NOT stop the shooter.

Colleges, and this one in particular, are “Gun Free Zones” in almost every part of the country. This college actually has an even stricter weapons policy:

 ~  Possession, use, or threatened use of firearms (including but not limited to BB guns, air guns, water pistols, and paint guns) ammunition, explosives, dangerous chemicals, or any other objects as weapons on college property, except as expressly authorized by law or college regulations, is prohibited.
 ~  Possession of knives with a blade longer than 4” is prohibited.
 ~  Brandishing weapons is prohibited.
 ~  Misuse of personal defensive weapons – e.g., pepper spray, etc. is prohibited. The owner is responsible and accountable for any misuse of these devices.

In speaking of the protection of the public, this is the long held and heralded belief of liberals – that guns are a danger in our society and should be removed from the hands of people, reserved strictly for law enforcement and other similar agencies.
However, history is replete with examples of governments that have done so; and what followed was not exactly in the best interest of the people. Our American founders of the Constitution understood the purpose and value of firearms.

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." 
~~ George Washington. 

This as opposed to our current President's long held beliefs ever since he was a congressman in Chicago:

In 1998, he supported a ban on the sale of all semi-automatic guns. In 2004, he advocated banning gun sales within five miles of a school or park, which would have shut down nearly all gun stores.  

Other leaders of nations around the world, down through history, have offered their views of their people owning guns, and this list of nations and their governments is extraordinarily infamous; here are a few:

Tyrants have always loathed an armed people... In the 20th century alone, there is undeniable evidence of the evils of gun control. Let the facts of history be the evidence:

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control under one of the bloodiest despots in modern history, Joseph Stalin. From 1929 to 1953, approximately 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1928, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, Christians, gypsies, the mentally ill, and others, who were unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1935, China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents were unable to defend themselves and were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1964, Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1970, Uganda, under brutal dictator Idi Amin, established gun control. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated (Source)

Are we suggesting that this is the very intent of our Federal government, and in particular the current occupant in the White House? There are other nations such as England and Australia that have enacted gun control laws that haven't fallen into despotic and, or delusional tyranny of course. Not yet at any rate . . . 

From the immediately above article cited as “source” we have the following quote:

“Since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender firearms to their own government, the results are now in: homicides, assaults, and armed robberies are surging! In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. While the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns, and are less afraid to use them! 

“When I was in Australia a couple of years ago, I asked a friend if everyone turned in their guns. He said that about one-third did, but two-thirds hid their guns, because they know that some day they may have to defend themselves against their own government.”

The same can be said regarding the state of Massachusetts:

One of the state’s leading anti-gun activists, John Rosenthal of Stop Handgun Violence, joined the applause. “The new gun law,” he predicted, “will certainly prevent future gun violence and countless grief.” It didn’t.

The 1998 legislation did cut down, quite sharply, on the legal use of guns in Massachusetts. Within four years, the number of active gun licenses in the state had plummeted. “There were nearly 1.5 million active gun licenses in Massachusetts in 1998,” the AP reported. “In June [2002], that number was down to just 200,000.” The author of the law, state Senator Cheryl Jacques, was pleased that the Bay State’s stiff new restrictions had made it possible to “weed out the clutter.”

But the law that was so tough on law-abiding gun owners had quite a different impact on criminals.

Since 1998, gun crime in Massachusetts has gotten worse, not better. In 2011, Massachusetts recorded 122 murders committed with firearms, the Globe reported this month — “a striking increase from the 65 in 1998.” Other crimes rose too. Between 1998 and 2011, "robbery with firearms climbed 20.7 percent. Aggravated assaults jumped 26.7 percent.” 

Given the nature of Barak Obama however, and his affinity for Socialist ideologists such as Saul Alinsky (author of RULES for RADICALS; a blue print for Community Organizing, a preparation strategy for forming a Socialist nation. Obama was a very proficient Community organizer during his days in Illinois and elsewhere) it would seem at the very least plausible that his intentions for our well being is duplicitous. That, as with any Socialist regime, gun control is a given.

The very premise of gun control and it's virtues have been touted long and loud by liberals aka socialists here in America, but the promised peace such would supposedly bring is based on false premises. Myths in fact - - such things as “public opinions favors gun control . . . armed citizens don't deter crime . . . gun control reduces crime . . .” and others as found here. 

It seems that just about every time the subject of gun control showers the media, the sales of guns sky rockets. No one wants to be left out if guns are suddenly banned and people are left defenseless against dangers both seen and unforeseen. 

Certainly our government must be aware of this phenomenon; if they genuinely wanted guns to be diminished among the American people, why would they continue to hammer on this issue, knowing the result would be even more guns purchased by the public? 

And there seems to be a correlation between the density of guns present in any quadrant of our society and the diminished crime rate that accompanies it (no criminal wants to get gunned down while perpetrating their profession, right? In the following article one set of statistics was compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice. The other was reported by the Pew Research Center).

If guns are responsible for these travesties, then spoons are the culinary culprits for all the obesity of this nation, and cars for the road fatalities. I recently read, "If gun control makes it safer by restricting law abiding citizens their firearms, then the roads will be safer by restricting motor vehicle licenses to sober drivers".

It's absurd to think that either guns, spoons or cars are guilty for the wrong doings committed with them. It's the person using those instruments that is the guilty party of course. Take guns away and these people will simply use bows and arrows, or knives,  or even sticks and stones, or their bare hands if need be.
How do we keep people from overeating? Or causing fatalities on the highway? Or preventing them from killing people with a deadly weapon?
The issue is not guns – but the human heart! And this leads me to the second half of this article.

PART TWO – SOUL CONTROL 

Mankind has had at least six thousand years to prove whether or not he can govern himself; to demonstrate if he can use power responsibly, justly and truthfully. Suffice it to say that in general, he has not done well in proving this point, whether one regards the governing of nations or simply that of his own heart.

Anyone with a gun is empowered; how one handles that empowerment or any kind for that matter reveals the sort of heart one has. We dealt with this matter once before on The RED PILL Consortium: The POWER of LOVE, The LOVE of POWER.

A person of temperance is a person under control, but how do we acquire this temperance in the first place? The Law of God points out the LORD's expectation of our conduct, the standard by which we shall be judged. These laws (if we could obey them) would govern our souls in righteous living. 

For an excellent teaching on the Ten Commandments, I present Josh Boubion of The HOUSE of TRUTH Fellowship youtube channel, based largely on EXODUS 20.

EXODUS 20:1-17 - The Great Ten

Some may find that they have this virtue by the wisdom of years of experience, and to a certain and limited extent, this is valid. However, the most powerful and enduring form of temperance comes from the Spirit of God, His Spirit of Love and Grace:

GALATIANS 5:22-25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

The best way to govern the heart is by enthroning the LORD Jesus Christ there; to repent of one's sin, to turn to the LORD for salvation and His abiding Spirit, and the fruit that results from such. Note that temperance is among this fruit, this fruit of God's love in our lives. 

The nature of man is a sinful nature (ROM 3:20, 23), and sin is the essence of rebellion and lawlessness (ISAIAH 1:4). It is the very rotten fruit of this world and why there is so much suffering, oppression, injustice, etc. 

If we would have a society of people whose souls were under control – not chaotic and prone to mayhem – then they must seek the LORD and His mercy at the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ: there the brutal and unruly heart of man is replaced with a new heart (EZEK 36:26; JOHN 3:3-5; 1 PET 1:23) and such a heart in the meekness of the LORD will be able to wield power with such responsible conduct as is honoring to the LORD.

The basis of how we live our lives today as Christians, the faithfulness in which we minister to the LORD in our marriages, our families, our church ministry (including the Gospel and discipleship), our jobs, etc. will actually help determine the extent of our rule with Christ once He establishes His government in this world (MATT 25:21-23). When Scripture states that the “meek shall inherit the Earth” it wasn't joking. The supreme example of meekness is the LORD Jesus Christ and He shall reign over heaven and earth as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords.

On the subject of meekness, perhaps you might consider these two teachings on the subject: MEEKNESS is NOT WEAKNESS but GREATNESS: Part One and Part Two 

The very anti-thesis of meekness, holiness, righteousness, justice, faithfulness as well as love of truth and the truth of love (qualifications for rule under the Kingdom of the heaven by the way) is pride, arrogance, selfishness, wickedness, lust for power – the very characteristics of Satan himself, and those that belong in the kingdom of darkness. Since the people of this world are under the reign of Satan (whether knowingly or not according to 2 COR. 4:4; EPH. 5:7-9 and 1 THESS. 5:4-5). 

Suffice it to say, that since the whole of humanity is under such jurisdiction and such a nature, it would be impossible for them to rule themselves well with any enduring and lasting effects. 

At best we could only hold our base nature in check by legal structures based on just law (thus the need for punitive actions taken against law breakers via law enforcement and judicial infrastructures), and then this would prove a losing battle in the long term. The human race is degenerating into deplorable depravity, and we are soon approaching – if we haven't already achieved such – a level of evil that was found in the days of Noah:

GENESIS 6:5
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 

The apostle Paul treated the subject of man's heart condition with extreme precision and thoroughness in ROMANS Chapter Six; let us conclude this article by an overview of this treatment.

ROMANS 6:1-6
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Paul's admonition here is that we as saints should not continue in sin as an excuse due to the infinite supply of God's grace; on the contrary because of the grace of God we are empowered to live our lives according to the enabling grace of the indwelling Spirit. 

The very representation of water baptism demonstrates that we are buried with Christ so that our sinful self is “dead to sin” and now provided for a new life in Christ by His grace. 

The Cross of Christ is where the LAMB of GOD died FOR our sin, and it's the same place where Christians die TO sin. This is not to suggest that Christians never sin, because we are still in possession of a sin nature (the Bible refers to such as our “flesh”; ROM 8:1, 4, 21-22; GAL. 5:16) and we presently must confess any sin that we might commit (1 JOHN 1:7-10; 2:1-2). We have the promise that we shall ultimately be delivered from sin with this “body of death” is no more, and we come into possession of our glorified bodies (ROM 7:24; 1 COR 15:51-58).

ROMANS 6:7-12
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Because of the truth that Christ died, but rose again with resurrection power, He has conquered sin and death; likewise – says Paul – we are to account ourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God. We as saints are to be governed by God, not by sin: and this is the essential problem with sinful humanity and why Christians may struggle in their lives against sin.

The unredeemed is governed by their sin nature, and because of his sin nature Chris Harper-Mercer committed murder of those many souls. Scripture even states that if we hate (KJV says “angry”), we have committed murder in our hearts (MATT. 5:21-22; 15:19). Again, it's not really GUN control that is the primary issue, it's SOUL control! And Christians are admonished to let righteousness rule in their lives, not sin:

ROMANS 6:13-18
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

And the remainder of this chapter:

ROMANS 6:19-23
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Slaves of sin will acquire the wages of that hard and miserable labor, as the whips of demonic task masters crack overhead; the eventual and grievous fruit of sin which is death. Chris Harper-Mercer is an unredeemed sinner, who for the sin nature that permeates his being has seen the fruit of his sin: the death of those nine souls; eventually his own death as well unless he repents and seeks the LORD for salvation! 

So is the case with us all who do not yet know Christ; too, too many people esteem themselves as “basically good” and declare that justification by saying, “It's not like I've ever murdered anybody!” (but if you take the words of the LORD Jesus seriously, any one with hate in their heart towards another human being, has committed murder already!). However, the fires of hell will hold many countless numbers of souls who never committed murder, but have rejected Christ and His offer of salvation nonetheless: 

REVELATION 21:8
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

1 THESS. 1:7-9
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

So then, in conclusion, let me ask you the question that saints of old would inquire of one another:

“How goes it with your soul?” Is it under the leadership of the Holy and Righteous LORD, Jesus Christ? Or are you still governed by your sin nature which will lead you (and perhaps others, such as the victims of Mr. Mercer) to death? Turn to the LORD, for you know not what may become of your life today or tomorrow.