In December of 2015, a senior citizen client brought unpaid medical bills to my office and asked why the bills were not being paid according to the Medicare supplement insurance policy that he bought through this insurance agency.

The recent snow storm in Washington D.C. forced the federal government to shut down all its offices; Senate will not be returning until Wednesday; and the House will not return until next week! It appears Divine Providence has given the American people a rest from additional regulations to their liberties.

In today’s society, we have allowed the lost of our country to dictate that we, as pastors or clergy, should stay away from politics. We have laid down our right as ministers of truth, and more importantly The Truth, and sat in the corner while this nation has been robbed of her stature as a God fearing nation.

The major media has morphed from a watchdog to a lapdog barking on cue that everything is all right, there’s nothing to see here, move along. The best government money can buy has shown us that they can safely operate on the assumption that American voters choose their leaders based on the philosophy, “I know he’s a liar but I like what he says.”

The first problem was that although he had switched Medicare supplement insurance companies on October 1, 2015, Medicare did not update his file until sometime in mid-January of 2016. All the medical claims that were sent to Medicare before the file was updated were not paid because Medicare sent the claims to the previous insurance company rather than the current one.

In 2010, more than 150 lawmakers reported earning more from outside investments than from congressional salary. It is my understanding that they have been entrusted by the people and for the people. It seems that many of these politicians fail to understand that government is not an auction as they sell their souls, the country along with the American people to the highest bidders.

Is the practice of forcing public sector employees to pay agency fees to unions on the way out? Based on my observation of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court on Monday in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, I think the answer may be yes.

Today, right now, victory needs to be declared and the protest abandoned. Otherwise, bloodshed is the natural course of events, and the spilling of the protesters blood will be worse than unnecessary, it will do immeasurable harm to the cause of private property rights that they seek to uphold.

The latest conflict between American citizens and their out-of-control, unconstitutional, oppressive government is currently taking place in Oregon. But is this the right ground on which patriots can and should stand to resist tyranny?

We know what it looks like when individuals rebel against the Law of God – it results in a condition where neither your property, nor your liberty and not even your life are secure from robbery, kidnapping and murder. And one of the contributing factors to a society where God’s Law is rejected by the people is when the leaders themselves reject God’s Law.