The Higher Liberty
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The Higher Liberty
by Gregory HHC, d
Minister of His Holy Church
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Consent thou Not
One way to create government is
to invest your own right to choose into
the hands of government by consent. That “form of government” may consist of a single man or
body of men. A portion of your right to choose or liberty is
waived and that power of choice is granted to others. Once you are
bound by contract or oath, the leaders may force the sacrifices of
the people.
The leaders of these types of
governments become rulers and will be able to take the first fruits
of your labor, make his instruments of war and take your sons and
daughters and much more. This power to compel your offerings is his by your consent. This
contribution may be by virtue of legal title to property or even to
the people’s labor. That sacrifice is similar to the corvee
system of statutory labor of Egypt and Corban of the Pharisees that made the word of God to none
effect according to Jesus.
To lawfully give up your God
given right to choose, your freedom, your liberty, it must be done by
consent. We know that “All men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights… That
to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” “
All
government without the consent of the
governed is the very definition of slavery!” Therefore “What is mine cannot be taken away
without consent.”
Yet,
“A contract is law between the parties having received their
consent.”
People who
have signed contracts with the United States through application and
participation must also “...believe in the United States of
America as a government…” and must also believe that the
government’s “... just powers are derived from the
consent of the governed: a democracy in a republic.”
This of
course must be done voluntarily because “Nothing is so contrary
to consent as force and fear.”
The contractual nature of
government used to increase its power is not new. When the Israelites
went under the power of Egypt it was by contract through an
application for benefits.
This same method of being a
mighty provider but for a price is the most common manner of expanding the power of
governments.
“The real destroyers of
the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties,
donations, and benefits.” For,
“No one is obliged to accept a benefit against his consent. But
if he does not dissent, he will be considered as assenting.” Because, “Every man is presumed to intend the natural and
probable consequences of his own voluntary acts.”
By vesting some of their own God
given “right to choose” into the control of other men the
people become subject to the powers of government they create. If
that subjugation is coupled with debt the bonds under government
power are not easily broken.
The bondage of Israel in Egypt is clear evidence that the withdrawing
of consent does not set a man free. Israel had to learn many things
which the people had forgotten before it was ready to take on the
challenges of being a free nation under God.
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