{"id":255784,"date":"2024-10-05T14:51:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T18:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=255784"},"modified":"2024-10-06T07:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T11:00:40","slug":"if-we-refuse-to-use-this-key-the-chains-are-staying-locked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=255784","title":{"rendered":"<h1>If We Refuse To Use This &#8220;Key&#8221;&#8211;The Chains Are Staying Locked!<\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> The following &#8220;sermon&#8221; was sent to us by a fellow street minister and laborer who is a real Patriot.\u00a0 What he expresses in his sermon is what many of us conservative and traditional Christians have been thinking for a long time.\u00a0 His language is very simple, very candid, very heartfelt.<\/p>\n<p>SOTN has received more emails about this particular post than any other in quite some time because of how deeply it resonates with the fast growing Patriot Movement.\u00a0 For every Patriot knows that it all comes down to <strong>GOD~FAMILY~COUNTRY<\/strong>, without which WE HAVE NOTHING.<\/p>\n<p>Which also means that, as a nation, we are now at a truly defining moment that will determine the future of the American Republic.\u00a0 And, that the urgency and gravity of our individual and collective circumstances is now require a spiritual solution first, second and third.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, without an authentic and mass invocation of grace from God Almighty by the Patriot Movement, no enduring mundane resolution will work.\u00a0 And, these once United States of America will continue to collapse at warp speed.<\/p>\n<p>Unless folks start praying like there&#8217;s no tomorrow, with a genuine willingness to sacrifice whatever it takes, this Republic will be given over to the dark forces that have already plunged US into darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Now read on, and if this comPatriot&#8217;s message strikes a chord, feel free to pass it on.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>It Sucks That God&#8217;s Not &#8220;Cool Enough&#8221;.\u00a0 The REAL &#8220;Inconvenient Truth.&#8221; What Part Of &#8220;God-Family-Country&#8221; Are We REALLY Not Getting?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-255794\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USA-with-Chain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USA-with-Chain.jpg 650w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USA-with-Chain-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Submitted by <em>Andy&#8217;s Awesome Outlook<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is a Patriot? <\/strong>I\u2019ll tell it to you this way.<\/h3>\n<p>If you truly love the home you live in, maybe your car, maybe your style and the way you dress, maybe your pets, maybe your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend; then you apply common sense and are protective of and take care of those things and want to keep it that way. You would probably do what\u2019s necessary to maintain it. You would at least try to not let it fall apart out of neglect; and you definitely wouldn\u2019t intentionally do things to make it change and morph into something totally different from what you love.<\/p>\n<p>And, we apply that same principal to this country.<\/p>\n<p>In my analysis, THAT is the basic Patriot principle.<\/p>\n<p>AND if someone else, outside influences, or even influences posing as people close to you started doing things to morph it, to change it, to take it apart, and rearrange it the way THEY want it, you\u2019d say:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cHey you. No, no you don\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThis country is already loved and cherished by way more people than just you, you just came on the scene and all of a sudden think you\u2019re in charge. As a matter of fact, you and your friends have been nothing but weasels who should be totally ashamed of yourselves for maneuvering and sneaking and using the system against everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe system of laws, which was created to maintain those things that are loved, you\u2019ve now weaseled into and radically changed those laws, to give you \u2014 A VASTLY SMALLER AND VIRTUALLY LAWLESS GROUP \u2014 control of the folks who are busy enjoying life as it was provided for them \u2026 and who are at least TRYING to learn, grow, and gain wisdom with the aging process, UNLIKE YOU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, instead, they\u2019ve used our system of laws to gain power for themselves (through deception and trickery) over the vast majority of law-abiding human beings. That is about as low and weasel-like as a human being can be. Yet we all know, they\u2019re proud as can be about it.<\/p>\n<p>They SHOULD be terribly ashamed when they think about it. That is, when they\u2019re all by themselves and just inside their own heads and they let their souls speak to them, instead of what is leading them from the outside. But instead, they keep their head and soul crammed full of negative influences from the outside sources which they have allowed to be their controllers.<\/p>\n<p>Those same outside influences couldn\u2019t care less about them, and only caring about themselves is the bottom line that they need to come to grips with. And, that all they have created for themselves is a solidarity of selfish human beings, masquerading to each other as a group that is highly intelligent and supposedly enlightened.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do they really think what they have done and created is going to last?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>They all know it\u2019s not. But they are so giddy about the cesspool of power they\u2019ve been given to wade around in, and can see how things are caving in around them and around us, that they flat out don&#8217;t care, they choose denial and won\u2019t, and can\u2019t, admit that there are nasty, nasty evil forces everywhere who would kill ALL OF US &#8211; INCLUDING THEM in a moment just for laughs.<\/p>\n<p>And they do not look up to anyone who may be older and wiser. They do not seek their counsel or advice. They certainly are not jealous of us \u201ccommon Americans\u201d because we\u2019re not part of their \u2018intelligent\u2019 group. And they certainly do not wish to be led by you and your \u2018unintelligent\u2019 cohorts (us).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So what\u2019s the solution?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fight, fight, fight? I suppose that\u2019s as good a basic thought as any. And although it sounds simplistic, I believe it helps to simplify the whole concept. Because obviously, we can\u2019t just \u201cstop\u201d all that goes on and make things the way we believe things should be. So we have NO choice but to continue to TRY and contribute to the cause in whatever way we can.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectpatriotproducts.com\">https:\/\/perfectpatriotproducts.com<\/a><\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255798 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-05-at-3.23.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"89\" \/>(A contribution to the cause and a way to wear your Patriotic heart on your sleeve and reveal it to whoever God may want to &#8220;enlighten&#8221;.)<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Well, lets see, I personally think all our great Patriot&#8217;s dedication to finding out and explaining\/reporting on what are the origins of all this evil, all the way up to what\u2019s going on now, in real time, and attempting to expose it to as many people as possible is an absolutely crucial part of the solution, BUT I think there are some other equally important parts that are holding back the success of all these heroic Patriotic efforts, on behalf of the country.<\/p>\n<p>So please indulge me on this \u201cWhat\u2019s The Solution\u201d and \u201cWhat Is A Patriot\u201d question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;d Greatly Appreciate If You Could Stay With Me For The Rest Of This &#8211; As I Feel I Am About To Get A Bit &#8220;Passionately Long-winded&#8221; But I Have To Express It The Way I&#8217;m Feelin It.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m gonna bring up the subject of God and risk either losing you now, or keeping you because on one level or another you \u201cfeel\u201d the same sense from within that I do. And that &#8220;sense&#8221; is, that all thoughts concerning God are being so thoroughly dissolved from the minds of our society to the point that when someone brings it up anymore they get disregarded and looked at (even by well-meaning Patriots) as an intellectual lightweight who really can\u2019t add anything of value, so they just revert back to the \u201cremoving religion from society\u201d thing.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I think it is the reverse. I think it still holds, and always will hold the position with the HIGHEST VALUE there is, and is STILL the key that we MUST use to unlock the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>If we don\u2019t base our very existence as human beings, who cling to human life, on a MUCH DEEPER PERSPECTIVE than just the external, then why the heck does all this matter in the first place?<\/p>\n<p>So, the \u201csolutions\u201d have to come from the very core, in my opinion, or there is NO FIX that can EVER possibly have any lasting effect to pass on to the humans who carry on after we are all gone. (I\u2019m not sure if you\u2019re aware of this, but we WILL all be gone sooner or later, no matter what.) LOL.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an analogy: Gut health is extremely popular these days (thank you supplement pill industry\u2014NOT) but the fact is if your gut is dysfunctional, well you know the deal by now\u2026 but is the \u201csolution\u201d to know about the problem, discuss it with one another, and then take probiotic capsules and roll them around on the outside of your stomach, then smear yogurt on your stomach, or do the same with all the foods that would facilitate the cure?<\/p>\n<p>Nope, the good stuff has to be INSIDE. That is the only place it will work, to bring about healing, and prevent things from getting right back out of control.<\/p>\n<p>And we all know that\u2019s just what America\u2019s enemies have been doing \u2013 destroying US from within \u2013 in peoples\u2019 minds. And since they\u2019ve been so successful at removing God out of sight, well \u201cout of sight, out of mind\u201d, and then the vacuum they created in our culture they instantaneously fill with their crap, masterfully, according to their plan.<\/p>\n<p>So, we have to make a heroic, determined effort to put God back into our minds. There is, in my opinion, NO OTHER WAY. Anyone with young children, I believe, has a huge responsibility on their shoulders. Possibly a country-saving one.(No pressure) And in a bit I&#8217;ll talk about my \u201cSelf-Boycotting\u201d concept, that sure could help.<\/p>\n<p>So as all of us awesome Patriots continue fighting the good fight, maybe we can double down on including HIM in it! And I don\u2019t mean in a hypocritical \u2014 we deserve God\u2019s blessings simply because our name is America \u2014 way.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe we can re-focus on giving back to God the vibe that we know HE is THE \u201cbig guy\u201d (shut up, Biden) and He knows all things that we do not. And that throughout history He has saved and prospered civilizations; and He has also destroyed them or allowed them to destroy themselves according to what was (and is) in their hearts.<\/p>\n<p>And if we acknowledge to Him that we know our country is not perfect and will never be, and we are forever grateful for His love and blessings regardless, so that He sees that the people of this country are humble and forever GRATEFUL for what He has done for us as a country up to this point, I truly believe that will get the \u201cgut\u201d right again and would magically unlock the healing process in a way that we can\u2019t possibly force to happen under our own human power, no matter how hard we try.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve actually learned the hard way multiple times in my own life when I have asked God to \u201chelp me\u201d with something the way I thought I had figured out how it needed to be done.. I floundered. And then when I would finally get my blockhead to change the attitude from \u201cplease be my helper\u201d to, &#8220;God, Please Do It For Me The Way YOU Want It To Go, And I Will Be YOUR helper\u201d. And BAM!<\/p>\n<p>We need to get \u201cspiritual\u201d again. I say \u201cspiritual\u201d because I feel the word \u201cChristianity\u201d has been used and abused so badly that no wonder most of society is now turned off by it. Seems to me when many of us hear the word Christian used so easily we also hear words like \u201chypocrite, in name only, fake, entitled, self-righteous, etc.\u201d echoing in our heads at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>So, I\u2019ll use \u201cspiritual\u201d to denote sincerity towards God without those other words echoing around and interfering so we can convey humility, gratefulness, empathy, friendship, etc. again. And we must not confine God to a box that He must reside in and conform to our exact way of believing. (Don\u2019t forget, we\u2019re human\u2013we aren&#8217;t perfect, so other people&#8217;s ways of believing may be just as good to God as our own and if we judge too harshly, we fall right back into a trap).<\/p>\n<p>I think if we can use our spiritual \u201cgut\u201d to try to righteously judge situations again we might actually end up on the same page and pretty darn effectively apply what I call \u201cSelf-Boycotting\u201d (by the way, ever notice how the other side seems to be ALWAYS on the same page? It is because they all share the same spirituality, which happens to be on the evil side. They don\u2019t need meetings to coordinate what they do, it just freely flows, but unfortunately happens to be for the benefit of evil).<\/p>\n<p>But, \u201cSelf-Boycotting\u201d is simply having your spiritual core be strong enough that it becomes easier and easier to simply not participate in things that provide the fuel that the enemy uses to churn along. Look at the fuel and power we so unnecessarily give them\u2026 We make all of the entertainment nitwits, movie actors, TV shows, music performers, news personalities, so out of control big, that we literally give them MUCH more worship than God Himself. We literally GIVE them that power. Then we\u2019re incredulous as to what we can do to stop being controlled by them. We are literally giving them billions, if not trillions of our own dollars to control us, and worse than EVERYTHING else \u2014 to destroy our own children!!!<\/p>\n<p>They are the INTERFACE between the scuzbag politicians and the lowly common people, but we sadly, and frustratingly enable them.<\/p>\n<p>Well DUH, us!<\/p>\n<p>I truly believe if we can truly, and humbly, begin to crave that spiritual power again (and possibly for the first time) TOGETHER, as a country, God would make it easy to \u201cSelf-Boycott\u201d. And then, all of a sudden, He would unlock our ability as a people to once again begin to find fulfillment and contentment in the ways we used to. And He would swing the pendulum back to His people\u2019s favor. I believe He WANTS to. The question is are we really showing Him we want what He wants.<\/p>\n<p>Food for thought\u2026There is one, and I believe ONLY one way to not be a hypocrite about this whole issue. Ready for this? Fully admit you are one, and are not perfect, but continue to keep trying (that was not meant to be a self compliment, by the way, many times I end up being forced to admit it).\u00a0 And I believe that should be the &#8220;official attitude&#8221; of our entire country.<\/p>\n<p>Another \u201cSolution\u201d I believe we need to implement is the need to \u201cSelf-Boycott\u201d the \u201cFake Church\u201d \u2026 or at least admit the degree of how much it contributed to our problem and has been complicit in the destruction of our culture. And, how much it needs to be straightened out, YESTERDAY if not sooner!!<\/p>\n<p>Our own \u201cchurches\u201d! Why would a \u201cChristian\u201d support any organization that refuses to speak out about the topics that its own members intuitively know have to be resisted and said NO to, JUST BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT\/ IRS SAYS THEY\u2019D HAVE TO PAY TAXES IF THEY DID? So instead, they are incrementally EMBRACING one issue after another. Ironically, in my opinion, Churches run themselves as \u201cfor profit\u201d businesses anyway, and in this way the profit is literally the taxes they keep, at the expense of actually giving fellow believers a place to be fellow believers together. But sadly, many end up becoming politically correct \u201cCINOs\u201d and most don\u2019t even bother to vote. One of the worst performing voting blocks in our country is \u201cEvangelical Christians\u201d when it SHOULD be the highest performing!<\/p>\n<p>*CINO = Christian In Name Only<\/p>\n<p>That is a CRIME and a slap directly in Gods face. In my opinion, if a church isn\u2019t willing to take the risk to work FOR God, then it should just shut down instead being THE main source of our country\u2019s spiritual problem. EXACTLY like the hypocrites Jesus railed against over 2,000 years ago! IT NEVER CHANGED!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Is A Patriot?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d much rather be a Patriot who says he or she loves God, doesn\u2019t \u201cattend Church\u201d yet tries to really practice being a believer in everyday life, than to say, \u201cI love God\u201d and then attend a \u201cchurch\u201d that does nothing but work against Him and the good of our country. And one that is actually a pretty darn efficient tool for the progression of evil instead of a place where His believers can spiritually flourish together.<\/p>\n<p>Well, anyway, if these possibly over-simplistic \u201cSolutions\u201d and answers to \u201cWhat Is A Patriot\u201d resonated with you, then I say I am grateful to call you a friend.<\/p>\n<p>If they offended you, well that sucks like a Hoover, Dyson or whatever brand you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully we can just agree to disagree. And try again next time. One thing I think we can ALL agree on.<\/p>\n<p>This is bigger than all of us. Much bigger!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>CLICK HERE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectpatriotproducts.com\">https:\/\/perfectpatriotproducts.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks for listening to my &#8216;Sunday morning sermon&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}