After our house church service on July 19 we visited the Street Church who meets in PT Ruston in Tacoma. They’ve been doing this every Sunday since Governor Inslee used the coronavirus as an excuse to trample on our First Amendment rights, Section 11 of the Washington State Constitution and HIPPA. Here is a quick civics lesson. The Constitution describes what civil government can do. The Bill of Rights describes what the civil government CANNOT DO because these are rights given by God. Also note the following principle. What you create, you have the right and the ability to legislate. You have the right and responsibility to govern. Make sense? Civil government did not create the Church. Jesus did. The truth is, civil government has no jurisdiction in the Church. If you want to learn more about this concept I’ve devoted a whole chapter in my book Kingdom League International, Structures and Strategies available through Amazon. Hence, it is truly up to the overseer, senior pastor, apostle, bishop, eldership, deacons, board or church leadership to decide whether to meet or not, how those meetings will be conducted, will they require masks, social distancing or do they choose not to meet for now. It’s OK for them to make that decision and it is absolutely wrong for the Govenor to abuse the emergency powers act to act like a tyrant who refuses to give up power. Click here for an excellent opinion piece from a May 26 article in the Wennatchee World on this subject. The First Amendment was created with that understanding. The President and his administration have done well. They’ve offered strong recommendations. Many Democrat govenors, with a socialist mindset and agenda have overstepped the bounds of jurisdiction and are trampling on the State Constitution (ie. there are 8 steps required to create a law of which none have been followed in Washington) and people’s rights through their edicts. We are under martial law, at least they act that way, though they avoid using that term. The Governor has gone so far as to even mandate how many people can meet in a home. In all my life, I’ve never seen such micromanagement on a macro scale. PT Ruston Street Preachers Encounter with Law Enforcement One member of Doug’s team has a laminated handout titled Free Speech Rights & Court Rulings Relating to Street Preaching. It listed all of these rulings highlighting the following. Doug was kind enough to share with me his handout. If you want the details providing the specific court rulings you can download by clicking here.
Bottom line, someone from the shopping center complained. Doug’s team was prepared. They knew the law and were better prepared than the complainer, the security guards and the police. They held their service. They have done this for the last 20 Sundays ever since the govenor issued the first edict. The results! They exercised their First Amendment rights and as I understand many have been ministered to, prayed for, and some have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Be Prepared to Take a Stand for God’s Will to be Done!
I am a minister and a veteran. I took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. I risked my live along with many others in our military. Some have paid the ultimate price and died for the freedoms we enjoy. My request firstly to ministers and then to the Church at large, don’t waste our sacrifice out of fear. Pray and obey the leading of the Lord. Be bold and very courageous in this day. I’m praying for the remnant Church to arise and shine. I am praying that we steward well this nation God delivered into our hands and that it would fulfill our heavenly Father’s purpose in the end-time harvest. |
Author: Tim Taylor
Tim is the founder and presiding apostle of KLI and he is the strategic architect of 1Church1Day (previously called Operation Rolling Thunder). Tim is sought out as a speaker, author, trainer, and consultant to ministries and businesses. He will inspire and equip you to achieve transformation in your city!
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