This brought me to tears. I have been attending church. It made me feel good. It made me feel safe. It made me feel sheltered from the world. Then, I realized that was the problem. The church should be standing up and roaring like a lion against this evil, but the pastors are hiding beh8bd the sheep preaching friendship to the world. Gateway Church is one of them. I am done. I left the church and won't look back. We are the next generation of James. Even Jesus flipped the tables in the tabernacle. Most pastors have sold out to the comforts of private estates and corporate jets. They will ultimately answer for this.
I agree your blood is on them. There many good channels in T.V that bring you up. Just follow your Father in heaven. Ask for Wisdom,Knowledge & Favor. You will found a Church to be together with brothers & Sisters to get out & talk. God bless you.
I agree with you Shanna! Your story is my story. We left and now we are trying to find our way being the salt and light in the world! Without a "church".....we are the church!
Absolute truth! 💯 The church needs to rise up. Remember the fish symbol back in the 90s swimming the other way, somehow churches have begun to swim in the same direction. Let's swim AGAIN the other way! Our kids and generations to come need us to. Thank you again, Sean for speaking truth and being bold.
Amen. Watch the beginning of any Chosen episode. Fish are swimming in a circle, and then one by one, some of them change color and start swimming in the opposite direction...
Thank you for standing up boldly and for putting the words down on 'paper' to what I've been thinking for a while as a newer believer. I just don't get it. It gives Christians a bad name when we say we believe the word, but our faith without works is dead! Also, Romans 12:2!
100%Agree Sean! It’s time to take a bold stance for truth,especially concerning the church,schools/for our children… We say ENOUGH of worldly left ideology and indoctrination!! Thank you Sean for being a leader on the the front lines for Christ Jesus! God bless and protect your family/Psalm 91
Praying for our churches,schools /the babies/children/grandchildren/future generations to be supernaturally protected and all those teaching and parenting them to wake up NOW!
I agree 💯 it is time to shake the dust off our feet and move on. We are we living in end times. Jesus help us to stand up for truth and be a light in the darkness.
Thank you for sharing this, Sean! I have dual membership in 2 churches where the pastors are taking firm stands against talking about politics, or anything "divisive", i.e., opinions about the COVID virus and vaccines. We are supposed to be influencing every sphere of society, and be salt and light! I am connected to an intercessory prayer group that sees what is going on and I get support there, and in the local freedom groups I have joined (where I can share Jesus with those who don't know Him), but not from my pastors. I am also in the process of establishing a relationship with the only church I know of, in my entire blue state of MA, where the pastor is not afraid to stand up for righteousness from the pulpit. I am connecting with people who are taking the gospel out from behind the church walls and into the street. I don't understand why pastors seem to be agreeing with those who wanted to silence us, saying separation of church and state. Scripture tells us to "watch and pray", and be discerning of the times and seasons we are living in. It saddens me that pastors seem to be taking the stance "pray and ignore", and leaving their members floundering with no guidance to prepare us for the things that lie ahead in these last days. But Scripture talks about the apostate church in the last days, and I wonder if the true remnant Bride of Christ will bring a resurgence of house churches made up of people who come out of those churches where pastors are afraid to speak truth from the pulpit, for fear of persecution, or losing their 501c tax exempt status.
There is nothing new under the sun. True Christianity ( emphasizes on true) has always created controversy. The problem is our western lukewarm mindsets. The church has been lulled to sleep by compromise and religion and the Lord is waking us up. For those who have ears to hear. We should have always been going against the grain. There is a division going on and the Lord has drawn the line. THE LORD! Not man. We are either with Him or against Him there is know grey area.
Luke 12:4-5 I tell you, My friends, do not dread and be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do,
But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who after killing, has power to hurl into hell ( Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him!
Sean you have done incredible work in each state and it has been very fun to follow you. I have been doing faith and freedom work also for the last couple years trying to keep people informed on tyrannical bills that are being passed and just trying to get people to rise up and righteously stand for freedom and for our God-given rights. I feel like everyone wants to get involved and help but they really need a call to action! A very clear call to action on what they can do to get involved. Possibly you could put A call out for strong leaders to rise up in each state they want to be as powerful as you are and work together to ignite Christians in their own state to bring a clear called action consistently. You have amazing platform that the Lord has given you and you can reach so many.
Years ago, at the first Church I attended after accepting Jesus Christ, the Pastor said - "Fear of man is faith in the enemy". That's what is happening today in many churches. The Third Great Awakening is real - Thank you for taking the Word to the people, many who would most likely never step into a building. Just like 1906 - Herald the approach of the revival. Things seem to be too bad to last, The reign of evil becomes intolerable, Then the soul of the nation awakes! I was disappointed when you didn't win the election BUT God had greater plans for you!!! I live in upper CA but will see you in SD on May 7th!
Thank you and God Bless you for saying what we need to hear.
Truth in love & courage ... God give us great wisdom and discernment for these times, grow us up from babes to kingdom warriors. Psalm 1, "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the councel of the wicked, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers..but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on that law he meditates day & night..."
Yes, I am sickened that the church has let these evil teachings to our young 4yo babies go on as long as they have. The abortion Holocaust has gone on way past what it should have. We need to stand up and fight for the souls of our children and hope by God it's not too late. I agree with you wholeheartedly, Sean. God Bless you for standing strong during these last days. 😇🙏❤️👍
Most pastors are to busy pairing to acquire great personal wealth.... some sincere spiritual leaders have acquired tools to assist their ministry, but your conclusion that "most pastors have sold out to comforts is just mistaken. We've been pastoring for over 30 years and I don't know one pastor who fits your description. Most are there, every day, loving their flock, teaching the Word and seeking God for direction to fulfill His call for their ministry.
When the prayer and worship meetings are bigger than the programs you are fulfilling the call of a shepherd leading people to The Father. Jesus said, “My house will be called a house of prayer”. I haven’t seen to many consistent, church wide prayer meetings in my day. There are many well meaning pastors who care deeply but are not seeing the big picture and what is happening right now. I know many of them personally. They are still caught in the church system that is mens traditions. God hates our traditions and our songs if not from a place of true understanding of ho He is and what He came to establish/ build.
You may be doing right only God knows however this article is spot on. If you look for one moment around you what is going on and what has been allowed Togo unchallenged then it’s clearly the failure of the church and it’s leaders. Dont be defensive the scoreboard shows who s winning and losing.
It appears your offense to the idea of “most pastors” concludes to an interpretation of “all pastors.”
Can “most” pastors be trying to derive wealth? Yes. You are the other part of most, no? You are the some. Some pastors and doing due diligence to have their congregations roar in the face of adversity. Some are stuck in the humility of sacrifice that they no longer have a backbone to speak out. Some need to love their flock to speak the truth of Gods nature and how to find his nature when evil rises it’s head, Not to run and bury it in the sand. I think it’s the “love” that has enabled the flock to cage itself behind 4 walls. Love is dimensional. It’s turning the other cheek, but also calling out the sin that leads to disobedience. It’s saying “i love you too much to see you go astray”
Love is Aros, philo, and Agape. It’s seems that “most” pastors preach the first two but never understand the last. In all things we choose to love, but in no way do we not hold accountable the disobedience that leads to sin, even when it hurts, even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s hard. You cannot love something into obedience, you cannot throw money at an issue and say you’ve done your part.
You cannot heal a wound by saying it’s not there - Jeremiah 6:14
We wage war in worship, in the Spirit of Jesus to take ground against the enemy in America. We do this in unity in the body of Jesus as the world watches and hopefully chooses to join us. We are not friends with the world with their idols and ways of thinking. We pray for them and wage war for them.
Where in the Bible does it say we need to take ground against the enemy other than fleeing evil and temptation. This is the enemys domain. We are to look to heaven and the return of Jesus and converting souls. But to rage war against politicians and sin is futile. We should focus our efforts in bringing people to Christ and not chastising churches who choose not to fight a glorified culture war.
You must take the Bible at every literal turn. Is there not layers to scripture? Doesn’t the word say to pray that God would reveal to each individual and to the world through his word? Romans 12:1-2. What was Joshua’s purpose then? He literally took the ground from the enemy. But if you only think the enemy is just the “literal” idea of the devil, then you forget that in order for a spirit to have a voice it must inhabit a body. The Holy Spirit lives in us to wage war against the spiritual principlalities of darkness, who also take on the form of man. So it is not sin to call out a politicians wickedness, it speaks light to evil and then asks it to leave. God asked Joshua to literally wage war against the pagans who overtook the land that was not theirs. Physical and spiritual. So it’s not wise to poetically suggest following the literal bible dependent upon translation and then explain how the church should focus the efforts of bringing people to Christ, without achknowleding if those efforts are truly leading them to Christ. “Do not conform to the pattern of the world, but by the renewing of your mind”
We should chastise the church so that they will stop looking to the world to be approved and start catering to the approval of the most high. The church needs to realign its authority with God, not with the opinion of man’s view of God.
I’m not sure how I’m taking the Bible literal if you are saying God has asked us to take the land back from the pagans. He asked Joshua to do that not Americans. You seem to align wars in the Bible and align it with your own justification of a culture war. Are we supposed to be the modern crusades and kill people who defy the Bible and Christ? So we gain power and can rule the land with biblical authority? That’s what Saudia Arabia does. Sean is essentially crucifying churches for not jumping into his cultural crusade. You seem to take one scripture and twist to confirm your justification. It says renew your mind not renew the minds of the world or renew the world you are in. I’m not sure how you think a culture war is leading people to Christ?
Your worldview and my worldview through the interpretation of the Bible are completely different. And I can see how you would be confused with my response. And because your interpretation of the Bible is so different than mine, my points will sound illogical to you. Essentially I’m making a different point that your not able to track because it’s a different view than you would take.
I have to take it from your response that you would like more New Testament examples, as the Old Testament may be more historical context for you. And again, I can only conclude from your responses that we aren’t seeing the Bible through the same lens. And that seems to be the basis for this cultural war; everyone sees it differently.
Sean is asking for more pastors to call out the politicians who for instance, vote for bills like ab2223.. but again, our responses will be different for how we interpret things. Hopefully you are converting souls whether that’s spiritually through prayer, or waging war physically on the steps of a capital. You may need to consider the parables of Jesus with the mustard seed and the kingdom of heaven. Or the leavening of bread. The kingdom of god starts small and then grows an d expands. In Matthew 16 we see Jesus tell Peter that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church. A gate doesn’t move, so it implies the church and the kingdom of heaven is expanding the ground that used to belong to hell. So where are the gates of hell? The gates of hell are in turmoil, ungodlinesses and anguish. So where do we see that in our culture? They are spiritual but also manifest in the physical.
While you do have some points, there are some extremes you’ve used to describe Seans work. We are both believers right? What is wrong with standing against the world? What is wrong with standing against teachers and politicians who seek to groom and sexualize young children? This is a time for great prayer. It is also a time for strength, grit and backbone. We cannot placate and procrastinate. SOULS are being lost. Children’s lives are being destroyed. Should we pretend it’s not happening? Pray that it doesn’t happen? Or pray and take a stand against it by legitimate means?
I would not consider not doing anything physically a means of procrastination. Souls are being lost but are we really winning them over by using extreme means to make our point of the wrongs in this world? What legitimate means would you consider? Sure Jesus flipped the table in the temple but I think there was a reason a disciple didn’t do that. I feel we are just being fed News that lives our being destroyed but that’s what freedom is for you can choose. You can choose to not engage. We live in the world and it wont change. Until we are in heaven.
Ephesians 5 clarifies the battle for us. We no longer need to devote to destruction the inhabitants of the land to break the power of the Enemy's partnership with image bearers, as Joshua did. The new Joshua, Yeshua/Jesus, has broken the Enemy's power so that we can now go directly against spiritual powers of wickedness, and so destroy their power over us.
You have great logic for doing nothing, God does care about nations because nations are full of people all made in His image. When you lose your freedom and thus your rights which you have always had you may think differently. The churches were bought off during the “pandemic” like a whorish woman for a piece of bread.
"Occupy till I come." "I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." We are to charge those gates, my friend. Proverbs says, "The wise man scales the city of the mighty ones and BRINGS DOWN THE STRONGHOLD IN WHICH THEY TRUST". We are not to sit in some sort of gnostic isolation being "spiritual" but to make the most of every opportunity.
This brought me to tears. I have been attending church. It made me feel good. It made me feel safe. It made me feel sheltered from the world. Then, I realized that was the problem. The church should be standing up and roaring like a lion against this evil, but the pastors are hiding beh8bd the sheep preaching friendship to the world. Gateway Church is one of them. I am done. I left the church and won't look back. We are the next generation of James. Even Jesus flipped the tables in the tabernacle. Most pastors have sold out to the comforts of private estates and corporate jets. They will ultimately answer for this.
Thats amazing!!! So glad that there are still people willing to cling to Jesus and follow His call over the comfort of the world.
Well stated.
I agree your blood is on them. There many good channels in T.V that bring you up. Just follow your Father in heaven. Ask for Wisdom,Knowledge & Favor. You will found a Church to be together with brothers & Sisters to get out & talk. God bless you.
I agree with you Shanna! Your story is my story. We left and now we are trying to find our way being the salt and light in the world! Without a "church".....we are the church!
Stand up and fight. Don’t leave the church, be the real Church.
Well said! Ignite Church OC stands with you
Absolute truth! 💯 The church needs to rise up. Remember the fish symbol back in the 90s swimming the other way, somehow churches have begun to swim in the same direction. Let's swim AGAIN the other way! Our kids and generations to come need us to. Thank you again, Sean for speaking truth and being bold.
Amen. Watch the beginning of any Chosen episode. Fish are swimming in a circle, and then one by one, some of them change color and start swimming in the opposite direction...
Thank you for standing up boldly and for putting the words down on 'paper' to what I've been thinking for a while as a newer believer. I just don't get it. It gives Christians a bad name when we say we believe the word, but our faith without works is dead! Also, Romans 12:2!
100%Agree Sean! It’s time to take a bold stance for truth,especially concerning the church,schools/for our children… We say ENOUGH of worldly left ideology and indoctrination!! Thank you Sean for being a leader on the the front lines for Christ Jesus! God bless and protect your family/Psalm 91
Praying for our churches,schools /the babies/children/grandchildren/future generations to be supernaturally protected and all those teaching and parenting them to wake up NOW!
🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I agree 💯 it is time to shake the dust off our feet and move on. We are we living in end times. Jesus help us to stand up for truth and be a light in the darkness.
Amen!
Thank you for sharing this, Sean! I have dual membership in 2 churches where the pastors are taking firm stands against talking about politics, or anything "divisive", i.e., opinions about the COVID virus and vaccines. We are supposed to be influencing every sphere of society, and be salt and light! I am connected to an intercessory prayer group that sees what is going on and I get support there, and in the local freedom groups I have joined (where I can share Jesus with those who don't know Him), but not from my pastors. I am also in the process of establishing a relationship with the only church I know of, in my entire blue state of MA, where the pastor is not afraid to stand up for righteousness from the pulpit. I am connecting with people who are taking the gospel out from behind the church walls and into the street. I don't understand why pastors seem to be agreeing with those who wanted to silence us, saying separation of church and state. Scripture tells us to "watch and pray", and be discerning of the times and seasons we are living in. It saddens me that pastors seem to be taking the stance "pray and ignore", and leaving their members floundering with no guidance to prepare us for the things that lie ahead in these last days. But Scripture talks about the apostate church in the last days, and I wonder if the true remnant Bride of Christ will bring a resurgence of house churches made up of people who come out of those churches where pastors are afraid to speak truth from the pulpit, for fear of persecution, or losing their 501c tax exempt status.
There is nothing new under the sun. True Christianity ( emphasizes on true) has always created controversy. The problem is our western lukewarm mindsets. The church has been lulled to sleep by compromise and religion and the Lord is waking us up. For those who have ears to hear. We should have always been going against the grain. There is a division going on and the Lord has drawn the line. THE LORD! Not man. We are either with Him or against Him there is know grey area.
Luke 12:4-5 I tell you, My friends, do not dread and be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do,
But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who after killing, has power to hurl into hell ( Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him!
Sean you have done incredible work in each state and it has been very fun to follow you. I have been doing faith and freedom work also for the last couple years trying to keep people informed on tyrannical bills that are being passed and just trying to get people to rise up and righteously stand for freedom and for our God-given rights. I feel like everyone wants to get involved and help but they really need a call to action! A very clear call to action on what they can do to get involved. Possibly you could put A call out for strong leaders to rise up in each state they want to be as powerful as you are and work together to ignite Christians in their own state to bring a clear called action consistently. You have amazing platform that the Lord has given you and you can reach so many.
Years ago, at the first Church I attended after accepting Jesus Christ, the Pastor said - "Fear of man is faith in the enemy". That's what is happening today in many churches. The Third Great Awakening is real - Thank you for taking the Word to the people, many who would most likely never step into a building. Just like 1906 - Herald the approach of the revival. Things seem to be too bad to last, The reign of evil becomes intolerable, Then the soul of the nation awakes! I was disappointed when you didn't win the election BUT God had greater plans for you!!! I live in upper CA but will see you in SD on May 7th!
Thank you and God Bless you for saying what we need to hear.
Truth in love & courage ... God give us great wisdom and discernment for these times, grow us up from babes to kingdom warriors. Psalm 1, "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the councel of the wicked, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers..but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on that law he meditates day & night..."
Keep fighting for the lives of the unborn & just born children and the sanctity of Christian faith, truth, and God’s teachings. 🙏❣️🙏
Yes, I am sickened that the church has let these evil teachings to our young 4yo babies go on as long as they have. The abortion Holocaust has gone on way past what it should have. We need to stand up and fight for the souls of our children and hope by God it's not too late. I agree with you wholeheartedly, Sean. God Bless you for standing strong during these last days. 😇🙏❤️👍
Most pastors are to busy pairing to acquire great personal wealth.... some sincere spiritual leaders have acquired tools to assist their ministry, but your conclusion that "most pastors have sold out to comforts is just mistaken. We've been pastoring for over 30 years and I don't know one pastor who fits your description. Most are there, every day, loving their flock, teaching the Word and seeking God for direction to fulfill His call for their ministry.
When the prayer and worship meetings are bigger than the programs you are fulfilling the call of a shepherd leading people to The Father. Jesus said, “My house will be called a house of prayer”. I haven’t seen to many consistent, church wide prayer meetings in my day. There are many well meaning pastors who care deeply but are not seeing the big picture and what is happening right now. I know many of them personally. They are still caught in the church system that is mens traditions. God hates our traditions and our songs if not from a place of true understanding of ho He is and what He came to establish/ build.
You may be doing right only God knows however this article is spot on. If you look for one moment around you what is going on and what has been allowed Togo unchallenged then it’s clearly the failure of the church and it’s leaders. Dont be defensive the scoreboard shows who s winning and losing.
It appears your offense to the idea of “most pastors” concludes to an interpretation of “all pastors.”
Can “most” pastors be trying to derive wealth? Yes. You are the other part of most, no? You are the some. Some pastors and doing due diligence to have their congregations roar in the face of adversity. Some are stuck in the humility of sacrifice that they no longer have a backbone to speak out. Some need to love their flock to speak the truth of Gods nature and how to find his nature when evil rises it’s head, Not to run and bury it in the sand. I think it’s the “love” that has enabled the flock to cage itself behind 4 walls. Love is dimensional. It’s turning the other cheek, but also calling out the sin that leads to disobedience. It’s saying “i love you too much to see you go astray”
Love is Aros, philo, and Agape. It’s seems that “most” pastors preach the first two but never understand the last. In all things we choose to love, but in no way do we not hold accountable the disobedience that leads to sin, even when it hurts, even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s hard. You cannot love something into obedience, you cannot throw money at an issue and say you’ve done your part.
You cannot heal a wound by saying it’s not there - Jeremiah 6:14
It seems your “personal truth” is to wage “war” for a country that is of the world. Yet you are saying unfriend the world. Which is it Sean?
We wage war in worship, in the Spirit of Jesus to take ground against the enemy in America. We do this in unity in the body of Jesus as the world watches and hopefully chooses to join us. We are not friends with the world with their idols and ways of thinking. We pray for them and wage war for them.
Where in the Bible does it say we need to take ground against the enemy other than fleeing evil and temptation. This is the enemys domain. We are to look to heaven and the return of Jesus and converting souls. But to rage war against politicians and sin is futile. We should focus our efforts in bringing people to Christ and not chastising churches who choose not to fight a glorified culture war.
You must take the Bible at every literal turn. Is there not layers to scripture? Doesn’t the word say to pray that God would reveal to each individual and to the world through his word? Romans 12:1-2. What was Joshua’s purpose then? He literally took the ground from the enemy. But if you only think the enemy is just the “literal” idea of the devil, then you forget that in order for a spirit to have a voice it must inhabit a body. The Holy Spirit lives in us to wage war against the spiritual principlalities of darkness, who also take on the form of man. So it is not sin to call out a politicians wickedness, it speaks light to evil and then asks it to leave. God asked Joshua to literally wage war against the pagans who overtook the land that was not theirs. Physical and spiritual. So it’s not wise to poetically suggest following the literal bible dependent upon translation and then explain how the church should focus the efforts of bringing people to Christ, without achknowleding if those efforts are truly leading them to Christ. “Do not conform to the pattern of the world, but by the renewing of your mind”
We should chastise the church so that they will stop looking to the world to be approved and start catering to the approval of the most high. The church needs to realign its authority with God, not with the opinion of man’s view of God.
I’m not sure how I’m taking the Bible literal if you are saying God has asked us to take the land back from the pagans. He asked Joshua to do that not Americans. You seem to align wars in the Bible and align it with your own justification of a culture war. Are we supposed to be the modern crusades and kill people who defy the Bible and Christ? So we gain power and can rule the land with biblical authority? That’s what Saudia Arabia does. Sean is essentially crucifying churches for not jumping into his cultural crusade. You seem to take one scripture and twist to confirm your justification. It says renew your mind not renew the minds of the world or renew the world you are in. I’m not sure how you think a culture war is leading people to Christ?
Your worldview and my worldview through the interpretation of the Bible are completely different. And I can see how you would be confused with my response. And because your interpretation of the Bible is so different than mine, my points will sound illogical to you. Essentially I’m making a different point that your not able to track because it’s a different view than you would take.
I have to take it from your response that you would like more New Testament examples, as the Old Testament may be more historical context for you. And again, I can only conclude from your responses that we aren’t seeing the Bible through the same lens. And that seems to be the basis for this cultural war; everyone sees it differently.
Sean is asking for more pastors to call out the politicians who for instance, vote for bills like ab2223.. but again, our responses will be different for how we interpret things. Hopefully you are converting souls whether that’s spiritually through prayer, or waging war physically on the steps of a capital. You may need to consider the parables of Jesus with the mustard seed and the kingdom of heaven. Or the leavening of bread. The kingdom of god starts small and then grows an d expands. In Matthew 16 we see Jesus tell Peter that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church. A gate doesn’t move, so it implies the church and the kingdom of heaven is expanding the ground that used to belong to hell. So where are the gates of hell? The gates of hell are in turmoil, ungodlinesses and anguish. So where do we see that in our culture? They are spiritual but also manifest in the physical.
While you do have some points, there are some extremes you’ve used to describe Seans work. We are both believers right? What is wrong with standing against the world? What is wrong with standing against teachers and politicians who seek to groom and sexualize young children? This is a time for great prayer. It is also a time for strength, grit and backbone. We cannot placate and procrastinate. SOULS are being lost. Children’s lives are being destroyed. Should we pretend it’s not happening? Pray that it doesn’t happen? Or pray and take a stand against it by legitimate means?
I would not consider not doing anything physically a means of procrastination. Souls are being lost but are we really winning them over by using extreme means to make our point of the wrongs in this world? What legitimate means would you consider? Sure Jesus flipped the table in the temple but I think there was a reason a disciple didn’t do that. I feel we are just being fed News that lives our being destroyed but that’s what freedom is for you can choose. You can choose to not engage. We live in the world and it wont change. Until we are in heaven.
Ephesians 5 clarifies the battle for us. We no longer need to devote to destruction the inhabitants of the land to break the power of the Enemy's partnership with image bearers, as Joshua did. The new Joshua, Yeshua/Jesus, has broken the Enemy's power so that we can now go directly against spiritual powers of wickedness, and so destroy their power over us.
You have great logic for doing nothing, God does care about nations because nations are full of people all made in His image. When you lose your freedom and thus your rights which you have always had you may think differently. The churches were bought off during the “pandemic” like a whorish woman for a piece of bread.
"Occupy till I come." "I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." We are to charge those gates, my friend. Proverbs says, "The wise man scales the city of the mighty ones and BRINGS DOWN THE STRONGHOLD IN WHICH THEY TRUST". We are not to sit in some sort of gnostic isolation being "spiritual" but to make the most of every opportunity.