The Patriot’s Authority (part 3)
If the Second Amendment Militia is a government military, then it can’t keep the government in check. It would also create a situation where the individual right to bear arms is irrelevant. But if the militia is citizen owned with a few trained leaders, then both individual rights and protection holds true. Here are more quotes to support, citizens with guns over government.
Convention, June 4, 1788
“I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.” George Mason, Address to the Virginia Ratifying
Also:
Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824
“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”
And:
Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787
“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.”
When the American government brings harm to the good and rewards evil, American Citizens becomes the Citizen Militia. This is a government agency charged to stop the corruption, by peaceful means or with guns if needed. As we read in Romans 13 above about governments, this is instituted by God. If citizens do not carry out the Citizen Militia, then they will be held accountable by God.
You may ask who leads this mob with guns? Early in America it was the church, and “few public officers”. The first amendment kept the government from interfering with the church, so the church could carry out this task of moral guidance. The first amendment also kept the founders from establishing a state religion so the founders could not spell it out in the constitution. However, John Adams, said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Without the church guiding the Population and Civilian Militia we can not exist as a free country.
Biblically, it is The Church’s responsibility to teach those in their congregations the moral responsibilities that the congregations face and what the Bible says about them. This even includes their political responsibilities. You can see how the church filled this roll by reading Civil War sermons that condemned slavery and motivated people to join the war.
Today, many pastors do not see this as their roll. Let us look at it through this example. If a judge is a member of a church and everyone knows he is an an unjust judge and if the pastor doesn’t confront that judge with what the Bible says about his actions, will that pastor be held accountable by God for the sins of the judge? Of course, by his neglect he is enabling sin. The same applies to pastors who do not hold the citizens accountable for their roll as the Citizen Militia.
If citizens do not carry out the Citizen Militia, then they will be held accountable by God.
The citizens and the church get human authority from the founders of the Constitution to resist tyranny. God is also asking for us to resist evil. “Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? Psalm 94:16.
- What do you think of George Mason’s definition of who is in the militia?
- How would this change our way of thinking if we applied it to America today?
- What do you think of Thomas Jefferson’s comments? Have you heard these quotes from him before? Why?
- How do you think God will judge you on your job as “Judge over the Government”?
By Duane Shoebridge