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What Difference Does It Make? (Part 7) America, Why Will Ye Die?
By Ron Webster October 2023 By Pastor Butch Paugh January 2026
sibilities over to the world, and now we don’t like how they are taking care of them. Long ago we turned our children’s education over to the Government. Long ago we also turned our securities only found in our Creator over to corporate executives for insurances of all kinds — home, auto, health, and even retirement, all of which are very much government regulated, and now we do not like it! In our misery, we curse our government, and the evil ones using our tax dollars to man- date how we must think and live for the “good” of all. We have rejected our King of kings as Israel did in Judges 8:22-23, and I Samuel 8:5-8 for a man to rule and fight for them. Eventually crying out for His cru- cifixion in John 19:15, because He did not throw off the Roman rule by establishing His kingdom! As with all generations, if we don’t learn from history we are doomed to repeat it. How much more do we need to suffer before we learn obedience, and walk by every Word that has proceeded out of the mouth of God? But God in His compassion, is merciful “not willing that any should perish, but all come to repentance,” giving Israel hope of a future. Isaiah 9:2, “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” That light was from the beginning (John 1:1- 10), for, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him: and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:1-3 makes a clear statement that Jesus, the Son of God, created all things, for nothing was created that He did not create; being equal with the Father both as God; His words being the essence of truth by which we know both the Father and the Son. “In Him was life (for “the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7; “and the Life (of the Spirit) was the Light of men. And the Light (since the knowledge of evil was brought into the world now) shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not, (could not even begin to understand it, let alone master it)… That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world (since creation) and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own (mankind), and His own received Him not.” Generally speaking, most of creation has not received Him, the Son of God as their Lord God and Creator, to walk in the light as He is in the Light, the light of life. Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is what we must live by (Matthew 4:4)! But man is continually adding to, or diminishing from His every Word. “But as many as receive Him (the Word, every word, that none per- ish, but all come to repentance,” II Peter 3:9), to them gave He the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” (John 1:12). For His name represents everything He is, as described by His every word, for “the Word was God.” God has given every man plenty of good reasons to believe, trust, and obey Him since creation, “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them (the true Light which lighteth every man which cometh into the world, John 1:9); for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they (or we) are without excuse.” (Romans 1:19- 20). The children of Israel, “when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful: but became vain in their imaginations… changing the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man… and their foolish hearts was darkened.” (Romans 1:21-23). Likewise we today seem to be following the same path of destruction. If this isn’t enough to convince us, who name the Name of Christ, possibly even in vain, to repent and put our faith and hope in the promises of a faithful and loving Creator, instead of the world, then I don’t know what will! It’s hard to believe and beyond disgusting to know that many Catholic sects along with many Baptist branches, the Church of Brethren and Mennonites, Presbyterian, Angli- can, Quakers, Episcopal, United Church of Christ, Methodist, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventists, Charismatic, Unitarian, all support sexual perverts, sodomites, lesbians, “trans” and more. Not all who perhaps attend a fellowship of these sects support these filthy acts for sure, but I must say this: If you claim to be a part and use the name of any of these sects, you are, to a great ex- tent, giving them credibility! Shame on you! After the demise of the two houses of Israel, what now is God’s pur- pose for the Jewish people? First let me ask: Does God’s plan and purpose planned before creation center around the children of Israel, the Jewish people as a special chosen people, or all of mankind? God’s plan and purpose does not center on any group of people, ex- cept the saints, the faithful remnant, to be a light to the rest of the world! As I have stated many times previously, (II Peter 3:8-9) “The Lord is not slack concerning (all of His) promises, as some men count slackness!” This is not referring to creation or anything else that, “one day with the Lord as a thousand years as one day…” but is (specifi- cally referring to His) “longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” This is one blatant attempt at dismissing God’s very straight forward explanation of His creation, at the expense of His long suffering. Next time, more hope through the promises of the New Covenant, and the mysteries of the promises given to Eve in Genesis 3:15. Yes, God does know our choices do make all the difference and so should we! In closing let’s read a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Si- lence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” The truth of the matter is this: America needs to be res- urrected because the Church died! Let’s stand united as the remnant of Christ’s true Church in Christ and abide by His Word and Law system and turn back the evil (lawless- ness) that’s all around us! Put on the whole armor and fight for righteousness and lost souls! (John 14:1, Nehemiah 13:17, Proverbs 28:4, Jude 1:3). www.CallToDecision.com rupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it. Let us not ignore this fact, my dear brethren; but let us lay it to heart, and be thor- oughly awake to our responsibility in respect to the morals of this nation.” You see, my friend, all true crime is a sin! A crime against God and His moral law! Many things have been made a crime by man’s stan- dards but are not a crime (sin) by God’s stan- dards. “Conspiracy” is one of the broad brushes governments paint with when there is no victim to an alleged “crime.” “Malum Inse” — God’s law — versus “Malum Prohibta’ — man's law! Let’s look at some examples of the two. (1) Stealing — Against God’s law with strict consequences, but made legal by man’s law and it’s called massive taxation and millions stealing through fraud! Lying to receive monies from the civil powers stolen from honest people! All liars go to Hell! (Revelation 21:8). (2) Murder — Against God’s law and requiring the death penalty, but legal under man’s law. 75,000,000 babies slaughtered in the name of “Constitutional freedom.” Man’s law again has been made an idol to many. (3) Fornication — (shacking up) Adultery (sex outside of wedlock by married people) Both okayed by man’s law sys- tem, but both worthy of death under God’s laws! We even give fornicators funds for living together and having bastard children! By the way, in (I Corinthians 6:9) fornicators are the first group listed that will not enter God’s Kingdom! (4) Sexual Perversions — Rape, worthy of death by God’s law, but normally lightly punished by man’s law. (5) Sodomy — Homosexuality — An abomination in God’s eyes, and worthy of death, but celebrated, protected and glorified by man’s law. (6) Lesbianism — Same as above! (7) Bestiality — Again an abomination in God’s eyes, but never mentioned to speak of by man or his law system! Al- though, it is much more likely that an individual will be pun- ished by man’s law for hurting or causing harm to an animal then for harming a human. 75,000,000 murdered babies can attest to that fact! We could continue this comparison for more pages, but enough has been said to prove the point! So called “Christians” that attend many denominations (heresies) today not only tolerate many of these crimes against God, but celebrate the “freedoms” to commit them! The Episcopal, United Methodist and many Baptist denom- inations now ordain women in offices of leadership in their corporations they call “churches,” including that of being a pastor! Clearly an unGodly act. Search the Scriptures for yourself on this one! The Episcopal, Methodist, ELCA, Church of Christ and Presbyterian Churches all uphold the murder of unborn ba- bies and sexual abomination. the people in all its ramifications.” Charles G. Finney said, “If immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree. If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the public press lacks moral discrimination, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the world loses its interest in religion, the pulpit is responsible for it. If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it. If our politics become so cor-
day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. (How can one not forgive as Christ hath forgiven us? (Eph- esians 4:32). “And he comforted them and spake kindly unto them” (Genesis 50:19-20). Our choices do make a difference to change the course of history! They have become “proud” of the sin of sexual perversion (Isaiah 3:9, 2 Peter 2:1). Look up “heresies” in your Strong’s Concordance). We, as a nation, and even most individuals, no longer even blush or become angry with the sin and desecration that has become the norm in America! (Jeremiah 6:15, Psalm 7:11). Most of us are too preoccupied with our own thoughts of our daily lives that we fail to see the hand of God in everything, preserving a faithful remnant. Left to ourselves when we turn our hearts away from our Lord God and Creator, we always degenerate to our lowest state, as the Apostle Paul describes in Romans 1:17-32 as “reprobate.” It came down to this when God took the lives of all living creatures save those on the Ark with Noah and his family. Now, I fully realize that what I am about to say will shock and anger many, but it has to be said because it is the truth! When evil prospers, it is very easy to give up! But King David ex- presses his confidence in his Lord and Savior in Psalm chapter thirty seven with these words; “Fret not” but “trust in the Lord.” “Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.” “Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.” “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous (right thinkers) forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is merciful, and lendeth; and His seed is blessed. Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.” He “forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.” Read this entire chapter! Don’t be envious of the foolish when they prosper. After the sons of Israel were safely provided for in Egypt, they be- came complacent even in their misery, forgetting God’s promises to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:13-21; 17:1-9. Did they also forget God’s faithfulness to Abraham in Genesis chapter twenty two where Abraham finally learned obedience by the things he suffered to trust God to fulfill what He promised, even if He had to raise his son from the dead? Abraham is praised for his faith in Hebrews 11:8-19. Even though he wavered at times, his faith persevered to the end! God always provides a way, just as the Apostle Paul states in I Corinthians 10:13, “There hath no temptation (or testing) taken you but such as is common to man: But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be (tested) above that which ye are able; but will with the (test- ing) also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” Even with Job, who lived before Abraham, God had considered Job’s limits in Job 1:12 and again in Job 2:6. Paul additionally states in Ro- mans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His pur- pose.” His purpose has always been as stated in II Peter 3:9, “that none should perish, but all should come to repentance.” It has nothing to do with being chosen, but all to do with our choice to believe, trust, and obey His every Word! The main purpose of a faithful remnant was to be a light of truth unto all the world, first commanded in Deuteronomy 4:1-9, not to “add unto the Word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it.” But they did evil in the sight of God. The Lord spoke to Isaiah in Isaiah 8:11-15 instructing him that he “should not walk in the way of this people, nor agree with those who want a compact with Assyria, so as not to fear their fear, nor be afraid. But, Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself (for He is your God); and let Him be your fear… And He shall be your sanctuary. But for a stone of stumbling and a rock For the people who attend the “tickle my ears” fellowships and the “name it and claim it” social clubs, this is going to shake your world so you might want to stop reading now! America is not dying! America is dead! She doesn’t need a revival! She needs to be resurrected! The corpse is al- ready rotten and a stench in the nostrils of God and of His true children and joint heirs with Christ! No, not those pro- fessing salvation through, but those who possess salvation through Christ with the fruit (works) of salvation proving to the world that they are the redeemed of God! (Matthew 5:16-7, 15-20, James 2:22-26). As a matter of Biblical fact, if you are not greatly troubled by the wickedness in society today you are not living right- eously in Christ! (2 Peter 2:7-8). A vexed, or troubled heart and soul is a “mark” of a true believer! (Ezekiel 9:4).
After Cain slew Able, God raised up Seth (Genesis 4:25). Seth was the seed that would start the line descending from Eve to bring forth the One to destroy the power of Satan in Luke 3:23-38. Gene- sis 4:26 states when Seth’s son Enos was born: “then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.” When Noah was called to build the ark, In Deuteronomy 30:15-20, God tells us, as individuals as well as nations, that He has set before us life and good, and death and evil. He has given each of us a choice for our- selves to live or die and the duty to de- mand good
there were only two other godly men alive, Seth’s son Methuselah, Noah’s grandfather who died the year the flood came, and Lemech, Seth’s grandson, Noah’s father who died five years before the flood, to help and encourage Noah in the 120 years of building the ark. All the rest of the wicked world was taken by the flood except Noah and his family, the only ones left of the faithful remnant of which the Christ was to be born. Since the flood, Noah lived about two years short of Abram’s birth. Then about 100 years after the flood, to preserve a faithful remnant, God confounded the languages of men to slow down the spread of evil, in that He promised Noah never again destroy the world with a flood. Shem, the son of Noah, lived 148 years after Abraham was born, and died 48 years after Isaac was born. Isaac dies (Genesis 35:27-29) after the 12 sons of Jacob (Israel) were born. Since Noah died, there were still seven of the nine generations alive when Abram was a young man, as listed with those faithful (Luke 3:1-34), to en- courage Abram. Then about twenty years after Jacob was born, the last of the generations prior to Jacob except Isaac his father had all passed away. (righteousness) and life for our society! Soci- eties (nations) are made up of individuals! Such individuals are accountable on how they influ- ence their society! Truly righteous individuals cannot “peaceably” co-exist with evil! If we are not in contention with evil and facing confrontation every day, then we are part of that evil! To remain silent and try to remain neutral is a denial of the One you say you serve! You are a hypocrite! And we know that no hypocrite (unrighteous person) shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven! (I Corinthi- ans 6:9). My dear reader, let’s not deceive ourselves! James 1:22 clearly tells us that to be a hearer and not a doer of the Word means we are de- ceiving ourselves into damnation! Romans 2:13 makes it even clearer — just hearing the Word and not doing the Word makes us unjust (sinners) before God! But we serve a genuinely loving, merciful, and forgiving God if we are willing to repent and turn from our wicked ways! (II Chronicles 7:14). This applies to individuals and nations! But repentance and turning away from evil is de- manded! He asks us in Ezekiel 18:30-32 and also in chapter 33:10- 15 why will we choose evil and death over life and good. He is not willing that any should perish, and He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked! (2 Peter 3:9). America has become as Sodom and as Gomorrah be- cause the mass of the people love it to be so! (Jeremiah 5:31). Even most of the denominations, sects, or how the Bible calls denominations, “heresies” love to have it so.
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God is always faithful to make a way to pre- serve the faithful rem- nant. When only Isaac and Jacob were left to encourage the sons of Jacob, God had al- ready prepared a wide- spread famine where Jacob and his twelve sons ended up in Egypt, where there was food stored up for seven years by Joseph, the youngest son that was sold as a slave by his brothers. When Jacob died in Egypt, Joseph’s broth- ers began to fear him. But “Joseph said unto them, Fear not: For am I in the place of God (to seek revenge)? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass as it is this
of offence to both houses of Israel, for a gin (a net) and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be bro- ken, and be snared, and be taken.” They continued in their blindness, becoming reprobates, until both houses of Israel were carried into captivity. Even there, God provided hope and comfort to the faithful in their captivity. I will have more on this subject later. Are we also going down this same road to destruc- tion? God continues in Isaiah 8:16-22, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among My disciples,” the faith- ful remnant that follows God’s every Word from a heart that is set apart, sanctified to be a light of truth unto the world. And the Son of God, who said “I will wait upon the Lord, (the Father) that hideth His face from the house of Jacob. And I will look for Him. Be- hold I (the Son) and the children (the true children, spoken of in John chapter 8, of which these Pharisees were not!) whom the Lord (the Father) hath given me (John 17:12 and John 18:9) are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion. And when they shall say unto you, ‘Seek unto them that have familiar spirits (mediums), and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter,’ Should not a people seek unto their God, (than) for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word (by adding or dimin- ishing from it), it is because there is no light in them.” Are we any different today? “And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead (hard pressed) and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hun- gry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their King and their God, and look upward. And they shall look into the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dim- ness of anguish; and they shall be driven to dark- ness.” Are we going down this same road by not taking re- sponsibility for our bad choices, turning our hearts after the world? Having turned our God given respon- Ecclesiastes 8:11 states, “Be- cause sentence against an evil work (crime) is not executed speedily, therefore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil (lawlessness).” We, in America, cannot blame our civil “leaders” because we were to be the “government” and demand righteous leadership! And the Church was to be the “in- fluencer” of society to guide and lead the people into righteous- ness! John Adams said, “the church is the moral compass of society.” The great preacher Johnathan Edwards said, “The only way we can know whether we are sinners is by knowing His moral law.” Louis Berkof stated, “The civil law is simply the appli- cation of the principles of moral law to the civic and social life of Very few church goers are being, or even trying to, exhibit the pure “light” of Christ and they certainly are not “salty” in Christ! This is the reason the name of Christ is mocked in our nation and He has been kicked out of our institu- tions. He has departed from most of the so-called churches and heresies voluntarily and He’s written “Ichabod” on their doors! (Matthew 5:13, I Samuel 4:21). Speaking for and about myself, I have to admit that I feel ashamed that although I have endeavored to preach and teach God’s Word for over forty years, I did not have a much greater burden and zeal to expose and stand against the lawlessness (sin) that is all around me and, God forgive us, being tolerated by most “Christians” and openly embraced by many!
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