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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Replacing God with Government
The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that a record 93.2 million Americans did not participate in the labor force in March. The entire US population is slightly less than 321 million, with almost a third of Americans not working. The Census Bureau says that persons under 18 comprise about 74 million, meaning that those above 18 no longer working are almost 40% of America’s workforce. Foreign-born workers total 24.7 million of those working. They have gained more than 1.9 million jobs since the current Administration took office while native born workers have lost approximately 1.1 million jobs during the same period. Forbes reports that 52% of Americans receive government assistance.
CNSNEWS.com reported: “In 2012, according to the Census Bureau, there were 103,087,000 full-time year-round workers in the United States (including 16,606,000 full-time year-round government workers). Thus, the welfare-takers outnumbered full-time year-round workers by 6,544,000.” When the occupant of the Oval Office was elected in the fourth quarter of 2008, there were 96,197,000 people in households taking benefits from one or more federal welfare programs. By the fourth quarter of 2012, four years later, that number had grown by 13,434,000. Since 2012, we had more people on some sort of government assistance than were working–not counting those out of a job and not on welfare. It’s gotten worse.
These statistics should be alarming because they indicate a trend where America has become a socialist nation, where over half the people receive government assistance in some form and foreign workers are displacing native-born workers who are so discouraged that they have given up finding a job, many finding no option but to receive government assistance. In addition, the government is becoming an integral provider for the bulk of Americans. These two phenomena are not only present a danger to America’s national security, but also to her spiritual security. Socialism, by its own definition and manifesto, seeks to replace God with government.
In Luke 10:7, Jesus said “the laborer is worthy of his wages.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “…if any would not work, neither should he eat.” Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3:13, “…every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.” Even after the Lord returns, people will, as shown in Isaiah 65:21-23, “They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain.” Socialism is against God’s plan for your life. It is a bane to the existence of America.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries thanks Bill Wilson and www.dailyjot.com
