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The Constitution governs our horizontal relationship with our fellow man, which the Bible calls our “neighbor”. Likewise, 1 the Bible governs our vertical relationship with our Creator and it is the origin of all our earthly rights. Our rights are 2 Divine rights direct from God Himself. The Declaration of Independence says so. We as believers in God are bound by the 3 contract or covenant called the Bible to obey our Master and Maker, who is God. This makes us into His temporary 4 fiduciaries and servants and ambassadors while we are here on earth. 5

“I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your [God’s] testimonies [laws].”

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[Psalm 119:125, Bible, NKJV]

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“ In Your [God’s] mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant. ”

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[Psalm 143:12, Bible, NKJV]

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If we violate our treaty or contract with God by violating His laws found in the Bible and thereby injure our neighbor or 10 fellow American, then we must be stripped by God Himself of our stewardship and most of the benefits and blessings of the 11 contract that created it by using the “police powers” we delegated to our public servants. One of the greatest benefits and 12 rewards of respecting and keeping our contract and covenant with God, of course, is personal sovereignty, liberty, and the 13 right to rule and direct the activities of our public servants: 14

“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty .”

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[2 Cor. 3:17, Bible, NKJV]

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“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up [above your public servants and

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[James 4:10, Bible, NKJV]

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The reason we must be divested of our sovereignty as a criminal member of society is that we can’t be allowed to direct the 20 activities of a government using our political rights unless we continually demonstrate mature love and concern for our 21 fellow man, because the purpose of government is to protect and not harm our neighbor. Unless we know how to govern 22 ourselves and protect and love our neighbor and not harm him, then we certainly can’t lead or teach our public servants to 23 do it! If we violate the very purpose of government with our own personal actions in hurting others, we simply can’t and 24 shouldn’t be allowed to direct those who would keep us from being injured by such activities because doing so would be a 25 conflict of interest. 26 It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are limits on our right and power to contract within a republican system of 27 government. These limits apply not only to our private contracts with other sovereign entities, but also to our ability to 28 delegate authority to the governments we created through the written contract called the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. 29 Supreme Court held the following about these limits in respect to our ability to write “law” that can be enforced against 30 society generally: 31

"In Calder v. Bull, which was here in 1798, Mr. Justice Chase said, that there were acts which the Federal and State legislatures could not do without exceeding their authority [from GOD!], and among them he mentioned a law which punished a citizen for an innocent act; a law that destroyed or impaired the lawful private [labor] contracts [and labor compensation, e.g. earnings from employment through compelled W-4 withholding] of citizens; a law that made a man judge in his own case; and a law that took the property from A [the worker]. and gave it to B [the government or another citizen, such as through social welfare programs]. 'It is against all reason and justice,' he added, 'for a people to intrust a legislature with such powers, and therefore it cannot be presumed that they have done it. They may command what is right and prohibit what is wrong; but they cannot change innocence into guilt, or punish innocence as a crime, or violate the right of an antecedent lawful private [employment] contract [by compelling W-4 withholding, for instance], or the right of private property. To maintain that a Federal or State legislature possesses such powers [of THEFT!] if they had not been expressly restrained, would, in my opinion, be a political

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governments .' 3 Dall. 388. " [Sinking Fund Cases, 99 U.S. 700 (1878) ]

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In the quote below, the U.S. Supreme Court has also held that that no man can be compelled to participate in any 48 government welfare or social benefit program. 49

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