Jordan’s Journal

It’s all about attitude. What should a “positive attitude” look like in the midst of negativity in the world?  More attacks from the Globalists, but how can one respond?  Lessons from The Sermon On The Mount…

Due to the length and importance of our talks at Jordan’s Journal in this series on “Globalization” and the impending economic collapse, which we began talking about in March of 2009, I feel it is important for readers to go back to the month of March and read their way to where we are today.  Please also peruse the reader “comments” that are located under the title of each article.  Feel free to contribute to the discussions.  Jordan’s Journal took the month of August off, but has returned for September, 2009.

Before moving specifically into this month’s topic on “attitude”, I felt it was important to comment on a statement made by Michael Campbell, a financial analyst in Vancouver, B.C. who hosts a program on A.M. CKNW980, entitled “money talks”.  Michael Campbell is the brother of “Globalist” minded current Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell.  Michael mentioned that due to the economic downturn that we are currently faced with, he wonders why CUPE and other union employees within the public, unionized sector of society received 5% wage increases and much less loss of jobs than in the private sector, which posted significant job losses.  “Why the large chasm”?  This was his quote. 

The implication from Mr. Campbell is that when the economy is struggling why do public sector, unionized employees like nurses, teachers, police officers and other city workers, receive raises?  I tried to phone in to speak with Mr. Campbell, but I was unable to get through on the open line and instead, spoke with Bill Good.  I will address Michael’s statement here, as well.  Private sector job losses (in this case, mostly non union jobs) occur because greedy CEO’s and upper management aren’t able to make $400,000-million dollars/year like they did several years ago and so by comparison, they interpret this as “difficult” times. They either lay people off or withhold raises.  There is no union to advocate for these individuals through the courts. 

Those same upper management individuals and those who share their philosophy (like Michael Campbell) say “why the chasm”?  Indeed, if it weren’t for the strength of our unions and the fact that there are still some good judges within our legal system, both provincially and federally, who uphold justice and fairness (especially pertaining to Labor Relations/LRB), there would no longer be that “chasm”; public sector workers would receive no raises, either be laid off or fired by the “Globalist/New World Order” advocates. 

In many instances, it is pure greed.  Let’s remember that each member of the board of directors for B.C. Rail, which was sold to Burlington Northern Railway, U.S.A. still receives between $400,000 and $500,000 per year paid by B.C. taxpayers.  B.C. Ferries is another example of Gordon Campbell’s move to “privatize” what was once referred to as a Crown Corporation, and yet, it is still financed by the public.  It, too, has a board of directors who each make between $500,000 and a million dollars/year with their bonuses. 

Bill Good said I’m using the wrong terminology when I say “board of directors”.  It should be “upper management”.  But we need not worry about the semantics in this case.  Gordon Campbell gave himself a 54% raise when he entered office as Premier.  The comment made by the CEO of B.C. Ferries when I spoke to him was, “that’s the price you pay for good people… we aren’t even keeping up with similar positions in the U.S. in terms of wage”.  There are many more examples of this attitude.  Coming from a country (the U.S.) that is now on the brink of economic collapse and who will bring us down with it, should we be emulating their model?  The answer, of course, is no.

To add insult to injury, Gordon Campbell has unrolled the “HST”, harmonized sales tax to include a whopping 12% tax on virtually everything that B.C. consumers purchase, effective July 2010.  Once again, as I mentioned in the article for July, 2009 about “the Globalists and their four pronged attack”, the Globalists seek to collapse the economy with their fascist style of government and then, while we are down, they try to finish us off by taxing us to death, with a “one-two-punch”. 

The next thing that they will hit us is the swine flu (and other laboratory manufactured viruses) in order to implement massive inoculation programs.  Newspapers are already headlining “Heatlh Tzar Being Saught”.  This is a move to make inoculations mandatory.   This is punch number three.  This allows the Globalists the opportunity to inject cancer cells and mercury into people.  Why is there such a tremendous increase in cancer among those over fifty five now?  Diet is a large part, but so too, are many of the vaccination programs implemented by the World Health Organization.  The World Health Organization is financed by Globalist/Bankers.  

Invariably we have individuals that ask for proof in these statements pertaining to the ingredients of an inoculation.  I am actually holding a report in my hands currently from “Merck & Co.”, which was obtained from one of my research colleagues.  This firm is  a manufacturer of vaccines for the World Health Organization and shows what top drug companies are placing into vaccines for the World Health Organization.   In many of the vaccines on the particular list that I hold, I see FORMALDEHYDE and ALUMINUM being added to the vaccinations…

After the next pandemic, we will be due for another war.  This will be punch number four.  It is so sad to see our military troops duped into thinking that they’re actually fighting tyranny in the Middle East (or wherever) when the real tyrants are those bankers and heads of large corporations who create “events” like 911 and trigger these wars.  This happens for oil monopoly, opium profiteering and to control others who do not go along with the agenda of world slavery at the hands of the globalist elite.

In returning to Gordon Campbell, we often hear little about a small minority of individuals making ENORMOUS salaries while we hear a lot from the Globalist propaganda machine that wants a state of modern day Feudalism (master/slave).  Before they complain about middle class individuals going on strike to keep up with the inflation rate and maintaining their financial independence, why don’t they lower their financial expectations to a salary cap of $200,000 dollars/year?  Why don’t they offer reasonable requests for a raise?  The answer is that they want to own their boats, mansions and fleets of automobiles.  And when they are tired of controlling those things, they want to control you and I, as well.  Although this is troubling, these individuals cannot kill the soul. 

The Bible (which we can demonstrate is divine rather than human in origin) mentions that we will have difficulties during our lifetime due to “sin” that has affected the world and which resides in each one of us to varying degrees.  Jesus Christ had a response to how we should live on this earth.  He describes this in the New Testament “Sermon On The Mount”.  Liberal ministers place a certain spin on this passage to describe it a manner other than what Jesus intended.  This will not be my approach. 

Only an individual who compares scripture with scripture and considers it’s contextual intent and what other parts of the Bible say, as a whole, will be able to correctly understand what Jesus is conveying in His teaching.  Jordan’s Journal includes a working knowledge of the Bible from five years of theological study under the Free Presbyterian Church, Northern Ireland and Free Reformed Churches, Holland.  These church members are sought after to this day by many believers for their advice on understanding the “finer points” of Scripture.  From that perspective, let’s take a look at what Jesus communicates to us.

Jesus said “blessed are the poor in spirit”.  The term “blessed” in this context means “happy”.  Jesus sets up a grand paradox or conundrum in His sermon.  He says, essentially, that it will be good for you if you are poor of spirit.  What he means is that His followers will see that the world they are living in is not the way it should be and that, we ourselves, individually, are not the way we should be.  As men, we may struggle with lusting after women, cars, or guitars.  As women, we may lust after an expensive piece of clothing or gossip about someone’s shortcomings.  We may even have such a pride for life that we go outside of God’s will to accomplish what we think is right… 

These are just a few examples of the sin that is in our hearts.  It makes us sad that we have a proclivity for such things when we should really be content with what God has given us and be respectful to our fellow men and women.  As Christians we love the Lord but we have these struggles in our heart.  We want to serve God, but sin is right there with us.  When we feel this way, God says we should be “happy”.  It is an indication of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  It is a work in progress toward Holiness.  It means that we will have a place in heaven when this life is complete.  It also means we can have an inner peace, right now, regardless of our circumstances.

“Blessed are those who mourn”.  Mourning is a further explanation of this conundrum or melancholy.  A Christian should be happy he/she feels this state of sadness mixed with joy.  It is a bittersweet sentiment.  The “happy, joy, joy”, prancing around in emotional excitement that we see at certain churches is contrary to what Christ teaches.  That which is being communicated by some motivational speakers today, is also contrary to what Christ teaches. 

There will always be a humble “soberness” to someone who walks with God.  There is an inner peace and comfort, but there is a continuation to fight the good fight; we have not arrived…  “Blessed are those who mourn”.  Also, we should not be telling people that they are always “good” and filling them with empty optimism.  We should instead, be telling them about God’s plan for the world to save sinners and that life will not always be the way we want.

“Blessed are the meek”.  A good friend said to me once, “meekness is not weakness it is strength under control”.  This is an apt description.  Being meek means that you don’t let arrogance control you.  When we are meek we think of ourselves in light of God’s watchful eye.  We may sometimes think we are doing something better then someone else (at least in our own eyes), but as a believer in God we will not act for our own glory.  We become meek or “humble” in our attitude.  Instead of giving ourselves credit we will say “I am what I am by the grace of God” as the Apostle Paul said in the New Testament.  God is the giver of all life and He is the master architect of people, places and events that He allows to unfold (regardless of whether we see it right away or understand why).

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness”.  Hunger and thirsting here is what can be best described as a “total dedication” to see God glorified.  I need to look at myself when I read this statement, as I am sure we all do.  What it tells me is that I am a work in progress.  Jesus says that we should be happy when we can dedicate everything we do to God’s glory.  A real Christian is “all guns blazing” for God.  Walking with God, knowing God and the fruit of this as being manifest in doing good things, becomes our food and drink.  Again, there will be a desire to avoid sin, esteem the widow, the fatherless, the poor and those who are faced with challenges in general.

“Blessed are the merciful”.  If we show mercy to other people for their sins then we will also receive mercy from God.  We must learn to forgive.  What this passage is stating in context, though, is that we will show mercy to those who are sorry for their wrong actions and are demonstrating a commitment to a process of change.  God does not ask us to forgive the sinner who continues on and on in sin.  But He does give us many chances, so we will be open to forgive others the same way in which God forgives us many times over.  Discipline and discretion in this area is the balance.  There is a difference in being sorry for getting caught and actually repenting of sin.

“Blessed are the pure in heart”.  Jesus taught us that the natural state of our heart is that is filled with “adultery, fornication, envy, malice and selfish desire”.  This is especially true once we reach an age of accountability for our sin, which may vary with every individual.  The office of the Holy Spirit judges the hearts of individuals and works in tandem with our conscience.  It is similar to what Freud described as the “Superego”.  Once we enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ similar to what Nicodemus, the Jewish Rabbi did when he went to see Jesus at nighttime (John Chapter 3), we become aware of God, see our own sin, and understand that we need to be saved by Jesus Christ through faith.  Jesus calls this process being “born again”.  It’s an old term and to some the antiquated ways of past generations, but God’s word is as up to date today as tomorrow’s newspaper.  Being born again still applies…

“Blessed are the peacemakers”.  There are two types of peacemaking that Jesus is alluding to.  We should avoid being involved with uprisings and factions unless the motivation is to accomplish the right to life and freedom.  Fighting the Globalists and the devil worshipping moneychangers who seek to enslave humanity will cause unrest, but is a justifiable fight.  However, it should not be our goal to cause as much harm as they, themselves, are causing. 

Usually the acid test of whether or not we are justified in our conflict is if we are doing something out of defense for humanity or if we are acting out of arrogance/selfishness.  We must strive to be dead to self, the same way Jesus was.  The only way we can accomplish this is by coming to the end of self and living by God’s precepts alone.  We should no longer be driven by our own dictates.  When we come to this point there is suddenly the sense that God is looking after us.  Nothing should be done out of personal pride or arrogance.  This aspect of “peacemaking” will enable us to be at peace with God.  And even when the time comes to fight, we must be able to go into this with a clear conscience.  The second aspect of this “peacemaking” (and it is overlapping) is that we should be at peace with God within our own personal walk.  This is actually the biggest part of the “peacemaking” that Jesus is talking about.

“Blessed are you when you are persecuted for being righteous; and when men revile you and persecute you for my name’s sake”.  Although the Christian does not seek out conflict, we must expect it.  I remember a Pastor telling me once, “if you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything”.  When we make that stand for Christian things, not everyone will be pleased..  What Jesus is saying here is that when we have certain values and do not look with acceptance on everyone’s conduct (although we still acknowledge their right to freedom), people will be offended.  The Christian attitude will bring the scorn of unbelievers.  As society moves more and more away from Christianity, believers can expect this scorn and persecution to occur more and more.

In conclusion, let the believer “rejoice and be glad because great will be our reward in heaven”.  And while we are here on earth living each day with the perspective of running a marathon and not a hundred meter dash of “sin for a season”, we will be happier on a daily basis, as well.  Those who do not avail themselves of Jesus’ principles and parameters may enjoy a certain perception of freedom, but it is really the type of freedom that a fish enjoys when it is outside of  water…  Until next time, this is Jordan’s Journal wishing you a blessed month.