Introduction
May the grace and peace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Many of us hear the call to come out of Egypt. We quit
participating with the world system lest we share in her sins and receive of her plagues
(Revelation 18:4). We cleanse every area of our lives. We close out bank accounts and pay
off credit cards. We take our children out of their schools. We quit corporate jobs and
labor without a social security number. For the most part we sever all these ties with the
world system and go unnoticed. Most of us are left to live at peace.
However, as we examine our
connections with Egypt, there is one area where the world system still bullies us. And
that is over driver licenses and vehicle registrations. This seemingly trivial area is not
costly in terms of financial outlay - it only costs a few dollars a year to maintain a
State driver license. Nor do the burdens seem heavy. Nevertheless, having a State driver
license connects us with the world order as certainly as a bank account or social security
number.
The State driver license
and vehicle registration are different from other ties with the world order in one major
way. When we do not acquire these items, the system notices - and they are angry. Try
driving down the street with no driver license and no license plates on your car. When you
are stopped by the police - and it is inevitable that you will be stopped - you probably
will go to jail. The reason? You cannot show the officer that you have permission to use
the highways.
Anyone operating the
controls of an automobile is expected to have a grant of permission from a licensing
authority. That grant of permission is in the form of a driver license. If you do not have
a driver license, you cannot use the highways. That is the rule, regardless of where you
reside. If you are from Germany, you are expected to show your German driver license. If
you are from California, your California license. If you cannot show the police officer a
driver license, he probably will haul you to jail. And you could be tied up in court
battles for months. Meanwhile, if you continue driving without permission from a governing
authority, you'll be stopped by the police and hauled to jail again and again. I know - it
happened to me. And it can be frustrating and demoralizing.
Thank God for Jesus Christ
who always gives us the victory. He bids us to come follow Him out of the darkness of the
world system into His Kingdom - where the burdens are light. When we become citizens and
residents of His government, He provides for our every need. He knows we need to travel
upon the highways preaching the gospel of the Kingdom. To travel by automobile, we need
proper driving papers. He has authorized us, through His representative the Embassy of
Heaven Church, to issue driver licenses, vehicle certificates of title, vehicle
registrations and registration plates to all those who claim residency with Him. Now we
need not prostitute ourselves with foreign governments to obtain driving documents. Heaven
meets our need.
We also provide the HEAVEN VEHICLE CODE - the driving manual for Heaven's residents.
It includes Definitions, Rules of the Road, Administrative Provisions and Code of Conduct.
Compare this Code with the code you are currently operating under. While other vehicle
codes bind men to volumes and volumes of men's rules and regulations, Heaven's code frees
men to move in true liberty.
Once we are equipped with
a Heaven driver license and Heaven registration plates on the car, we have removed the
cause for a police officer to stop us and haul us to jail. But more importantly, we have
severed the licensing tie with the world order. We need not suffer condemnation under the
volumes and volumes of men's laws. We have been set free by the blood of Jesus Christ.
Live, then, as a free man, not using
your freedom as a cover-up for evil; but live as a servant of God.
1 Peter 2:16. |
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