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My concern is that those who hear my voice determine that they will serve the Risen Saviour. This will mean they must stand against wickedness, refusing to approve of that which dishonours the Lord. This will require that they seek righteousness and boldly do what God has appointed His own to do, to be what He calls us to be.

It is impossible to understand the Word of God without the guidance of His Spirit instructing us. It is impossible for His Spirit to work in us if we have never known the Lord God. And it is impossible to know God if we attempt to come to Him without coming through His Son. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” [JOHN 14:6]. I call on each one who hears my words this day to receive the gift of life offered in Christ Jesus as Lord. Amen.

[1] Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

[2] Cited from George Santayana, The Life of Reason or, The Phases of Human Progress (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1905); the phrase is more popularly recognised as, “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.”

[3] Anders Hagstrom, “Canada offered assisted suicide to a Paralympian veteran who wanted a wheelchair life installed: report,” Fox News, December 4, 2022, Canada offered assisted suicide to a Paralympian veteran who wanted a wheelchair lift installed: report | Fox News, accessed 9 December 2022; Murray Brewster, “Former Paralympian tells MPs veterans department offered her assisted death,” CBC, Dec 01, 2022, Former paralympian tells MPs veterans department offered her assisted death | CBC News, accessed 9 December 2022; Cf. Michael Lee, “Canadian soldier with PTSD ‘outraged’ when VA suggested euthanasia,” August 22, 2022, Canadian soldier with PTSD ‘outraged’ when VA suggested euthanasia (nypost.com), accessed 9 December 2022

[4] Hagstrom, op. cit.

[5] President John Adams, letter to the officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, October 11, 1798

[6] Cited in, Jonathan W. Pidluzny and Murray S. Y. Bessette, “Avarice and Ambition in America: The Founders’ Debate on the Political Place of the Selfish Passions in the Constitutional Order of the United States,” Journal of Markets & Morality (Spring and Fall) 22, no. 1, 2019, pg. 134

[7] Sir Alexander Fraser Tytler, quoted in William j. Federer, Great Quotation: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Quotations influencing Early and Modern World History Referenced according to Their Sources in Literature, memoirs, Letters, Governmental Documents, Speeches, Charters, Court Decisions and Constitutions (AmeriSearch, St. Louis, MO 2001)

[8] John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961