Matt Trewhella

Understand this: When you see good government – be assured there is good theology being taught somewhere in the background. 
 
A BRIEF EXHORTATION: 
When evil raises its ugly head, it must be confronted. The sodomites and lawless/immoral people already have the large city magistrates in their pocket. Now they have spent this last year – not only in Wisconsin but in other states that we know of – trying to bring their filth to every hamlet, town, and village. I tell Christians everywhere in these small areas that – you must confront this evil or you will not recognize your community in five years. 
 
As Christians, we are motivated to confront evil for three reasons: 1. Our love for the Lord, 2. Our love for those engaged in the evil, and 3. Our love for our neighbors (society at large). 
 
Understand, those who confront evil are always few in number (just read Scripture and history) as most only care about themselves. Understand also that the many who refuse to confront the evil will actually distort and redefine “love” in order to justify their indifference to the evil. Even Christians join in this redefinition of love and condemn the Christians who confront the evil. 
 
The way we know how to love God and love our neighbor is seen in the law and Word of God. We demonstrate love for our neighbor by doing what is seen in His law and Word. Love is defined by the law and Word of God. If you divorce the ethic of love from Scripture, you can twist and redefine it to justify anything (even two men or two women marrying one another). 
 
Link to the sermon A Look at Christmas: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1222162018251 
 
Latest 4-minute video from DefyTyrants.com on the fight against medical tyranny: https://rumble.com/v208y3i-the-fight-for-our-very-lives....html 
 
Video of medical freedom gathering: https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20221208/15206904/Attorney-Karen-Mueller-Press-Release-apos-Failure-to.htm?fbclid=IwAR2b6pgN2ECrBpoiPe7LQAfWw8kJImgJ1c9mU9CHgR2zIDyrwIEh_THuXWk 
 
Short article about the state of the GOP: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/12/no_author/welcome-to-the-ideological-collapse-of-the-gop/?fbclid=IwAR0KNSTSnEQ8jE_0mN_DruX09pTt_ouh2x0igZRzHNLDx8udZSQ15yNzIJc 
 
Idols for Destruction: Christian faith and its confrontation with American society - https://www.amazon.com/Idols-destruction-Christian-confrontation-American/dp/0840752822/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3LMILR269HXPJ&keywords=idols+for+destruction+schlossberg&qid=1670805481&sprefix=idols+for+%2Caps%2C793&sr=8-2

Understand this: When you see good government – be assured there is good theology being taught somewhere in the background. 

A BRIEF EXHORTATION:
When evil raises its ugly head, it must be confronted. The sodomites and lawless/immoral people already have the large city magistrates in their pocket. Now they have spent this last year – not only in Wisconsin but in other states that we know of – trying to bring their filth to every hamlet, town, and village. I tell Christians everywhere in these small areas that – you must confront this evil or you will not recognize your community in five years.

As Christians, we are motivated to confront evil for three reasons:  1. Our love for the Lord, 2. Our love for those engaged in the evil, and 3. Our love for our neighbors (society at large). 

Understand, those who confront evil are always few in number (just read Scripture and history) as most only care about themselves. Understand also that the many who refuse to confront the evil will actua

Conciliation or Confrontation: Reform in Judah - 2 Chronicles 14:1-15:9

A Look at Music from an Indifferent Observer - 2 Chronicles 5:11-14

2 Chronicles 5:1-10 The Tabernacle of Witness

Here is something I want you to ponder – if Rome tolerated so many odd and weird religions (and Rome did) – why did Rome persecute the Christians so heavily and view Christianity as a threat? 
 
Ponder that. 
 
I submit to you that it was because the early Christians held to and practiced the immanence of Christ’s rule in the earth – that the Roman establishment found Christianity intolerable and a threat. 
 
Understand what I am saying – Christianity holds to the transcendence of God - but not to the exclusion of divine immanence in the earth. As Christ Himself taught us to pray – thy kingdom come, they will be done on earth as it is in heaven. His kingdom impacts the kingdoms of the earth. His kingdom impacts individuals and nations. Confronts the evils, idols, and tyrants of the day. Confronts the status quo and pagan thought. In all areas of life – ethics, law, economics, etc. 
 
Christianity teaches the transcendence of God, but not to the exclusion of divine immanence in the earth and THIS is what made Christianity a threat to the status quo – and hence their persecution of Christians and Christianity. 
 
Right from the beginning – in the book of Acts – we see the conflict between Rome and Christianity – between the followers of Christ and the Roman officials. This is why they were accused of treason in Acts 17 wherein the hue and cry against them was “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Jason has harbored them and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another King – Jesus.” 
 
But that isn’t the hue and cry against Christians in our day. 
 
Link to Rebecca Kleefisch article: http://missionariestothepreborn.com/2022/01/27/kleefisch-not/ 
 
Link to 4-minute video from DefyTyrants.com on: Why any Form of Government Can be Corrupted. https://rumble.com/vxex47-the-problem-with-governments....html 
 
Link on Planting your Garden from Defy Tyrants: https://rumble.com/vyacvt-the-biblical-mindset-towards-food-prepping.html 
 
Link to article on the Apologists entitled: Apologetics and The State. http://mercyseat.net/2007/06/06/apologetics-and-the-state/

Here is something I want you to ponder – if Rome tolerated so many odd and weird religions (and Rome did) – why did Rome persecute the Christians so heavily and view Christianity as a threat?

Ponder that. 

I submit to you that it was because the early Christians held to and practiced the immanence of Christ’s rule in the earth – that the Roman establishment found Christianity intolerable and a threat.

Understand what I am saying – Christianity holds to the transcendence of God - but not to the exclusion of divine immanence in the earth. As Christ Himself taught us to pray – thy kingdom come, they will be done on earth as it is in heaven. His kingdom impacts the kingdoms of the earth. His kingdom impacts individuals and nations. Confronts the evils, idols, and tyrants of the day. Confronts the status quo and pagan thought. In all areas of life – ethics, law, economics, etc.

Christianity teaches the transcendence of God, but not to the exclusion of divine immanence in the earth and T

Malachi 3:13-18: The Immanence of Christ's Rule in The Earth

Tithing & The People of God: Malachi 3:7-12

Here are the three links I mentioned so you can see things from a perspective other than the narrative being pushed by the politicians and the press in America and Europe: 
 
A short news article which exposes what the American press has been censoring: https://www.rt.com/russia/550529-ukraine-war-eight-years-zakharova/?fbclid=IwAR1I27RaglYQxp1zLP-_03MYSDgGZ5N1Fh8OiQZlEN2fM_b21NoVte_xqoY 
 
Watch at least the first 15 minutes: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ukcolumn-news/uk-column-news-25th-february-2022?fbclid=IwAR1NRT-HlRgOsNoluRbR9I7kWYjEyEwu2ALaOq5P3hcV8a5uRTkCykb__OQ 
 
Another article: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/02/24/update-on-the-ukrainian-situation/?fbclid=IwAR2UkYnMp3jAXL-c3dSd9onuwyH4H7hYVaQsY-5L8Nxo1CIhzMpvF7gwFtk 
 
And this is a fourth link. Well worth the 18-minutes from an American in downtown Kiev giving his analysis of the situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vdiEABLFoo 
 
Lots of history found here also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=5nUZekJ3pfM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3AtNTor0WN8FNSuG-WTAlDBWovRtxUay0skIfwL2QENPVTUX_ZE86L0CY 
 
Here is the open letter from the pastors to Trudeau: https://www.libertycoalitioncanada.com/an-open-letter-to-justin-trudeau 
 
The fight in Canada has revealed much - the Emergency Act was rescinded by Trudeau because of the banks. https://www.globalresearch.ca/boom-trudeau-reversal-motive-surfaces-canadian-banking-association-approved-world-economic-forum-lead-digital-id-creation/5772013 
 
A Relation of the Imprisonment of John Bunyan: https://www.biblesnet.com 
 
Transcript of Putin's Address on Ukraine: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/transcript-vladimir-putin-s-televised-address-on-ukraine/ar-AAUfDms?fbclid=IwAR3yIrAjbRIapuxJInmLbRxMAIqG--92LV9aJdxi34gwgBi9TThn9P-_tTM

Here are the three links I mentioned so you can see things from a perspective other than the narrative being pushed by the ...

Canada: Some Thoughts- Proverbs 29:2

American Christianity has created the God of love of only. AND – it has impacted the masses. For bad. 
They only know one verse – Judge not lest ye be judged. 
 
Americans don’t want a God who judges. They don’t want a God of justice – just a God of love and mercy. But once you have created such a god like that – understand, you are no longer talking about the God of the Bible. 
 
Now I could go through scores of verses which talk about God being a God of justice and judgment – and I could go through scores of verses which talk about God being a God of mercy and longsuffering. Because He is a God of both. Both attributes are seen in the Lord. 
And understand, God’s love is seen in both. Many think His love is only seen in His mercy and longsuffering – but only because they have been contaminated by 21st American Christianity and are ignorant of Scripture. 
 
Cannot divorce the ethic of love from Scripture. If you divorce the ethic of love you can justify anything - even two men or two women marrying each other. You can even justify locking down an entire nation of people; forcing masks on their faces; and forcing an experimental shot into their arms. 
 
We demonstrate our love for God by keeping His commandments. Jn.14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” Love doesn’t mean you get to do just whatever you want – and God is good with it! 
We actually demonstrate love to our Lord by keeping God’s commandments. John 15:10-read. 
And, we actually demonstrate love to our neighbor by keeping His commandments. Rom. 13:8-10-read. 
If you want the god of the Americans – understand you have rejected the God of the Bible. Repent! And embrace the God of the Bible. 
 
Sermon = When a Nation Comes Under the Judgment of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=42217213873

American Christianity has created the God of love of only. AND – it has impacted the masses. For bad.
They only know one verse – Judge not lest ye be judged.

Americans don’t want a God who judges. They don’t want a God of justice – just a God of love and mercy. But once you have created such a god like that – understand, you are no longer talking about the God of the Bible.

Now I could go through scores of verses which talk about God being a God of justice and judgment – and I could go through scores of verses which talk about God being a God of mercy and longsuffering. Because He is a God of both. Both attributes are seen in the Lord.
And understand, God’s love is seen in both. Many think His love is only seen in His mercy and longsuffering – but only because they have been contaminated by 21st American Christianity and are ignorant of Scripture.

Cannot divorce the ethic of love from Scripture. If you divorce the ethic of love you can justify anything - even two men or two women ma

The God of Justice and Mercy - Malachi 2:17-3:6

Malachi 2:10-16  God's View of the Holy Institution of Marriage and Family

Link to Pastor Matt's itinerary for Michigan, February 3rd - 10th. 
https://defytyrants.com/pastor-matt-in-michigan-february-2nd-10th-2022/ 
 
Link to Operation Save America (OSA) gathering in Nashville, TN February 3rd-5th. https://www.operationsaveamerica.org/event/osa-leadership-meeting-nashville-tennessee-february-3rd-5th-details-tbd/ 
 
Link to Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873-1973 book by Alan Carlson. https://www.amazon.com/Godly-Seed-Allan-Carlson-November/dp/B01B98VKZU/ref=sr_1_2?crid=24TO3K56E4457&keywords=godly+seed+alan+carlson&qid=1643581963&sprefix=godly+seed+alan+carlson%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-2-spell 
 
Link to book Idols for Destruction: Christian Faith and Its Confrontation with American Society by Herbert Schlossberg. https://www.amazon.com/Idols-Destruction-Christian-Confrontation-American/dp/0840758324/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1HUCJ6N42IFSJ&keywords=idols+for+Destruction+herbert+schlossberg&qid=1643582082&sprefix=idols+for+destruction+herbert+schlossberg%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-2

Link to Pastor Matt's itinerary for Michigan, February 3rd - 10th. 
https://defytyrants.com/pastor-matt-in-michigan-february-2nd-10th-2022/

Link to Operation Save America (OSA) gathering in Nashville, TN February 3rd-5th. https://www.operationsaveamerica.org/event/osa-leadership-meeting-nashville-tennessee-february-3rd-5th-details-tbd/

Link to Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873-1973 book by Alan Carlson. https://www.amazon.com/Godly-Seed-Allan-Carlson-November/dp/B01B98VKZU/ref=sr_1_2?crid=24TO3K56E4457&keywords=godly+seed+alan+carlson&qid=1643581963&sprefix=godly+seed+alan+carlson%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-2-spell

Link to book Idols for Destruction: Christian Faith and Its Confrontation with American Society by Herbert Schlossberg. https://www.amazon.com/Idols-Destruction-Christian-Confrontation-American/dp/0840758324/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1HUCJ6N42IFSJ&keywords=idols+for+Destruction+herbert+schlossberg&qid=1643582082&sprefix=idols+for+destruction+herbert+schlossberg%2

Malachi 2:1-9 The Priests of Malachi's Time and The Churchmen of America

WWII video of The Killing Nurses of The Third Reich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz8ge4aw8Ws 
 
Here is the Chapel Library link mentioned in the opening comments: https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/castfg/church--state 
 
This is the God Gives Men Words sermon referenced: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1217111850350

WWII video of The Killing Nurses of The Third Reich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz8ge4aw8Ws

Here is the Chapel Library link mentioned in the opening comments: https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/castfg/church--state

This is the God Gives Men Words sermon referenced: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1217111850350

Colossians 4:2-18 Paul's Concluding Thoughts

Continuing through Colossians verse by verse. 
Understand – Paul is writing to Christians. Understand there WERE slaves who were Christians. Who were attending church in these homes. Who would hear this epistle read in Christian homes generally. So Paul addresses their position – and that of their masters - because Christian thought impacts all areas of our lives and all areas of life. 
 
Understand that slavery was a universally accepted institution in ancient times and considered a fundamental institution to society – writers back then viewed it as indispensable to society. 
 
Understand that more than half the people seen on the streets in the great cities of Rome in Paul’s day - were slaves. 
 
Understand also that the status of the majority of “professional people” was that of slaves. Teachers, doctors, craftsmen – the majority of them were slaves. 
 
Understand that aspects of slavery in the Roman world were NOT like American slavery. American slavery was straight-up man-stealing; kidnapping – which carried a death penalty in the law of God [Ex.21:16]. American slavery had nothing to do with war or debt or punishment for crime – it was straight-up man-stealing. 
 
The truth is - Paul and the early church were in no position to change such a fundamental “indispensable” universally accepted institution. He did not live when Christian thinking took sway in the thoughts of men on such a massive level wherein laws could be changed to reflect Christian thought. Time however did bring that about. 
 
Truth is also – Paul was writing regarding specific persons – he was addressing the real world – the reality of what is with good Christian thought. And yet – it was radical thought. And it was nascent thought. The writings of Paul and Christian thought would lead to the abolition of man-stealing and owning men as a fundamental “indispensable” universally accepted institution. 
 
By the 12th century slavery – man-stealing and owning - was virtually wiped out in Europe. 
 
Here is something I want you to remember: slavery is inescapable – no culture is without it. 
You will be someone’s slave. Either some man’s. Or the states. Or Christ’s. 
 
We live in a culture in which the state has enslaved us all. Scripture exhorts us in the midst of our situation – “Do not become the slaves of men.” The state thinks it is our “master” now. They have put everyone on their plantation – making Americans more and more dependent upon them. They have bought men by buying them off. 
 
Americans love the free money and are beholden to their lord the state. 
 
They have been able to buy men by buying them off because Christian thought is waning in America and the West – and because the pulpits have spent decades now playing the whore. 
 
We know historically/factually that atheistic societies lead to statist societies. When men reject the rule of God and Christ – they embrace someone else’s rule. And men in their rebellion soon learn that the state is an awful taskmaster. 
 
Christ and Christianity bring freedom both to the individual and to nations. Freedom is seen in the individual in being set free from sin – sin no longer ruling them. But the freedom Christ and Christianity brings is also seen in that the individual becomes productive in life and that society imbued with Christian thought establishes governments that have limits.

Continuing through Colossians verse by verse.
Understand – Paul is writing to Christians. Understand there WERE slaves who were Christians. Who were attending church in these homes. Who would hear this epistle read in Christian homes generally. So Paul addresses their position – and that of their masters - because Christian thought impacts all areas of our lives and all areas of life. 

Understand that slavery was a universally accepted institution in ancient times and considered a fundamental institution to society – writers back then viewed it as indispensable to society. 

Understand that more than half the people seen on the streets in the great cities of Rome in Paul’s day - were slaves.

Understand also that the status of the majority of “professional people” was that of slaves. Teachers, doctors, craftsmen – the majority of them were slaves.

Understand that aspects of slavery in the Roman world were NOT like American slavery. American slavery was straight-up man-stealing; kidna

Colossians 3:22-4:1 Slavery and Nascent Thought

We had to change our venue for the County Before Country Express Talks. We live in a time where if someone doesn't like your speech and complain - people cower before them and do their bidding. Our website has our new venue. CountyBeforeCountryTalks.com 
 
This sermon by Pastor Matt also includes a practical plan to restore or establish order in your home. 
 
May Christ be praised!

We had to change  our venue for the County Before Country Express Talks. We live in a time where if someone doesn't like your speech and complain - people cower before them and do their bidding. Our website has our new venue. CountyBeforeCountryTalks.com

This sermon by Pastor Matt also includes a practical plan to restore or establish order in your home.

May Christ be praised!

Colossians 3:20-21 The Duty of Children + The Limits of Parents

We apologize for the audio issues. They have been fixed in this video. 
Website for our November 30th gathering: CountyBeforeCountryTalks.com 
 
The Reformation and Self-Government: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=112419151537110 
 
The Reformation and Family Government: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1112181958110 
 
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We will be migrating to Rumble soon for our livestreams so please be aware of this coming change.

We apologize for the audio issues. They have been fixed in this video.
Website for our November 30th gathering: CountyBeforeCountryTalks.com

The Reformation and Self-Government: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=112419151537110

The Reformation and Family Government: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1112181958110

The Reformation and Civil Government: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=118172128447

We will be migrating to Rumble soon for our livestreams so please be aware of this coming change.

Colossians 3:18-19 The Submission of a Wife

Colossians 2:16-23 The False Teaching Confronted

Colossians 2:4-15 The Handwriting of Ordinances

Link to the Paint the Wall Black documentary (49-minutes) referenced before the sermon began: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJIucA3zsc&t=4s 
 
As we have seen, the Colossians are being affected by a false teaching promulgated by false teachers – and Paul is combating it by declaring truth – particularly, the truth about Jesus Christ. In these next nine verses, which we will cover today, verses 15-23 of Colossians 1, Paul continues to combat the false teaching by declaring Christ to the Colossians. 
And in this combat with false teachers – Paul lays out such awesome theology about our Lord and His redemptive work for us. 
 
Here is a link to our latest 4-minute video at DefyTyrants.com: https://rumble.com/vl4l89-tyrants-are-targeting-your-children-resist-local-school-boards.html 
 
Here is what Defy Tyrants is about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ_cKDt7kwk

Link to the Paint the Wall Black documentary (49-minutes) referenced before the sermon began: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJIucA3zsc&t=4s

As we have seen, the Colossians are being affected by a false teaching promulgated by false teachers – and Paul is combating it by declaring truth – particularly, the truth about Jesus Christ. In these next nine verses, which we will cover today, verses 15-23 of Colossians 1, Paul continues to combat the false teaching by declaring Christ to the Colossians. 
And in this combat with false teachers – Paul lays out such awesome theology about our Lord and His redemptive work for us. 

Here is a link to our latest 4-minute video at DefyTyrants.com: https://rumble.com/vl4l89-tyrants-are-targeting-your-children-resist-local-school-boards.html

Here is what Defy Tyrants is about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ_cKDt7kwk

The Supremacy of Christ - Colossians 1:15-23

Colossians 1:3-14 Prayer, Knowledge, Good Works, & Grace

Judges 11:1 - 12:7 Who the Lord has to Work With; Reparation; and Making Deals with God

The title speaks for itself. Scripture and history proves it is true. And there is much history in this sermon. 
Some of our duties as Christians facing tyrants and tyranny are: 
1. To bring Christian thought to bear upon civil government matters and magistrates. 
2. Repent before the Lord of any secret sin or iniquity in our lives or hearts; repent of indifference to the evil in the land. 
3. Declare to our nation - both men and government - the Law, Word, and Gospel of our Lord calling all men to repentance for our sins and our national sins. 
 
 
Here is the latest video from Defy Tyrants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGhNa1S8Zbw 
 
 
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The title speaks for itself. Scripture and history proves it is true. And there is much history in this sermon.
Some of our duties as Christians facing tyrants and tyranny are: 
1. To bring Christian thought to bear upon civil government matters and magistrates.
2. Repent before the Lord of any secret sin or iniquity in our lives or hearts; repent of indifference to the evil in the land. 
3. Declare to our nation - both men and government - the Law, Word, and Gospel of our Lord calling all men to repentance for our sins and our national sins.


Here is the latest video from Defy Tyrants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGhNa1S8Zbw


http://mercyseat.net/

The Justice of God & the Bad End of Tyrants - Judges 9:32-57

Continuing verse by verse through Judges. The sermon looks at the "worthless men" of that day and addresses the silence of good men when worthless men rule. The sermon then looks at the judgment God brings upon the evildoers. Lots of insight into human behavior. 
 
 
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Continuing verse by verse through Judges. The sermon looks at the "worthless men" of that day and addresses the silence of good men when worthless men rule. The sermon then looks at the judgment God brings upon the evildoers. Lots of insight into human behavior. 


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