Mark Downey Sermons

By Pastor Mark Downey

February 27, 2011

Back in the 1980’s, every Friday night I would attend a tax protestors meeting in the basement of friends of mine and it got so popular, through word of mouth, that we were getting around 20 or more people at every meeting.  We had wonderful discussions, mapping out strategies to defeat the IRS.  I remember one of the key salvos in letters of response, was the question ‘by what authority’ do they compel Americans to comply with their codes, because there usually wasn’t any.  I learned what ‘colorable law’ meant.  It’s the conduct or action of somebody having governmental authority that is not within the law.  Police issuing traffic tickets are probably the most common example of ‘colorable law’, because we have the right of mobility.  Just because cars were invented, does that mean we gave somebody the authority to punish us for traveling without a permission card (license), that you have to pay for?  People pay taxes to a corporation that has nothing to do with America, land of the free.

by Pastor Mark Downey

This subject really opens a Pandora's Box of so many other related topics like the Kingdom, God's Law, prophecy, history and biblical exegesis or interpretation of scriptures. There is much debate as to the level of applying dominion: racially, culturally, geographically, individually, nationally, etc. Much of the confusion comes from a loose evolving confederation of religious movements such as Dominion Theology, Reconstructionists, Kingdom Now and others, in contrast to what I would call anti-dominionists, all of which call themselves Christians and together form the perfect dialectic. Who do you suppose profits from the thesis and antithesis? Well, probably those who aren't Christian and presently have dominion.

By Pastor Mark Downey

A question which agitates the Christian Identity community is: what day is the Sabbath? Some say Sunday is based on sun worship, while others say Saturday derives from Saturn. So begins long, drawn out controversies of pagan origins vs. "Thus sayeth the LORD." The point of the Sabbath is missed by the arguers, good Christians that they may be. I believe this issue has been used as a wedge to sow discord among the brethren. We had a guest visit our church once, a libertarian CI, who never came back, not because of lack of fellowship or worship, but because he was adamant about Saturday being the day.

We observe Sunday, not as a matter of dogmatic doctrine, but because it has been the traditional day for a long, long time. "The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe throughout their generations, for it is a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel" Ex. 31:16. For the record, and not to denigrate our own kinsmen, it's a fact that jews observe Saturday. They either have it right or that is the "sign" they have chosen for themselves to distinguish themselves from Christianity.

by Pastor Mark Downey

How often do we hear someone say, “God gave us a free will”? What they usually mean is that they have freedom of choice. Free will and choice are two different things. In Romans 7:17 Paul says it wasn’t him making the choice: “Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.” If he’s making choices at the behest of a “law of sin” that has been put within his “flesh”, but not of his doing… where is the ‘free will’ here? I had to think long and hard about composing this sermon, so bear with me.

By Pastor Mark Downey

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales and the subject gravitated to the Bible.  The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a person, because even though it was a very large mammal, its throat was very small.  The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.  The teacher became a little irritated and reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human being; it was physically impossible.  The little girl said, “When I get to heaven I’m going to ask Jonah.”  The teacher smugly asked her, “What if Jonah went to hell?”  To which the little girl replied, “Then you can ask him.” 

This anecdote operates on several levels as to whether either party is right or wrong, carnal or spiritual or if it’s even funny.  We hear much too often well-meaning Christians telling other Christians whether or not something is biblical without any inclination to hear the rest of the story; further information that will lead to a better understanding of the truth. 

By Pastor Mark Downey

The Christian Identity message is basically founded on one premise or truth that can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Anglo Saxon, Celtic, Scandinavian, Germanic and kindred peoples are the true Israel people of the Bible.  But, this wonderful truth is eclipsed by a terrible untruth that the jews are Israel; after all, that’s the name of their country and the Bible talks about jews right?  It’s quite an accomplishment to get most of an entire race of people to think they are something they are not, but that’s exactly what has happened to White people.  Somehow the jews have managed to get our people to think of themselves as gentiles, which is erroneously defined as non-jews.  In other words, a non-jew cannot be an Israelite.  And that presumes that the word jew included all 12 tribes, even though the initial claim was to only one tribe; that of Judah, hence the slang word jew coming from the first syllable.  It doesn’t matter if you’re a Christian or if you think it’s a matter of religion, because the word gentile has been secularized into the English language.  I guess it helps if you can buy out companies that publish dictionaries and you can change the definition of words.

What I want to focus on today is not the vast wasteland of dogmas and divisive doctrines that evolve into denominations because some religious leader thinks it’s the truth. 

Pastor Mark Downey

Nov 2010 and Nov 2013

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by Pastor Mark Downey

October 28, 2012

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 5:23-31

From Jer. 5:23 to the end of the chapter we read, "This people has a stubborn and rebellious heart. They do not say in their heart, 'let us now fear the Lord'. For wicked men are found among My people . They spread nets, they lay traps, they catch men… their houses are full of deceit… they have become great and rich. They are fat, they deal in false evidence… Shall I not punish these people? Declares the Lord… there is a shameful and horrible thing in the country! The preachers preach falsehood, and the priests trick with their hands, and My people love to have it so, what can be done viler than that?"

What can be viler than ministers who call themselves Christian, but whom God calls wicked men that spread nets and lay traps to catch men?  It sounds like Jeremiah is describing predators for profit.  It sounds like a church-sponsored Halloween with spider webs and bats.  Or maybe you’ve seen the banner in front of some banks that say ‘Hallo-wee-ones’; wee ones suggesting little children.  Aren’t these preachers and bankers thoughtful?  We’ll see just what they are thinking.