The Greatest Reset Part 2
Author’s Note
This section covers the core spiritual chapters of my book titled, The Great Reset vs. The Greatest Revival: - Believers Are the Light and the Salt of the Earth, Christianity Beyond the Four
Walls, The Church of the Laodiceans, The Greatest Revival, and When a Nation
Turns Away.
FAIR NOTICE
The views expressed in this letter are exclusively my
own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any corporate church or
Christian affiliate denomination. I am an independent Canadian Christian
exercising my constitutional right to freedom of speech.
I am a free
Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God, the Creator and
Father, who sent Jesus to redeem us to Him, free to stand for and live by
biblical truth in a free and democratic society, free to oppose what I believe
is wrong, and free to elect those who govern my country. I pledge to uphold
this heritage of freedom for myself and all Canadians.
Since the government mingled with Christian values and
theologies, I will mingle with the government-legislated ideologies and
principalities.
This video is
published in the public domain on my blog and social media platforms as a
testimony.
Subject: Believers Are the Salt of the Earth and a
Light on a Lampstand
As political and cultural upheavals have gradually
intensified in our Canadian government in recent years, Canadian Christians
were not being thrown to the lions or burned at the stake. We were not facing
the kind of fierce persecution that our brothers and sisters in other parts of
the world have endured for generations. And yet, quietly and gradually, we
Christians lost our influence in our society — due to our silence.
Jesus illustrated the Church's role in the world with
two powerful illustrations: salt and light. Salt acts to preserve and slow down
decay, enhancing the authentic flavour of the truth. Light reveals what
darkness aims to conceal, offering guidance, warning, and undeniable presence.
But Jesus also issued a sober warning. Salt that has
lost its saltiness is good for nothing — it is thrown out and trampled
underfoot (Matthew 5:13). Likewise, a lamp hidden under a bowl gives no light
to anyone; therefore, it gives no warning. The question He posed then is the
same one we must ask today. Has the Canadian Church lost its flavour? Has our
light grown dim? The Apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians, chapter 5, verse 11 and
13:
“And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness but rather expose them.
But all things that are exposed are
made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light,”----
I say this as someone who counts himself among the guilty. For too long, many of us — me included — have accepted a version of
Christianity that fits comfortably within four walls and causes no friction
with the world outside. We have been polite, as all good Canadians are reputed
to be, when we should have been exposing. We have been quiet when we should
have spoken. We have confused peacefulness with passivity.
"The Canadian Church was the salt
of the earth — but somewhere along the way, we lost our flavour. And salt
without flavour serves no purpose."
The good news is that salt does not disappear when it
loses its flavour. It simply needs to be restored to its true nature. That
restoration begins the moment we stop apologizing for the truth and start
living by it again.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is rooted in Christian
principles. It affirms God's sovereignty. Christians are entitled to defend
their beliefs both publicly and privately—in churches, homes, workplaces,
schools, and communities. It is what identifies us as Christians. Faith should
not be confined to Sunday services; it is intended as a complete way of life.
Matthew 5:14–15, we read’
"You are the light
of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light
a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all
who are in the house."
Christianity Extends Beyond the
Boundaries of the Church Walls.
I have heard a comment far too often: "Keep your
religion to yourself." Sometimes it comes from the secular world, but
sometimes — and this is the part that grieves me the most — it comes from
fellow believers.
We have mistaken a false narrative between freedom of
worship and freedom of religion. Freedom of worship states that you can hold
any belief you choose, provided you keep it confined — within the church, in
your heart, and away from public life. Freedom of religion encompasses much
more: it affirms our right to live by our beliefs and allows our faith to
influence our community and our country.
The Canadian Bill of Rights and the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms were never intended to push faith to the margins. They were
intended to protect it — in all its fullness. Christians have the right to
speak, advocate, parent, vote, and live according to the truth as God has
revealed it. No government has the authority to strip that right away, and no
believer should voluntarily surrender it. A government that acts as such is
communism.
The Word of God is not merely a document for Sunday
morning teaching. It is living and active (Hebrews 4:12). It is meant to
penetrate every area of life — our relationships, our politics, our culture,
and our parenting. When we confine it to a single hour on a single day, we are
not being humble. We are being unfaithful. In Hebrews 4:12, we read,
"For the word of
God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even
to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
True diversity — the kind worth celebrating — means
allowing every parent to raise their children according to their own beliefs,
values, and traditions. It means protecting the freedom of conscience that God
Himself has given to every human being.
We cannot escape the trap we're in unless Christians
truly repent and start living by faith—placing their trust not in institutions,
political parties, courts, charters, or a pact with the CRA, but in God's Word
and His character. Institutions will inevitably falter, governments will fall
short, but God will never fail you. It doesn’t mean that we do not participate
in politics, but rather that we influence the outcome of policies.
The Church of the Laodiceans
In the book of Revelation, Jesus addresses seven
churches. Six receive some measure of commendation. But to the church at
Laodicea, He speaks words that are among the most piercing in all of Scripture
— not with anger, but with the grief of a friend who sees someone he loves in a
dangerous condition. In Revelation 3:15–17 we read,
"I know your
works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So
then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out
of My mouth. Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of
nothing' — and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and
naked."
These words were written nearly two thousand years
ago. But read them again and ask honestly: Do they describe the Canadian Church
in the twenty-first century?
Looking at history, it's clear Canadian Christians are
more prosperous than ever, with cozy buildings, polished productions, dedicated
social services, and an abundance of Christian resources. Despite all this,
many churches feel spiritually lost. Fewer people are attending weekly
services, biblical literacy is lower, and involvement in societal issues such
as politics, education, and pressing moral questions has sadly diminished. Instead,
Christianity seems to have taken a gentler approach, avoiding offending anyone
and steering clear of challenging anything. This shift can sometimes make it
harder to stay true to its more powerful, transformative roots.
We have become enchanted with comfort. We have put our
trust in faulty institutions — in corrupt government, compromised courts,
costly tax-and-spend social initiatives, and the sluggish process of democracy
— to protect what only faithfulness can preserve. We have let one value after
another slip away, often without a word of protest, for fear of being labelled
intolerant, extreme, or accused of political intrusion.
"The Laodicean church did not fall
through persecution. It fell through prosperity — through the slow, comfortable
drift away from dependence on God."
But here is the extraordinary thing about the letter
to Laodicea: Jesus does not abandon them. He does not dismiss them. He stands
at the door and knocks. He calls out. He invites. And He makes a promise that
still stands today as we read in Revelation 3:20,
"Behold, I stand
at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come
in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."
This is not the language of condemnation. It is the
language of longing. Jesus wants in. He wants fellowship. He wants His Church
back — restored, awake, and on fire. And He is patient enough to keep knocking.
Will you open the door?
The Greatest Revival
Many pastors and believers are praying for revival.
Many are sceptical. Some are praying for a spiritual awakening within the
Church. Some are praying for the restoration of Canada's Christian heritage.
Some are praying for the return of Christ. These are not competing prayers —
they are facets of the same longing, the same hunger for God to move in our
generation as He has in generations past.
But what is revival, exactly? The dictionary defines
it as a restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigour after a period of
obscurity and quiet. From a biblical perspective, revival is a concentrated
work of God in which Christians earnestly desire more of Christ — more boldness
in witness, more commitment to His mission, and more willingness to be
inconvenienced, challenged, and changed by His Word.
And here is something worth sitting with: revival has
never really stopped. It has only been slowed down. It has not been suppressed.
It has gone passive. But from the day of Pentecost to this very moment, the
Spirit of God has never ceased to move. There has always been a remnant. There
has always been a voice crying in the wilderness. The question is not whether
God is at work — but whether we are willing to join Him.
The history of the Church is a record of ordinary
people responding to extraordinary callings. Enoch walked with God for three
hundred years in a civilization that had turned its back on Him. Noah preached
righteousness for a century and saw only his household saved — and yet he was
faithful. Lot sat at the gate of Sodom, engaging with a city that was morally
bankrupt, and God counted him as righteous, as read in 2 Peter 2:7–8. These
were not perfect people. They were available people.
"A revival is not measured only by
how many respond — but by the faithfulness of the one who dares to speak the
truth, even when no one seems to be listening."
Consider your own life. How many of you are the only
believer in your family? The only Christian in your workplace? The only voice
in your neighbourhood that still speaks of God, of truth, of hope? You may feel
invisible. You may feel ineffective. But your presence — your faithful, loving,
truth-bearing presence — is itself a form of revival.
God has always worked through small beginnings. He
started a nation through one man named Abraham. He rebuilt Jerusalem's walls
with a small band of returning exiles, each wielding a trowel in one hand and a
sword in the other. He turned the world upside down through twelve disciples
who had no money, no platform, and no political power — only the presence of
the Holy Spirit and the testimony to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we
read in Zechariah 4:10
"For who has despised the day
of small things?
For these seven rejoice to see
The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
They are the eyes of the Lord,
Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”
In the United States, there were and still are signs
of a genuine awakening — a return to God's Word, a renewed hunger for truth,
Christians stepping back into the public square with courage and conviction. In
Canada, the movement is quieter. But it is not absent. And it can grow.
What would it look like for the Canadian Church to be
part of the greatest revival in all of Christian history? It would not
necessarily look like packed arenas with famous preachers. It might look like a
courageous pastor who finally preaches the whole truth from his pulpit,
denouncing corruption and injustice - a parent who refuses to surrender their
children to ideologies that contradict their faith - a Christian who runs for
school board, or city council, or parliament - a believer who simply opens the
door when Jesus knocked — and lets Him into every room of their life, not just
the ones they've tidied up.
Revival does not begin with programs or strategies. It
begins with repentance — a turning of the heart back toward God. A repentance
begins with honesty: acknowledging where we have drifted, where we have been
silent, where we have been more concerned with our comfort within a woke
society than with His kingdom. We read in Revelation 3:19–20
"Therefore be
zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock."
The greatest revival is not something that will happen
to us. It is something we participate in — one opened door, one honest
conversation, one act of faithful obedience at a time. It does not start with
the nation. It starts with you.
When a Nation Turns Away
Canada was founded by people who acknowledged God. The
preamble to our Charter recognizes the supremacy of God and the rule of law.
Our national anthem declares, "God keep our land glorious and free."
Christian faith is woven into the fabric of this country's history, its
institutions, and its identity.
And yet, over the past several decades, that
foundation has been quietly eroded. Not all at once, and not always through
malice — but through compromise, through indifference, and through the slow
acceptance of ideas that would have seemed unthinkable to previous generations.
The Church bears some responsibility for this. When
Christians withdrew from politics, the political arena did not become neutral —
it simply filled with other voices. When we stopped speaking into education,
the curriculum did not stay the same — it changed, often in directions that
directly contradict the values of Christian families. When we prioritized peace
over truth, we did not achieve peace — we simply lost the truth.
The Apostle Peter told us that judgment begins with
the household of God (1 Peter 4:17). This is not a comfortable verse, but it is
clarifying. Before we point fingers at governments, courts, or cultural
institutions, we are called to examine ourselves. Where has the Church been
lukewarm? Where have we loved our tax exemptions more than our calling? Where
have we preached a gospel so devoid of its original testimony that it no longer
resembles the one the Apostles proclaimed? We read this affirmation in 1 Peter
4:17,
"For the time has come for judgment to
begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end
of those who do not obey the gospel of God?"
None of this is said to heap condemnation. God is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love (Joel
2:13). He has not abandoned Canada. He has not abandoned His Church. But He is
calling us — urgently, persistently, lovingly — back to faithfulness.
The nations that have forsaken God have not achieved
freedom through their neglect. They have found confusion, fragmentation, and a
hunger that no policy or ideology can satisfy. Because human beings were made by
God. We were made to know Him, to reflect His image, and to live under His good
and wise authority. When we reject that, we do not become free. We become lost.
But the same God who judged Israel also restored
Israel. The same God who allowed Jerusalem to fall also rebuilt it. He is the Deity
of redemption, of prodigal sons welcomed back, and of dry bones brought to life
once more. And He is not finished with Canada. As James wrote,
"Draw near to God and He will draw
near to you." — James 4:8
The invitation is still open. The door is still being
knocked on. And the Church — you and I, together — is the answer to our
nation's deepest need. Not because we are powerful or impressive, but because
we carry within us the Spirit of the living God, and that Spirit has never lost
a battle.
Who would follow Isaiah's example? Although he was a man of unclean lips, he volunteered
when God asked in Isaiah chapter 6 verse 8, “Whom shall I send, and who will go
for Us? Then Isaiah said, “Here am I! Send me.” Now, tell me, would you step up
and open the door?
