Epicurus, a Greek philosopher and sage, said, "Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth". Indeed self-sufficiency is a matter of overriding importance. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, self-sufficienxy is "the quality or state of being able to provide everything you need, especially food, without the help of other people or countries". However, self-sufficiency does not mean that one is merely living on themselves and being able to pay their bills (something that describes the majority of us), but rather it characterizes someone who is not dependent entirely upon society, corporations, or governments. This is where the term "living off grid" comes into effect. Having our own land, being able to provide our own food and having free time to follow whatever interest sparks our curiosity. If we are dependent on something that someone else has, then we are subject to their rules or conditions, and thus we lose freedom. For example, if you want to buy food from Kroger, you will need to pay them in federal reserve notes. In order to pay for food in federal reserve notes, you will need a way to earn them (a job). Everyone one is trapped in this cycle and rather than spending hours working our land, we spend 8-12 hours a day working on something else, for someone else, which in a sense is analogous to being sold into slavery. Of course, we know who determines the value of the currency, as well as who owns the corporations. The less self-sufficient, the more dependent we are on others and the less free we are in our life.

Although self sufficiency is an important foundation and principle of freedom, the Bible goes a step further talking about God-sufficiency. God-sufficiency is an important concept to grasp, and one that is central in not letting us be deceived by all sorts of material considerations about the significance of various matters and decisions. While self-sufficiency is self centered, God-sufficiency is God-centered. In 2 Corinthians 3:5  we read, "Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God."

These two kinds of self sufficiency are pivotal in determining how free we are. Let's call them worldly and spiritual self-sufficiency respectively. Unfortunately, most people today have neither. As far as the first is concerned, they work their whole lives for others for 50, 60 or 70 hours a week, just to basically get by, if they are lucky to make it to retirement after 60, to die shortly there after from cancer from the food they bought from others in the first place. And it goes much deeper from there into how we, as a society, are not in control of our lives, such as our health, our food, our insurance, etc. I will discuss this topic more in detail in part 4 concerning a document about silent weapons for quiet wars, which will outline the economic warfare and automation of society also known as social engineering. For now, let's say that it's all about making us dependent upon large corporations for food, goods, and work.  As far as the second self-sufficiency is concerned, many people ignore the vital importance of spiritual preparedness. 2 Corinthians 3:17 says "17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." So, clearly freedom has two aspects that the founding fathers of America knew and understood when they provided us with our liberties and spiritual freedom.

Now, we know that the founding fathers of America were, too, members of the Illuminati, yet the constitution still provided us with the ability to have and maintain individual and spiritual freedom. As Benjamin Franklin had been quoted saying, when asked what type of government was created, he responded, “we have given you a republic, if you can keep it.” I believe a reason in part for this freedom was to ensure their own freedom as well, and eventually they knew they would take our freedoms by our freedoms. For example, private property is a right protected under the constitution. It is a necessary freedom in order to be able to be as self sufficient as possible, but is also the reason we have these large expensive cities which lure us in with dangling little trinkets in our face, like  conveniences and the goodies of materialism.

So here’s the summary and a final conclusion. What can we do to loosen this control in our life? In my understanding, both God-sufficiency and self-sufficiency are important as sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Without spiritual freedom our self-sufficiency is like stock-piling of riches and loses its meaning. This is why Colossians 3:2 says to set your affections on things above, not on things on the Earth. For Jesus said, "lay not up for yourselves treasures upon Earth, where moths and rust do corrupt, and thieves break through and steal." This is where the freedom found in Christ comes into play, and freedom from materialism. As Jesus said, "if you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed, and you will know the truth, AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE" (John 8:31). This is freedom is not freedom to do whatever we want. It's freedom from the Beast System mentioned in Revelation of the Bible. Sounds like Jesus knows what he’s talking about to me. I marvel when Atheists or the New Agers talk about the Bible and say things like its used to control people. They don’t have a clue what freedom and control are all about. I hope this ties more together from Parts 1 and 2, where I mentioned about revolutions being disastrous when the economy shuts down, when there is no more food on the shelves.

There is no doubt that the powers that be have created a helpless society. A helpless society that is dependent on external funding (printing of money) and worker-servant jobs for big corporations and is unable to genuinely represent their communities. Such a society is easily controlled. A self-sufficient society would be one that 1. is not dependent on pyramid-like schemes of control and 2. its members cannot be controlled, because they are Godly people who put their trust in God above all. Unfortunately, the exact opposite is the case with today's world. Most people today are under economic warfare, and those who are part and complicit of the pyramidal system of control, they have their affections not on the things above, but on things of the Earth (Colossians 3:2). They need the latest and greatest, the best decor in the house, the newest, flattest t.v, faster cars, bigger homes. It all comes at a price my friends. The Bible has warned us about the dangers of materialism. Matthew 6:19-20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

The joy of the Lord is our strength. 1 Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight of the faith". Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. There’s so much more to cover, but again I fear this is already too long. If you’ve read through it, I appreciate it. I hope you enjoyed it. Leave comments and your thoughts. I would love to hear your perspective. I’ll try and do a series on this. Part 4: economic warfare and the automation of society. I cannot but stress again the importance of 2 Corinthians 10:4 saying that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

May the Lord give you understanding, grace, mercy and peace be multiplied.