Sollicite cura teipsum probabilem exhibere Deo, operarium inconfusibilem, recte tractantem verbum veritatis. (2 Timothy 2:15)
A San Diego Pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a county official and warned they will face escalating fines if they continue to hold Bible studies in their home, according to WorldNetDaily.
The couple, whose names are being withheld until a demand letter can be filed on their behalf, told their attorney a county government employee knocked on their door on Good Friday, asking a litany of questions about their Tuesday night Bible studies, which are attended by approximately 15 people.
The official reportedly asked: "Do you have a regular weekly meeting in your home? Do you sing? Do you say 'amen'?. Do you say, 'Praise the Lord'?".
The Pastor's wife answered yes.
She says she was then told, however, that she must stop holding "religious assemblies" until she and her husband obtain a Major Use Permit from the county, a permit that often involves traffic and environmental studies, compliance with parking and sidewalk regulations and costs that top tens of thousands of dollars.
And if they fail to pay for the MUP, the county official reportedly warned, the couple will be charged escalating fines.
Can this really happen in America?
The world is in deep trouble indeed.
Where should people go to practice their religious beliefs, in the privacy of their own homes, with a few of their friends?
Will the Churches in America now be forced underground?
"Vivus est enim Dei sermo et efficax et penetrabilior omni gladio ancipiti et pertingens usque ad divisionem animae ac spiritus, conpagum quoque et medullarum et discretor cogitationum et intentionum cordis", Hebrews 4:12.
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