Office of Person Feature Article A person commits the offense of failure to carry a license if the person . . . (ORS 807.570) A person commits the offense of failure to register a vehicle if the person . . . (ORS 803.300) A person commits the offense of driving uninsured if the person . . . (ORS 806.010)      Only "persons" commit these State-created crimes. How does someone become a "person" and subject to State statutes? You become a State-generated "person" by taking up residency with the State and stepping into the office of "person." You have to hold an office within their government in order for them to regulate you. First comes the office, then comes the control.      The most common office held in the State is the office of "person." It is an office most people fill without even knowing it. The State generated this office as a way to control people. They can't control you just because you're a human being. God beat them to it. God created you and by right of creation, He controls you. The way the State gets around God's control is by creating an office, such as "person," and then claiming that you are filling that office.      It is the nature of law, that what one creates, one controls. Law is the force that binds a creature to its creator. God created us and we are subject to His laws, whether or not we acknowledge Him as our Creator. Scripture tells us there is only one Lawgiver and Judge (James 4:12). But legislators, in mischief, think that they can play God and make laws, too. They create whole bodies of laws - motor vehicle code, building code, compulsory education laws. And then they create supporting institutions to administer these regulations. Within these organizations are hundreds of State-generated offices from janitor to governor. But these organizations can't function properly because they need subjects to regulate. The legislature obtains these subjects by creating an office that nobody even realizes is a State office. They create the office of "person."      Through the State-generated office of "person," the State gains its authority to regulate, control and judge you. What they've done is apply the principle, "what one creates, one controls." The State creates the offices of police officer, prosecutor, judge and, the most popular office of all, "person." Anyone filling one of these offices is subject to regulation by their creator, the State.      A look at Webster's dictionary reveals the origin of the word, "person." It literally means "the mask an actor wears."      The legislature creates the office of "person" which is a mask. They don't create real people, only God can do that. But they create the office of "person," which is a mask, and then they persuade a flesh and blood human being to put on the mask. Now the legislature controls the mask and the actor behind the mask. Resident = Office Holder      All State residents hold an office in the State government. Not everyone who is a resident holds the office of "person." Some residents hold the office of judge. Some residents are police officers. Some are administrators. The reason all State residents hold an office is so the State can control everything. It wants to create every single office so that all areas of life are under the control of the State. Each office has prescribed duties and responsibilities. And all these offices are regulated by the State.      "Person" is a subset of resident. Judge is a subset of resident. Legislator and police officer are subsets of resident. If you hold any office in the State, you are a resident and subject to legislative decrees.      Yes, they are always ready to say we are free men. But they never tell us that the offices are not free. They say, "all men are free." That is a true statement. What they don't say is that holding a State office brings free men into slavery to the State. They are ever ready to bring us into the office of "person," and once we are filling that office, we cease to be free men. We are regulated creatures, created by the legislature. We hear about "free men" all the time, but we never hear about "free persons." Ambassadors not subject to State charges      If you build your house on an office created by men, it will be built on sand. The office is changed and manipulated to conform to the whims of man. When you hold the office of "person" created by the legislature, your office isn't fixed. Your duties and responsibilities are ever changing. Each legislative session binds a "person" to more burdens and requirements.      To establish a proper foundation, you want to hold an office that is built upon Christ, our Rock. In the office of ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ, your office is fixed. You know what Jesus Christ expects from you. Christ doesn't change that office. The requirement is simple, live in righteousness. Love God and do to others what you would like done to you. Because that office is unchanging, the foundation is like a rock and the burdens are light.      When you are pulled over by the police, roll down your window, reach out your hand and say, "Peace to you. You are speaking to the office of ambassador of Jesus Christ for the nation of Heaven. What can I do to help you?"      Now the office of policeman is talking to the office of ambassador of Jesus Christ. We know the police officer cannot cite an officer of the nation of Heaven because the State can only regulate what they create. And the State doesn't create offices for Heaven. It's important to lay the foundation, right from the start. Let the officer know you represent the nation of Heaven. Remain in the office of ambassador. Do not leave it. Do not be persuaded to put on the mask of "person."      Why aren't we subject to the State's charges? Because of the concept of office. The State is prosecuting a particular office known as "person." If you are not holding the State-generated office of "person," State statutes do not apply. For the State to control someone, they have to create the office. Then they must find a warm-blooded creature to fill that office. They want us to fill that role.      There are many ways we can accept the role of "person." One is by receiving State benefits. Another is by asking permission from the State. One of the subtlest ways of accepting the role of "person," is to answer the questions of bureaucrats. When a State bureaucrat knocks on your door and wants to know why your children aren't registered in school, or a police officer pulls you over and starts asking questions, you fill the office of "person" if you start answering their questions.      No, we are not a "person." When we confess our ambassadorship and they haul us to court anyway, our response to the judge is simple: I have no need to answer you in this matter. It is none of your business whether I understand my rights or whether I understand your charges. And it is none of your business whether I want counsel. The reason it is none of your business is because I am not one being regulated by the State. I do not hold a position or office where I am amenable to the legislature. The legislature does not dictate what I do. As an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ, I am in an office created by Heaven and am answerable to God. God created my office. Therefore, I am to render back to God that which is His.      No matter what happens, if we remain faithful to our office, Christ will be glorified. The judge knows that as long as he remains in his office, he is backed by the whole power of the State, its lawyers, police and prisons. It is the same for an ambassador of Jesus Christ. As long as we do not depart from Christ's office, all the authority, power, and might of Heaven stands behind us.      The State did not create the office of ambassador for the nation of Heaven. Therefore, they do not regulate and control those in that office. They cannot ascribe penalties for breach of that particular office. The reason they have no authority over the office is because they didn't create it.      Today, we need to remember the office that God has created for us, conform our lives to that office, and confess our office before men. When challenged, simply remind them that they do not regulate an office of God and that their statutes only apply to those in State-created offices.