Steven Sego is not your run-of-the-mill author; he is not a scholar with a wall of degrees, nor is he a politician draped in rhetoric. He is a man who survived, a builder, a father, but most importantly, a man of faith who has walked through both earthly courts and spiritual warfare with one message: the truth must be spoken, and freedom must be defended, both constitutional and divine.
Steven Sego brought together decades of both lived experience and theological study and legal battles to lay down the gauntlet against what he calls one of the most crafty instruments of government control, the Internal Revenue Service. However, more than political critique, the book is a testament to a life of loss, hardship, awakening, and a burning desire to leave behind a map for his children and for anyone seeking the truth.
A Life Forged by Fire and Faith
Born the thirteenth of fourteen children in Alamosa, Colorado, Steven Sego grew up in the rugged terrain of northwestern Montana and the Idaho panhandle. Raised by a single father after his parents’ divorce, Steven had strong ideas interspersed with firm principles about hard work, responsibility, and the faith. By the great age of eight, Steven was milking cows, chopping wood, and carrying water from the creek to his family home with no electricity and no plumbing. “We didn’t complain,” he recalls. “It was our way of life, and it made us strong.“
Not even fountains of blossoming pastures in the vast landscape could have been greater than the mountains in shaping him. A tragic loss to his life was the accidental passing of his younger brother Michael, which served as the spiritual catalyst awakening his search for answers. “I turned to God more,” he explains. “I needed to know the whys, hows, and whens of what God is doing.” This hunger for knowledge became the bedrock of his life mission.
In 1977, Steven was assigned for a two-year mission to Hong Kong; he learned Cantonese, preaching the gospel to an average people living under British rule. There, he says he learned that all people are equal before God.
“God is not prejudiced. All people are worth saving,” he writes.
IRS, Courts, and Calling
Steven’s war with the IRS began in earnest in the early 90s. The questions that started with taxation suddenly, in his eyes, showed a deeper and darker design-an architecture to ensnare the unsuspecting with fear, silence, and legal maneuvering. But it was not just a hunch-it was lived.
He refused to file the usual 1040. Subsequently, audits, threats, lawsuits, and even attempts to seize his home followed. Fighting back, he studied the Constitution and scripture with equal dedication.
The IRS investigators grew embarrassed and even went to the extent of suing him. “Knowledge is power,” he insists, “but it must be true knowledge-that is, knowledge based on God’s law.“
His wife stood by him through this while the IRS tried to break them. “They issued levy notices without complete documents, tried to solicit jurisdiction over our property, and attempted to intimidate my wife into submission,” Steven history. But they stood their ground. That resistance, combined with divine intervention, became the very foundation of To Hell, With the IRS!.
A Sovereign’s Must-Have Defense Bible
Sego describes this book as far more than just a memoir or a legal manual. “This is the Sovereign’s must-have defense Bible,” he explains. And it is structured as such-simple and direct, with images, documents, and biblical parallels. “I have placed at least 25 images of proof in the revised edition,” Sego said. “Should the reader remain in disbelief, the Spirit must work upon their heart, that they may not deny the truth.”
The spiritual depth is what makes this book unique among books very often produced in the anti-IRS genre. Steven ties every legal challenge back to scripture. He reflects on the conversation between Christ and Peter about tribute, pointing out the distinction Jesus made between the “stranger” and the “children.” According to Steven, Americans under a divinely inspired Constitution are children and not strangers. Then he gives the scripture: “Then are the children free.”
The book also provides practical descriptions of how the IRS uses language, silence, and legal trickery to bend taxpayers to its will. He cautions against false forms, jurisdictional traps, and scare tactics. But again, the message is back to faith: “We must look the devil in the eye, and he will flee from us.“
The Pain That Became Purpose
Steven’s calling did exactly that to set in motion events that culminated in him having a brain aneurysm in 2010, narrowly escaping death.
He remained unconscious for a period of 16 days in a hospital in Seattle, with two steel staples holding his head together and a drain tube attached.
Doctors predicted he would probably not pull through. But when he awoke, his wife protected him from what she feared would turn into a medical experiment.
“I was expected to die,” says Steven. “But I woke up, and I knew I was not done.” But, until the writing was finished, his wife saw no certainty of it. The book is a result of this second chance.
Final Word: “Don’t Waste Your Privilege”
At the heart of Sego’spring work is a profound simplicity: governments do not bestow freedom; rather, it belongs to us by God’s grant. Sego has come to heighten America-the constitutional and divine-from legal battles, personal losses, or spiritual realities
“If we ever fail to act when we are the truth,” he says, “we become slothful servants. And I refuse to be.“
His book, just like his life, advocates waking up, standing up, and speaking out. “We are here for just a snap of a finger compared to eternity,” he writes. “Let’s not waste our privilege.“
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