The devil is often in the details when it comes to a centralized governing policy.
Lest Satan should take advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices ( II Corinthians 2:11 NKJV ) Being the chief proponent of the fall of men, Satan, ( the archangel Lucifer ) having access today to even more sophisticated forms of ” false light ” has nonetheless the same unchanging goal through which he seeks to confuse, mislead, and control humanity. And because of an increase in amoralistic behavior in this age this nonbelieving world thus offers him and his hosts even greater places to hide and operate ; whereas we as christian believers need to be ever more vigilant and discerning as the methods of the deceiver(s) grows ever more proficient.
” Goodness “, and or that which seems generally right, is such a powerfull selling point for anyone trying to further their own agenda. Though even in the gospel of Matthew ( chapter 19 ), Christ, having been referred to as ” Good Master “, declines such a title replying that only God is good. Today, someone trying to convince us of their good intentions apart from” them ” having a notable personal yieldedness ( humility ) to God should cause us to question their motives as well as the things they advocate as being in our best interest, whether that be a preacher promoting spiritual obedience and dependency through lawful scriptural interpretation, or elitest politicians seeking to control the masses through central governing plans. For however imperfect it can potentially be in allowing people with values the right to exercise their free will it is nothing compared to the oppression souls can experience once they have forfeited their God given freedoms both spiritually and physically on behalf of dead religion and or innefficient secular bureaucracies.
From the perspective of the lawfully controlling pulpit the tendency is to believe that the concrete definition that religious law offers can be the prevention all christians need to live an obedient righteous life. Yet such a mindset only succeeds in causing one to believe that the building up of the church consists more of a dependency on knowing what it lacks rather than what it has victoriously already become in the eyes of God ( positional truth ). Obviously it is healthy to teach the body of Christ the full counsel of Gods word provided that they understand primarily that it is by grace through faith that they can grow in the knowledge of the victorious freedom that Christ attained on their behalf as opposed to attempting to live out religious law through earthly works.
On the other hand when politicians make overtures towards making our lifes better we must be wary of once again having little or no choice but to hitch our wagons to their all to often overbearing fractured ideas. For any governments desire to intervene in the lifes of their citzenry beyond that which the average citizen would consider acceptable in intervening in their neighbors life for example ( let alone in the lifes of perfect strangers ) is less a cause for good and more of a case of the so-called chosen few ( nonbelievers ? ) claiming to know whats best for the many. And for the Adam life exercising control becomes all to often an irresistable soulish stimulative need that is a result of the emptiness of the fall along with the self gratification that one seeks from it in distracting them from the fallen natures ever present existence.
In Numbers 13 the Lord tells Moses to send twelve men to spy out the land of Canaan which he purposes to give to the children of Israel. After forty days the men report back to Moses that indeed the land flows with milk and honey though with the exception of Joshua and Caleb all the other men voice their grave doubts as to Israels ability to overcome the people living there. Now if one were to survey the landscape of our worlds political and spiritual situation it would not be hard to react like those ten spies returning from their mission from Canaan. Though as believers in Christ we must mindfully internalize that much like the land of Canaan which the Lord gave to Israel so to has that same God in Christ given us a victorious faith by which we can move mountains. Spiritual and otherwise.
O.N.RIDER is seminary educated and living in Baltimore MD
Personal encouragement: Read more books rather than watching to much television !
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My reading of Constantine’s Sword: A History of the Church and the Jews- was a remarkable return of mine to reading instead of TV, even radio for that matter. I’ll revisit your site. It’s a calm site.