John F. Kennedy was President on the day I was born. He was in his seventh month serving as President of the United States when I entered this world. In my lifetime Twelve men have served this nation as President of the United States: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, Trump, and Biden. Of course, the legitimacy of the last election has come into question shedding the light of cynicism on every election since my birth. The continuing conflict surrounding the Trump versus Biden election has poisoned society with the toxic information war that fuels the fire of political battle. The result is a society that is conflicted. We are a society suffering turmoil by means of a pandemic, masking requirements, experimental injections, media bias, mainstream propaganda, and political deception. The political cynicism against the government and our political processes is not delusional. It is well-founded.
Governments are great institutions of God making them vitally important in the everyday function of societies. Yet, there is a problem with the governments of this world. Humans run them. Humans are imperfect creatures and are by nature corrupt beings. It has been said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This sentiment is true concerning humans, but it is extremely distant from God.
Humans are the creatures and God is the creator. Humans are corrupt and God is incorruptible. The holiness of God is well established in the divine revelation of God. ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come”, proclaimed the heavenly host in Revelation 4:8. Holy indeed is our God. Our God is Holy and righteous, and evil does not prevail against him. Lies, deception, mind manipulation, and psychological warfare do not affect Him. He is God, the creator, and the redeemer. “Thus says the Lord, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself; That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and make diviners mad; that turn wise men backward, and make their knowledge foolish; That confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers…” – Isaiah 44: 24-26.
This is the God we serve. This is the God that rules over the United Nations, all the nations of this world, the bankers, the politicians, the health departments, and the local school boards. This is the God that will make all of us accountable for our actions and redeem those of us who repent of our sins and trust in the one true redeemer, Jesus Christ.
When we focus on the circumstances of our lives and the ills of society, we become anxious and irritable. We gain a sense of urgency to rebuke our enemies and correct the deceivers. We fight battles on social media as if the entire structure of society depended upon us. We verbally slay our enemies with insults and the sharpened edge of facts and then proclaim our victory over them and lament their lack of understanding and even their sinister evil intents. We view ourselves as the heroic saviors of our culture and our society. All of this strife and conflict only serves to increase our stress and anxiety. We accomplish nothing.
Evil is present in our world. Lies and deception are tools of the ungodly. They should never be tools of followers of Christ. Our faith is in God. Our faith is not in ourselves. Therefore, our focus should not be battling the fleshly weapon of unrighteousness with the fleshly weapon of self-righteousness. Rather than battling evil in our strength, we must stand with Moses who stretched out his hand over the sea and God parted the waters. We heed the words spoken by God through the Psalmist, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” – Psalm 46:10-11.
God gave us the ability to fight our enemies by prayer and the bold proclamation of the Word of God. We cannot prevail through our own words. We can only prevail by the proclamation of God’s Word; “For the Word of God is quick (alive) and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart.” – Hebrews 4:12.
We must always remember that we also were once enemies of God, but now through the grace and mercy of God, we are counted among God’s elect. Our current enemies may one day be our future brethren. Therefore, it is our purpose and our duty to go forth as instructed in the Great Commission and teach all nations the truth of God, the gospel of Christ and the true doctrines of the faith.
By Jeff “The Brain” Claiborne
Staff Writer
The Vortex Apologetic
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