I
wonder if Christians in America are like the men of Ai in the book of
Joshua. In so many blogs, we have decided that we can argue against
the adversary on their own terms, and still win. Their terms are that
they disregard the Bible. So we use things like Aristotelian logic to debate them. It should be remembered that they are
blasphemers. God has said “I am”, they say not so; God has said
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”, they
say not so; God has said that homosexuality is “abomination”,
they say not so. The danger is that our minds are conditioned to
disregard the POWER of God, and the word of God. The world says millions of years, and we
modify Genesis. The world has no fault divorce, the church is full of
divorce and remarriage. The world says try American dream 2.0, and
Christians have two income families. The world has Women's
liberation, the church gets lesbians in the pulpit.
Then
society falls apart, and we say “there ought to be a law”, we
need a manifesto, we follow the likes of Carl Rove into thinking
there's power in politics. We work hard and very carefully implement
Proposition 8 and DOMA, which are shot down by one puny wicked judge,
and a White House administration desperate to shore its base. It that
power?
Is_that_power??? Have we
run out of the fort after a ruse, an ambush, and left our loved ones
to perish?
We
need to seek first the Kingdom of God, then we will see HIS power. I've seen it in my life recently. We
need holiness in private. I gave up TV about 20 years ago, and I am
very blessed thereby. What good I got from it wasn't worth having it
around. Same with the internet, if you can't stop looking at porn,
get rid of the connection. Don't stare at women on the street, not
even for half a second. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to
you; take His word seriously. We need to fast and pray that the local
church will stop being led by the secular world. If it won't we need
to start one that will.
There
is some cool free software called theWord. Get it and do a word
search for “power”. To see all these verses together is amazing.
God has used the term many times, especially in the New testament.
God has a lot more to say about Him implementing the church than Him
implementing political structures. Sure, the powers that be are
ordained of Him, but He also said that as the rivers of water, he can
change the heart of the king. Could it be that if we focus on the One
that is power that He will change the political landscape?
I'm not abandoning all politics, just not putting the cart before the horse. I -am- beginning to doubt Libertarian ideas. Years ago I thought that either Christians outlaw wickedness, or wickedness will outlaw Christianity. They don't have to outlaw it in name or appearances, just the tenets. It's headed that way now. My change is that I'm not expecting to overcome wickedness with the political process.
