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A New Kind of Morality?

Very few politicians are morally pure.

OK. None of them are.

And, while we’re at it, neither are any of us.

Every single one of us is described by the following verse:

“For there is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20)

A sobering thought.

So, what’s the point?

That it is very hypocritical for the cultural, political, and religious Left to claim to have some special corner on morality.

Or that the politicians they support have greater moral character than anyone on the Right – that they hate. And whom they reject on supposedly “moral” grounds. 

That is simply laughable. And even tragically naive on their part.  

But the Left does this consistently. As it runs headlong into increasingly immoral positions in virtually every cultural and political area. 

Unless . . .UNLESS . . .  they have decided to redefine what “morality” actually is.

In other words, they use the same words that the vast majority of people use. But their own definitions of those words are entirely different. 

Conclusion: It’s not your dad’s dictionary anymore. 

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Deconstructing America for the New “gods”

 

About half of the United States population is being moved towards violence or aggravated activism over the “truth” that the mainstream media keeps telling them.

Even very normal, Christian men and women are angered by the reports they are getting from all kinds of supposedly “independent” sources. Which is due to the lack of discernment that Christians often refuse to apply to their selection of the news.

They tend to consume it pretty much as the popular culture does.

Which is 95% Left and progressively biased. Which isn’t really debatable. They don’t even pretend to be otherwise anymore. 

What we are witnessing is a tutorial on how to manipulate the public mind through a massive dump of opinions masquerading as journalism. By overwhelming people with supposedly objective facts. 

Again, as I’ve said in previous posts, if 95 out of 100 sources tell you something is true, then most people lazily assume the truthfulness of those reports. Because modern people love numbers. They love the majority. They do not want to be in a fringe group.

Nor to ever appear to be in some fringe group. 

So, they choose to trust the mainstream sources.

And, as far as most people go, they generally don’t want their beliefs to cost them anything in their friendships, families, jobs, associations, or fellowships. As with their local church or school or job.

Everyone wants to be accepted and to get along. 

And that is the problem.

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Reality by Consensus

Most people today are trusting in what is generally accepted. Not what is assuredly true.

Like what the doctors say. What the scientists say. What their professors say. What their favorite authors say. What their favorite actors say. What their favorite social media people say. What their favorite news sources say.

Or what their pastors say.

In other words, they look to these groups or “authorities” to get the common or the conventional wisdom of the day.

And most people look to the positions and pontifications coming from the many institutions of higher learning across the country. What they say. What they declare is true.

But why?

What Really is it about these institutions that gives them such weight in our world and our culture?

By what authority do they really speak? What is the real foundation upon which they stand?

Some consider asking such questions to be ridiculous.

Because much of the world believes that those who have a degree or two or three are smarter and wiser and more aware of what reality is than the rest of us less-educated folk.

And, therefore, the more highly-educated are given that authority.

The authority to tell the rest of us what is actually true.

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“Truth” Created by Popular Consent

Most people do not delve deeply into the events of the world. They are too busy.

Or they just trust select sources to give them what the truth is. To tell them what is happening.

And what to think.

Others delve more deeply. They may care more and want to be sure of what is true.

Yet, they make the same mistakes as the first group. They trust a limited group of sources to tell them what is happening.

And what to believe.

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Theological Lessons from Monkey Island

If you observe those who reject the Bible, they often assume an “intellectual” posture while pretending to be smarter than the Bible believer.

In other words, they presume to stand on a position of authority high above that of those who believe in the literal record of the scriptures.

Whatever type or level of education they hold to is set forth as their basis of truth and their proof of intellectual superiority. Generally, because they have completed some course of study after which they were issued a certificate or title or plaque declaring how smart they are.

And therefore, they are superior to others. Superior in the form of science, technical training, formal education, degrees, status, or some selected facts they have memorized and regurgitated to please their college professors. Based upon the philosophical and religious biases of their professors and universities.

This presumption of intellectual and philosophical superiority accounts for much of biblical denial.

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We are Each Accountable for Our Choice

A simple question.

What is your Authority?

In other words, what is the reason, foundation, source for your spiritual choices?

For example, the atheist denies the existence of God. And, consequently, denies that he has any sin. Or has done any sin. And has nothing to confess.

In fact, he doesn’t even believe there is anyone he has to confess to!

He does this based upon whatever authority he has chosen to follow.

Every person that has ever lived has chosen some authority to follow. To believe in.

We each must choose. There is no escaping this reality.

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Recalling a Nightmare

A couple weeks ago, I had a very intense dream.

I was living in a city where everyone was crushed under a totalitarian system. No dissent or unapproved thoughts were allowed. It was a very frightening and stifling world.

I especially remember my mental state during it all. Including the person I was hiding with who was under great bondage in her mind. She would not dare to discuss anything. For fear that she would do something wrong. Or to even think something wrong.

I remember being on a wide street with many lanes going each way. But without any traffic anywhere.

When suddenly, at the far end of the street, some huge tank-like vehicles drove by from a side street. As they did so, they fired disk-like energy bolts. Like huge thin saucers that flew down the street toward us. Maybe 3 or 4 at a time.

They would rise and fall and change direction as if searching for a victim. And when a person was impacted by one of these bolts, he would be immediately vaporized. Both me and another person were able to duck behind a building just in time to avoid being detected.

And that’s when I woke up. With great relief.

And then I realized that I could have been praying all along.

That prayer was the solution to the problem in my dream. This was how I could go to the Lord and not simply be as any other fleeing person, imprisoned in his own mind.

If I had done that, I would have been free to think and pray and not suffer the fear of bondage.

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Who Do You Pray To?

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What are people into today?

A short list includes Tarot, general “Meditation”, Spiritual Disciplines, Walking Labyrinths, Consulting Psychics, searching inwardly for one’s “higher power”, looking for a “spirit guide”, or engaging in some trendy Contemplative Spirituality technique.

Which even the Evangelicals are wanting to try out today.

Or maybe they’re praying to Mary, to “the saints”, to angels, or to whomever. Or maybe just praying to some other “dead guy”. Who, supposedly, is able to help them in this life and the next.

Instead of praying directly to and exclusively to Jesus Christ.

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” (I Timothy 2:5)

To pray to or seek help from someone other than the Lord Jesus is an incredibly great error.

Which is often the result of believing in some neutral spiritual world? As if there are only benign and good “spirits” out there. That only want to do good things for us.

However, Satan and his evil spirits continually watch and move around seeking whom they may deceive, oppress, possess, or devour. Even attacking those who call themselves “Christian”.

What this all adds up to is that most people today are basically serving themselves up as a full-course meal for whatever demonic entity has been sizing them up.

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (I Peter 5:8)

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Specific Biblical Words Lead to a Specific Faith

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The specific words in the Bible and their specific meanings are absolutely critical to Salvation and to the life of faith that follows.

But this doesn’t seem to be a big concern for those Christians who tries to gauge the quality of their lives based upon their works, their performance, or their outward displays of “love”. Words just don’t carry as much weight in such lives.

In other words, a person can live a very “acceptable” life in the Evangelical church today. Acceptably moral, acceptably involved, acceptably generous, and acceptably loving.

And, at the same time, hold spiritual truth very loosely when it comes to doctrine and creeds.

So that, it is not uncommon today for a believer to profess a very generalized and vague faith in Who Jesus Christ is and What His salvation is really all about.

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