for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you
Simply put, the super power of fear is the power to blind. Here’s why.
It’s a given that it is easier to beat a blind enemy than one with 20/20 vision. Any military corps worth it’s salt knows that. Army’s around the world spend billions and work hard to use stealth to camouflage their movements or when that’s is not possible they will attempt to either blind their enemies or to render their radars or other detection equipments inoperable.
So Google was exposed yesterday by Project Veritas (Source) for programming a targeted leftist, specifically anti-Trump bias in their search algorithms. Why is this important? Here’s why:
In the 1930s, the Nazi party did a very similar thing, they took control of the media and shut out or silenced every voice of opposition, counter power and dissent. The consequences in hindsight were of course dire. Now the left might not have bad intentions, fair enough, I’m not American so who wins their elections is not much of my business (aside from obvious American global influence on everything from culture to economics).
The issue is not if you agree with or like Donald Trump and his government; It’s the ability to silence, discredit and manipulate information, concerning all opposition to a given viewpoint. It’s the issue of freedom of press and freedom of speech. The real issue here is ethics.
Evolution is interesting as a scientific concept: we came from a cell that assembled itself from multiple different elements which in turn developed into something more complex. From my very basic understanding of evolution, we started off as a mono cellular organism in the sea, went through several stages of the evolutionary process in an aquatic environment and then migrated to land going through a variety of monkey like stages before one day deciding it was time to stand on two legs and walk.
Simplistic, yes but that’s more or less my understanding of the concept. Anyhoo, I got to wondering if it were possible that my favourite cake could one day evolve in the same way out of random existing elements to become a fully formed black forest gateau!
The current moral or immoral revolution we are experiencing broke out in the sixties. It was the supposed liberation of repressed sexuality or morality into a more inclusive society that more or less made space for anyone to try anything they desired. Where the church had globally held moral authority for 2000 years, Jezebel showed her ugly head and started to corrupt society and put into place a short, medium and long term plan.
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We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. When we praise, Jesus sits in the gateway to the temple (He is seated in the praises of His people). If we take the analogy of a gateway ( metaphorically our mouths as life and death are at the power of the tongue) this is the place of authority and access but also the place where business is conducted, declarations are made, oaths are taken and generally where things are “administered”.
The gateway is also a vector of expression, it is the place where we are “seen in public” as it were, where what we are in private is seen by all. With us humans this can be verbal, musical, artistic, mathematical, intellectual expressions but also actions or movement, work ethic, excellence kindness, love, joy, encouragement etc. Any godly expression that humans are capable of can be used to demonstrate the character of the King and thus of His kingdom.
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Christ was never decapitated, he was crucified. His head was never separated from His body so can we justify loving His body less than His head?
God wants to draw the body together in a totally new way in the coming year, we need to be in love with each other in a passionate and profound way.
We cannot say “I love Jesus” and hate ANY part of His body.
The premise for fire is always sacrifice. I have often asked for the fire of God to fall but without understanding the need for a sacrifice to be “offered”. So the first question is; “what is sacrifice?”.
Sacrifice can take many forms, in the old testament it was an animal, grain, bread, oil, drink or money but whatever the sacrifice, it always cost something, it was never free. We see God reprimanding Israel for offering lame lambs or “damaged goods” that they would not dare offer their own human governors. So cost reflects the value that we place on something but also the value we place on the person we are making the offering to. Sacrificing to God is honouring Him for who he is.
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So, here we go. Why do we need to forgive? Why should we forgive someone who cheated, slandered, stole or wronged us in any one of a million different ways.
Often we did nothing to deserve it, it seems gratuitous from our perspective and may well be; so why should I, who was wronged, forgive the person who afflicted me with their messed up attitude to life?
Basically a choice has been given to us.
Every community has an authority or authorities, whether it be a family, a town, a church, a nation, a business or a sports club. Authorities have been put in place by God to be gateways, points of entry and exit if you will, to their respective communities.
Gateways protect entrances from unwanted or hostile influences and allow friendly or desired influences in. They also largely represent what comes out of a community to the outside world. Continue reading “Authority and gateways”
How are we to love the unlovable of society? It’s one thing to love a common criminal for example a thief or a brawler, but what about the worst of the worst? What about the ones, often judged to be worthy of death by many, such as the rapist, the “school shooters” or paedophile? Continue reading “Loving a monster”