Christopher
Wray decides that the QAnon movement need not be investigated. [1]
He
still believes that the movement may sometimes inspire violent attacks and
admits that the identity of Q remains unknown but does not want to waste FBI
resources to discover the identity of Q.
The
QAnon movement has no desire to advance their cause through violence and
Contender’s Edge has personally interacted with enough QAnon adherents
frequently and has read enough of their posts and news items to know that they
are generally good people, many of them godly followers of Christ, who do not
want to see America plunged into darkness along with the rest of the
world. All they want is to keep America
a free society and under a Constitutional rule of law.
They
also want to see other nations have the same opportunity to embrace the
liberties that America was founded upon.
Contender’s Edge finds information and news they post to be of value and
worth investigating and also shares news and information regularly on Anon SM
platforms but it must be understood that Anon posts and commentaries are their
own opinions and are not necessarily shared by other Anons or the Contender’s
Edge blogsite.
It
also needs be understood that not everything done or said in the name of Q or
the QAnon movement is necessarily endorsed by Q or the movement. Any acts of violence done in the name of Q or
the movement rarely takes place those doing so are not representative of Q or
the movement as a whole as most adherents are relatively peaceful and seek to
advance their cause by peaceful and diplomatic means.
Contender’s
Edge has been very gracious to the Anons and the movement but has maintained a
neutral and objective stance on the Q plan itself and does not purpose to
either prove or disprove the Q plan, but if everything that Q and the Anons
post is a lie that can be easily discredited, then why is there such an effort
by anti-Christ forces to silence them?
Why
is big tech actively censoring them?
Why
are the Anons being branded as terrorists by the Mainstream Manure Pile?
Plan
or no plan, there is no doubt that there must be something to the movement
itself to pose such a threat to the spirit of the anti-Christ who is directing
the globalist forces. Perhaps that
spirit is not so threatened by what it presently is now as by what it could
potentially become; a force that could have a hand in bringing about the long
desired Great Awakening in our nation that the saints have longed for and an
instrument mightily used by Him who presently hinders the forces of evil until
He is taken out of the way (2 Thess. 2:7) at which point the epitome of all
evil will briefly have his turn until he is cast out of this world by the
returning King (Rev. 19-20) who will then establish His reign upon the earth to
set all things right.
It
would be nice if indeed there is a plan underway to restore Trump back to his
rightful place in the White House very soon and before 2024, but I am not one
to pin my hopes in that. Our hope must
be in a sure plan that will not fail but is destined for fulfillment and there
is such a plan being carried out since time immemorial for when God created the
universe, He knew that evil would arise from out of His creation. He knew that some of His creations would
rebel and exalt themselves against Him.
He knew that there would be those who would sin against Him and that all
evil and sin would have to face punishment, and that all who had sinned against
their Creator would be required to face judgment and yet He had in place a plan
for redemption, reconciliation, and restoration as well.
The
war between good and evil began in the Heavenly kingdom when a certain angel, a
Cherub to be exact, who was close to the throne of God, in his pride attempted
to make himself equal to God and as a consequence was cast from his position
and destined for eventual eternal damnation (Is. 14:12-21, Ezek. 28:12-19) along
with those angelic beings who sided with him against their Maker.
That
war was then taken to the rest of creation when this angel, called Lucifer or
Satan led mankind to sin against his Maker by causing him to eat from a certain
tree forbidden to him. (Gen. 2:16-17)
Before
sin entered into the world and with it death, there was perfect unity and
fellowship between man and his Creator and harmony between him and all of
nature but when Adam, that first man from whom we all descend ate of that fruit
forbidden to him, sin entered into him and was passed on to all of mankind and
with sin came death to all because all sin (Rom. 5:12) because death is the
consequence of all sin. (Rom. 6:23)
But
sin not only brought death to mankind because of Adam, but caused the entire
creation to be subject to a curse which has resulted in the suffering,
hardship, and decay that is presently within it (Rom. 8:19-22) and worst of
all, that serpent, whom we know today as Lucifer and more notably Satan or the
devil usurped dominion over the entire earth which is why he has claimed
lordship over the world (Mt. 4:8-9, Lk. 4:5-7) and is called the prince of this
world. (Jn. 12:31, 14:30, 16:11)
Before
Adam sinned, God had given him dominion over all of creation (Gen. 1:26-27) but
in his disobedience, the dominion given him was taken away by the adversary of
our souls who holds captive and leads to destruction as many as he possibly can
by blinding them to their fallen state.
Men
have been convinced to measure sin by way of outward performance and therefore
believe that if they are upright enough in their speech and behavior that they
might be able to redeem themselves from that corrupted state, and though man
has been given divine precepts and laws profitable for maintaining an ordered
life and which our foundational to a sound governance of society, they can
never cleanse the soul of sin because sin is more than just an act. It is the fallen condition of the nature of
man which produces wrong thinking, selfish motives, and shameful thoughts which
then bring forth bad behavior and wicked acts; all of which will be taken into
account on the day of judgment.
Every
sin, no matter how slight, will be punished without end and how terrifying of a
prospect that will be for anyone who should die in their sins and that no
amount of good works is enough to atone for even one because even when we
attempt to do good and live uprightly as we all should, because sin is ever
present within us, we all fall short of the glory of God, which is moral
perfection; (Rom. 3:23) a standard made impossible to meet due to sin living in
us.
We
may act charitably to one person and burn with envy and jealousy towards another,
embrace our spouse in the morning and have adulterous thoughts at night, praise
God in one breath and curse our neighbor in the next or else the other way
around. We may love one person and yet
have murderous hatred and contempt towards another, even for things not worthy
of death itself.
Only
by honestly examining our own selves from the inside out, do we find how it is
that we fail to attain the state of moral perfection required of us by our
Maker which is not only the most humbling experience that anyone can have but
it can also be the most frightening; humbling in the sense that when we examine
our own moral state, not just by our outwardly actions and speech, but even our
own thought and motives, we find that we are not truly as good and upright as
we might think ourselves to be and frightening in the sense that a day is
coming when we must all stand before the God who gave us life and give an
account for all that we have done by whom we will be judged not only by the
outward performance of our lives but even by our inward being including the
nature of every thought and every attitude of the heart.
We
may be told to not murder, to not commit adultery, to not lie, and to not
covet, but even one murderous, lustful, and adulterous thought is enough to
condemn a man to the fiery torments and darkness Hell for all eternity. Even one lie, no matter how insignificant, or
one jealous or envious thought will prevent you from entering the Kingdom of
Heaven because God in His perfect goodness cannot allow even the smallest of
sins to go unpunished because even small sins eventually lead to greater sins
because if He did, then He could no longer be good, nor holy because He would
then be enabling sin and evil instead of opposing and stopping it.
But
our Maker is not just a God of justice but He is a God of love and mercy
desires nothing more than to show mercy to us and to take away our sins, not
willing that any should perish in their sins (2 Pet. 3:9) but that all would
come to repentance and be saved out of our sins which is why He has provided us
redemption in Christ Jesus who is without sin (2 Cor. 5:21, Heb. 4:15) and because He is without sin, He
was able to make Himself that perfect and acceptable sacrifice on our behalf
through His death and resurrection. In
Christ Jesus was the demanded penalty for sin satisfied on our behalf and
forgiveness of sins made possible for anyone who will but call upon the name of
Jesus to be saved, trusting in Him alone for their salvation, and believing
also that He died and rose again for our redemption. (Rom. 10:12)
Just
as sin estranges us from our Maker, so the blood of Christ which cleanses the
soul of all iniquity reconciles us to Him, and just as sin subjected our bodies
to death, so one day our bodies will be changed from that which is corruptible
and subject to death to that which is incorruptible and liberated from death (1
Cor. 15:51-55, 1 Thess. 4:13-18) and just as sin subjected the entire creation
to a curse of suffering, misery, and hardship, so then one day we shall see a
new creation in which there is no curse for in it will dwell no sin and death
will have no place. (Rev. 21-22)
But
as the time grows closer, so that wicked spirit called Satan, being that enemy
of God and the epitome of all evil, will continue to fight all the more to hold
lost souls captive and to turn as many hearts as possible away from Christ who
offers, mercy, redemption, forgiveness, unfailing hope, and a sense of meaning
and purpose where once there was none, and he will, with every means at his
disposal, do all that he can to render they who have already given themselves
to Christ inept for Kingdom service by his various temptations, lies, deceits,
diversions, devices of fear, doubt, and manipulation, and diverse persecutions.
But
his defeat, no matter how relentlessly and fiercely he may resist it, has been
made certain by the redemption of our very souls made possible by the death and
resurrection of our Lord Jesus.
Therefore,
let us place our hope, not in things that are uncertain and subject to failure,
nor in a plan that may or may not be, but in that which is not subject to
failure and is certain and while there is much that can and must be done to
hinder, frustrate, and even turn back the tide of evil, it is Christ alone who
will bring the final victory.
Because
victory over all evil is certain, we should live as victors and not as those
defeated because we who are in Christ have the victory even when we appear
defeated. We should not be afraid of
what man can do to us but we should fear above all else the God before whom we
will stand and whose reward will be with Him.
Man
may hate us, discriminate against us, reject us, shun us, ridicule and mock our
faith, revile us and falsely accuse us, rob us of our possessions and
livelihoods, and inflict upon us various forms of violence and punishments that
go even unto death for our faith, but what he cannot do is kill our souls or
separate us from the love of God but God is able to take away as He is able to
give and He alone is able to cast both body and soul into Hell and yet also
able to grant honors greater than any man could ever possibly give.
It
is not the persecutions that will defeat us, but it is when we fear man above
God, favor the honor of men above that of God, and become consumed by the cares
and pleasures of this world instead of seeking first the things of Heaven that
we suffer defeat.
But
when we retain an unmovable faith and steadfast courage in the face of evil and
adversity, keep our minds and hearts focused on the world to come instead of
the temporal things of earth, commit ourselves to doing that which is pleasing,
good, and right in the sight of our Lord and King instead of those things that
are sinful and wicked in His sight, conform our minds to the teachings and
doctrine of our faith rather than the doctrines, philosophies, and counsels of
this dark world, appeal to the authority and power of God instead of the
authority of men, and look to Christ as our perfect example rather than
imperfect men, no matter how insightful, influential, wise, knowledgeable, and
powerful they may seem, it is then we have victory even when it appears that we
do not. The victories of the wicked are
but temporary in comparison to the victory that we have in Christ which is an
eternal one.
This
present world in which we live with all its death and evil is not the world
that God created
but
is a product and consequence of man’s disobedience towards his Maker and if we
hope to be able to overcome the powers of darkness and be a fitting light in a
the midst of dark places, we must first deal with the darkness that resides in
each and every one of us. Only when we
deal with the darkness that dwells within us will we have any hope of being
able to effectively combat and battle the darkness without, but not in our own
strength or in the power of any political party or grassroots movement, but in
the power of the God who is able to redeem those who will call upon His name
for the forgiveness of sins.
Let
us all make sure that we are on the side of eternal victory. If you are not sure whether or not you are on
the side of eternal victory, I would encourage you this day to examine yourself
before the God of victory and if you find yourself falling short of His glory,
and we all do, and want to be sure that you are in right standing before your
Creator, then I would urge you today, to repent of your sins and turn to Christ
for your salvation so that you may be a partaker in His everlasting victory
because apart from Him, there will be nothing more than everlasting shame.
Choose
this day repentance in Christ which will lead to the redemption of your soul
through the forgiveness of sins which then will make you able to share in the
everlasting victory and become part of the new and better world to come.
If
you would like to ask Jesus into your heart to be your Savior and Lord and to
save you from out of your sins, here is an example of what to pray if you are
not sure of what to pray:
"Lord
Jesus I need you.
I realize that I am a sinner
who
has fallen short of the glory of God
and
that my goodness falls short
of
your standard of moral perfection.
Please
forgive me of all of my sins.
Come
into my heart and into my life
to
be the Savior and Lord of my life.
Make
me into the servant and follower
that
you want me to be.
In
your name Lord Jesus, I pray.
Amen."
Know
that God is not concerned with the words that you use to call upon Him
forgiveness, but with the attitude of your heart and if you have, with all
sincerity, have asked Christ to forgive you of your sins, placing your trust in
Him only for your salvation and in nothing else, then your sins are forgiven
and your place in Heaven is certain.
End
notes:
1. Mark Meghan, “FBI Director Christopher Wray
Decides There Doesn’t Need to Be an Investigation,” Patriot United News, April
18, 2021
Scripture
references:
1. 2 Thessalonians 2:7
2. Revelation 19-20
3. Isaiah 14:12-21
4. Ezekiel 28:12-19
5. Genesis 2:16-17
6. Romans 5:12
7. Romans 6:23
8. Romans 8:19-22
9. Matthew 4:8-9
10. Luke 4:5-7
12. John 12:31
13.
John 14:30
14. John 16:11
15. Genesis 1:26-27
16. Romans 3:23
17. 2 Peter 3:9
18. Romans 10:12
19. 2 Corinthians 5;21
20. Hebrews 4:15
21. 1 Corinthians 15:51-55
22. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
23. Revelation 21-22
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