According to a Big League Politics news item, nearly half of registered anti-Christ party followers support civic punishment, including fines and incarceration for those who criticize COVID 19 vaccines and forcing the unvaccinated to live in segregated housing as a consequence for refusing to get vaccinated. [1]
Those same people in favor of punishing those who would criticize COVID vaccines are also in favor of punishing those who would live in accordance to the dictates of their own conscience and principles and who would express dissent from the favored narratives regarding any given subject matter.
The demands of anti-Christ party members for the punishment of anyone who challenges, defies, or even so much as questions favored narratives of these wicked people will not stop with COVID or the vaccines.
They will also go on to demand the punishment of those who refuse to conform to their respective ideology concerning other matters such as the economy, immigration, education, moral and theological matters, and so forth.
If the narratives they cling to were founded in truth and fact, then why the need to silence and punish those who hold to a dissenting position? Why not let the credibility of their dissenting positions simply stand or fall on their own merits? That just doesn’t make any sense unless we delve into the spiritual aspect behind the COVID controversy as well as other matters known for stirring up controversy.
A spirit of truth need not be threatened by lies and falsehood. It has the moral and divine duty to expose, challenge, rebuke, and discredit every lie and falsehood that is found and wherever they may be found, but it need not silence the propagators of those lies and falsehoods because that spirit of truth is confident that those things which are built upon lies will fall on their own when those lies upon which they were built are discredited in the hearts and minds of the people who have been deceived thereby.
But a spirit of lies not only rejects that which is truth and factual, but will deceive as many as it can into rejecting truth and embracing lies, deceit, and falsehood, and furthermore, will demand the suppression of anything that might dispel the weave of falsehood that it has crafted in the minds, hearts, and souls, in those it has deceived.
It is that spirit of lies who calls for the persecution of they who would serve and align themselves with a spirit of truth. It is that spirit of lies who establishes and is at work within the brutal and oppressive governments of the world, leading them to ruthlessly crush every voice that challenges the falsehoods that they routinely propagate and that same spirit of lies responsible for the establishment of cruel and wicked governing systems such as Sharia law in the nations under Islamic rule, the few remaining communist regimes in existence, and which is leading representative governing powers to assault those freedoms that guard the right of their respective citizens to hold to and preach anything at odds with the preferred narratives and to live in accordance to the dictates of their own personal convictions has also been at work within our academic institutions which routinely punish students and teachers who refuse to adhere to the abundance of falsehoods being imposed by the powers that be over these institutions, and within the mainstream manure pile and the denizens of mainstream social media to suppress and hide anything that might expose and discredit the lies coming forth from that spirit of falsehood which is also inspiring our entertainment to affirm and celebrate those very lies that are being taught within academia, broadcasted by the mainstream manure pile, and then passed into law by our governing authorities.
And what is worse, they who are supposed to be servants of that spirit and voice of truth and who are supposed to be serving as the spiritual and moral conscience of our society have either remained silent or have been deceived themselves.
There is an age-long war between the spirit of lies and the spirit of truth for the hearts, minds, and souls of men which are manifested in the ideological warfare on innumerable fronts in our nation and throughout the world and the spirit of lies is ever at work withholding and suppressing anything that might undo its elaborate and clever deceptions within the hearts and minds of the souls it has taken captive and lead them out of that captivity to embrace that spirit of truth who is the sole creator of our reality making Him the soul definer of what is truth because He alone is the source of truth (Jn. 14.6) and what makes Him the source of all truth is that He is also the source of all life, whose hand can be seen at work in the affairs of men and in guiding the course of history; creation itself also testifying of His existence and in such a way so as to leave men without excuse (Rom. 1:20) but to which that dark spirit of lies has blinded and continues to blind those whom he holds captive lest the truth of the Creator, who alone defines right and wrong, good and evil, and light and darkness, be made plain for them to see and they reject the lies of this present world over which that spirit of lies holds sway and turn to their Maker who is able to set them free from the misery, darkness, and despair of that wicked spirit who has deceived them and lured them into bondage.
They who are on the side of lies are not content with just rejecting the truth of the God who made the heavens, the earth, and everything therein for themselves. They are not content with just merely changing the channel on their television, or turning the dial on their radio, or clicking the cursor on their computer. They are not merely content with just muting, blocking, and deleting on the social media platforms. They want to do everything they can to silence those who speak the truth that undoes the lies that they hold to and take part in propagating because they are under the influence and even in the service of that wicked one who has, even before the creation of this universe, been at enmity and at war against the very God who rules from Heaven and by His Word, spoke all things into being, and who offered Himself up to redeem mankind from his fallen and inherently corruptible state by taking upon Himself the demanded penalty for all the sins of men by submitting Himself to a death sentence, rose again from the grave that our faith in Him would be justified, and will one day return to set up a Kingdom greater and better than any devised by man; one that is perfect and in which only His righteousness will reign and in which no evil thing will have any place after this evil spirit of lies who presently claims lordship over the kingdoms and nations of the earth.
This age long war for the souls of men began when this wicked spirit, known as Lucifer, who had once held a position at the throne of God was lifted up in pride. He thought to make himself equal with God who does not share power or worship with anyone and it was in that day that this age-long war between God and Lucifer, who has become better known as Satan or the Devil began.
His pride and rebellion, along with the angels who sided with him against God resulted in them being cast out of their held positions in Heaven and with nothing to look forward to but eventual everlasting punishment. (Is. 14:11-20, Ezek. 28:12-19)
And since Satan could not conquer Heaven, he then took his rebellion and fight to a newly created earth in which dwelt no evil thing until he arrived in the form of a serpent and led the first man Adam, and his wife Eve, the first woman, of whom we are all descendants, to eat fruit from a certain tree, called and known as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from which God warned them not to eat on pain of death. (Gen. 2:16-17, 3:3)
The first lies that Satan was ever recorded telling were the lies wherewith he deceived Eve into eating that forbidden fruit.
His first lie: “Ye shall not die.” (Gen. 3:4)
His second lie: “Ye shall be as gods…” (v. 5)
She then went on to partake of that forbidden fruit and when Adam had eaten the fruit alongside her, it was in that moment that sin had entered into them both and brought upon them the sentence of death as God had warned; (Gen. 3:19) and never became divine as the serpent had said that they would be.
But the sentence of death did not remain upon Adam and Eve alone nor was sin confined to just them, but that sin which entered into them both was then passed down to all of mankind because all of humanity descends from them which is why all sin (Rom. 5:12) and as a consequence, all are subjugated to death. (Rom. 6:23)
Sin is not merely an act or even an ill-spoken word. It is much more. It is the corrupted condition of our very nature itself tainting even our very thoughts, motives, and the attitude and condition of our hearts and its effects are not confined to just mankind, but has infected everything it touches which includes all of creation itself which is why it is written that the entire creation groans and travails in pain to this day. (Rom. 8:19-22)
Even worse, the disobedience of Adam and his wife Eve, gave Satan justification to claim lordship over the earth (Mt. 4:8-9, Lk. 4:6-7) which is why he is called the prince of this world (Jn. 12:31, 16:11)
And it is by the power of sin and his cleverly and elaborately crafted lies that the Devil brings souls into the bondage of spiritual darkness and eventual destruction and because of sin being ever present within us, it is impossible, by our own goodness, for us to escape the punishment and judgment that is to come upon all sin and all the evil that is in this world for even our own goodness is corrupted by our sinful nature no matter how good and morally upright we may try to be, for though we may try to do good, we still sin every day, which is why it is written, that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23) which is moral perfection.
For just as God Himself is perfect, so He can demand nothing less than moral perfection from any who would seek to be a citizen of His Kingdom and the world to come, which requires us to be without sin because sin can have no place in His Kingdom, lest it become polluted just as this present universe itself is polluted by sin and therefore must be destroyed and remade because of sin.
But if it be impossible by our own goodness, which falls short of the goodness of God, to escape the eternal and everlasting punishment that is to come upon all evil, then what hope do we have for redemption? In what then do we place our hope to deliver us out of everlasting damnation that awaits those who die in their sins? In a goodness greater and more perfect than our own. That is our only hope. Perfect goodness requires that perfect justice be done upon all sin and all evil. That perfect goodness cannot allow that which is less than perfect to dwell in its presence and yet at the same time, from that perfect goodness comes perfect unfailing love and mercy, and it is because of that perfect love, that Almighty God is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9) and it is in His love and mercy that He became a man (Jn. 1:14) who is called Jesus Christ, the Savior and Lord of the world, who, being without sin, (2 Cor. 5:21) just as God the Father is without sin, offered Himself up as that much needed perfect and unblemished sacrifice (Heb. 7:26-27) required for our redemption which He purchased on our behalf with the shedding of His blood upon the cross and it is by His death on our behalf that He suffered the demanded penalty for our sins and met the need for mercy at the same time and after having died for our sins, He was raised again from the dead so that our faith in Him for the forgiveness of sins and salvation would be justified. (Rom. 4:25)
And it is when we by faith, call upon the name of the Lord for the forgiveness of our sins, that our souls are cleansed from the stain thereof and made anew, (2 Cor. 5:17) being inwardly transformed into persons who
no longer desire to follow after selfish and worldly pursuits but after those things that pertain to the Kingdom of Heaven,
who no longer take pleasure in those things that are evil and displeasing in the sight of the Lord, but in that which is good, right, and pleasing in His sight,
who no longer desire to walk in the lies of this present world, but only in the truth that comes from Christ Almighty, no longer placing our hopes in the things of this present world, but looking forward to that new and better world to come,
no longer relying on worldly resources, men, or even our own power, abilities, skills, and wisdom for our needs and provision but upon God who is able to meet all of our needs, recognizing that the resources of this world and even the people He brings into our lives are but instruments and vessels through which God meets our needs and that the skills, power, knowledge, and wisdom by which we might acquire our provision are provided and instilled in us by God,
no longer fearing what men can do to us, but rather fearing the God before whom we will have to one day give an account for how we lived our lives,
no longer looking to corruptible institutions within our society for direction and order in our lives but to God who, by His written Word has given us laws and precepts to be applied to our lives and which serve to produce and maintain an ordered life, and who, by His Holy Spirit which comes to dwell within us upon repentance, establishes in our lives a course and direction in our lives to pursue for His glory,
no longer seeking our own glory but the glory of God,
no longer rallying behind corruptible men, but instead behind the incorruptible God in Heaven bearing in mind that those men and women God raises up for our edification are but instruments and servants of His for that respective purpose to which He has called them,
no longer seeking to align ourselves with the things of darkness but only with the things of the light,
no longer relying on the wisdom of the world but only on the wisdom and knowledge that comes from above,
and no longer trusting in corruptible earthly authorities to swiftly administer justice, but only in the power of God to deliver us from evil.
Out of gratitude for the forgiveness of sins that we receive in Christ do we no longer wish to live therein, but only in the righteousness, holiness, and godliness to which we are called, and it is out of love for the God who redeems us that we seek to please and honor Him in all things, and out of a grateful heart do we give thanks for the goodness He bestows, and it is because we know that the day is coming when all must give an account before God that we fear Him above all else, and it is in the receiving of His truth by which we are redeemed from eternal damnation that we are then set free from the lies of Satan and are liberated from the condemnation into which he sought to lead us, and it is because the of the unfailing hope that we have in Christ that we can place our faith in God for all things, and it is out of a desire to see souls escape eternal damnation that we preach the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to any and all who will hear and receive it and just as we are transformed spiritually with the acceptance of Christ, so one day our bodies will also be transformed from that which is corruptible and subject to death into that which is incorruptible and no longer subject to death (1 Cor. 15:51-55, 1 Thess. 4:13-18) and finally creation itself shall be liberated from the curse and taint of sin when it is made anew and in which there will be no sin, no death, no evil of any sort, nor anything to cause any kind of grief, suffering, sorrow, or pain because all of those things will be done away with. (Rev. 21-22)
But at present, Satan, the enemy of God and the adversary of our souls, has fought and still fights, and ever all the more as the day of our Lord draws near, against the Gospel of salvation that rescues souls and lives out of his hands and breaks his chains from off of them.
He blinds them to the light of God’s truth with his lies.
He withholds, hides, and suppresses anything that might lead those whom he has taken captive to embrace the liberating Gospel of Jesus Christ.
He tries to turn away they who might otherwise repent with cleverly devised arguments and by poisoning their hearts and minds against the people of God by defaming and misrepresenting their character and along with that the character of Christ, and when that fails, he threatens hardship and violence against them.
He infiltrates the ranks of the saints, tries to tempt them into sin, distract them from the things of God with worldly affairs, deceive them into embracing doctrines contrary to the pure doctrine that comes from God established in the divinely inspired scriptures, tries to cast doubt into their minds and hearts concerning the faith to which they profess to hold by challenging the strength and confidence of their faith by bringing any given kind of adversity against them and by confronting them with various different philosophical, doctrinal, and intellectual challenges against them, and when all of that fails, he then tries to either shame or intimidated from faithfully and steadfastly serving Christ and when they refuse to be shamed or intimidated, he will then bring various degrees and forms of persecution against them, and when that fails, it is then we who are in Christ truly show ourselves to be the victors in Him that we are meant to be.
Satan, that spirit of lies who wages war against the God of truth and who tries to prevent as many as he can from embracing that liberating and redeeming Gospel of Christ by which men are saved from eternal damnation, is a defeated foe, however formidable he may be, and whose defeat will be final when he and all they who follow him, are cast forever into that lake of fire that burns forever and ever and in which they who have rejected the saving grace of Christ and have place themselves at enmity with their Maker will also be cast, alongside death and hell itself (Rev. 20:10-15) for nothing that is evil or which brings the griefs, hardships, pains, and sufferings we experience in this present world have any place in the world that is to come.
If you have not done so already and would like to be a part of that promised new world to come and want to be assured that you have a place in Heaven, I would urge you now to call upon the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and for your salvation. It is but a simple prayer away:
"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. Richard Moorhead, “48% of Democrats Support Criminalizing Criticism of Vaccines With Imprisonment, Fines,”
Those same people in favor of punishing those who would criticize COVID vaccines are also in favor of punishing those who would live in accordance to the dictates of their own conscience and principles and who would express dissent from the favored narratives regarding any given subject matter.
The demands of anti-Christ party members for the punishment of anyone who challenges, defies, or even so much as questions favored narratives of these wicked people will not stop with COVID or the vaccines.
They will also go on to demand the punishment of those who refuse to conform to their respective ideology concerning other matters such as the economy, immigration, education, moral and theological matters, and so forth.
If the narratives they cling to were founded in truth and fact, then why the need to silence and punish those who hold to a dissenting position? Why not let the credibility of their dissenting positions simply stand or fall on their own merits? That just doesn’t make any sense unless we delve into the spiritual aspect behind the COVID controversy as well as other matters known for stirring up controversy.
A spirit of truth need not be threatened by lies and falsehood. It has the moral and divine duty to expose, challenge, rebuke, and discredit every lie and falsehood that is found and wherever they may be found, but it need not silence the propagators of those lies and falsehoods because that spirit of truth is confident that those things which are built upon lies will fall on their own when those lies upon which they were built are discredited in the hearts and minds of the people who have been deceived thereby.
But a spirit of lies not only rejects that which is truth and factual, but will deceive as many as it can into rejecting truth and embracing lies, deceit, and falsehood, and furthermore, will demand the suppression of anything that might dispel the weave of falsehood that it has crafted in the minds, hearts, and souls, in those it has deceived.
It is that spirit of lies who calls for the persecution of they who would serve and align themselves with a spirit of truth. It is that spirit of lies who establishes and is at work within the brutal and oppressive governments of the world, leading them to ruthlessly crush every voice that challenges the falsehoods that they routinely propagate and that same spirit of lies responsible for the establishment of cruel and wicked governing systems such as Sharia law in the nations under Islamic rule, the few remaining communist regimes in existence, and which is leading representative governing powers to assault those freedoms that guard the right of their respective citizens to hold to and preach anything at odds with the preferred narratives and to live in accordance to the dictates of their own personal convictions has also been at work within our academic institutions which routinely punish students and teachers who refuse to adhere to the abundance of falsehoods being imposed by the powers that be over these institutions, and within the mainstream manure pile and the denizens of mainstream social media to suppress and hide anything that might expose and discredit the lies coming forth from that spirit of falsehood which is also inspiring our entertainment to affirm and celebrate those very lies that are being taught within academia, broadcasted by the mainstream manure pile, and then passed into law by our governing authorities.
And what is worse, they who are supposed to be servants of that spirit and voice of truth and who are supposed to be serving as the spiritual and moral conscience of our society have either remained silent or have been deceived themselves.
There is an age-long war between the spirit of lies and the spirit of truth for the hearts, minds, and souls of men which are manifested in the ideological warfare on innumerable fronts in our nation and throughout the world and the spirit of lies is ever at work withholding and suppressing anything that might undo its elaborate and clever deceptions within the hearts and minds of the souls it has taken captive and lead them out of that captivity to embrace that spirit of truth who is the sole creator of our reality making Him the soul definer of what is truth because He alone is the source of truth (Jn. 14.6) and what makes Him the source of all truth is that He is also the source of all life, whose hand can be seen at work in the affairs of men and in guiding the course of history; creation itself also testifying of His existence and in such a way so as to leave men without excuse (Rom. 1:20) but to which that dark spirit of lies has blinded and continues to blind those whom he holds captive lest the truth of the Creator, who alone defines right and wrong, good and evil, and light and darkness, be made plain for them to see and they reject the lies of this present world over which that spirit of lies holds sway and turn to their Maker who is able to set them free from the misery, darkness, and despair of that wicked spirit who has deceived them and lured them into bondage.
They who are on the side of lies are not content with just rejecting the truth of the God who made the heavens, the earth, and everything therein for themselves. They are not content with just merely changing the channel on their television, or turning the dial on their radio, or clicking the cursor on their computer. They are not merely content with just muting, blocking, and deleting on the social media platforms. They want to do everything they can to silence those who speak the truth that undoes the lies that they hold to and take part in propagating because they are under the influence and even in the service of that wicked one who has, even before the creation of this universe, been at enmity and at war against the very God who rules from Heaven and by His Word, spoke all things into being, and who offered Himself up to redeem mankind from his fallen and inherently corruptible state by taking upon Himself the demanded penalty for all the sins of men by submitting Himself to a death sentence, rose again from the grave that our faith in Him would be justified, and will one day return to set up a Kingdom greater and better than any devised by man; one that is perfect and in which only His righteousness will reign and in which no evil thing will have any place after this evil spirit of lies who presently claims lordship over the kingdoms and nations of the earth.
This age long war for the souls of men began when this wicked spirit, known as Lucifer, who had once held a position at the throne of God was lifted up in pride. He thought to make himself equal with God who does not share power or worship with anyone and it was in that day that this age-long war between God and Lucifer, who has become better known as Satan or the Devil began.
His pride and rebellion, along with the angels who sided with him against God resulted in them being cast out of their held positions in Heaven and with nothing to look forward to but eventual everlasting punishment. (Is. 14:11-20, Ezek. 28:12-19)
And since Satan could not conquer Heaven, he then took his rebellion and fight to a newly created earth in which dwelt no evil thing until he arrived in the form of a serpent and led the first man Adam, and his wife Eve, the first woman, of whom we are all descendants, to eat fruit from a certain tree, called and known as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from which God warned them not to eat on pain of death. (Gen. 2:16-17, 3:3)
The first lies that Satan was ever recorded telling were the lies wherewith he deceived Eve into eating that forbidden fruit.
His first lie: “Ye shall not die.” (Gen. 3:4)
His second lie: “Ye shall be as gods…” (v. 5)
She then went on to partake of that forbidden fruit and when Adam had eaten the fruit alongside her, it was in that moment that sin had entered into them both and brought upon them the sentence of death as God had warned; (Gen. 3:19) and never became divine as the serpent had said that they would be.
But the sentence of death did not remain upon Adam and Eve alone nor was sin confined to just them, but that sin which entered into them both was then passed down to all of mankind because all of humanity descends from them which is why all sin (Rom. 5:12) and as a consequence, all are subjugated to death. (Rom. 6:23)
Sin is not merely an act or even an ill-spoken word. It is much more. It is the corrupted condition of our very nature itself tainting even our very thoughts, motives, and the attitude and condition of our hearts and its effects are not confined to just mankind, but has infected everything it touches which includes all of creation itself which is why it is written that the entire creation groans and travails in pain to this day. (Rom. 8:19-22)
Even worse, the disobedience of Adam and his wife Eve, gave Satan justification to claim lordship over the earth (Mt. 4:8-9, Lk. 4:6-7) which is why he is called the prince of this world (Jn. 12:31, 16:11)
And it is by the power of sin and his cleverly and elaborately crafted lies that the Devil brings souls into the bondage of spiritual darkness and eventual destruction and because of sin being ever present within us, it is impossible, by our own goodness, for us to escape the punishment and judgment that is to come upon all sin and all the evil that is in this world for even our own goodness is corrupted by our sinful nature no matter how good and morally upright we may try to be, for though we may try to do good, we still sin every day, which is why it is written, that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23) which is moral perfection.
For just as God Himself is perfect, so He can demand nothing less than moral perfection from any who would seek to be a citizen of His Kingdom and the world to come, which requires us to be without sin because sin can have no place in His Kingdom, lest it become polluted just as this present universe itself is polluted by sin and therefore must be destroyed and remade because of sin.
But if it be impossible by our own goodness, which falls short of the goodness of God, to escape the eternal and everlasting punishment that is to come upon all evil, then what hope do we have for redemption? In what then do we place our hope to deliver us out of everlasting damnation that awaits those who die in their sins? In a goodness greater and more perfect than our own. That is our only hope. Perfect goodness requires that perfect justice be done upon all sin and all evil. That perfect goodness cannot allow that which is less than perfect to dwell in its presence and yet at the same time, from that perfect goodness comes perfect unfailing love and mercy, and it is because of that perfect love, that Almighty God is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9) and it is in His love and mercy that He became a man (Jn. 1:14) who is called Jesus Christ, the Savior and Lord of the world, who, being without sin, (2 Cor. 5:21) just as God the Father is without sin, offered Himself up as that much needed perfect and unblemished sacrifice (Heb. 7:26-27) required for our redemption which He purchased on our behalf with the shedding of His blood upon the cross and it is by His death on our behalf that He suffered the demanded penalty for our sins and met the need for mercy at the same time and after having died for our sins, He was raised again from the dead so that our faith in Him for the forgiveness of sins and salvation would be justified. (Rom. 4:25)
And it is when we by faith, call upon the name of the Lord for the forgiveness of our sins, that our souls are cleansed from the stain thereof and made anew, (2 Cor. 5:17) being inwardly transformed into persons who
no longer desire to follow after selfish and worldly pursuits but after those things that pertain to the Kingdom of Heaven,
who no longer take pleasure in those things that are evil and displeasing in the sight of the Lord, but in that which is good, right, and pleasing in His sight,
who no longer desire to walk in the lies of this present world, but only in the truth that comes from Christ Almighty, no longer placing our hopes in the things of this present world, but looking forward to that new and better world to come,
no longer relying on worldly resources, men, or even our own power, abilities, skills, and wisdom for our needs and provision but upon God who is able to meet all of our needs, recognizing that the resources of this world and even the people He brings into our lives are but instruments and vessels through which God meets our needs and that the skills, power, knowledge, and wisdom by which we might acquire our provision are provided and instilled in us by God,
no longer fearing what men can do to us, but rather fearing the God before whom we will have to one day give an account for how we lived our lives,
no longer looking to corruptible institutions within our society for direction and order in our lives but to God who, by His written Word has given us laws and precepts to be applied to our lives and which serve to produce and maintain an ordered life, and who, by His Holy Spirit which comes to dwell within us upon repentance, establishes in our lives a course and direction in our lives to pursue for His glory,
no longer seeking our own glory but the glory of God,
no longer rallying behind corruptible men, but instead behind the incorruptible God in Heaven bearing in mind that those men and women God raises up for our edification are but instruments and servants of His for that respective purpose to which He has called them,
no longer seeking to align ourselves with the things of darkness but only with the things of the light,
no longer relying on the wisdom of the world but only on the wisdom and knowledge that comes from above,
and no longer trusting in corruptible earthly authorities to swiftly administer justice, but only in the power of God to deliver us from evil.
Out of gratitude for the forgiveness of sins that we receive in Christ do we no longer wish to live therein, but only in the righteousness, holiness, and godliness to which we are called, and it is out of love for the God who redeems us that we seek to please and honor Him in all things, and out of a grateful heart do we give thanks for the goodness He bestows, and it is because we know that the day is coming when all must give an account before God that we fear Him above all else, and it is in the receiving of His truth by which we are redeemed from eternal damnation that we are then set free from the lies of Satan and are liberated from the condemnation into which he sought to lead us, and it is because the of the unfailing hope that we have in Christ that we can place our faith in God for all things, and it is out of a desire to see souls escape eternal damnation that we preach the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to any and all who will hear and receive it and just as we are transformed spiritually with the acceptance of Christ, so one day our bodies will also be transformed from that which is corruptible and subject to death into that which is incorruptible and no longer subject to death (1 Cor. 15:51-55, 1 Thess. 4:13-18) and finally creation itself shall be liberated from the curse and taint of sin when it is made anew and in which there will be no sin, no death, no evil of any sort, nor anything to cause any kind of grief, suffering, sorrow, or pain because all of those things will be done away with. (Rev. 21-22)
But at present, Satan, the enemy of God and the adversary of our souls, has fought and still fights, and ever all the more as the day of our Lord draws near, against the Gospel of salvation that rescues souls and lives out of his hands and breaks his chains from off of them.
He blinds them to the light of God’s truth with his lies.
He withholds, hides, and suppresses anything that might lead those whom he has taken captive to embrace the liberating Gospel of Jesus Christ.
He tries to turn away they who might otherwise repent with cleverly devised arguments and by poisoning their hearts and minds against the people of God by defaming and misrepresenting their character and along with that the character of Christ, and when that fails, he threatens hardship and violence against them.
He infiltrates the ranks of the saints, tries to tempt them into sin, distract them from the things of God with worldly affairs, deceive them into embracing doctrines contrary to the pure doctrine that comes from God established in the divinely inspired scriptures, tries to cast doubt into their minds and hearts concerning the faith to which they profess to hold by challenging the strength and confidence of their faith by bringing any given kind of adversity against them and by confronting them with various different philosophical, doctrinal, and intellectual challenges against them, and when all of that fails, he then tries to either shame or intimidated from faithfully and steadfastly serving Christ and when they refuse to be shamed or intimidated, he will then bring various degrees and forms of persecution against them, and when that fails, it is then we who are in Christ truly show ourselves to be the victors in Him that we are meant to be.
Satan, that spirit of lies who wages war against the God of truth and who tries to prevent as many as he can from embracing that liberating and redeeming Gospel of Christ by which men are saved from eternal damnation, is a defeated foe, however formidable he may be, and whose defeat will be final when he and all they who follow him, are cast forever into that lake of fire that burns forever and ever and in which they who have rejected the saving grace of Christ and have place themselves at enmity with their Maker will also be cast, alongside death and hell itself (Rev. 20:10-15) for nothing that is evil or which brings the griefs, hardships, pains, and sufferings we experience in this present world have any place in the world that is to come.
If you have not done so already and would like to be a part of that promised new world to come and want to be assured that you have a place in Heaven, I would urge you now to call upon the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and for your salvation. It is but a simple prayer away:
"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. Richard Moorhead, “48% of Democrats Support Criminalizing Criticism of Vaccines With Imprisonment, Fines,”
Big League Politics, January 14, 2022
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/48-of-democrats-support-criminalizing-criticism-of-vaccines-with-imprisonment-fines/
Scripture references:
1. John 14:6
2. Romans 1:20
3. Isaiah 14:11-20
4. Ezekiel 28:12-19
5. Genesis 2:16-17
6. Genesis 3:3
7. Genesis 3:4
8. Genesis 3:5
9. Genesis 3:19
10. Romans 5:12
11. Romans 6:23
12. Romans 8:19-22
13. Matthew 4:8-9
14. Luke 4:6-7
15. John 12:31
16. John 16:11
17. 2 Peter 3:9
18. John 1:14
19. 2 Corinthians 5:21
20. Hebrews 7:26-27
21. Romans 4:25
22. 2 Corinthians 5:17
23. 1 Corinthians 15:51-55
24. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
25. Revelation 21-22
26. Revelation 20:10-15
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/48-of-democrats-support-criminalizing-criticism-of-vaccines-with-imprisonment-fines/
Scripture references:
1. John 14:6
2. Romans 1:20
3. Isaiah 14:11-20
4. Ezekiel 28:12-19
5. Genesis 2:16-17
6. Genesis 3:3
7. Genesis 3:4
8. Genesis 3:5
9. Genesis 3:19
10. Romans 5:12
11. Romans 6:23
12. Romans 8:19-22
13. Matthew 4:8-9
14. Luke 4:6-7
15. John 12:31
16. John 16:11
17. 2 Peter 3:9
18. John 1:14
19. 2 Corinthians 5:21
20. Hebrews 7:26-27
21. Romans 4:25
22. 2 Corinthians 5:17
23. 1 Corinthians 15:51-55
24. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
25. Revelation 21-22
26. Revelation 20:10-15
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