Every Thing’s OK – The Saturday Morning Post by Pastor Ted Stahl
Good morning! I was reading the news last week, when I came to this artical about a teenage girl who was ridiculed for wearing a Romney/Ryan t-shirt to school. What was scary is that the article mentioned what the teacher had told this sixteen-year-old student, Samantha Pawlucy. Student Samantha Pawlucy, “said that during class, Gaymon pointed out the shirt, questioned why she was wearing it and told her to leave the classroom. Gaymon, Pawlucy said, said it was a “Democratic” school and compared it to wearing a “KKK” shirt.” (Teen Returns to School After Romney T-Shirt Flap – Associated Press Philadelphia October 9, 2012).
The scary part was that the teacher had allegedly said this was a “Democratic” school. Call me naive, but I had always believed that schools should teach a student HOW to think, not WHAT to think. Immediately a question was answered for me from 2Thessalonians chapter 2.
“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.” (2Thessalonians 2)
My questions have always been: “What kind of lie?”, and “How could the world believe it?”
It all starts with our children: America’s future generations. Let me give you a couple of quotes…
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” – Adolph Hitler, Dictator of Nazi Germany, and murderer of 6 million Jews.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth’s the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” – Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda for Nazi Germany, and one of Adolph Hitlers closest associates.
Don’t think it could happen? Think about the Theory of Evolution, how it became the fact taught in schools today. The teachers taught evolution as fact for years, and now everyone believes the lie. But there is a two-fold plan of action we can take, and should take. The plan starts with 2Chronicles 7:14…
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Fess up to it: this mess is our fault. We dropped the ball. We’ve allowed a hand full of atheists to speak what the fool had said in his heart – that there is no God. And the people believed the lie. Tell God that you accept the responsibility of dropping the ball, ask His forgiveness. Then ask Him what you can do in picking up the dropped ball again. The second part of the plan is the truth. Joseph Goebbels said in his quote that the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie. If you look at how Jesus responded to the tempting by the devil, for every one of the devil’s temptations, Jesus responded with the TRUTH of God’s Word. We need to do the same.
Jesus said, “…I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6); “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32).
Can we believe a lie?
“Yes We Can.”
At what cost are we going to believe a lie? Our freedom?
America needs to get back to it’s Christian roots. Until our government changes it, we a still a nation whose laws and workings are based on the Holy Bible: we are a Christian nation.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Peace! (John 8:32)
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