If the reports of Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast are true, which knowing him I believe them to be, I issue a stiff warning to my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Galatians 6:7-8 says,
Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.
As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that, for you, is evil.
Galatians 6:7-8 says,
Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.
To sit by and watch a man - who has shown no care or reverence for God, who clearly serves mammon (money) and has no concept of love your neighbor as yourself - on a national stage ask for prayer for the ratings of a TV show, God will deal most harshly with you. He is, each and everyday making a mockery of who God is.
If I didn't know who Christ is and Trump was my introduction I would run far away from Christ because I would think he was an uncaring, misogynistic, money-hungry, bigot which is the furthest thing from the truth.
If your blood doesn't boil because of what He has done so far or at this what will cause you to stand up for what is right in the sight of God?
What we plant we will harvest. If we sit by and allow hate, fear, intolerance, selfishness and persecution to take hold and take root we will reap those things on ourselves. Our silence is support. Our statements, our photo-ops if not in condemnation of these things is support and the sowing and watering of these seeds. We are supposed to be the salt of the earth not the ones taking on the taste of the world.
What we fail to realize as Christians is God does not need us to put His Word forth. However, he will remove those who profess Him but hinder His work and His Word from going forth. He has done it before and He will not hesitate to do it again.
We are afraid of the wrong people and things. We are afraid of liberals who threaten our supposed ideals. We are afraid of people of other faiths. We are afraid of losing the lifestyle we have become accustomed to. We are afraid of things that are no match for the power of God. So instead of standing strong in knowing that no matter what happens God is still in control we cast the teachings of God aside to further our own agendas driven by fear? God is still God regardless of what laws are passed or who is elected.
Remember that because we know God and His Word we are judged when we cast it aside in favor of worldly pursuits. Aligning yourself with someone because of political affiliation without looking at their character is foolish especially when you allegiance should ALWAYS be to God first.
My mother, always quoted James 4:17 to me as a child and still does now that I am an adult. It says, He that knoweth to do good and doeth it not to HIM it is sin. Not everything is sin to everybody. The minute you gain knowledge of a wrong if you do it anyway it becomes sin to you. My fellow brothers and sisters we know deep down that Trump doesn't represent God in anyway but we have so puffed ourselves up, we are so full of our own self-importance and the need to be right that we have become blinded to our own sin.
The Message puts James 4:16-17 this way,
Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself could not be more clear. And God said there is no other commandment greater than these. We could argue positions all day but if you know that is what God has commanded us to do and you ain't doing it, to you IT IS SIN.
Trust me people. When God says He will not be mocked, He will not be mocked. And I would fear that much more than anything else.
To my fellow Christians who are standing up for what is right and condemning the evils and injustices that are being put forth keep doing so. Keep praying, keep loving, keep being a beacon for those who are hurting. We are needed now more than ever. Do not be lulled to sleep by those trying to normalize ill treatment of people. We all answer to God for the things we do and don't do. I remind myself that Jesus didn't stay silent when He saw injustice so we must not either.
The Unlikely Missionary
DHW
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