If we speak publicly questioning or
challenging, provoking a different thought or offering a different
prospective, are we speaking out of love or concern for someone
specific or society in general? 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 says "13 Be
watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be
strong. 14 Let
all that you do be done in love." Scripture
says in 1 John 4:1 "Beloved, do
not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether
they are from God, for many false prophets have gone
out into the world."
In
these days of the cancel culture which is running rampant across our
country, we as a society have left our faith on the bench and quit
stopping to "test the spirits" and just prod along like sheep
going to slaughter. Have we not seen this before in history where the
population were told lies over and over until they eventually
believed it and were then marched to death in the gas chambers? Six
million of them.
It
seems like we are dead set in our herd opinion by blindly trusting
everything we are told and that we too are becoming part of the
"cancel culture" Maybe we should consider inquiring of the Lord
before dismissing people.
I
personally have been lax in drilling down to explore the roots of
information presented before sharing it so yesterday I decided to do
just that to see where it led and found that the medical opinions and
directives was more than likely influenced by political objectives,
not concern for what is best for our country. Of course, now our
acceptance/belief of the information will be dependent on our
political prospective, which goes right back to 1 John 4:1
"Beloved, do
not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether
they are from God, for many false prophets have gone
out into the world."
James
1:19 "Know
this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear,
slow to speak,
slow to anger"
5/24/2021
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