God so Loved the World that He Gave His Son: The greatest Spiritual battle ever fought – part seventeen
This week, with the help of the Holy Spirit, I will tackle the subject of “corrupt U.S. government.” It’s difficult to know where to start because there is so much corruption to uncover and talk about! I heard someone say yesterday that there is so much lying going on in Washington DC that we don’t know what to believe. Along that same line, my father used to say, “You can’t believe a liar, even when they are telling the truth!”
At this point, I would like to remind us again that the title of this blog is “Mike Hart for Truth,” and Jesus Himself said in John 14:6 that He is the truth:
John 14:6 (NIV) 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The more I ponder this subject of corrupt government, the more I believe that it’s been this way for far longer than we might want to believe. The difference today versus the way it was in the past, is that it’s way more out in the open than ever before. I recently heard a commentator ask the rhetorical question, “don’t these people realize that what they said before is permanently caught on tape for all to hear?” They don’t seem to care because they are hardly ever held accountable for what they say or do. That leaves ”WE” the American people, caught in a quagmire of politics as usual. I recently heard politics defined as: poly meaning many and ticks being blood sucking insects. Sorry about that, I just had to throw that in. However, as I think about it, that might not be far from the truth! Sad but true.
As we all know, there are two major political parties in this nation. For most of us, we more closely align with one of those parties than the other. In the past, the two parties were able to talk, discuss and come to a compromise to “get things accomplished.” In today’s reality there seems to be too much partisanship, distrust, and even dislike of each other to come to an agreement on any issue! If it’s a suggestion from “the other side,” it is automatically branded as a bad idea!
Folks… I see a battle taking place here; however, it is not a physical battle or a battle of who has the best ideas or solutions. It is a very real Spiritual battle and it is raging, and it’s very vicious! We are in a time of demonic influence!
In the Old Testament of the Word of God, the Bible, we have the privilege of following the country of Israel/Judah as it went through many generations of the exact same battle that this country is going through today. A new king would come into power and he would either lead the country into a Godly period of time or lead it into a time of demonic influence. You might ask why I believe we are in a time of demonic influence in this country today. Let me list some reasons why I smell the enemy at work here in our current administration:
- Desire for abortion on demand (killing babies)
- Aligning with anti-God groups/factions
- Calling Biblical principles hate speech
- Pulling away from church/temple worship
- Heavy taxation
- Fostering economic breakdown
- Controlling the news/speech
- Forcibly eliminating their opposition
- Aligning with anti-God countries (China, Iran, Ukraine)
These are exactly the same things that corrupt kings would lead Israel/Judah into as documented by the Bible/Torah or Tanakh. The only thing that would turn the country of Israel/Judah around, was a new king who would lead them back to the worship of the only true God. Jehovah God, El Shaddai, Yahweh! You are worthy to be praised God Almighty!!!
2 Kings 18:5-7 (NIV)
5 Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6 He held fast to the LORD and did not cease to follow him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses.7 And the LORD was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook.
Please pray with me…
Father God, we need a leader in this country who will, with your help and direction, lead this nation back to you!!! Amen!
More about our corrupt U.S. government next week if the Lord chooses to lead me in that direction.