Proclaiming Truth

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,  against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. – Ephesians 6:10-13

Real Christianity is not anemic, and it doesn’t shy away from political topics! Satan loves it when he can convince the Christian Church that it shouldn’t be involved in politics because that leaves the field to him, so to speak. But the true church of Jesus Christ is and should be the beacon of truth in every area of life!

Sarah Palin is hated by the left because she speaks a little truth as she recently explained to Sean Hannity -

“If we were really domestic terrorists, shoot, President Obama would be wanting to pal around with us wouldn’t he? I mean he didn’t have a problem with palling around with Bill Ayers back in the day when he kicked off his political career in Bill Ayers apartment, and shaking hands with Chavez and saying he doesn’t need any preconditions with meeting dictators or wanting to read US Miranda rights to alleged suspected foreign terrorists. No if we were real domestic terrorists I think President Obama wouldn’t have a problem with us.”

It is true that Bill Ayers is a self-confessed terrorist and it is true the President Obama fellowshipped with him even announcing the start of his political career in Ayres’ apartment. It is true that Obama attended the Reverend Wright’s church for many years and listened to much ‘terrorist-like’ rhetoric against the United States, Jews, and white people. It is true that left-leaning media and even some political appointees and elected have called the Tea Party ‘domestic terrorists’. So why is Sarah Palin hated so much for simply speaking the truth? Isaiah explains it -

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.  So truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; and His own righteousness, it sustained Him.  For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. – Isaiah 59:14-17

It is because there is no love of the truth and also because the truth exposes to the light what many would rather remain hidden. God sees this and He doesn’t like it! So He will put on righteousness like a breastplate to protect His heart, the helmet of salvation for thought life, the garments of vengeance for His clothing, and He was clad with zeal as a cloak. Wait a minute! Isn’t this how we are to react? Ephesians 6:13 says –

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

It then goes on to list our armaments and guess what – they are like God’s! Only to help us, He sends us the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, to fight with. Church don’t be like the Israelites who stayed in their tents when Goliath was on the field, be like David who challenged evil in the Name of the LORD! When you stand up for God, He will stand for you, even though all you have is five smooth stones!

However, we need to understand that we are not just fighting flesh and blood, but the spiritual wickedness that is behind them.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. – 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

We have the power to wrestle against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. So why should the true Church shy away from speaking the truth about homosexuality (it is an abomination to God), or about abortion (he who promotes the killing of these little ones would better off being cast into the sea with a mill stone around his neck), or lying (no liar will inherit the kingdom of God), or stealing (no thief will inherit the kingdom of God and any politician who takes money for one purpose, such as Social Security, and uses it for another is a thief). I could go on for the list is almost endless. I will just finish with this – anyone who knowingly votes for those who practice or support the above is also guilty of them!

Some will say I’m being legalistic or too harsh but God’s truth is brutal when cutting the flesh (the flesh is any attitude, thought, or action that is worldly and not of God) in our lives, in fact He even advises to crucify it (the flesh). The alternative is too terrible to contemplate.

The coming of the lawless one (antichrist) is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. – 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10

Failure to love truth (search for it and embrace it) can cost you your life eternally, which of course is Satan’s goal for us all.

It should not be just a few, like Sarah Palin, who speak the truth. The truth, on every issue, should be proclaimed from every pulpit in the land, held up an illuminated by the Word of God.