"Wisdom has set out her stall, raising her voice in the market, crying out in the noisy streets, so those coming in through the gates can hear - 'how long will you keep on being so stupid and demeaning because of your agitation by what is sound? I have called, and you refuse to listen - strove with you, yet you would have none of my needed reproof'". Proverbs 3:20-25.
I saw an interesting snippet from an interview today. In it, Dr Jordan Peterson outlines how one of the most dangerous occurrences of the present isn't merely what we're being told is of concern, but how 'the science' has become a tool of politics in a manner that leaves all of us seriously disenfranchised from truth in a fashion that can undermine and untether vital aspects of worth within our culture.
This manner of erosion is witnessed everywhere - Christians in ministry are 'accommodating' social requirements, to 'uphold' policies deemed expedient at the expense of the well-being and future of the very household of faith, and the consequences are rippling out to the wider society, so, for example, Christians seeking to obtain or remain in employment are already finding their convictions in such roles being undercut by the 'pragmatism' expressed in 'official' statements and practice by those 'toeing' a party line.
This is evil of the most pernicious kind. The church "says" it is passive on a particular issue, not wanting to be 'political', but in reality, it has already chosen a side in its presumed "inactivity" (which is anything but), and the consequence is clear - people are placed beneath a burden that only exists because those who view themselves as being 'correct' have imposed it.
Such stupidity and arrogance, guised as piety, deems itself to be "distanced" from doing any such harm, but when genuine candour and righteousness shows up, folly becomes a bile and a canker that refuses perpetually what is genuinely sound.
When the church acts soberly and rightly, seeking to convey grace and truth, we evidence the life of God amongst people. When 'church' detaches itself from such a role, something very different unfolds. Men begin to rely on a delusional form of religion, divorced from the impeding realities around them, believing they have an 'authority' to advocate such monstrosities.
That is how we get to the position of the Gospel Coalition this month, which in a recent article argues that the church (all who attend services) should be vaccinated, period, and any believer who isn't simply shouldn't be amongst them, hence what is required to come to a place where the gospel is central is an 'extra' level of sanctity and classification as 'clean' prior to crossing the threshold. This is 'judaising' (see Galatians) in a modern garb - it conforms Christianity to the role of 'burning incense' to the state because there are now swathes of good data to now show that this is an extreme response to what, amongst most of us, is a minor infection.
This week's irreverend podcast gave a staggering example from prior times of how the church - in a far more deadly plague - was highly active amongst the people to bring aid and care to those in the city of Milan.
Jesus told the 'godly' of His generation how those who they deemed criminal from prior times would rise up and judge them, because such had received the manner of revelation that His day were, in effect, now deemed by Him to be rejecting (Matthew 12:41).
The results of taking such a direction are horrific. Such leadership, notes Jude, acts upon instinct rather than true reason seasoned by God, hence fear becomes our motivation rather than the Lord's perfect love. The consequence among such is the murder of their brethren (the way of Cain), an employing of a presumed service to God for personal security or gain (the error of Balaam), and assuming all of this is just and right (the gainsaying of Korah). This is vomit upon the Lord's bounty, presumption of the very worst kind, murdering the faith and denying the concerns of those who seek to speak up for better things.
Such liars gorge themselves whilst leaving others to starve of fellowship, bringing a message that keeps, in effect, the church in a role of crushing underfoot those who are, due to such actions, outside - deemed as irrelevant and made powerless by the mainstream.
These actions are, in truth, fruitless, because they leave the elite as severed from all that God has deemed to be good - which even includes, in this present context, the place of death. The stain of this moment is the utter shame that is being stored up as Christianity becomes, in effect, the lackie of the state. The awful tragedy here is that, ultimately, this will backfire - there is no love in our godless institutions for Christianity - and those currently toeing this line will suddenly find themselves ejected and interred - hence the normalising of lockdowns - to be 'processed' by the state they have so revered.
The 'powers' of our day are about to face the brightness of a far greater, eternal imposition upon our world - an execution of perfect justice. We should never marry our union to what is vital to such 'wandering stars, reserved forever to darkness'. Our calling must be higher, deeper, richer than such folly.
It is therefore essential that we sever ourselves now from such godless corruption, to affirm what is genuinely righteous in the midst of this evil day.
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