The Elephant in the Church

May 2, 2022

          This blog article is about the massive elephant that is in the Christian church at this time in our history, particularly in the church in the United States; the huge issue that no one in the church wants to talk about – the evil that is currently the Democratic Party, and how they (anyone who is a member of the DNC, is associated with them, works for them, votes for their candidates, or believes in them) have no place in the Christian church.

          The Bible refers to the church as Christ’s own body; part of Him. It also refers to the church as His bride (His spiritual companion forever). The church belongs to Jesus and to the kingdom of God. And in this article I will explain to you how the Democratic Party is evil to its core, and therefore no one belonging to it has any place in God’s kingdom, or the church, which, again, belongs to Jesus. In other words: you cannot claim to be a Christian, and also a Democrat. So don’t even try.

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          We are at a point in time right now where the modern-day church is exactly where the Israelites were at one time in their history. The two points in time are reflecting such similarities that it’s uncanny. Looking back to the prophet Elijah when he gathered the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, we can practically look in a mirror and see the (at least, the American) church of today:

1 Kings 18:21

“ ²¹ Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”

But the people said nothing.”

(Good job.)

          The prophet Elijah was disturbed by the watered-down, even poisoned, false religion of the Israelites and how much they had let the ideology and worship of a false god – a god to whom its followers sacrificed their children – infect their pure worship and their culture. There were strict laws, which God had given to the Israelites, governing the worship of the true God of Israel and they included putting no other gods before Him.

Exodus 20:3

“You shall have no other gods before me.”

(That included the false god of Baal.)

          No worship to any false god was to be tolerated, whatsoever, in the ancient nation of Israel. The reason was simple: There is only One True God – the Holy God of Israel – and all other gods were either man-made or put into the minds of men by satan to lead the Israelites away from worshipping the real God. And that leading away included the idol-worship of Baal, which required child sacrifice as a part of the religious worship rituals. Yes, it’s staggering, but the ancient Israelites – the ones for whom God had unleashed the plagues on Egypt in order to free them from brutal slavery, had led them out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses and had parted the Red Sea, swallowing up the Egyptian army – were rebelling against their true God. God’s chosen people, for whom He had done so many miraculous things and had given His law, were worshipping a false god, and were even burning their children in the fire to their idols.

Good job.

Jeremiah 32:35

“ ³⁵ They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek, though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind—that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.”

          But, the Bible says, the people were unfaithful; fickle; carnal; short-sighted; and easily led astray. They lusted after lies, deceit, and hedonism every chance they got. It was way too easy for the devil to lead them astray; to slither his way into their all-too-vulnerable minds with his craftiness and convince them to sacrifice their own children to something – an idol – that wasn’t even real.

Sound familiar?

          All throughout the Old Testament we see their rebelliousness toward God, time and again; the attitude that ‘we will worship anything but the true God. Even a man-made golden calf or a statue made out of wood. ’ Now, during the prophet, Elijah’s, time;  led by the evil king, Ahab, and his psycho-wife, Jezebel, the people violated everything God had told them was true, and they gladly committed spiritual adultery by abusing, torturing and killing their own children. Their hatred of the truth and disobedience of God was on full display. In enters Elijah: risking his life with what could only be described as supernatural courage; he went up against them all, including the powerful King Ahab. Alone, Elijah called the people out on their idolatry. This story is one of the greats of the Bible (1 Kings 18: 16-46).

1 Kings 18:1

¹ After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” ² So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.

          And how is looking at that historically accurate story like looking in a mirror for us today? In the church we have an infection; a cancer; a poison. This malignancy also exists in our culture, exactly as it did for the ancient Israelites. And no one wants to say it out loud, which is, in and of itself, a huge part of the problem. Pastors everywhere are afraid to speak up for fear of our new Stalin-like regime and the fear of losing members (money). That malignancy – the Elephant in the Church – is the Democratic Party and its evil, rotten-to-the-core, abortion-peddling poison.

          What shocks me most is not only how repugnant it is that the Christian leaders won’t stand up to this evil of today – but also – how long their cowardice has been going on. The wickedness of the Democratic Party has been evident practically as long as the party has existed. It was Democrats who formed the KKK. And so-called “Christians” just accept this evil; many even associate themselves with it, vote for candidates that are Democratic Party members, and identify themselves both as Democrats and as Christians.

          I am here to tell you, again, you can no longer be both.

          The party that states within its platform that it is in favor of a woman’s right to abortion (P. 42 of the Democratic National Committee “Party” Platform), then lies and says they do this “for the good of women.” This is nothing short of obscene.

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         And if you are a Christian leader of any kind, grow a spine. You are supposed to be shepherds in charge of protecting a flock – many of whom are spiritual babies. How many wolves will you let in so they can steal, kill and destroy members of your flock before you will sound the alarm and stop them? Stop cowering under the pew; come out and face the evil. Your God is for you and greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. No weapon formed against you may prosper and you will refute every tongue that condemns you. Have faith in God. If you explain the party platform, and come out and take a stand against this wrong, you may have to endure persecution, but how will you explain your behavior to Jesus, if you don’t? Tell your members the truth: that no Christian should ever vote for a Democrat under the current platform (and even worse – the current “regime”). God will take care of you.

          I mean, I hate to say it, but if you don’t want to do this maybe you’re in the wrong line of work.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13

“¹² What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? ¹³ God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”

1 John 4:4

“ ⁴You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”

Isaiah 54:17 NKJV

“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.”

         

I urge every born-again Christian in the United States today to reconsider your stance on this issue – the issue of whether or not you, as a Christian, can also be a Democrat or vote for one. And even if you couldn’t – even if you recognize the evil and want nothing to do with it in your own personal life – I urge you to consider whether or not you can remain silent at this time in our history. Can you welcome into the church (into the body of Christ) anyone who does identify as, or votes for, a Democrat, without telling them the truth? How long will you waver between two opinions?

          Can anyone make their case for being a member of both (Christ’s church and the Democratic Party)?

          The answer is: “No.” Clearly.

          And if you want to try, good luck with that – especially when you are required to explain your position to Jesus, which you will be one day. And soon.

Jeremiah 1:5   NIV

⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Psalm 139: 13-18

“ ¹³ For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.”

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.

Romans 10:17

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

          Christians, how can you not be yelling right now?

 1 Kings 18:21

“ ²¹ Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”

But the people said nothing.”