The Pathetic,
Apathetic Church
June 26, 2022
In this blog we’re talking about how the American Christian church became too fat and lazy, and now look at the mess we’re in. Instead of the culture affecting the church – which is the way it’s been in the United States for decades now – the church is supposed to affect the culture.
Oops. Big fail.
Recent polls show:
1) 70% of Americans believe the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction.
(To which, I can’t help but think: Only 70%? Where are the other 30% – living in caves? What are they doing – hiding?…crossing their fingers and hoping for the best?)
I can’t imagine that 30% of Americans believe the U.S. is headed in the right direction right now, but if that figure is true, I have to believe that those 30% of lost souls are listening to Main Stream Media, as they tell us how everything is fine; lying right through their teeth. Yeah, it’s great, alright. We can see that.
Maybe if there really are 100 million Americans who think we’re doing good, which I seriously doubt there are, they’re brainwashed. They’d have to be (deluded; deceived). It’s still very difficult (like, impossible) for me to believe this statistic, and so I have to doubt that 30% of Americans truly believe we’re going in the right direction – I have to believe the statistic is just wrong at best, or another lie, at worst.)
2) 77% of traditional-value Americans remain silent on most issues – because they’re afraid of the discomfort of speaking up to family members, friends, employers or customers who don’t agree with them. They’re afraid of their businesses getting cancelled, the violent mob coming to their house, getting kicked off of Facebook, getting fired from their jobs, or losing loved ones because they don’t share their traditional values. So, they figure, it’s better just to remain silent.
This silence is…well, it’s pathetic.
(I have friends who have been kicked off of Facebook and wear that like a badge of honor. As they should.)
3) 62% of Americans believe Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump were still president.
4) In another poll, people were asked:
Would you rather see (the wording on the poll said, “U.S. President”) Joe Biden or Russian president Vladimir Putin removed from office? (But I don’t believe Joe Biden is actually our duly-elected president, and therefore I cannot refer to him as such.)
52% would rather see Biden gone.
43% would rather see Putin gone.
(…as Kamala laughs on. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!)
Where Is Your Outrage, Church?
We are in the fight of our lives with evil. And what do we hear from the church leaders? …Crickets. There are 384,000 churches in America. And 2.8% of the pastors are speaking up about the political tyranny and outrageous lawlessness of the left. 2.8%!! And you know who knows this? The devil…and he is laughing all the way to the White House. Oh, yes, he is quite pleased, not only with himself, and not only with his puppets who have set themselves up in positions of (his) power (for now), but he is also soooo happy with the silence of the Christians. Good job.
Why is this happening? Because the Christian leaders are afraid of “offending” some of their parishioners. (Democrats.) They want to “go along to get along.” (With evil.)
I cannot go along to get along with evil. I have no desire to appease evil. Why do you?
And God is certainly not pleased with your silence. No. He’s not.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.
We need to be Biblically literate so that we can make intelligent decisions based on our sanctified conscience about the social issues, politics and candidates and whether they align with the Bible as the source of all truth.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel prison for one and a half years. Later, he was transferred to Flossenbürg concentration camp. After being accused of being associated with the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was quickly tried, along with other accused plotters, including former members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office), and then hanged on 9 April 1945 as the Nazi regime was collapsing.)
Dear Christian pastors and leaders who refuse to “get political” and refuse to speak up about the hideous wickedness that has taken over our nation: Your fear of offending people, offends me!
But, much worse: it offends God.
And it offends many others: For example, the persecuted church in other nations, like China, is offended at your silence. Those who are on the front lines, fighting against tyranny in the U.S. – those fighting for election integrity, against medical tyranny, against non-Constitutional “laws” being imposed, those fighting for the second amendment, those fighting for a closed border and the sovereignty of the United States. All of us are sick of your lack of courage, and so is the Lord. Your fence-sitting is evil, itself.
So, good job.
In the words of Reagan:
“Evil are powerless if the good are unafraid.”
You should listen to this clip of Jim Caviezel on the Dan Bongino show: https://www.bitchute.com/video/Wuu8vNH4Bcxg/
Proverbs 8:9
9 One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.
Psalm 97: 10
10 Let those who love the LORD hate evil,
For he guards the lives of his faithful ones
And delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
You cannot avoid this fight.
Hey, As Long as You’re Comfortable, Right?
You know, if you’re not a Christian at this time in history, you should be scared. And many people are. People are coming to Christ in droves right now…even in California, of all places! And that’s the reason – because people are scared. Almost everyone can see the evil at high levels of power right now, and they’re wondering what’s going to happen to them. But the ones who are still relying on their good jobs, good incomes, nice houses, or other forms of comfort that they enjoy, thinking to themselves: “It’s going to keep going like this (my comfortable life) so why get involved with all that ugly stuff – out there?” Well, I’m afraid those people are in for a rude awakening. I fear for them. And a lot of them are so-called Christians (they “identify” as Christians, but the truth is, tomorrow they could change their minds and “identify” as something else).
Ezekiel 16: 49 NIV
49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.”
Jeremiah 23:24
24 “Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
The Opposite of Love is Not Hate – It’s Apathy.
Revelation 3: 15-17 NIV
15 “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.”
Beware, those of you who remain neutral. You may want to re-think that position in light of the above Scriptures.
And, even if you are too afraid to speak of “politics” at the dinner table when your adult children and your grandchildren are visiting; you’re too afraid they’ll leave and never come back; what about using your voice toward your Representatives and Senators: If you’re silent toward your school boards; if you are silent when the Pregnancy Resource Center in your community gets fire-bombed, or crime goes up because the Prosecuting Attorney in your area is soft on crime or your City Commission wants to de-fund the police while taking away your guns, or you’re wondering if your vote in the last election even counted…but you do nothing about any of it…how long do you think your comfort will last? How long will you stay silent?
Joshua 18:3
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?
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.
Christians, raise your voice as one, now. We have been taken over by Communists. Can’t you see that? Stand up. Fight against evil – and not just in prayer. You better stand up or you won’t have a country left. Do you think they’ll just take it easy on you? The Christians are the ones who go first. Just ask any Ukrainian Christian pastor right now.
Christians, wake up! Wake up! Snap out of it! Your stupor – your apathy – is evil! It is hateful toward Jesus! Wake up, for the love of God and all that is Holy. Wake up.
Romans 13:11 NIV
The Day Is Near
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Seven Skies' Plumb Line 